1-Peace Building management in the AP

• Provide support for responsible and accountable management and coordination of the ECaP activities in Kakuma and Kalobeyei in accordance with WV Policies and guidelines to WV Kenya.

• Promote good stewardship and high accountability through efficient and economical utilization of resources in the project

• Liaise closely with the Project Manager, Senior Manager Disaster Management and AP Manager in all matters pertaining to effective management and implementation of Peace Building activities in the area program.

• Liaise with the Project Manager and the Senior Manager Disaster Management   to handle visitors including donors, partners, support offices and national office staff visiting the project.

• Work closely with other peace stakeholder in Turkana County to foster peace in Kakuma and Kalobeyei.

2-Carry out project    design, implementation, monitoring and reporting

• Execute activities as per ECaP  Detailed Implementation Plan timely and responsibly

• Monitor progress of activity implementation to ensure highest quality standards and accountability based on LEAP framework.

• Participate in program design process specifically in assessments and generating community priority needs in Peace Building

• Generate regular monthly, quarterly and annual site Peace Building reports

• Support ECaP  staff  and partners to implement and monitor project activities towards realization of project outputs in a timely and effective manner

• Participate in project periodic review meetings

3-Representation and Networking

• Represent ECaP in Peace Building Forums at the field level and establish strategic partnerships with other organizations
• Establish and liaise closely with other partners, agencies and local leaders regarding  project activities to ensure and promote a coordinated  approach to project implementation, including participation in relevant workshops, meetings and to keep the Project Manager and  the National Peace Building Coordinator informed on the same
• Develop a network of gathering and documenting of information relevant  to Peace Building operations
• Establish appropriate contacts with local counterparts at the County and neighboring counties. 

4-Community mobilization and sensitization

• Assist communities identify their priorities, opportunities and resources for effective Peace Building project implementation
• Facilitate communities to fully participate in project activities for enhanced community ownership and sustainability of Peace Building program through sports, cultural events, national and international events
•  Facilitate awareness creation and sensitization of communities in Peace Building
•  Enhance synergies within the communities to achieve integration and attainment of regional peace objectives
•  Facilitate peace forums aimed at promoting peace in communities including elders dialogue sessions, women forums and Peace Committee forums
•  Facilitate identification and capacity building of community leadership and community based organizations in Peace Building matters
• Enhance and sensitize communities and partners in Local Capacities for Peace (LCP) and ensure LCP and Do No Harm (DNH) principles are mainstreamed in development planning across different sectors of the project

Qualification, Knowledge and Skills

• Requires a degree in Peace-Building, Sociology, International Relations, Conflict studies or other related field and at least 2 years field experience working with Communities in Peace-Building programming focusing on children and familiar with program design and management in an NGO context.
• Experience in working with communities. Very strong communication skills
• Knowledge of humanitarian industry including sphere standards (Core Humanitarian Standards), NGO code of conduct and humanitarian charter, LCP and DNH.
• Strong problem solving, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Ability to work with different partners, local authorities, local organizations and NGOs, to develop and maintain positive relationships.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible worldview, emotional maturity and physical stamina.
• Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, psychologically stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources
• Ability to cope and deal with stress and work under stressful work conditions is a requirement
• Commitment to World Vision Core Values and Vision Statement
• Ability to exhibit exemplary lifestyle as interpreted in specific local cultural context
• Agreement with World Vision’s Christian ethos and participation in devotions
• The holder of this position must be in possession of a valid motorcycle riding license and able to ride.
• Knowledgeable of MS Word, Excel, Power Point etc.

Key Responsibilities:

Program/Project Planning

• Together with the project team and partners, organize and facilitate Strategic/multiyear Plans/designs and budgets for the overall Project
• Support the development of annual project plans and budgets.
• Support local partner engagement forums including project beneficiaries.
• Support review and update logframes, M&E Plans, Project indicators and periodic targets and detailed implementation plans.
• Support the development of clear and implementable work break down structure for respective Project activities as needed
• Support the finance team to ensure realistic scheduling of project activities and budgetsIdentify and document the project assets and produce a Remote Sensing /GIS activity /project map.

Implementation, Technical Support and Quality Assurance

• Coordinate the successful roll out and implementation of all MEAL related initiatives in the project site of Kajiado and Narok Counties.
• Disseminate clear business processes for respective MEAL components to ensure consistent application and adherence to standards
• Develop and support implementation of project MEAL annual calendars
• Ensure that realistic project targets are set a and tracked.
• Organize and conduct project level data quality audits and validation forums.
• Lead the process of capacity assessments and capacity building for staff and for potential local partners.
• Ensure that respective staff and WVK implementing partners are provided with requisite MEAL technical support to perform.
• Coordinate effective implementation of project Activities in collaboration with key partners and the MEAL Coordinator at the secretariat.
• Coordinate and facilitate timely review and sharing of all project documents; plans/designs and reports.

Monitoring, Reporting and Accountability

• Support the implementation of a digital data collection and beneficiary tracking system and database
• support the design of a monitoring framework to track delivery against project targets/objectives.  
• Support the development and dissemination of data collection tools.
• Coordinate field level monitoring of WVK activities and its implementing partners.
• Coordinate, participate and report on technical field monitoring visits.
• Ensure timely data collection, collating, & analysing, synthesizing information, updating the monitoring matrix and other monitoring systems are in place.
• Ensure timely dissemination of monitoring data to key stakeholders for management decision making.
• Support remote sensing and GIS Mapping of Project initiatives
• support the appropriate use of information management systems in compliance with WV Kenya, GoK, and donor and in line with partnership agreements.
• Coordinate the compilation and submission of project management reports as per WV standards and donor requirements.
• Support establishment of accountability mechanisms for the project to enhance information sharing, complaints management and timely feedback flow.

Research, Learning and Knowledge Management

• Support periodic reviews/evaluations of the project interventions using appropriate methodologies (such as LQAs) to determine achievements

• Ensure that the project assessments, feasibility studies and or characterization processes are conducted in a timely manner and quality reports are produced as per standard.
• Coordinate inter-county exchange meetings on MEAL for lessons learnt and upscale to regional and secretariat level intervention
• Facilitate effective project level knowledge management (KM) mechanisms including documentation and sharing of innovative/promising/best practices or lessons learned and impacts.
• Organize and conduct learning forums/events at regular points to facilitate learning by the partners
• Facilitate ongoing and collaborative learning within WVK and partners based on key data from the performance management system.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• The holder of this position must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Sociology, Economics/statistics, or equivalent degree in a relevant field;
• At least 5 years professional experience in Project/ Program design implementation, M&E and learning cycles
• Results orientated person able to  manage and satisfy multiple and at times conflicting organizational, donor and other stakeholder demands;

• Experience in the execution of development cooperation projects and consortiums
• Post graduate training in Project Planning and Management, M&E or Statistics, Information Science, Climate Change/ Natural Resource Management or related studies is an added advantage
• Must also have ample experience in public relations and be a strong team player
• Statistical training certification especially on data analysis, advanced excel, SPSS, On-line data collection platforms