Project Manager, Kenya Big Dream

About the role

World Vision Kenya is recruiting a Project Manager for its Big Dream programme, covering Migori and Narok. This is a local, fixed-term position focused on coordinating, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating project interventions, and leading the project's design, reporting and evaluation.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate, plan and implement project activities on time and within budget, and review project status regularly
• Provide technical support and leadership to Project Officers, M&E Officers, Wash Officers, Accountant and drivers
• Integrate interventions with technical programmes and cross-cutting themes such as gender equity, climate action, environmental care, advocacy and disability inclusion
• Assess community needs and resources, set performance targets for field staff and ensure compliance with World Vision Kenya, donor and international standards
• Lead project design, MEAL tracking and reporting, and compile bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports
• Establish a decentralized M&E system, guide project officers in complaints and feedback systems, and lead audits
• Identify capacity-building gaps, coach and mentor staff, and mobilize communities and partners
• Represent the project to donors, government officials, civil society and faith-based organizations, and promote community engagement using frameworks such as CVA and CPA
• Map local resource mobilization opportunities, prepare proposals, and facilitate donor visits

Required profile

• Minimum five years' experience designing, planning and implementing integrated development projects, with supervision and reporting
• Experience in GBV/FGM projects at community level with proven leadership
• Experience working with partners such as the State Department of Gender Affairs, Anti-FGM Board, Children's Department and CBOs/FBOs
• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences (child development, humanitarian aid, child rights, public policy, law, sociology/social work, education or a related field); a degree in Social Work, Anthropology, Project Planning and Management, Agriculture or a related field is also considered
• Notable experience deploying in emergencies, including in a programme lead role
• Proficiency in written and spoken Kiswahili and English

Required skills

• Good computer skills in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Budgetary and financial management skills
• Preferred: designing and monitoring child protection programmes, writing programme reports, and strategic engagement with government, UN and INGO officials