With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

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Job Description:

Mobilization and Project Implementation at Local Level

• Ensure mobilization for all BDECM project interventions.
• Link to the community, local institutions and partners at the local level for project implementation of three track ministry.
• Ensure use of participatory approaches to enable the community ownership of development initiatives.
• Mobilize community and stakeholders to participate in key national days including DAC, project handover celebrations.
• Promote child protection and support systems for abused children in line with the project Implementation reach and strengthening referral mechanism.
• Document and shared best practices.
• Mobilize and coordinate capacity building initiative for communities and Local partners
• Participate in planning and reporting for Local programming.
• Facilitate participatory identification of local needs and resources
• Ensure monthly schedule for field monitoring are developed.
• Facilitate participatory monitoring that involves Local level partners and communities.
• Ensure data collection using the standardized monitoring tools.
• Participate in evaluation and planning
• Develop monthly field progress reports and filing of the same.
• Engage community leaders and partners in the planning of the monitoring activities.
• Participate in regular monitoring and reflections to make improvements as may be needed.

Engagement and Networking.

• Frontline representation of WVK in key community level stakeholder forums including all the CP, WASH and L&R activities.
• Identify community needs and communicate to the Manager for resource mobilization.
• Facilitate community members to advocate on Child Well-being issues (ending Child Marriage), climate change issues and best approaches and support
• Collaborate with Local partners to support for CACs, County Government, CP structures and partners to support Child Protection and Child participation interventions.
• Ensure Child protection issues are reported and adhered to within the required timelines.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Diploma in Community Development, Development studies/social work or any
• other related courses in a relevant field. Degree is an added advantage
• At least 2 years field experience working with Communities in programming
• focusing on children and familiar with program design and management in an NGO context.
• Very strong communication skills
• 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.
• Preferably a local resident from Lokori, Turkana East Sub-County.

NB: SEND BELOW REQUIRED DOCUMENTS IN ONE PDF FORMAT;

1. CV

2. ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES

3. LOCAL CHIEF REFERENCE LETTER

4. NATIONAL ID (BOTH SIDES)

World Vision Kenya:

• Has not outsourced its recruitment process to any organization or agency that, through website postings, e-mail messages, newsletters or otherwise, claim to be doing recruitment on its behalf.
• Does not solicit money for any part of its recruitment processes including short-listing, interviews, or medical checks.
• Will not be responsible for such fraudulent correspondence or any loss of money or theft, which may result from anyone engaging in such recruitment activity.
• Victims of such fraudulent correspondence may wish to report it to law enforcement authorities.

 World Vision Kenya is part of the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector and all candidates will thus be screened as appropriate for any safeguarding related misconduct

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