Fresh Jobs at World Vision Kenya

Key Responsibilities:

Community Mobilization & Project Implementation Support

• Assist the Project Officer in mobilizing community’s smallholder farmers (SHFs), Farmer Service Centres (FSCs), and community groups for participation in livelihoods activities, including climate-smart agriculture (CSA), value chain development, and market access initiatives.
• Facilitate community-level trainings, field days, and dialogues on topics like post-harvest management, financial literacy, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture.
• Support the implementation of weekly work plans, ensuring integration with other project components such as gender mainstreaming and resilience building.
• Help coordinate with local partners and stakeholders for joint activities, promoting inclusive access to inputs, financial services, and markets.
• Mobilize and empower community groups, including women, youth, and persons with disabilities (PWDs), to adopt sustainable practices and business models

Monitoring, Reporting, and Documentation Support

• Assist in collecting and validating community-level data on project indicators, such as SHF sales, market linkages, and resilience outcomes, using WVK DM&E systems (e.g. Dream save)
•  Support regular field monitoring visits and progress reviews with communities to ensure adherence to standards and donor requirements.
• Support documenting of success stories, innovations, and challenges from community activities, including photos and basic reports.
• Track basic expenditure and resource utilization at the field level in collaboration with the Project Officer.
• Contribute to monthly and quarterly reports by providing field-level inputs for review by the Project Officer.

Advocacy, Engagement, Partnership and Networking

• Assist in engaging local stakeholders, including ward-level government officials, private sector actors, and community leaders, to build synergies for project sustainability.
• Support in mobilization for local forums, agri-business fairs, and B2B meetings to promote CSA technologies and market access.
• ·Support and advocate for community needs, such as inclusive procurement policies and nutrition integration, under guidance from the Project Officer.

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED:

• Minimum of Diploma in Community Development, Agri Nutrition /Agricultural Economics/Agribusiness/Agricultural Extension
• At least 2 years of field experience in community mobilization, livelihoods projects, or economic empowerment initiatives, with exposure to climate-smart agriculture
• Basic understanding of market systems, extension services, and community capacity building
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills for working with diverse community groups
• Good communication skills, including basic report writing. Proficient in local languages and basic computer skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for community and partner engagement
• Knowledge on Gender and Social Inclusion with additional training or skills in gender mainstreaming / integration is an added advantage
• Knowledge of Agri Nutrition is an added advantage
• open to local residents from Baringo South preferably Mukutani.

Send the following documents in one PDF and failure to attach all the documents will lead to automatic disqualification:

• Application Letter
• CV
• Copies of academic certificates
• Copy of ID (Both sides is mandatory)
• Current reference letter from your local chief

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Key Responsibilities:

MAIN RESPONSILITIES:

Technical support

• Liaise with the local administration to mobilize the community for the project interventions.
• Facilitate community meetings in relation to the projects
• To support Health, sanitation and hygiene coverage through various behaviour change methodologies, linkages such as CLTS, integrated health outreaches, nutrition (include infant and young child feeding) etc
• Support various capacity building sessions for the communities such as training the communities on sanitation and nutrition linkages, importance of hand washing with soap at critical times, household water treatment and other hygiene promotion aspects.
• Support the establishment/strengthening of referral mechanisms/processes by community health promotors (CHPs) and Health workers - Monthly meetings with CHPs.
• Support roll-out of Health activities in the AP such as maternal, new born and child health (MNCH) and integration of the same into WASH activities

Quality Assurance-Monitoring, reporting and Documentation

• Support in the coordination of joint monitoring visits between the donor and the national office.
• Participate in evaluation planning and support data collection teams, analysis and interpretation
• Support monitoring on a monthly basis (project indicators progress) and make relevant improvements
• Collect (such as through digital means-m Water) and share information to guide project teams in timely writing and submission of quality reports (Annual, Semi-annul and Monthly Management Reports) in line with WV/grant reporting guidelines and the donor expectation.
• Utilize financial planning tools such as spending plans, work plans based on project activities and budgets.
• Utilize budget estimates and anticipated costs based on programmatic priorities and activities for planning purposes.
• Monitor (with support of the project officer-sanitation and hygiene or other AP WASH and health staff) on a monthly basis the project implementation on budget, on time and on target.
• Advocacy, Fundraising, Engagement with strategic partners, Linkages and networks & partnership development

Participate in mobilizing stakeholders during baselines, evaluations and other relevant programming activities

• Collaborate with community leaders and other partners to plan monitoring activities
• Represent WVK in relevant forums within the AP area
• Support fundraising initiatives for health, sanitation and hygiene such as proposal development.
• Provide support to community led processes of monitoring public service delivery.
• Ensure communities are mobilized and participate in their WASH and health projects

Qualification required:

• Diploma in public health/ Environmental health, community health, nutrition
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in implementing behavior change methodologies in sanitation and hygiene such as Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and sanitation marketing.
• Prior experience working with partners at community level is an advantage
• Good community mobilization and engagement skills needed
• Must be computer literate
• Must be a local resident of Mutitu sub county, preferably Endau

Submit the following required documents in one PDF. Failure to attach all document will lead to automatic disqualification.

• Application Letter
• CV
• Copies of academic certificates
• Copy of ID (Both sides is mandatory)
• Current reference letter from your local chief