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Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities of the Project Coordinator Safe CLICS will be:

Project Management

• Coordinate the development of the National OCSEA manual, and child-friendly outreach tool.
• Oversee children consultative forums in preparation for position on enactment of the Children’s Bill.
• Coordinate the development of OCSEA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines on interagency coordination and collaboration and support capacity building of the social workforce on OCSEA.
• In consultation with the Child Protection and Advocacy Manager, collaborate with the DCS and for advocacy on increased national government funding for online child protection agencies and activation of the Victim Protection Trust Fund
• Support communication and collaboration between government stakeholders and technology companies on matters OCSEA.
• Ensure the planning, implementation and review od project is done on a timely basis.
• Provide leadership and overall management of the effective and efficient delivery of project activities, outcomes and objectives and on time and budget.
• Ensure project staff are well managed and motivated
• Plan for and organise monthly and quarterly and annual project staff and partner management meetings etc.

Reporting, Complaint Mechanisms and Survivor Assistance:

• Work closely with key national stakeholders, JFA Alliance and Consortium members to support the establishment/ and or engagement of an inter-agency mechanisms on OCSEA complaints and response
• Link Consortium members’ complaint and feedback mechanisms (CFMs) through agreed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on inter-agency complaint referral, in line with the Child Fund’s SOPs, linked also to broader efforts on Accountability issues to the communities served
• Jointly map existing OCSEA complaint and feedback mechanisms (CFMs) of Consortium members to identify where there are gaps in the implementation of the program, establish new entry points to fill the gaps in reporting access, so that there are safe, accessible, and contextually appropriate channels for any member of the community to report sensitive allegations.
• Liaise with the Consortium members (Childline and Life Skills Promoters) and Child protection and Advocacy Manager to ensure that GBV strategies, workplans and referral pathways fully include and respond to the specific needs of OCSEA survivors.
• Ensure that mapping of critical services is regularly undertaken and ensure that all ChildFund-led programs are aware of how to refer survivors to access critical survivor support services.

Capacity Building

• Identify needs and design a capacity building program for Childline Kenya counselors to respond effectively to OCSEA victims.
• Coordinate and foster harmonization of sensitization activities on OCSEA in communities, build capacity of Consortium staff in OCSEA and conduct similar activities across programmatic response.
• Coordinate identification of opportunities across consortium members  (Childline and Life Skills Promoters) for community sensitization, risk assessment and capacity building on SEA.
• Working closely with the M&E office, identify needs within the project team and partners and design programs to ensure their capacity is built.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (Knowledge Generation & Management Planning)

• Working in close collaboration with the MEAL Officer and Finance officer to monitor and report on the project progress in terms of deliverables and budget.
• Work with M&E Officer to develop and present options and recommendations to ChildFund to determine specific issues to be reported on and actions to address gaps identified for collecting, analyzing and sharing Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA) data.
• Coordinating monthly, quarterly, and annual review meetings with the project team and partners.
• Work with M&E Officer to document best/promising practices on OCSEA and lessons learnt in Kenya in order to better inform ongoing OCSEA work.
• Coordinate the project teams during Safe CLICS project technical studies, which include baseline surveys and evaluations.
• Monitor cases reported to Childline Kenya to ensure their effective registration in the National Child Protection Information Management System
• Preparing and submitting timely monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports to the CP and Advocacy Manager and the GAAM team.

Partner Coordination

• Coordinate Life skills promoters to build the capacity teachers’ and school management in identification, prevention, and response to OCSEA.
• Working closely with Life Skills Promoters to oversee trainings and peer education dialogue programs at the school level.
• Coordinate Childline Kenya to conduct trainings for caregivers on OCSEA concept reporting and referrals mechanisms.
• Coordinate Childline Kenya to strengthen community structures to ensure sustainable OCSEA support for caregivers and build up community surveillance efforts. 
• Coordinate Childline Kenya to strengthen linkages of OCSEA survivors to referral services.
• Coordinate partners monthly reporting both financial and narrative.

Planning and Budgeting

• Working closely with the project team and partners, prepare project annual work plan and for effective implementation of the project.
• Making monthly funds projection for the Safe CLICs project to the Grants Office.
• Work closely with the Technical officer, Finance officer and partners on monitoring and reporting of the project budget.  
• Work closely with the finance officer to ensure that all project budgets are posted into the financial system in a timely and accurate manner

Grant Acquisition, Resource Development and Management

• Oversee timely and high-quality compliance with donor reporting requirements as per the contract
• Oversee full utilization of donor funds, review project implementation bottlenecks, challenges and opportunities and suggest solutions to improve results-based implementation and reporting in collaboration with GAAM.
• Support identification of new funding opportunities through advance intelligence gathering, development of concept notes and project proposals in collaboration with GAAM and program teams to ensure consistency in coordination in line with ChildFund’s priorities and requirements
• Support identification of new partners for new funding opportunities and other resource mobilization opportunities, supporting development of teaming and sub-award agreements, and manage consortium partners’ performance on grants.

Networking and Collaboration

• Represent ChildFund Kenya in forums, meetings, seminars, and conferences related to the project and as advised by the Country Child Protection and Advocacy Manager.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Safeguarding

• Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with Child fund’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

Qualifications and Experience

• MA degree in Community Development, Social Work, Project Management, or related field.
• A strong knowledge background in Online child protection and information technology case management and the child protection system in Kenya.
• At least 5-7 years’ experience working on a similar project
• Demonstrated experience managing a donor funded Child Protection and Child Development project.
• Experience working with urban and rural both communities,
• Experience working with youth and Children.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Good networking and advocacy skills.
• Team player.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities of the Project Accountant Safe CLICS will be:

General Accounting and Bookkeeping:

• Ensure expenditures and supporting documents follow donor’s regulation/audit requirements and are coded correctly.
• Payment processing: matching requisition to LPO and invoices, ensuring they are duly approved subject to approval limits and raise payment vouchers for the same.
• Receive and review accountability declaration form. Suggest refunding if there are any rejections of expenses due to unacceptable supporting documents.
• Cash planning & management: ensure appropriate cash planning and management for the project.
• Participate in Country Office month-end closure processes and procedures.
• In partnership with Senior Accountant, ensure grants revenues are correctly recorded and appropriate ICR and Shared Program Costs are recognized/charged in accordance with Grant terms and conditions

Compliance and Reporting:

• Ensures that proper internal controls exist for all financial activities including compliance with donor’s financial regulations.
• Pro-actively rise issues and concerns with the multi-grant accountant to ensure ChildFund remains in compliance with donor contract and regulations
• Prepare accurate donor financial reports in donor format in a timely manner
• Support audit and internal reviews processes and the resolution and closure of audit recommendation/corrective actions.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Safeguarding

• Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with Child fund’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Finance or Accounting, and minimum CPA IV.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience with 1 year experience in INGO preferable.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to establish positive working relationships on the basis of trust, friendliness and respect with a high degree of analytical ability.
• Ability to manage interpersonal relations and work effectively with others, to establish and maintain good working relations in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment while showing sensitivity and respect for diversity
• Capacity planning, organizing and self-direction, ability to work independently and under pressure for effective decision making, using common sense and professionalism.
• Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Office Products including excel.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to maintain confidential financial information.

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Duties/Responsibilities may include:

Project design and implementation

1. Support Project and implement partner staff in conducting government and community consultations to foster strategic collaboration.
2. Conduct data analysis and document key findings from stakeholder validation workshops.
3. Provide support in the preparation and review of internal project reports i.e. Activity reports, Monthly Monitoring reports, and evaluation and impact assessment reports.
4. Support the development of project implementation plan and budget
5. Support the project team in the review of training materials, job aids, and caregiver reference resources based on a literature review of the latest evidence on Early Childhood Development and Nurturing Care.
6. Monitor the status and progress of Project planning based on the performance measurement table.

Partnership building and networking  

1. Support the external consultants in the assessment of existing and potential new implementing partners’ capacity to deliver Nurturing Care project initiatives.

Knowledge Management and Learning

1. Participate in monthly project meetings with the donor or any other meetings to provide updates on the implementation of planning phase activities.
2. Work with the project and local partner teams in the documentation of processes, and lessons learned to ensure evidence-based decision-making by teams for the implementation phase.

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

Essential     

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Development, Project Management, Community Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics or social sciences.
• Professional certification in Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation. 
• A minimum of 4 years of direct, “hands-on” working experience in building and operating monitoring and evaluating projects/programs.
• Working programme experience with international NGOs with a bias in Early Childhood Development and/or Education
• Excellent interpersonal skills and verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong Team working skills
• Fluency in English (Expert or professional).
• Ability to work under pressure and short deadlines
• Good report writing skills, strong writing and communication skills and analytical abilities, particularly in the areas of learning, and capacity development/transfer.
• Excellent working knowledge of SPSS, and Advanced Excel. Access databases is an advantage.
• Experience in designing tools through mobile data applications such as CommCare, KOBO Collect, ODK, and integrating with dashboards e.g. PowerBi and information systems.
• Able to take initiative and exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in an effective, proactive and timely manner

Desirable

• Familiarity with project cycle management, monitoring and evaluation
• Organized and able to manage own time under guidance and direction from line-manager
• Strong interpersonal and self-awareness skills
• Ability and willingness to undertake extensive travel in the country
• Well-developed conceptual, critical, analytical thinking and planning skills
• Ability to take Initiative, drive to achieve results, ability to develop effective organizations

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DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Programme Design and Implementation

• Establish and implement a comprehensive project M&E and knowledge management system to enhance impact monitoring, quality control and evaluation to improve internal processes and results delivery.
• Develop the project monitoring and evaluation plan, indicator reference sheets, trackers, data collection tools, participant databases and oversee quality implementation of M&E activities to meet donor standards
• Support external evaluators and project team in designing and conducting baseline, midterm, endline evaluations any specialized studies to include TOR, sampling methodologies, data collection instruments, analysis and report development and be the main focal point for consultancies
• Monitor and report the status and progress of EVAC Results Framework and Project implementation plan based on EVAC performance indicators as well as budget expenditures
• Conduct process and outcome monitoring to assess quality of activity implementation, routine data quality audits and document field visit reports and action trackers.
• Provide timely feedback to implementation teams from the MEL system findings to enhance effectiveness of program/project implementation and steps needed to achieve desired outcomes.

Partnership capacity building and support

• Support in the needs assessment of partner MEL capacity and design of appropriate processes to ensure skills are developed.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to relevant partners’ staff on MEL processes and activities.
• Document results from capacity building efforts and share with the Project Coordinator and officers.

Learning
 

• Work with Communication and Advocacy Assistant to prepare high quality annual learning products including case studies, success stories, most significant change (MSC)
• Facilitate/Lead quarterly review meetings to discuss progress, challenges and lessons learnt and develop workplans with the project team
• Support project launch, start up and close out workshops to disseminate to stakeholders’ information related to implementation and critical learnings
• Submit progress reports by the deadlines stipulated in the EVAC Grant confirmation letter which will include an updated project milestones and implementation tracker, results tracker and progress narrative.
• Ensure implementation of EVAC evaluation and reviews lessons learned and recommendations.
• Any other duties as maybe assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Essential                          

• 5+ years solid experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning in international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), at least 2 years of working in child centered programs design and implementation.
• Experience working in consortiums/partnership implementation programs
• Computer proficiency in general office and statistical software applications e.g. SPSS, STATA.
• Practical experience in developing real time dashboards e.g. Advanced Excel, PowerBi, Tableau is a must.
• Experience in database management and relevant software e.g. Access, MySQL
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English and Swahili;
• Demonstrated diplomacy in building relationships and working with diverse cultures and audiences and sensitive situations and subject matter
• Experience in strategic planning approaches – including, needs assessment and programs design, logical framework development, selecting indicators, implementing monitoring plans, coordinating evaluations and data analysis
• Experience in M&E methods and approaches (including quantitative, qualitative and participatory work with children)
• Demonstrated skills in training and M&E capacity development of staff preferred.

Desirable

• Knowledge and Experience in implementing Child Protection projects/programmes will be added advantage
• Commitment to ChildFund’s overall mission, vision and values including strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and child safeguarding
• Advanced degree in monitoring and evaluation/project management
• Familiarity with project cycle management
• Organized and able to manage own time under guidance and direction from line-manager
• Strong interpersonal and self-awareness skills
• Ability and willingness to undertake extensive travel in the country
• Well-developed conceptual, critical, analytical thinking and planning skills
• Ability to take Initiative, drive to achieve results, ability to develop effective organizations
• Ability to work effectively with others, adaptive and flexible

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Development Studies, Statistics, or relevant discipline.
• Professional Certification in M&E and Project Management

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Duties/Responsibilities may include: 

• Overall project management, including the development and execution of the Detailed Implementation Plans (DIP) and ensuring that the plans are implemented according to approved ChildFund and donor guidelines and that ChildFund procedures and policies are always adhered to and provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of project processes.
•  Leverage existing partnerships with key government ministries and departments at national and district levels (e.g., Health, Education, Social Protection, Children Services…) to complement existing government-led efforts in scaling up Nurturing Care interventions in 4 counties. 
• Collaborate with other donor grantees and leverage their presence in the Lake Region Development Bloc by sharing information/experience and technical support to complement each other’s efforts and reduce duplication of resources.
• Proactively engage with communities in 4 proposed target counties to ensure community involvement and sustained commitment to the project.
•  Develop, and validate plans with identified local implementing partners and relevant government representatives. 
• Lead in the review of existing parenting education training materials from ChildFund and external partners, job aids, and reference resources used by caregivers and adaptation as need be.
• In collaboration with an external evaluator contracted by the donor, support the development of an evaluation plan for the implementation phase including proposed objectives, evaluation questions, child development indicator profiles, data collection tools, and analysis plans to support the measurement of child development outcomes. 
• Support in the assessment of existing and potential new implementing partners’ capacity to implement ECD and Nurturing Care interventions in consultation with the 4 proposed county governments.
• Coordinate and lead in the drafting a 36-month implementation plan and budget that will act as a blueprint for promoting Nurturing Care in the identified districts/countries with inputs from representatives from government ministries/departments from all the 4 proposed counties and other stakeholders.
• Conduct stakeholder validation and prioritization workshops with parents, caregivers, and community representatives from the four proposed counties. 
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises including field visits and surveys and share information with relevant stakeholders for timely action to achieve results.
• Strengthen key national and county partnerships and civil society agencies through networking and collaboration. 
• Timely preparation and submission of quality progress and donor reports that meet ChildFund and donor requirements as stipulated in the contract. 
• Document lessons learned and best practices for experience sharing and replication.
• Be alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills necessary for promoting strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures, and ensure full adherence to the Child Safeguarding Policy.
•  Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of diversity, inclusion, and equity.
• Any other duties relevant to the position as may be assigned by the supervisor.  

    Required Qualifications/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in either Early Childhood Studies, development studies, education psychology, or any other relevant social sciences.
• A minimum of 5+ years of relevant professional experience in project planning, management, and/or research in early childhood education is required.
• Basic research and data collection skills.
• Demonstrated ability to run high-quality interactive trainings in-person and remotely (virtual).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate successfully with individuals and teams at all levels, both internal and external.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and meet strict deadlines.
• Practical experience working with local implementing partners.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English, with demonstrated training and public speaking abilities.
• Knowledge and application of computer skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Practical experience in implementing parenting education programs for caregivers of infants and young children.
• Experience in any of the following sectors: child protection, gender, disabilities, health, nutrition.

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Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the Technical Officer System Strengthening Safe CLICS will be:

• Ensuring Timely implementation and reporting of project activities
• Working in close collaboration with the MEAL Officer and Finance officer to monitor and report on the project progress in terms of deliverables and budget.
• Participate in the monthly and quarterly meetings with the project team and partners.
• Preparing Monthly, quarterly, and annual project report based on his /her project deliverables.
• Collaborate with the Department of Children Services (DCS) and key stakeholders to develop the National OCSEA manual, and child-friendly outreach tool.
• Hold consultative forums to get children voices in preparation for position on enactment of the Children’s Bill.
• Collaborate with the government stakeholders in the development of OCSEA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines on interagency coordination and collaboration and support capacity building of the social workforce on OCSEA.
• Collaborate with the Project Coordinator and Child Protection and Advocacy Manager to advocate for increased national government funding for online child protection agencies and activation of the Victim Protection Trust Fund.
• Support communication and collaboration between government stakeholders and technology companies on matters OCSEA.
• Ensuring ChildFund policies and procedures including but not limited to: Child Fund Code of Business and Ethical Conduct Policy Statement, Child Protection policy and Standards, Cash Receipts and Payments, Expenditures & Disbursements are adhered to.
• Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks.
• Understand ChildFund Child safeguarding policy and procedures and conduct themselves in a manner consistent with ChildFund Child Safeguarding Policy.
• Represent ChildFund Kenya in forums, meetings, seminars, and conferences related to the project and as advised by the Country Child Protection and Advocacy Manager.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience

• A degree in Community Development, Social Work, Law, Project Management, or any related field.
• A Strong knowledge background in Online child protection and information technology case management and the child protection system in Kenya.
• At least 4 years’ experience working on a similar project in Kenya
• Demonstrated experience managing a donor funded Child Protection and Child Development project.
• Experience working with urban and peri-urban communities,
• Experience on conducting capacity building forums to social providers on OCSEA.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Good networking and advocacy skills.
• Team player.