Senior Programs Officer - WASH - World Vision Jobs in Nairobi Kenya

Senior Programs Officer - WASH - World Vision Jobs in Nairobi Kenya

Purpose of the Position:

To develop and to directly implement clear and tangible strategies for ensuring: effective WASH stakeholder engagement at the national level of the organization, and to ensure well coordinated and target responsive resource acquisition efforts that focus on World Vision Kenya’s WASH programmatic priorities and core competencies.

In order to successfully do so, the Senior Programme 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.

Major Responsibilities:

    * Ensure effective management of various donor funding streams
    * Coordinate all programme related internal and external visits.
    * In liaison with other departments ensure quality and timely proposals are developed and marketed.
    * Work with the branches to ensure timely and quality reports are developed and disseminated to donors, Support Offices and partnerships.
    * Liaise with DM&E officer in organizing quarterly review, and experience sharing meetings with the region (especially the WASH Learning Centers) and sister countries participating in the MDM implementation.
    * Ensure high quality representation with donors, NGOs, Government and other stakeholders.
    * Ensure results based management systems are utilized in liaison with Branches, Integrated Ministry Quality, People &Culture and Finance.
    * Build staff and team capacity to realize the vision and WASH strategy of WVK.
    * Provide effective leadership in donor engagement (MDM, USAID, , DFID, EU, UN e.g. UNICEF and others)
    * Provide linkages between the Support Offices and Programs in WVK and ensure donor (MDM, USAID, DFID, EU, UN e.g UNICEF and others) SO, WVK and WV partnership expectations are met in terms of quality programmes.
    * In liaison with EDR Ensure effective linkages with other partners in the NGO, government, church, bilateral and multilateral agencies and other development partners through the successful implementation of a coordinated engagement strategy that has identified and prioritized key external stakeholders, create clear points of engagement locally, regionally, nationally and internationally
    * Develop and implement protocols for coordinating communication between ministry units (branches, Sub-Branches, IPAs) and Support Offices, key international and national donors and other stakeholders.
    * Any other responsibility as assigned by the WASH Programme Director or other related supervisors

Corresponding Responsibilities:

    * Ensure that the resource acquisition management system effectively standardizes processes for identifying and establishing priority areas and opportunities, assessing risk considerations and making go / no go decisions, managing project design and proposal elaboration, managing project inventory, project start up, project implementation and evaluation and project close out
    * Ensure that the proposal development and related processes include standardized approaches for budget, procurement and personnel planning and monitoring;
    * Ensure that business processes, standards and policies – developed in coordination with other WVK entities– are effectively and consistently used by branch staff.

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

    * The holder of this position must have a minimum of a bachelors degree in development studies, social sciences or any other a relevant field from a recognized University. Masters degree is preferred
    * They must have a minimum of 7 years experience with regards to the designing, planning, implementation, supervising and reporting on integrated development, relief and/or advocacy projects;
    * They should have at least 5 years experience as a Programme Officer in WASH interventions ;
    * The holder of this position must be a results orientated who can handle a heavy work load as well as manage and satisfy multiple and at times conflicting organizational, donor and other stakeholder demands
    * He /she must also have ample experience in public relations, leadership, fund raising, results based management, donor requirements, staff capacity building, public speaking, strategic management, and be a strong team player.
    * Cross cultural experience, understanding and sensitivity

How to Apply

All application letters and detailed CVs together with names of three referees, one of whom must be a church leader/priest/pastor, should be sent to reach the undersigned not later than October 13, 2010.

Director
People and Culture
World Vision Kenya
P.O. Box 50816 - 00200 Nairobi, Kenya
Email: recruit_kenya@wvi.org

Closing Date: October 13 2010

Please indicate clearly on the envelope or on the subject line the position you are applying for. (Only short-listed candidates will be contacted).

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