Company: World Vision Kenya
Location: Makueni
Job Type: Contract , Full Time
Apply Before: 2026-08-22
Job Description
Job Description:
Project planning and implementation
Coordinate effective and timely implementation of all interventions outlined under 4 Rs Risk reduction, Risk transfer, Risk retention, Risk diversification and any other related and cross cutting project activities.
Participate in the preparation of overall work plan and budget as well as develop activity plans and budgets for technical support of local value chain development interventions.
Support in the mobilization and registration of the Households.
Participate in developing different levels of progress report weekly updates, situational reports, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports
Supporting Project Quality Assurance PQA through organizing and supporting monitoring visits on 4 Rs interventions.
Collaborate with relevant ministries and other relevant partners at the County and community levels to ensure integration and high-level implementation of the planned Project activities.
Work together with other staff/ to ensure that key trainings meet the standard required to facilitate, provide knowledge and reinforcement of desired L&R behaviour and practices.
Ensure that business processes, standards and guidelines related to Livelihood & resilience initiatives are effectively applied in project implementation.
Make technical input into the planning and design of project specific operational researches, including baseline and end line evaluation, post distribution monitoring related to L&R.
Conduct continuous activity and budget analysis to ensure adherence to the approved work, budget and procurement plans.
Successful and timely implementation of Economic Recovery and market systems sub-Sector activities
Budget utilization to acceptable thresholds
Technical support
Support in the training of the households on the 4 Rs Risk reduction, Risk transfer, Risk retention, Risk diversification
Support Training of financial inclusion groups on digitization
Support Continuous Coaching and Mentoring of the financial inclusion groups and reporting
Link the financial inclusion groups to other support services.
Work with communities and relevant stakeholders to identify key on-farm and off farm value chains to support
Support project market research on viable value chains
Ensure the target communities are mobilized and participate in the identified Local Value Chain Interventions
In consultation with other staff, government and partners sensitize and mobilize the communities to form Project Implementation units, producer groups
Cost effective and efficient implementation of the project interventions.
Support produce aggregation and marketing activities of the project
Work with Project Officer, local stakeholders and leaders to identify community champions/resource persons 4 Rs
In consultation with other staff develop capacity assessment tools for producer groups and develop a capacity development plan
Facilitate the capacity building of the partners and farmer groups on LVCD activities Climate Smart Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, post-harvest management and value addition, transformational leadership
Facilitate linkages of the savings groups to other bigger micro-finance product to enhance their performance
Ensure cross cutting themes are integrated into LVCD interventions
Provide technical support and timely feedback to the cluster Manager on the 4 Rs.
Organize meetings with key local value chain actors and farmers to forge effective support of the LVCD interventions
Ensure adult and child safeguarding during the implementation of the planned interventions
Quality assurance -Monitoring, Reporting, evaluation and Documentation
Ensure the community champions the Four Rs Risk reduction, Risk retention, Risk diversification have necessary monitoring tools and are trained on the same
Develop project monitoring and reporting schedules in collaboration with the various stakeholders
Work with the community champions/facilitators to continuously train, monitor and mentor the performance of financial inclusion and producer groups along identified value chains
Clean and Collate project performance data and ensure it is keyed into the relevant Monitoring Information System MIS on a monthly basis
Prepare weekly updates, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual progress reports
Documentation of key lessons learnt and successes stories from the target farmers
Continuously track progress of planned activities and outputs in the detailed implementation plan to ensure timely and quality implementation of plans
Support Monitoring and evaluation of the grant project activities in coordination with M&E and relevant stakeholders.
Support farmer records digitization process and performance tracking in collaboration with community resource persons and relevant private actors
Together with farmers, partners, conduct regular reflection and learning events
Support the project data collection during baseline, end line, market assessments and post distribution assessments
Quality and timely reporting of project interventions and assessments
Effective project monitoring and documentation
Developed and updated digital farmer records in place
Strategic Engagement, Partnership and Networking
Represent World Vision in key L&R stakeholder forum/meetings and relevant networks at the Ward, Sub-County and County levels.
Effective coordination with other stakeholders
Facilitates linkages of the financial inclusion groups and farmers groups to micro-finance institutions and skills development institutions
Strengthen partnerships with the county government and other partners for effective support and capacity development of the farmers for sustainability
REQUIRED QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
Diploma certificate Agriculture/ Agricultural economics/Agricultural extension and education/Nutrition/Developmental Studies with experience in implementing a livelihood project
Minimum of two years’ experience working with communities in either relief or Livelihood and Resilience/Food security projects
Excellent English communication skills both oral and written with a good understanding the local dialect and context
Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office and Lotus Notes or another main email system such as Microsoft Outlook
A team player, capable of building the community capacity in economic recovery aspects
Ability to take initiative, a team leader able to work with minimum supervision
Cross-cultural sensitivity and emotional maturity
Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts
Understanding and demonstrated commitment to the importance of gender and other key issues in Economic empowerment
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to World Vision Kenya on worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com to apply
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Source: MyJobMag