Key Duties & Responsibilities
A) Project design and development:
· Design and /or redesign the project as per donor and organisation requirements.
· Developing livelihood projects design and proposals
· Ensure the design and development of the project is carried with the participation of partners, staff and stakeholders.
· Work with community and staff to develop community targeting criteria and implement them.
· Develop and implement approved costed work plans.
· Lead in the implementation of Order of St. Augustine, Ishiara parish project strategy to meet the needs of Ishiara beneficiaries.
B) Project implementation and partnership:
· Implement the project as per the approved proposal, budget, costed work plans and logframe.
· Carry out community mobilisation and training.
· In consultation with the M&E officer document case studies of best practices and the relevant change.
· Accord the staff of partnering organisations maximum support in the all activities that he/she will implement.
· Support and capacity build the community resource persons, community groups and individual beneficiaries.
· Compile and submit field visit reports, monthly, training and quarterly reports, tracking sheets, mileage sheets to the Project officer using the approved formats.
· Participate in joint, rapid assessments and other project related assessments with other organisations or institutions.
· In consultation with the M&E officer collect and verify project data and assessments in the approved format.
· Capacity building of staff, community resource persons, TOTs, project beneficiaries and groups on appropriate agroecology practices, natural resource management, watershed management, crop and animal husbandry, nutrition, marketing.
· Develop and update approved costed work plans and quarterly forecasts.
· Develop and implement program accountability measures of complains and feedback mechanisms in the project.
· Ensure that all work plans, field visits, financial requisitions are approved before implementation.
C) Project monitoring and evaluation:
· Carry out monitoring of project activities, outputs and outcomes to ensure they have are as per the approved logframe and budget.
· Carryout household and community surveys to gather data consistent with the indicators in the logframe.
· Ensure that consultants and enumerators gather quality data during monitoring and surveys.
· Review and update the beneficiary database on a quarterly basis.
D) Project finance:
· Ensure that the expenses for the activities he/she is responsible for are within the budget limits.
· Ensure that all project funds, floats, perdiems are accounted for within two weeks after the activity is completed and not exceeding one month
· Supervising the community resource person’s usage of project finances and other resources allocated to them.
· Support the accountant in budget preparation, quarterly forecasts and procurement planning.
E) Organisation policies:
· Familiarising and adhering to all organisational policies
· Making sure that all the community resource people follow the organisation policies.
· Familiarising and seeing to it that the policies of the partner are respected/ adhered to.
F) Networking, Advocacy and communications:
· Networking with the government personnel and other organisations in promoting agriculture and livelihoods.
· Advocating for the rights of the orphans, the elderly, people living with disabilities and other marginalised members of the society.
· Facilitate mother to mother campaigns, climate change mitigation campaigns and sensitization forums.
· Represent Ishiara parish in relevant assessments, forums, meetings and networks.
· Maintain cordial relationships with donor agencies, county government, the national government, partners and other groups working in the project area.
· Ensuring that all the staff, consultants, suppliers uphold the human rights, donor and organisational policies.
· Participate in relevant thematic working groups, networks and learning forums, locally, nationally and possibly internationally in order to improve project and advocacy learning, sharing and impact.
· Provide support to (Trocaire, Ishiara parish or external) visitors visiting project sites and carry out promotional or media work as directed from time to time.
· Liase with Trocaire, partners and other stakeholders in advocacy initiatives within the project deliverables.
· Participate in inter-partner cross learning, sharing and technical support always and whenever called upon.
G) Project Evaluation and Development:
· Continuous monitoring and evaluation of community resource person work with the assistance of the M&E officer.
· Recommending to the manager and the partner measures aimed at improving the agricultural and livelihoods aspects of the project and cost effective ways of implementation the project.
· Ensure safe custody and use of organisation assets, materials and equipment assigned to them.
· Any other duties assigned by the Project officer.
Human relations:
· Team working with the other staff, the community, institutions and other stakeholders involved in the project
· Uphold the dignity at work policy, safeguarding participants policy, organisational and donor policies and regulations.
H) Additional details or exceptional aspects of the job:
Performance Management
The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, n accordance with the Caritas Internationalis/ and or Trocaire’s Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:
· The Job Description
· Work- and Professional Development Plan
· The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
· The End-term Performance Review Template
Requirements
I) Qualification
At least a diploma in agriculture, nutrition, food science, rural development, public health, livestock, crop management or other related areas.
J) Experience
At least 3 years of relevant experience in project management/implementation.
K) Skills
Good interpersonal and team building skills
Community education/training experience desirable
Ability to live and work under pressure.
Experience in proposal writing is preferred
Fluency in English and kiswahili.
