Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Contract: The contract is for a fixed term, lasting until the end of September 2025
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Responsibilities
- Work with the Senior Programme Manager to coordinate the quality implementation of planned project activities and ensure timely sharing of lessons learned by the project partners.
- Manage all aspects of the project cycle with the implementing partners, including effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financial and project asset management, reporting, and documentation.
- Liaise and work with Sightsavers Global Technical Leads (Disability Inclusion, Gender Inclusion, and Economic Empowerment), MERL, and other internal experts as required.
- Participate in the design and implementation of the project’s monitoring and evaluation framework.
- Review project partner funding agreements and ensure they are up to date.
- Build effective relationships with project partners and support longer-term relationships beyond the duration of the Shayiri Project by disseminating information and advocating for the project’s goals and the consortium’s work in general.
- Support project partners to identify their own technical and organisational capacity building needs and facilitate access to technical assistance resources and opportunities.
- Promote shared learning and collaboration between project partners by facilitating networking and periodic review meetings.
- Support project partners in the preparation of budgets and periodic forecasts, and monitor expenditure of project financial resources in liaison with the Finance Officer and the Senior Programme Manager.
- Be proactive in providing good quality information on case studies and interesting news stories relating to the programme to support the preparation of fundraising and advocacy materials.
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills.
Jobholder Requirements
Essential:
- A tertiary qualification (Bachelor’s degree or above) in social sciences or development studies.
- Significant experience in implementing projects, including experience in disability inclusion and gender mainstreaming.
- Experience in agribusiness-based interventions, working with relevant government departments/ministries.
- Experience in working with devolved County Government departments.
- Experience in providing technical assistance to partner organisations.
- Experience in designing and implementing data collection strategies and analysing data in MS Excel.
- Ability to travel to project implementation sites in Narok County.
Desirable:
- Previous experience of working for a donor-funded intervention.
- Familiarity with national legislation and policies in the field of disability, inclusion, and agribusiness.
- Experience in designing, managing, and carrying out advocacy work for social inclusion/disability projects.
- Knowledge of current issues and best practices in disability, UNCRPD, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and employment.
Closing date: 24 November 2024
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal using the link provided:
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
