Essential Job Responsibilities

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

• Contribute to teamwork plans and guide successful implementation of PRIME and Learning activities, ensuring teams follow work plans so activities are on time, target and within the approved budget, and program deliverables achieve desired impact.
• Provide technical guidance on adolescent and youth personal agency empowerment safe space model and ensure that interventions are responsive to stakeholders and consistent with Mercy Corps’ relevant program guidelines, principles, values, quality standards and strategic plan. Ensure that interventions are evidence-based and adhere to adaptive management principles.
• Engage community members (community representatives, teachers, religious leaders, government officials and gatekeepers) to form Program Advisory Committee to support and inform program activities.
• Organize community events to sensitize communities on PRIME program.
• Assist in the creation of technical curricula, basic education (numeracy & literacy), basic nutrition literacy, WASH awareness and campaign, financial literacy and reproductive health, SRH, Agri-nutrition, SILC/VSLA
• Participate in recruitment and train Community Health Promoters and Field agents on PRIME technical curriculum.
• Support in Managing the Field agents who supervise the SILC groups as they conduct their weekly safe space meetings.
• Map Health facilities and ensure they are supported to offer adolescent friendly services.
• Train SILC agents on SILC methodology and help them cascade the same knowledge to groups.
• Register participants with SHIF and ensure they are accessing health services.

COMMUNITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT.

• Conduct community mobilization and sensitization meetings at village level
• Identify and engage community leaders to sensitize on the PRIME and establish buy-in
• Link with relevant county government departments such as Gender, Education, MOH, Trade, Cooperatives, Administration and Social Services for group registrations, financial and material support.
• Conduct community dialogues, advocacy meetings and champion days in collaboration with government and communities to rally people on adolescent support and empowerment.
• Conduct government engagement/briefing of government departments on program progress.
• Collaborate with communities and government in celebration of international calendar days geared towards supporting young people achieve their rights.
• Hold male involvement meetings e.g. spouses and parents(fathers) meetings to establish support of young women targeted under PRIME program.
• Work with communities identifies champions/male change agents to support girls and women in communities.

PARTICIPANTS SELECTION

• Sensitize adolescent girls, boys and young women on PRIME program, objectives and target groups.
• Participate in identification and recruitment of PRIME group mentors/Community Health Promoters to deliver technical curricula to girls, boys and young women.
• Identify and recruit girls, boys and young women in the community to participate in safe space groups.
• Organize the young people 18-29 years into SILC groups for savings.
• Identify and train Field Agents to oversee groups.

PARTNERSHIPS

• Link women to other traders, markets, financial institutions, public and private institutions.
• Facilitate planning meetings and workshops with government, NGO, private sector, and community partners to revise plans and promote partner acceptance/buy-in.
• Identify potential opportunities for linkage with other development partners and County government

PROGRAM MONITORING.

• Monitor and track the progress of safe space groups.
• Support the development of customized monitoring and evaluation tools.
• Collect monitoring data from PRIME groups and submit it to management.
• Support assessments, evaluations and monitoring surveys relevant to PRIME program including support in the development of Scopes of Work, survey tools, training and management of data collectors, report writing and facilitating results discussion
• In coordination with the MEL team, monitor the implementation of activities through regular field visits and assessments to ensure program quality and impact.
• Support Program manager in the preparation of the weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
• Document approaches, successes and lessons learned.

COORDINATION

• Coordinate with procurement, logistics, security, finance, administration and human resources teams to ensure operational systems support field activities.
• Support operations team to facilitate procurement of goods and services related to the PRIME intervention.
• Utilize pro-source in all procurement as per FP3 policy.

TEAM MANAGEMENT

• Participate in recruitment and training of Field Agents and Program Assistant.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations and provide constructive feedback informally and formally via regular one-on-one and performance reviews.
• Support the orientation of Field Agents at field level.
• Support orientation of Program Assistants.
• Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.
• Other duties as assigned.

SAFEGUARDING

• Actively learns about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work
• Practices the values of Mercy Corps including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members
• Encourages openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., Integrity Hotline and other options.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Community Health Promoters and Field Agents.
• Accountability

Reports Directly To: Program manager.

Works Directly With: Director Programs, MEL Officer, Finance Officer, Procurement/Logistics Officer, Program Assistant, LIPs.

Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with INGOs/NGOs/CBOs in civic engagement, livelihoods and education.
• Diploma in Community Development, Economic Development, Business, Agriculture, Gender and development, Livestock or related field.
• Should have knowledge of quantitative and qualitative data collection, reporting techniques and should understand and be able to apply basic measures of central tendency and spread.
• Commitment to working with Women, Girls, boys, youth and vulnerable groups in need, regardless of race, tribe, religion or gender.
• Understanding of working with local partners and commitment to working with the greater PRIME team.
• Good problem solving, written and oral communication skills.
• Strong written and spoken English and Swahili.
• Local language skills required.
• Ability to work without constant supervision and as part of a mixed team.
• Good knowledge of MS Office software such as Excel, Word, and Access.