Careers at World Vision Kenya

Major Responsibilities:

Staff Facilitation

60%

• Timely facilitation of staff to and from work and to other official duties.
• Ensure safety of staff and vehicle while on journey
• Ensure mobilization of additional vehicles and drivers to facilitate key events such as major donor visits, campaigns, evaluations and baselines
• Ensure facilitation of Staff / Visitors / Donors/ to the field.

Administration support

10

• Facilitate delivery of parcels/ mails
• In collaboration with Administration department liase with service providers to ensure quality services
•  Work with respective staff to plan and coordinate field facilitation services.
• Support in community mobilization
• Be bank gent for bank transactions

Vehicle care and maintenance

20%

• Ensure vehicle cleanliness all the time.
• Keep vehicle movement log book up to date.
• Check mechanical and operational soundness of the vehicle.
• To ensure that the vehicle is serviced at the required time.
• To check and ensure that all vehicle tools are in place and intact.
• Undertake minor repairs and recommend for major vehicle repairs.
• Park the vehicle at the recommended parking areas by WVK
• Seek for permission to use the car as per the laid down policy and procedures.
• Obey traffic laws
• Maintain maximum care of the vehicle at all times.
• Submit all the vehicle spare keys to the Fleet management for safe custody.
• Surrender vehicle keys to the respective admins every end of trip
• Report all vehicle malfunctions to the fleet office.
• Initiate procurement process for all motor vehicle repairs and maintenance.

Vehicle reports

10%

• Prepare monthly and other vehicle reports and file copies of the same after approval.
• Forward all invoices and fuel returns to fleet management for payment process.
• In case of accident, forward detailed report for claim processing.

Other Competencies/Attributes:

• High professional ethics and whose integrity is beyond reproach
• Good interpersonal communications skills.
• Good coordination skills
• Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
• Attend and participate/lead in daily devotions and weekly chapel services.
• Must observe punctuality and be willing to work extra hours.
• Must be honest and reliable.
• Demonstrate and maintain  high levels of personal hygiene
• Physical qualities – one of good health status with no disabilities, has both mental and manual dexterity.
• Mental qualities – Intelligent, analytical, a quick decision maker, mental alertness, able to balance work and leisure.
• Skill or talents  proactive self-driven result oriented individual, a mechanic and computer literate individual.

Qualifications:  Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training:

• Qualification – a form four with a clean driving license with AA certificate coupled with three years’ experience in a similar job.
• A minimum of three years experience in similar position
• Basic knowledge of  Computer applications (Microsoft windows, word , excel and internet)
• Basic knowledge of vehicle maintenance
• Basic knowledge of first Aid and other safety and security measure.
• Knowledge of transport regulatory acts/Law
• Must be in good physical health

Working Environment / Conditions:

• Work environment:  Frequent domestic travel
• On call: during emergencies and crisis

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Key Responsibilities:

Facilities maintenance

• Ensure the office facilities are habitable and safe for occupation by staff and visitors at all times
• Ensure the daily functioning of office and housing facilities including repairs and minor renovations.
• Facilitate the hosting of events ensuring safety and coordination
• Ensure that OSH standards are observed and recommendations from audits are implemented and closed in a timely manner
• Supervise facilities maintenance works by various service providers ensuring WVK gets excellent services and value for money value for money
• Ensure timely processing of facilities utilities bills
• Ensure that Outsourced services providing horticultural services relating to planting and cultivating flowers in gardens; planting and maintaining lawns in good condition; keeping plants, flowers, and lawns well-watered and weeded; and ensuring the general upkeep of the grounds and driveways are well supervised and providing excellent services.
• Supervise the outsourced in cleaning companies in order to effectively clean and maintain World Vision's buildings and property.

Management of outsourced services

• Ensure that outsourced service providers are facilitated and have conducive work environment
• Ensure that the outsourced service provider’s personnel adhere to laid procedures stipulated in their respective SLA’s.
• Supervise the outsourced service providers working outside normal working hours.
• Coordinate and ensure smooth services provision by outsourced service providers for expatriates houses.

Equipment maintenance

• Ensure timely replenishment of consumables for the shared equipment and coordinate maintenance of the equipment.
• Ensure that all equipment are in operation and organize for alternative power and water supplies when the main supplies fail.
• Ensure that all equipment within the complex are in good working condition and coordinate the maintenance of all installations.

Security and Safety

• Monitor security and safety of the WV premises and assets by supervising the outsourced security personnel.
• Respond to fire and intrusion alarms within the complex and take action as necessary.
• Respond to security concerns occurring during off working hours and take action.
• Ensure existence of a good relationship with the local police, Neighbours and other security agencies around the WVK Premises for effective collaboration

Others

• Attend and participate/ lead in daily devotions and weekly Chapel services.
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor

Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ working experience
• Intelligent, analytical, a quick decision maker and mental alertness
• High professional ethics and integrity
• Good interpersonal and organizing skill
• Proactive self-driven result oriented individual.
• Honest & reliable, team player
• Good communication skills
• Trustworthy
• Flexibility
• Diploma in Business related course, Social Sciences or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Diploma in Engineering related field is an added advantage
• Class BCE driving license with at least 5 years’ experience in driving
• Computer literate in Microsoft Office Packages

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Key Responsibilities:

• VisionFund is World Vision’s microfinance provider serving vulnerable clients through loans, savings, and insurance. We enable families to grow their livelihoods in hard to reach, rural locations in 28 countries so that caregivers can create secure futures for their children.
• We believe in brighter futures for children; empowering families to create incomes and jobs; unlocking economic potential for communities to thrive.
• Join VisionFund as we seek to end intergenerational poverty through microfinance.

Job summary

The Insurance Business Development Director's, VisionFund International (VFI) job is to work with the World Vision Inclusive Finance Group as part of its partnership strategy.  This is a new role created to grow insurance beyond VFI traditional client base of our MFIs.  This job will seek to expand micro insurance offering through WV field offices, particularly focusing on our registered children programs.  The job will work directly with interested World Vision field offices and other NGOs/network of MFIs to explore whether there is a need for insurance products.  The position will also be part of the VFI insurance team who will focus on the operationalisation of the product.  The successful candidate will drive pragmatic implementation of insurance solutions into World Vision operations to create affordable financial safety nets for their beneficiaries. This role is proactive, making sure results are achieved as per the defined plan in each country and developing future plans.

Key Responsibilities

Develop the micro insurance business in World Vision Offices (40%)

• Build relationships at global, regional and national level with key WV staff to understand their needs and concerns around insurance for sponsored children and their families. 
• Identify promising countries and work on long term plans for bring them on board.

Promotion and innovation of insurance products and work (10%)

• Document progress and report on successes, lessons learned and opportunities for insurance and how it benefits sponsored children and their families
• Promote innovation in the insurance/ humanitarian/ INGO space

Developing new business with other partners (30%)

• Engage and build relationships with like-minded organisations that are seeking to develop insurance products to understand their needs and concerns around insurance

Support handover to insurance team (20%)

• Once countries have been identified and financial commitments agreed then the work needs to be handed over to the insurance team.  There will need to be work in handing over and in some cases taking on some of the functions of the core insurance team (as directed by the insurance director)

Required qualifications and experience

• A minimum of under-graduate level education in mathematics or business or finance or international development.
• At least 10 years of experience of microinsurance including development of products, management and operations
• At least 5 years of experience of working with INGOs and MFIs/network of MFIs
• Excellent professional knowledge of microfinance and micro insurance Knowledge of personal lines insurance such as life and health
• Trained in project/program management (preferably in a grant funded context) or experienced manager with a proven track record in project delivery in developing countries
• Strong report writing skills
• Highly numerate, proficient in the use of spreadsheet models
• Good inter-personal and cross-cultural skills to cope with a very diverse stakeholder group
• The role requires hands on experience in insurance and ideally in microinsurance specialized in personal lines (health, life, personal accident).
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders regarding products and business plans
• Track record of successful project implementations

Preferred knowledge & qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject is preferred, or equivalent experience/knowledge gained in a work situation e.g. as an Economic development specialist or Microfinance professional
• Matrix management experience
• An insurance specialist with experience of running grant financed development projects.

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Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning and Implementation

• Ensure timely implementation of all the child protection, participation and safeguarding interventions in the Area program
• Support in the Annual, Quarterly and Monthly Project planning and budgeting for Child Protection, Adult safeguarding and Advocacy (CVA) Project activities; DIP, Budget and Log-frame.
• Lead the establishment of functional community child protection, adult safeguarding reporting and feedback mechanism structures and provide the necessary actions and support in a timely manner
• In consultation with the supervisor, and the cluster manager, ensure that there is a contextualized AP Safeguarding Incidence Preparedness Plan (SIPP)
• Provide secretariat services to the safeguarding management committee at AP level and ensure that WVK remains a child safe organization.
• Support in the implementation of the Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy at the AP office level ensuring that the Policy is well socialized and implemented in compliance to the WV Partnership standards.
• Submit a weekly update report on cases reported and closed in Ethics Point
• Ensure that children are involved in Annual and Quarterly Project Planning, WVK Board meetings if called upon and ensure that they understand their roles during Project planning and Implementation
• Ensure children participate in local and national children forums
• Support establishment of Child Protection and Advocacy (CPA) groups at Primary Focus Areas (PFA)
• On a weekly basis, ensure that all AP staff are briefed on the specific activities to be carried out in every Primary focus with an objective of ensuring that the Child Protection activities are implemented in an integrated manner with other AP activities

Capacity Building & Engagement with Child Protection actors

• Facilitate capacity building of community based child protection structures.
• Organize forums with child protection stakeholders to strengthen reporting and referral mechanisms at community level
• Ensure that parents, Caregivers and all Adult members of every household are equipped with knowledge and skills on; Positive parenting, how to listen to children, address their issues and protect children (including in emergency context) from all forms of violence and how to respond to any cases of violence that may occur
• Ensure timely implementation of activities and initiatives that enable Parents and caregivers acquire skills for championing Spiritual nurture, participation and protection of girls and boys from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), abuse, neglect, exploitation, and all other forms of violence in a safe family environment.
• Develop and maintain a database of all Child Protection actors based within the Area Program
• Ensure weekly engagement with all Health facilities in the Area Program to obtain data and follow up on any reported cases of child pregnancies and other forms of sexual and gender based violence; and ensure appropriate referrals and linkages for children in need of care and support
• Conduct weekly engagements with the Police Stations within the Area Program to track all the reported cases of violence and violations and document the cases that require linkages and support with other institutions, and report back to the AP Manager to lead such linkages
• Conduct a weekly engagement with the offices of Assistant Chiefs and Chiefs to follow up on child protection and response actions and ensure that all reported cases of violence and violations are linked from the offices of the Chiefs to the Police Stations
• Collaborate with the office of the Assistant Chiefs and Chiefs in convening monthly Area Advisory Council (AAC) meetings at the Sub-Location and Location levels, as guided by the AAC guidelines
• Conduct weekly engagements with offices of Education Officials within the Area Program to track and follow up on child protection and response actions and ensure that all reported cases of violence and violations

Project Monitoring, Reporting and Learning

• Ensure alignment of all Child protection Design, Monitoring and Evaluation activities with the stipulated DME standards
• Ensure documentation of AP Child protection and Participation gaps interventions and impacts
• Lead in timely mobilization and effective communication with communities and stakeholders during baselines, evaluations and other relevant programming activities.
• Utilize the on-line Project Monitoring and Reporting Platform to capture monitoring data and in generating reports.
• Conduct child protection data collection and analysis to inform engagements.
• Support in ensuring that weekly Project updates, Monthly and Quarterly Project Reports, Including Financial Reports are developed and submitted on time in compliance with WV requirements
• Organize for and facilitate quarterly child protection and safeguarding reflection and learning forums that brings together participants from all the primary focus areas within the Area Program
• In consultation with the supervisor, cluster manager and the CPP TP manager, ensure that ADP related child and adult safeguarding findings and recommendations from various accountability mechanisms such as Peer Review, Operational and Finance Audits, Program evaluations, Program Capability Review, are acted upon in a timely and effective manner
• Spearhead research and documentation of best practices related to child protection interventions and beneficiaries safeguarding
• Perform any other duty as may be assigned by supervisor or designee from time to time.
• Participate and contribute in committees and task forces which you may be appointed to
• Participate and lead devotions as appropriate Any other duty as assigned by the Supervisor

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in community development work implementing child protection and adult safeguarding programs
• Experience in program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting
• Experience in Advocacy and community led CVA (Social Accountability Framework).
• Good understanding of CRC and other relevant international human rights standards protecting the rights of children.
• Experience in engagements with government departments and decision makers as well as networking and collaborating with other non-government stakeholders including community structures at community level
• Good Understanding of a systems approach to child protection programming
• Experience in implementing faith and development models and working with faith leaders
• Experience working with children Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment. Excellent communication, Networking and advocacy skills

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Key Responsibilities:

To project officer role provides day to day oversight in the implementation and monitoring of Health, sanitation and hygiene activities in the Area Programme (AP) working closely with ministry of health, related stakeholders and AP team to deepen the engagement and interventions at both community and county/sub county levels.  This role will contribute to increasing access to health services, sanitation coverage and hygiene promotion in efforts towards achieving SDG 3; Good health and well-being and SDG 6: to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all as well as contribute to World Vision’s child wellbeing outcomes

The Project officer must be able to effectively communicate World Vision’s Christian ethos and demonstrate a quality of spiritual life that serves as an example to others.

Project,Planning and Implementation 45%

Technical Support

• Facilitate timely and quality implementation of health interventions and Sanitation and Hygiene project
• Ensure that business processes, standards and guidelines related to health, Sanitation and Hygiene initiatives are effectively applied in project implementation.
• Facilitate field visit for all respective line ministries to inspect progress of works and validate all the inspection reports (this includes quantified work done)
• Facilitate communities to identify viable health and sanitation projects and ensure their participation in the implementation of the same
• Ensure cross cutting themes are integrated into the health and S&H project
• Conduct CLTS interventions and facilitation of declarations of ODF Villages
• Participate in Child Sponsorship Management.
• Develop timely and accurate funding proposals in line with donor requirements and WVK standards in collaboration with Cluster Manager, other sector specialists
• Mobilize the community for community contribution for project interventions.
• Participate/support in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of health activities in accordance with health deliverables.
• Undertake community and stakeholder engagements to identify emerging community Health, Sanitation and Hygiene needs and priorities to inform plans and budgets
• Participate in the development of work plans, budgets for the implementation of health activities at the AP level.
• Take lead in the implementation of health interventions as per the workplan.
• Represent WVK in county and sub-county Maternal New born, Child and Adolescent Health technical working groups (TWGs)
• Engage with the Ministry of Health County and Sub County Health Management teams to ensure successful implementation of Health activities, including sharing of work plans.
• Ensure effective integration of health interventions with other WVK Projects in the Area Program (AP).

Monitoring,Reporting and Documentation 35%

Quality Assurance

• Supervise and Monitor health, Sanitation and Hygiene interventions in strict adherence to WV Kenya, Kenya government regulations, WHO and the SPHERE standards.
• Development of Annual Operating/implementation plans, work Break Down Structure and budgets. (4D matrices, DIPs, Annual Budgets).
• Facilitate health, S&H project surveys (Assessments & Baselines) and evaluations.
• Develop quality monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual and end of projects reports in accordance with donors and WV Kenya requirements.
• Document and disseminate best practices on health, Sanitation and Hygiene projects in the ADP.
• Ensure budgetary utilization is within acceptable limits/range.
• Ensures participatory monthly data collection are conducted (involving communities and partners) using the standardized tools
• Contextualization and utilization of reporting guidelines
• Support Community health teams (CHAs& CHVs) to collect and aggregate health related data at the AP level for uploading into Horizon
• Support quarterly data review meetings and data quality audits for community health strategy.
• Lead project learning, review and continuous adaptations
• Ensure all key project documents are properly filed in approved WV sites (Box, share point, teams, Horizon etc)

Advocacy, Engagement, Partnerships and resource mobilization 15%

Advocacy, Engagement with strategic partners, Linkages and networks & partnership development

• Work with MOH for technical direction and leveraging of resources to strengthen the health systems to achieve Health interventions targets.
• Work with other partners in the Project implementation for synergy and achievement of bigger impact and sustainability.
• Representation of WV Kenya in key S&H stakeholder forums/meetings at the Ward, Sub-County levels, TWGs forums
• Facilitate community education on Laws, Policies and Standards on health S&H Service delivery
• Provide support to community led processes of monitoring public service delivery and support establishment and functional CVA groups
• Ensure communities are mobilized and participate in health S&H projects.
• Participate/support the celebration of Child Health Action Days eg Malezi Bora, Immunization week, World Breastfeeding Week to increase WVK visibility at the Sub/county level
• Support in organisation’s effort for resource mobilization.

Any other support 5%

Any Other

• Support any other duty on needs basis

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience with regard to designing, planning, implementation, supervising and reporting on health, sanitation and hygiene projects, both at community level and also at facilities such as schools and health facilities
• Knowledge of behaviour change models such as Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Sanitation Marketing, Nurturing Care Groups and Design for Behaviour Change models.
• Understanding of health programming at the community level Knowledge of Community health system in Kenya  
• Wide experience in development work in sanitation and hygiene in the NGO sector
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Public Health/Environmental Health, Nursing, Community health or any other relevant qualification from a recognized and accredited university.
• Must be a results-oriented person who can handle a heavy work load as well as manage and satisfy multiple and at times conflicting organizational, donor and other stakeholder demands;
• Excellent communication skills, used to speak in public and work dynamically with adults and children. Knowledge of community capacity building.
• Expertise in partnership and collaborations with community, county governments and other S&H related institutions.
• Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office and Microsoft Outlook
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible worldview, and ability to work with a wide range of people from different backgrounds.
• Emotional and spiritual maturity and ability to lead a team of professionals.
• Knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals and especially Goal No. 3 and 6 on health & Water and Sanitation
• Knowledge of implementation of health, sanitation and hygiene interventions in disaster/emergency situations
• Knowledge of and adherence to the Red Cross and NGO Code of Conduct.
• Ability to exhibit exemplary lifestyle as interpreted in specific local cultural context