About the Role

Duties And Responsibilities

Provide technical assistance and capacity development to Project partners

• Provide technical support to implementing partners in the field. Support these partners to track and adhere to implementation and reporting (narrative and financial) timelines.
• Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and coordinate and facilitate technical/ programming support, mentorship, and training to partners as needed.
• Provide guidance to partners to identify voices from the field (beneficiaries) that could be profiled in the final donor report.
• Support the organization of high-level events and activities on WPS, HA, and DRR with a specific focus LEAP III project.

Support the program’s monitoring, evaluation, and reporting

• Conduct regular field monitoring visits to implementing partners in Garissa and Turkana counties.
• Document emerging issues after monitoring visits.
• Provide regular updates on partners' implementation during project team meetings.
• Support the organization of field visits for the Steering Committee Members
• Support project final evaluation and other close-out activities.

Support communication efforts and knowledge sharing

• Regularly share ideas of stories from the field that can be used for communication products with the program and communications team.
• Contribute to the production of communication products including impact stories, social media posts, videos, etc.
• Support knowledge sharing and the creation of a network between civil society partners (implementing partners), national-level dialogues, etc
• Support the UN Women Communications team fast-track the rollout of the accelerated plan.

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, Conflict Studies, Political Sciences, Policy, Humanitarian Action, Gender/Women's studies, International Development, or a related field is required
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years experience in Programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting, and capacity building
• Technical experience in social inclusion in humanitarian action and women, peace, and security.
• A proven track record in the management of projects and teams in a complex and diverse context involving multiple stakeholders is required;
• Experience working on issues of gender equality and women’s rights and civil society organizations in Kenya.
• Experience working in the UN System is an asset.
• A project/program management certification would be an added advantage.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Swahili (written and oral) is required.
• Working knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.

How to Apply

https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=112624&utm_source=MyJobMag