Program Officer at Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW)
Coalition on Violence Against Women
- Kenya
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To enhance understanding of the normative framework on budgeting at county level,
- To enhance understanding on gender responsive budgeting and utilization of gender responsive budgeting principles,
- To enhance the capacity of women and girls to analyze the Kwale county budget estimates against their needs,
- To recommend actions to enhance responsiveness to Gender Based Violence (GBV) and economic empowerment of adolescent girls and young women
- To enhance the capacity of girls and women to lobby for the uptake of their priorities
- COVAW is looking for a Program Officer who will be responsible for implementation of the project in Kwale County.
- Work in conjunction with the Program Manager to lead the implementation of the project in Kwale County.
- Capacity building of Community-Based Organizations(CBOs) on Gender Responsive Budgeting, Citizen Led Accountability(CLA) practices and advocacy and communications.
- Capacity building of Disabled Persons Organizations (that are women led) on advocacy and communications and how to effectively engage with the county assembly to lobby for their needs.
- Conducting awareness raising sessions on Social Accountability & Civic Education
- Conducting advocacy meetings with Kwale County Government
- Organizing and conducting learning and reflection sessions
- Plan, coordinate and conduct community, school and county activities.
- Identify, support and work with schools, community activists and community based organisations, county leaders on community mobilization approaches that address gender based violence
- Design, plan and conduct community, national and media campaigns towards achieving project goals.
- Establish referral systems for cases of violations against girls.
- Design and produce a range of information, education and communication materials to support awareness raising activities and campaigns.
- Develop project work plans and monitoring tools to guide accurate implementation of project objectives and organisational strategic goals.
- Maintain up to date documentation of all project activities and expenditures for internal monitoring.
- Prepare accurate and timely reports of all program activities and of all financial expenditures reports in accordance with donor requirements and COVAW policies.
- Manage project budgets in adherence to donor and COVAW rules and policies.
- Represent COVAW in meetings and forums with partners and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to COVAW’s values and principles.
- Flexibility and willingness to travel, work long and irregular hours, including on weekends and holidays.
- Undertake full operational responsibility over COVAW’s assets in use.
- Perform all other duties as assigned and as related to the project*.*
- Adherence to all relevant project rules and policies.
- Adherence to timelines and deadlines.
- Outputs and outcomes of the projects achieved and documented.
- Activities implemented as planned.
- Project rated successful by evaluators.
- Accurate, timely and high quality progress reports.
- Comprehensive, timely, accurate and quality documentation maintained.
- Project funds utilized in cost effective manner that demonstrates value for money and fully accounted for in line with donor rules and organisational policies.
- Display innovativeness and creativity in implementation of program.
- Enhancing team work and mutual respect between colleagues and project partners.
- Bachelor's degree in Sociology, Community Development, law or related social science.
- Five years work experience in project leading and coordinating program operations and community engagement.
- Financial management and basic procurement experience.
- Experience in managing a team.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work with diverse people and cultures.
- Self-starter, able to work independently but able to consult effectively, prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Strong interpersonal and analytical abilities.
- Ability to work in the field, under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Computer Literacy (including excel skills).
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