Social Worker at Kesho Kenya

Key Areas of Accountability
Data Generation and Verification

• The social worker shall assist in capturing real time data on the status of inclusive education involving local communities
• The incumbent shall drive usage and relevance of the policy monitoring tool in designated communities
• The social worker shall provide feedback from the community on the functionality and importance of the policy monitoring tool 
• The incumbent shall assist in all the studies, assessments, and MEAL related functions and exercises normal or ad-hoc
• The social worker shall lead and create relationships with the community gatekeepers to get local buy-in.

Community Engagement, Monitoring and Evaluation

• The Social Worker shall support in curating relationships and conversations with other CSO rallying around inclusive education budgeting and financing
• The Social Worker shall support in building evidence that will contribute to quality provision of inclusive education 
• The Social Worker shall become the point of dissemination of relevant data derived from the policy monitoring tool to the local communities
• The Social Worker shall generate quality literature reviews in creating rationales for financing and improving inclusive education 
• The Social Worker shall coordinate all community engagement efforts building a strong movement for inclusive education agenda

Community capacity strengthening (budget process)

• The Social Worker shall drive awareness and sensitization campaigns educating people in various communities on inclusive education agenda.
• The incumbent shall embark on community organizing, rallying voices to create a rational for new conversations with political leaders at community and district/county levels
• The incumbent shall lead community and district/county-based advocacy efforts to effect change on inclusive education agenda
• The social worker shall create and coordinate meetings with education-related structures, NECs, media and people with special needs for learning and information sharing/dissemination and resource mobilization
• The Social worker shall assist in engaging national-level stakeholders on funding increment toward inclusive education

Policy Accountability

• The Social Worker shall create and implement an engagement plan with existing community structures to flag issues concerning inclusive education agenda
• The incumbent shall lead in reviewing progress advocacy and lobbying at community level toward inclusive education
• The Social Worker shall engage relevant local CSO networks/representation to catalyze conversations on inclusive education
• The incumbent shall lead in all quarter and annual monitoring community visits to showcase the status of the project and the agenda
• The Social Worker shall support the baseline and endline survey exercises ensuring full participation of the communities.
• The incumbent shall lead in tracking all the community plans around inclusive education

Oversight
The Social Worker shall not have any oversight responsibility. 

Accountability
The incumbent shall have a solid reporting line to the Advocacy and Communication Officer present in all the partner organization. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in the field of social work, social sciences, advocacy, development studies, and related fields from accredited universities.
• 3 – 5 years relevant working experience in a similar job profile, ideally, with respectable experience in community engagement. 
• Extensive and practical knowledge on effective and contemporary practices in successful advocacy and lobbying.