Education & Child Protection Programme Manager at We World

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the country representative in the daily management of the organization and in the relationship with the relevant Government offices, International donors and local partner organizations in the relevant sectors.
• Represent the organization at education and child protection development partners’ forum at national level and at county level to ensure working relationships and engagement with relevant ministries, Development partners and stakeholders is enhanced.
• Support the country representative in the activities of the on-going projects and the start up activities of the new field projects
• Provide technical support to the sub-offices and the local partners in developing project concepts, proposals and budgets.
• Ensure the timely and quality of Monthly and Quarterly reports of all related programs, technical and financial results in according to the donors’ requirements.
• Work closely with field teams to implement activities as per the work-plan.
• Strengthen We World monitoring system, perform a constant monitoring of the project activities and expenditures among local partners through regular field visits, use of standardized M&E tools and also ensuring at the same time that they are realized within the timeframe and according to the procedures required by the project.
• Assist the Local partners with M&E tools and in supporting them in their use and to ensure effective implementation of M&E.
• Perform any other duty that might be assigned by the Country representative

Essential Competencies:

• Bachelors' degree in Education related matters or Social Work and Child Protection matters
• 5 years minimum work experience in NGOs;
• Very strong organizational skills with proven ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines;
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in multi-cultural context;
• Able to relate with staff personnel and local partners and to assist them in proposal writing and monitoring and evaluation of their projects in order to meet the requirements of We World and the funding donors;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the drafting of reports.
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Able to take initiatives and additional responsibilities and work without supervision to accomplish results;

Desirable Competencies:

• Master Degree will be highly valued
• Prior experience working for NGOs and/or charitable institutions
• Prior experience working on projects funded by an international institution
• Excellent computer skills, especially Word and Excel;

Contract Type: 1 year contract, (with previous 3 months of successful probation)

Location: Nairobi office based, with very frequent travelling missions