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Current Opportunities
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Advisor -OVC
Subject to Donor Award and Approval
Reports to the Chief of Party
Purpose of Position
To lead the establishment and maintenance of an effective reporting, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning system, of the OVC Program. She/he will ensure that the OVC project complies with all USAID reporting requirements for performance monitoring and evaluation and serve as the technical expert in all matters pertaining to evaluation, monitoring, program review, and other performance standard requirements relating to the USAID PEPFAR reporting strategy.
Major Responsibilities
Technical and Leadership Support, 30%
- Develop and update framework and system for Grant’s MEAL in accordance to the design document, donor requirements and World Vision Requirement
- Oversee and coordinate execution of key M&E components (assessment, design, implementation, baseline, monitoring, evaluation, transition, learning and documentation) across the sub-grantees with particular focus on results and impacts as well as lesson learnt
- Participate in development of the annual work plan and budgets, ensuring alignment with technical approach
- Take lead in conducting periodic peer reviews to check for alignment and compliance to USAID and WV Partnership standards
- Ensure that Sub grantees demonstrate required MEAL capacity and ensure that core information for grant management, partners, and funding agencies is available.
- Identify MEAL requirements that require consultancy or partnership, planned for and executed effectively.
- Put in place business process and guidelines to facilitate regular monitoring, tracking and evaluating the performance of sub-grantees.
- Conduct readiness assessment: the incentives at the system level, the beneficiaries and existing capacity
- Identify the need and draw up the ToRs for specific studies and action researches; procure, guide and supervise consultants or organizations that are contracted to implement special surveys and studies required for evaluating grant effects and impacts
- Model a high standard of personal Christian leadership, ministry and integrity through lifestyle and work relationships support spiritual development of his/her team.
Quality Assurance and Reporting, 30%
- Ensure the successful development, elaboration and roll out of implementation strategies and operational guidelines
- Coordinate and ensure timely submission of a quality and comprehensive progress report
- Guide staff and sub-grantees/implementing partners in preparing their progress reports in accordance with approved reporting formats and ensure their timely submission.
- Coordinate review and provision of timely feedback to the sub-grantees/implementing on the regular statutory reports
- Prepare consolidated progress reports for grant management including identification of problems, causes of potential bottlenecks in the project implementation, and providing specific recommendations
- Undertake regular visits (including occassional integrated missions) to the field to support implementation of MEAL and to identify where adaptations might be needed
- Ensure internal control systems are implemented to mitigate risks and ensure accountability that will result in good audit ratings
Capacity Building and guidance, 20%
Organize (and provide) refresher training in MEAL for grants staff, implementing partners, local organizations and primary stakeholders with view of strengthening local MEAL capacity
- Ensure the consolidation of a learning culture – based upon evidenced-based best practices and industry standards – to enable project staff to achieve and/or surpass established targets and standards and;
- Impart appropriate mentoring, coaching and supervision in order to equip, motivate and empower technical specialists in the area of M&E.
- Clarify M&E responsibilities of different project personnel and provide requites ongoing coaching and guidelines.
- Guide staff and sub-grantees to identify and resolve issues and challenges in monitoring systems, using ongoing mentorship and coaching approach
- Ensure timely communication, documentation and publication of MEAL findings and lessons at all levels and disseminate for timely utilization and decision making
Networking and Strategic Engagements, 15%
- Engagement with the government (Health Ministry department) to ensure that data sharing and learning practices are in harmony
- Ensure active involvement of stakeholders in iterative MEAL process as appropriate
- Network with external and WV internal partners to promote learning and achieve M&E excellence
- Ensure effective engagement with Government departments, Regional technical/sector representatives.
- Resource mobilization support through provision of valid evidence
Others 5%
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Minimum of a Master’s Degree or higher in Public Health, or other relevant Social Sciences discipline
- Minimum of six (6) years working in monitoring, evaluation and research in the public health field, with progressively increasing level of responsibility.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders and familiarity with PEPFAR indicators and reporting requirements
- Demonstrated expertise in rigorous quantitative and qualitative research and analytical methods including research/study design and implementation, design and data analysis, rapid appraisals, etc.
- Demonstrated hands-on practical experience setting up and managing Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) Systems for Health Programs in developing countries.
- Demonstrated knowledge of management information systems (MIS).
- Excellent report writing, analytical and communication skills, including oral presentation skills, knowledge management and dissemination of research findings (in English).
- Statistical training certification especially on data analysis, advanced excel, SPSS, On-line data collection platforms
- Experience in building capacity/Training of staff on relevant technical fields and especially on MEAL;
- Familiarity with and a supportive attitude towards processes of strengthening local organizations and building local capacities for self-management
- Willingness to undertake regular field visits and interact with different stakeholders, especially primary stakeholders
- Experience in production of high quality briefs and reports
- Experience in publications of articles/journals
- Health related action research experience
- Project Management certification (PMP1 or PMD 2) is an added advantage
- Strong leadership and management skills
- Ability to take initiative, solve complex problems, exercise independent judgment
- Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts;
- Experince working in fragile and interfaith contexts.
OVC Manager
Subject to donor award and approval.
Reports to: Chief of Party
Provides Supervision to:Technical Advisors/Senior Program Officers/ as applicable
Purpose of Position
World Vision Kenya seeks OVC Manager for the anticipated USAID Local Partner Service Delivery Activity (LPSDA)-OVC Activity. The role is to directly assist the COP in overseeing activity implementation and take over leadership and oversight of program in the absence of the COP. S/he should be familiar with the technical components of the project and the required support services. The OVC Manager will ensure that grants operations and sub-grantee management activities are in full compliance with USAID regulations and aligned with NO operations. Upon CoP request, the OVC Manager will represent the grant to donors and other stakeholders. S/he will be charged with leading a professional team in the accomplishment of the objectives and sub-objectives. S/he must have a broad vision linked with a clear understanding of how to get things done amid the constraints of the country context. The OVC Manager shall have a keen understanding of the unique political dynamics and work carefully and collaboratively to support the various entities in Kenya
Major Responsibilities
Planning, Implementation and Management, 40%
- Providing technical oversight and lead the OVC interventions implemented by the project;
- Lead in preparation of work plans and ensure that performance schedules are observed and outputs are completed.
- Ensure daily operations of overall OVC project implementation activities are on schedule and that reports, new plans and budgets are prepared with sufficient lead time to secure the necessary approvals
- Ensure project strategic objectives and results are fully accomplished and meet expected technical quality standards
- Coordinate project work, ensuring all project goals are met through proper design and implementation.
- Provide supervision, training and evaluate performance of Technical Specialists;
- Provide technical support to technical specialists from implementing partners.
- Demonstrate strong staff management practices, consistent with WV policies, donor requirements and local laws
- Ensure proper technical capacity of staff is available
Monitoring Evaluation and Budget Control, 30%
- Provide leadership and oversight of quality improvement and quality assurance activities.
- Ensure timely and accurate reports that meet donor requirements
- Manage grant budget within approved spending levels and ensure accurate and timely financial reports to donors and SO IPGs
- Ensure grant/project expenses are reasonable, allocable, prudent and spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure clean audits
- Establish and maintain effective reporting, evaluation, and internal communication
- Steer documentation and sharing of knowledge
Networking and collaborations, 25%
- Under the direction of the CoP represents the project and WV to USAID, local USAID Mission and other in-country cooperating partners, international and national project/consortium partners, UN Agencies, and other stakeholders.
- Promote effective networking, linkages to other programs and institutional strengthening on implementing partners and Community based organizations.
- Liaise with Ministry officials; coordinate and collaborate with top-management officials of Government of Kenya and its relevant line ministries and other agencies related to the project.
Other duties 5%
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Master’s degree in related field or equivalent experience in grant management in developing countries
- 6+ years of extensive international development experience managing large OVC grants, working with local governments, civil societies and communities.
- Proven ability to manage technical assistance teams and ability to integrate teams of professionals around common goals
- Keen understanding of the unique political dynamics of the country and ability to work carefully and collaboratively to support the various political entities in Kenya
- Familiarity with USAID and PEPFAR programs, their history and their development; mastery of USAID regulations governing such programs
- Past experience of working with USG supported projects and knowledge of financial rules and regulations at a senior level.
- Experience in developing program work-plans, budgets, managing implementation, staff and short-term technical assistance.
- Excellent representational and communication skills, written and oral proficiency in English, and verbal communication skills in one or more local Kenyan languages (i.e. Swahili and other local languages).
- Excellent past performance references (Three contacts should be provided with e- mail address, phone, title, name)
- Experience in integrating teams of professionals around common goals and motivating through visionary leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results and meet all donor deliverables.
Household Economic Strengthening Advisor – OVC
Subject to Funding Award and Donor Approval
Reports to the Chief of Party
Purpose of Position
To provide the technical expertise, and coordination of Household Economic Strengthening (HES) component of the OVC Grant ensuring that the overall goal of the program is achieved. She/he will take technical leadership role in designing and promoting use of low-risk initiatives to diversify and stimulate growth in household income and integrate economic activities with complementary interventions across the project to address different levels of household economic vulnerability.
Major Responsibilities
Technical Leadership and Program implementation, 50%
- Advise the consortium on HES matters to ensure proper implementation.
- Provide supervision to the HES team ensuring translation of designs into actual implementation
- Ensure timely and quality implementation of the HES interventions
- Facilitate the integration of House Hold Economic Strengthening with other result areas including but not limited to increased access to health and social services for OVC and their families
- Ensure linkage with OVC Project consortium members to enhance leverage, coordination quality programming
- Ensure Competent HES staff are in place
- Identify staff capacity gaps, develop training plans and facilitate their development
Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability, Learning and Innovation, 20%
- Provide technical guidance to ensure quality assessments, researches and evaluations of OVC Grant’s HES program
- Influence and support county and National Government line Ministries/Departments such as Ministry of Agriculture Livestock & Fisheries institutionalize and scale up using proven operational evidence
- Ensure quality HES reports developed and submitted to donor in time
Ensure government and/or consortium HES Management Information Systems are strengthened to collect, collate, analyze, and interpret data for reporting and decision making
- Coordinate innovations, documentation, publishing and sharing of the findings appropriately
Engagement Networking and Advocacy, 25%
Coordinate national and county government support to the project for sustainability
Provide oversight to the social accountability initiatives ensuring contribution to the program
Advocate for policy translation, position papers and influence to county plans
Strengthen linkages between the Project and other WVK programs
Ensure OVC Grant representation in key strategic HES/Livelihoods technical working groups and forums at the county and national level
Actively participate in the Project meetings, and other WVK forums and meetings as appropriate
Spearhead learning forums to profile, communicate and ensure adoption of promising practices
Contribute to engagement, publications, to communicate program progress and successes
Others 5%
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Master’s Degree in in Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Business Administration, or equivalent from a recognized University;
- Minimum of six (6) years’ experience in HES programming with experience in project designs and
- Demonstrated experience in integrated OVC focused HES/Livelihood related programming preferably in the areas of business skills, employment creation, market access and micro-finance services (savings, credit and micro-insurance) and;
- Proven experience in Research.
- Strong budgetary and financial management skills;
- Good interpersonal and organizational skills with management experience an added advantage;
- Work experience in implementation of USAID and other major donor funded Community-led OVC management and/or HES/Livelihood Projects and;
- Experience in proposal development
- Ability to build capacity of staff on relevant technical fields;
- Ability to take initiative, solve complex problems, exercise independent judgment;
- Ability to work with minimum supervision;
- A team player, capable of building staff and partners in HES sectors
- Cross-cultural sensitivity, and emotional maturity
- Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural
Grant Finance Manager – OVC
Subject to Donor award and approval.
Reports to: Chief of Party
Purpose of Position
World Vision Kenya seeks a Grants Finance Manager for the anticipated USAID Local Partner Service Delivery Activity (LPSDA)-OVC Activity. The Grants Finance Manager will support the project in promoting Grants financial stewardship, accountability, reliability and accuracy of financial reports as well as implementation of USAID PEPFAR regulations and financial policies. Overseeing the financial management of implementing partners, risk assessment, capacity building and budget preparation & negotiation.
Major Responsibilities
Preparation of donor reports, 20%
- Prepare donor reports in alignment with World Vision and USAID requirements
- Maintain files for approved grants and special projects showing:
- Agreement and donor regulations
- Approved budget and proposals
- Financial reports sent to donors
- Any other grants correspondence
- Review and where necessary provide appropriate expense codes for items requested by project staff to ensure accurate postings
- Prepare analysis of grant expenditure for management action to help in monitoring the burn rate for grants and special projects.
Compliance with grants regulations requirements, 25%
- Review expenses charged to grants for accuracy and completeness.
- Ensure grant projects close out procedures are done according to the donor guidelines.
- Ensure donor requested information is submitted on time.
- Ensure grant implementation and reporting follows donor rules and regulations.
- Work closely with the procurement department to ensure compliance with grants procurement guidelines
- Reconcile with the payroll.
- Coordinate grant project audits & reviews and follow up on audit recommendations to ensure 100% implementation.
- Actively participating and facilitating in project start up workshops to ensure financial aspect of projects are fully understood.
- Field monitoring visits.
Sub grantee Management and capacity building, 25%
- Conducting due diligence for new sub-grantees to ascertain strength of partners’ systems.
- Taking lead in sub-granting process, ensuring grant agreement are well executed.
- Monitor sub-grantee financial performance and adherence to donor regulations
- Enhance financial capacity of Sub grantees through continuous training based on need and the due diligence outcomes
- Review of sub-grantee’s financial report
- Maintain records and files on each sub-grantee
Leadership and Staff Management, 15%
- Ensure strong and positive leadership is provided to fiancé administration team of the assigned grant.
- Coordinate professional and personal development of finance project staff for assigned grant through adequate orientation, on the job coaching, identification of training needs and opportunities
- Ensure effective performance management as per WVI guidelines and standards
- Ensure staff capacity is developed to enhance efficiency in execution of duties
- Create an environment that enhances team development
- Ensure positive supervisory skills are developed
Grant Financial risk management, 10%
- Ensure all grant projects are audited according to the donor requirements.
- Ensure that findings and recommendations from audits and various donor accountability mechanisms are acted upon in a timely and effective manner in consultation with Operations Team.
- Ensure the grant operate within WV internal control systems to mitigate risks and ensure accountability that will result in good audit ratings
- Ensuring payroll grant charges for assigned grant are accurately captured through the LDR system.
- Work with the donors to develop Terms of reference for special purpose grant audits
Other duties 5%
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Minimum Bachelor of Commerce in Economics, Accounting/ Finance or Business related field from a reputable institution
- Minimum 5 years of experience in accounting field and at least 4 years in grants management supporting large, complex projects over $15 million USD.
- Professional qualifications in CPA (K) or ACCA
- Sound Knowledge on grant accounting and extensive experience in managing donor funded projects e.g. USAID, DFID, UN etc. requirements as well as managing partner organizations.
- Demonstrable experience in leadership, strategic thinking and results based management in grant financial matters and good understanding of Grants full cycle.
- Strong leadership and demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team, prioritize tasks and manage multiple activities with attention to detail, meeting tight deadlines under pressure
- Excellent Computer skills
- Team Player and excellent interpersonal skills.
- Experience managing and building financial management capacity of partners
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills,
- Compatibility with WV’s Mission, ethos, policies and core values
Chief of Party – OVC
Subject to Donor Award and Approval
Reports to: Operations Director
Provides Supervision to:OVC Manager, Grants Finance Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Advisor, Household Economic Strengthening Advisor
Purpose of Position
World Vision Kenya seeks a Chief of Party for the anticipated USAID Local Partner Service Delivery Activity (LPSDA)-OVC Activity. The Chief of Party (CoP) has overall responsibility for the leadership and management of all grant activities, consortium members and staff. The incumbent has principal responsibility for representation for the projects to USAID and local Government entities and provides strategic leadership and supervision of sub-grantees and sub-contractors while ensuring the security, feasibility, and sustainability of the program and contribution to Child wellbeing outcomes.
Major Activities
Strategic Leadership and management 40%
- Responsible for the overall planning, implementation and management of the project as well as the achievement of the goals and objectives of the project in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Ensure strong communication and coordination with all team and consortium members as a means to effectively achieve program objectives. Encourage transparency among and between consortium members to promote coordination and effectiveness.
- Lead the planning of project activities and set high quality performance targets ensuring adherence to technical standards, WV regulations, best practices and donor guidelines.
- Design strategies, partnerships and interventions to guarantee the project is gender and ability-sensitive and that WV and implementing partners are accountable to beneficiaries.
- Primary point of contact and collaboration for the team and in-country stakeholders, including USAID, implementation partners, government partners and other key stakeholders.
- The COP should embrace the shared Kenyan vision for the project and effectively manage available financial and human resources to make that vision a reality.
Strategic Engagement and Donor Relations, 20%
- Direct and oversee grant implementation, ensuring that all strategic objectives are met through proper design, staffing, implementation and quality assurance
- Represent the OVC project and World Vision to USAID, Government of Kenya, UN agencies, implementing, technical partners and other appropriate bodies.
- Ensure effective liaison with local government officials, local communities, donor representatives and other stakeholders as appropriate
- Constantly look for more effective and efficient implementation and opportunities to increase impact
Monitoring, Reporting, Documentation & Knowledge Management, 15%
- Establish and maintain effective project reporting, evaluation, and communication systems.
- Submit timely accurate and quality reports that meet donor requirements
- Document and disseminate project best practices, lessons learnt and success stories
Budget Management, 20%
- Manage grant/project budget within approved spending levels and ensure accurate and timely financial reports to donors and World Vision.
- Ensure grant/project expenses are reasonable, allocated as per assigned budget, prudent and spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure low risk audits
Other duty assigned 5%
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Master’s degree in Public Health, International Development, Community Development, Public Administration, Development studies or any relevant field
- 10+ years of extensive international development experience managing large OVC grants, working with local governments, civil societies and communities preferably in developing countries
- Proven ability to manage technical assistance teams and ability to integrate teams of professionals around common goals
- Familiarity with USAID and PEPFAR programs, their history and their development; mastery of USAID regulations governing such programs
- Demonstrated accomplishment in working with host-country professionals, ministries and with donor colleagues in country
- Excellent managerial and operational experience, preferably in managing large donor projects involving coordination
- Past experience of working with USG supported projects and knowledge of financial rules and regulations at a senior level.
- Experience in developing program work-plans, budgets, managing implementation, staff and short-term technical assistance.
- Excellent performance track record
- Experience in integrating teams of professionals around common goals and motivating through visionary leadership.
- Excellent Oral and written communication skills,
- Excellent Relational skill s
- Keen understanding of the unique political dynamics of the country and ability to work carefully and collaboratively to support the various political entities in Kenya
Director – Finance & Support Services
Purpose of Position
To provide overall leadership, oversight and management of all aspects of Financial Management, Administration and Information & Communications Technology (ICT) functions ensuring systems are in place to support the World Vision Kenya National Office Strategic and Programmatic objectives.
Major Responsibilities
| % Time | Major Activities | End Results Expected |
| 25% | Leadership, Capacity development and Strategic Partnering
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| 20% | Financial Planning , Budgeting and Stewardship
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| 20% | Fiscal Accounting, Compliance, Monitoring and Reporting
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| 20% | Oversight of Administration & ICT Support Services
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| 10% | Risk Management and controls
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| 5% | Other : Perform other duties as assigned. | |
Minimum education, training and experience requirements to qualify for the position:
- Master’s degree of Commerce or its equivalent
- Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA-K) or ACCA qualifications
- Minimum of ten years’ experience of which six must be in a senior management position in a reputable organization.
- Extensive experience working with Board.
- Strong experience and skills in Grants Management
- Knowledgeable on grant accounting and experience in donor funding e.g. USAID, DFID, UN etc. compliance with statutory reporting requirements.
- Strong budgetary, financial management and analytical skills.
- Demonstrable experience in leadership, strategic management, results based management in financial matters.
- Strong aptitude for organizational change, participatory and servant leadership, innovation, learning, team building.
- Ability to solve complex problems and to exercise independent judgment.
- Active Membership to a registered professional Accounting body
- Excellent Computer skills: especially in Sun accounting systems, spreadsheets, Internet skills.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE ROSTER
*We have consolidated World Vision’s Emergency Response Roster. If you have previously applied your information has been retained and is in our database; do not reapply.
*Answer all questions on the application to be considered for the Emergency Response Roster; country location to be determined based on response.
*If you do not meet minimum eligibility requirements, we invite you to support and help through prayer and donations.
World Vision’s Emergency Response Roster is comprised of highly experienced and vetted humanitarian aid professionals available for short term, medium term, and long term emergency response assignments with World Vision. This roster allows World Vision to more rapidly identify and hire for key positions in its humanitarian response offices.
If selected, eligible applicants will first be fully vetted and then approved for the Emergency Response Roster. As vacancies arise in our humanitarian offices, roster members will be considered for employment opportunities.
If you have the required experience and would like to work with us helping protect lives, restore dignity, and renew hope, we’d love to hear from you.
Minimum Eligibility Requirements for all Emergency Response Roster Positions:
- 5+ years of cross cultural humanitarian emergency experience outside of your home country.
- Minimum 2 years experience serving successfully in fragile or unstable environments.
- Experience directly managing staff during humanitarian emergency responses.
- Ability to work long hours in stressful environments with a variety of skilled professionals.
- Demonstrated management of budgets in emergency response settings.
- Willing to serve unaccompanied; most likely in a team house setting.
- English proficiency; written and verbal.
- Grant Acquisition Management experience in your personalized expertise.
- Strong track record in developing good working relationships with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies.
Below are the World Vision Emergency Response Roster positions that are currently open and accepting applications. If a position matching your background and interests is not listed, we encourage you to check back often as a more appropriate roster position may be listed and accepting applications at that time.
When submitting your application to World Vision’s Emergency Response Roster, please indicate in your cover letter / application which roster position you would like to be considered for.
Director positions currently accepting applications (must have 5-7+ years’ in response leadership role):
- Response Director
- Operations Director
- Programmes Strategy & Development Director
Manager/Specialist positions currently accepting applications (must have 5+ years’ related experience):
- Communication and External Engagement Manager
- Human Resources Manager
- Support Services Manager
- Finance Manager
- Information Management Manager
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Humanitarian Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Manager
- Grant Acquisition and Management Manager
- Cash Programming Manager/Specialist
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Manager/Specialist
- Health Manager/Specialist
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Manager/Specialist
- Nutrition Manager/Specialist
- Education in Emergencies Manager/Specialist
- Livelihoods Manager/Specialist
- Protection Manager/Specialist
- Child Protection ManManager/Specialist