Key Responsibilities
Ongoing and actively technical oversight of all BRICS supported projects, to identify any challenges, delays, opportunities for collaboration and/or technical support, as well as to ensure the timely and qualitative delivery of contract deliverables
Recruitment, training and management of all BRICS field monitors engaged on the day-to-day support and oversight of BRICS implementation activities and environmental scanning
Active contribution to, leadership and mentoring role in new project designs, including the development of project theories of change, evidence-gathering plans, scopes of work and contract deliverables
Maintaining BRICS team members abreast of technical project developments, verbally and through brief communication briefs and project highlights
Generation of concise, analytical and reader friendly learning outputs
Promotion of a culture of open and collaborative relations among all BRICS partners, and close-collaboration with IU Senior Network Learning Manager
Requirements
Substantial experience with grants management and technical oversight
Experience with grant design and development
Experience with results monitoring and compliance
Experience with community-based programming
Very strong English writing skills, including experience writing success stories
Fluent Swahili speaker
University degree
Kenyan citizenship
Strongly Desirable
Fluent Somali speaker
Substantial experience with Milestone/deliverable based grants
Experience with data-base management (especially OTI, TAMIS)
Team management and team-capacity building experience
Experience with evidence-based programming
Experience working in other East African countries (especially Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia)
Master’s degree in social sciences
Desirable
Experience working in PVE/CVE
Experience with youth-focused projects
Experience working in Kenyan coastal and North Eastern regions and/or Somalia
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