District Field Operations Assistants (DFOA) - (Community Empowerment and Institutional Support Project (CEISP))-Jobs in Kenya

Republic of Kenya

Office of the Prime Minister

Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030

District Field Operations Assistants (DFOA)

Community Empowerment and Institutional Support Project (CEISP)

Introduction

The Government of the Republic of Kenya (GOK) has received financial assistance from African Development Bank (AfDB) towards financing a five year Community Empowerment and Institutional Support Project. The project objective is to empower poor community to access socio-economic services in order to reduce poverty.

The project is implementing two main components;

(i) Capacity building,

(ii) Institutional support in 107 districts.

The Ministry wishes to recruit suitable candidates to fill the posts of District Field Operations Assistants (DFOAs).

District Field Operations Officer Functions

The DFOA will report to the District Development Officer (DDO) and perform the following duties and responsibilities under his supervision and guidance of the Project Coordinator:

• Oversee and coordinate the implementation of project activities in their respective districts;
• Prepare project annual work plan and budget in line with activities under each component, budgeted financial resources and schedule of implementation;
• Regularly monitor and evaluate the implementation of project activities to ensure that its implementation progress is in line with approved work program and budget, expected outputs and outcomes;
• Gather and compile data on project progress and performance indicators as outlined in the project Logical Framework Matrix;
• Oversee the conduct of the baseline survey, beneficiary assessment studies and citizens or Community Score Card (CSC) surveys;
• Prepare the quarterly project progress reports using standard format to be provided by the project implementation unit;
• Supervise the works of consultants and contractors undertaking project activities both in capacity building and civil works;
• Initiate and facilitate the conduct of training activities at district and constituency levels;
• Share with and disseminate project information to all stakeholders (central government ministries, civil society organizations, private sector, local government, communities and development partners) in their respective districts;
• Solicit the support and collaboration of the above mentioned stakeholders in order to build synergies, avoid duplication of activities and ensure their active participation in the implementation of project activities when necessary;
• Provide technical backstopping to project target beneficiaries such as the Constituency Development Committees (CDF) to help them better access and effectively utilize project resources; and
• Any other duty (related to the project’s activities) as may be assigned by the DDO.

Requirements and Experience

The suitable candidate is expected to have:

• Knowledge of major developmental issues confronting Kenya and GoKs policies, priorities and approaches to address them;
• Knowledge in managing results based development;
• Good personnel attributes and team work;
• Good advocacy, communication and negotiation skills;
• Good command in the use of standard computer software packages;
• Motivated and have the ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Be fluent in English and Kiswahili; written and oral and good report writing skills.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Statistics and Mathematics (minimum, Lower Second Class Division) or equivalent from a recognized university. Graduate level qualification in the above subjects would be an advantage;
• Have knowledge of project cycle with emphasis on activity based work planning, budgeting and accounting;
• Work experience in decentralized development planning, participatory approaches and techniques or monitoring and evaluation will be an added advantage; and
• Be a Kenyan Citizen aged below 35 years.

Terms and Conditions

• A competitive salary commensurate with the responsibility will be offered to the successful candidates;
• The position will be on a one year renewable contract, depending on performance;
• Successful candidates should be ready to extensive field travel;
• Qualified female candidates are encouraged; and
• Candidate is expected to be in post not later than 1st Jan, 2012.

Applications

Interested Applicants should submit their application, detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV), three referees, copies of certificates and other testimonials to the following address.

The application should indicate the e-mail address, telephone (including mobile phone) contacts as well as the current and expected remuneration of prospective candidates.

Applications should be clearly marked” Application for District Field Operations Assistant”, CEISP and addressed or hand delivered to the following address by 14th Oct 2011:

The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030
Treasury Building,
P.O. Box 30005- 00100
Nairobi, Kenya

OR for Hand Delivery Drop in Room 303, Treasury Building

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.