Country: Kenya
Organization: Voluntary Service Overseas
Closing date: 1 Mar 2021
Project Implementation
- Ensure timely implementation of project activities as per the approved activity plan and with support from the project officer
- Lead in identification of potential schools; assessment of implementing partners, and contribute to project design and adaptive programming
- Conduct administrative and financial duties related to all aspects of project implementation; organise all necessary logistics for project activities, such as meetings, events, workshops, trainings, M&E activities etc..
- Maintain an effective communication system and ensure information flow between project and relevant parties.
- Undertake extensive travel to project Counties to lead in implementation of activities, capacity building of volunteers, implementing partners and primary actors.
- Ensure quality administration and financial management in all project sites
- Assist in drafting contracts, work plans, budgets, and writing project internal and donor reports.
- Manage and regularly check project assets to ensure their right purpose of use, maintains data management and filing system for the projects.
- Provide support for other VSO activities as reasonably requested by supervisors and in line with organizational priorities.
*Project Monitoring and Evaluation
- Lead in the development of the project M&E framework with a complete Indicator Definition framework.
- Lead project evaluation activities such as baseline, mid and end line evaluation; ensure project M&E plan is in place.
- Ensure effective monitoring of activities to achieve project outcomes.
- Lead in documentation of change stories and development of knowledge products for VSO cross-learning.
*Duty of Care and Safeguarding
- Provide duty of care for volunteers in the project in collaboration with the Project Officer and VSO Safeguarding structure
- Ensure adherence to VSO and MoH COVID prevention measures throughout all implementation areas
- Ensure security and safety for project workstation and liaising with Hosting Partners to ensure smooth running of the offices.
- Supervise and support Volunteers, and project stakeholders, including logistical and administrative support.
- Represent VSO in meetings with government and other relevant stakeholders as required