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With over 70 years of experience, World Vision remains dedicated to helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. As a faith-based organization, we strive to serve children from all backgrounds, even in the most challenging environments.
We are seeking passionate and qualified individuals to join our team as Community Mobilizers under the Regreening for the Future Project.
Join our team of over 34,000 employees across nearly 100 countries and contribute to transforming the lives of vulnerable children and their communities.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Project Planning and Implementation
- Collaborate with relevant partners at the county and community levels to ensure the successful integration and execution of research project interventions.
- Work closely with project stakeholders to conduct participatory assessments that inform research design.
- Facilitate participatory planning sessions with community members to develop adaptation pathway strategies.
- Assist in the preparation of various project reports, including situational analyses, workshop reports, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports.
2. Community Engagement
- Build relationships with local leaders, county government representatives, and other key stakeholders to foster community ownership of the Regreening for the Future project.
- Mobilize and organize meetings and events, including scheduling, participation confirmation, material preparation, logistics coordination, and attendance management.
3. Technical Support
- Collaborate with project stakeholders to design frameworks for facilitating adaptation pathways in regreening communities.
- Facilitate the establishment of community-level technical working groups to support project integration into existing and future regreening efforts.
- Conduct capacity needs assessments to determine training and capacity-building requirements for key project stakeholders.
- Promote the adoption of climate-smart practices and sustainable livelihoods among community members.
- Prepare regular reports on community engagement activities, awareness campaigns, and project beneficiary selection processes.
- Support data collection activities, including community scoping and baseline data gathering in targeted project sites.
- Follow up on actions and referrals arising from stakeholder meetings and other project-related activities in coordination with the project team.
4. Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation, and Documentation
- Collaborate in monitoring project implementation to ensure activities align with community needs and project goals.
- Support quality assurance through organizing and facilitating monitoring visits at project intervention sites.
- Develop an information dissemination and community feedback system to document and address emerging needs as they arise.
- Prepare detailed reports, including weekly updates, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, and annual progress reports related to project interventions.
- Continuously track project progress and assess the achievement of planned activities and outputs as per the research design and Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) framework.
5. Strategic Engagement, Partnership, and Networking
- Represent World Vision Kenya in key stakeholder forums and relevant networks at the ward, sub-county, and county levels.
- Facilitate linkages between community groups/structures and relevant networks for capacity-building opportunities.
- Strengthen partnerships with county governments and other stakeholders to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of community development initiatives.
Required Education, Skills, and Experience:
- Degree or Diploma in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution.
- Minimum of two years of experience working with communities in Livelihood & Resilience, Food Security, or Climate Change Adaptation projects.
- Ability to ride a motorbike with a valid license.
- Excellent English communication skills (both oral and written), with a strong understanding of the local dialect and context.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications, including email systems such as Microsoft Outlook.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to take initiative and work independently.
- Cross-cultural sensitivity and emotional maturity.
- Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural settings.
- Demonstrated commitment to gender and youth-focused livelihood and resilience programming.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates who meet the above criteria are encouraged to apply by submitting their applications
We look forward to welcoming dedicated individuals who share our vision of transforming communities and empowering vulnerable children.
World Vision is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply
