Project Officer-CTWWC at ICS- SP Africa

Roles and responsibilities:

Project planning and implementation in line with the workplan

• Participate in annual and periodic project planning;
• Prepare activity requests including Scopes of Work for specific activities;
• Work directly with families, community structures, CCIs, SCIs and children to achieve project results;
• Organize and deliver high quality trainings for different community cadres and stakeholders;
• Support CCIs and SCIs to implement case management for reintegration and ensure case plan achievement and successful reintegration;
• Conduct Family Risk Assessment of referred families, prepare reports and care plans for families found to be at risk of separation; and follow up on implementation of the care plans

Budgeting and budget management

• Participate in annual and periodic project budgeting processes;
• Allocate adequate financial resources to sub-county and community level activities;
• Deploy the budget to project activities as per plan and document liquidations;
• Monitor budget performance by tracking individual activity expenditure to ensure budget compliance;

Organization representation

• Participate in meetings and trainings- both internal and with external partners as assigned by the supervisor;
• Prepare and deliver presentations depicting CTWWC results to different stakeholders’ gatherings;

Maintaining partner relations

• Organize and/or attend Sub-County and community stakeholder forums for the advancement of project goal and objectives;
• Continuously build and maintain relevant and strategic partnerships and networks at Sub- county and community levels for project information sharing and cross learning;
• Maintain day to day communication with Sub-county DCS officers regarding CTWWC implementation.

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Offer guidance and mentorship to the Project Officer in activity planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting;
• Conduct field visits to monitor activities being implemented, and to engage beneficiaries and stakeholders for purposes of project planning and improvement;
• Collect and respond to feedback from project beneficiaries;
• Conduct monthly volunteer meetings to track implementation status, address challenges and receive or share feedback for overall project improvement;
• Collect and report on relevant project output data for assessing progress towards project objectives;
• Participate in periodic review meetings including monthly, quarterly and annual meetings for reflection and learning;
• Prepare and submit progress reports as per reporting requirements and schedule;
• Conduct project activity documentation including case studies, success stories and lessons learnt;
• Participate in the development of project annual plans and activity schedules in line with approved templates and planning and implementation frameworks;

Any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Degree in Social Sciences or its equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years of work experience in project implementation position in a relevant project targeting children and strengthening families and communities to care for children.
• Experience working with vulnerable children and their families in Kisumu County.
• Practical experience working in collaboration with the Department of Children Services, especially in the application of case management principles.
• Good writing skills, including case studies.
• Experience in activity budgeting and expenditure tracking.
• Excellent community mobilization skills.