County Implementation Officer (F4B) at Amref Kenya

• Support and participate in developing of comprehensive work plans, tasks
• Lead the day-to-day rollout of the programme activities in 3-4 assigned counties, ensuring high-quality delivery
• Coordinate planning and logistics for events and activities
• Implement activities by working collaboratively with relevant community structures, and with the relevant county and national government ministries/department, and stakeholders to ensure high-quality implementation. This will include:
• Sub-granted organizations.
• Network of Champions, Youth Anti-FGM Network, relevant community structures, religious leaders, community leaders, survivors.
• Targeted school anti-FGM/C club members and patrons
• The County and National Department of Gender and Social Services, Gender Technical Working Group, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Anti-FGM Board, National Administration Officials (NGAOs),
• Relevant networks/alliances/movements, policy makers and activists.
• Media teams
• Support and participate in preparation of annual work plans and progress monthly, quarterly and annual reports relating to the programme reports as per donor and organizational requirements.

• Support the capacity strengthening (training, technical advice, mentorship and learning-by-doing) of sub-granted organizations, Network of Champions, Community Champions, Religious Leaders, School Anti-FGM/C Patrons, Children Advisory Councils, YANK, Survivors, and other change agents to own and lead the process of change for meaningful and sustainable transformation.

• Support survivor champions in establishing and managing community safe spaces and healing circles
• Work collaboratively with survivor champions to facilitate inclusive community dialogues and storytelling sessions for norm change
• Ensure survivors are identified and effectively linked to health facilities and clinical services
• Support in the integration of survivor-led approaches into existing government systems, ensuring that survivor-centred care is institutionalized and locally owned for long-term sustainability and replication.
• Support survivor networks and sub-granted organisations to implement trauma-informed economic models including climate resilient livelihoods and Village Savings and Loaning (VSLAs) to ensure long-term economic independence of survivors.

• Provide hands-on guidance to sub-granted partners to ensure community dialogues and service deliveries align with technical standards
• Support the Technical Officer in delivering capacity strengthening to sub-granted organizations
• Conduct routine field visits to sub-grantees to track progress and ensure adherence to programme approaches.

• Support programme implementation by taking activity advance, travel imprests and ensuring implementation as per the budget
• Support programme work plan implementation for a healthy financial standing with acceptable financial performance and burn rate
• Ensure timely surrender of field activity advances and compliance to financial SOPs and protocols

• Attend events on behalf of Future4Binti and Amref Health Africa at the county level to promote the brand's vision, values and approach as appropriate.
• Seek opportunities to represent and promote the programme in meetings with the press, public events and government meetings in line with pre-agreed work plans
• Document and disseminate best practices and lessons learnt locally and nationally to influence policy and action.
• Identify evidence and stories of social change, and work with Communications for documentation and amplification

• Support the collection, interpretation and report writing for AIMs on a monthly basis as required
• Provide regular updates and monthly/quarterly/annually status reports on county-level milestones as needed
• Participate in meetings to discuss data, share learnings and for adaptive management

• Participate in relevant county -level technical working groups and platforms ensuring that participation generates value for Amref Health Africa
• Identify possible partners to support the establishment and development of partnerships across different stakeholders including media, local funders, INGOs to leverage resources for interventions
• Identify opportunities to integrate into other development sectors at the sub-national.

• Participate in development of GBV and Child Protection Resource Mobilization and Fundraising Efforts

• Ensure adherence at all times to safeguarding and do no harm policies and guidelines
• Conduct trainings, sensitization and dissemination of information to sub-granted partners, volunteers, champions, survivors and other programme participants on safeguarding and do no harm
• Report any safeguarding concerns as appropriate
• Practice confidentiality in handling delicate matters

• The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Social sciences, Public Health, Community Health or related field.
• Knowledge in Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Ending Gender Based Violence (GBV), Gender Equality & Women Empowerment, adult learning methodologies and leveraging technology for learning.
• At least 3 to 5 years of county-coordination experience in a busy donor funded programme with a focus on community-level interventions on FGM/C, Child Marriage, GBV, Child Protection, SRHR and Advocacy.
• Understanding of behaviour change or social change communications.
• Lived experience within one of the assigned counties with fluency in local languages
• Proven ability to work directly with marginalized groups, survivors, and traditional leaders
• Hands on experience in project coordination monitoring, reporting and documentation.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in enhancing community-led and community-driven interventions for meaningful and sustainable community transformation

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