L’Albero della Vita, ensuring children’s wellbeing means creating opportunities for a decent, full and satisfactory life: in other words, offering them a proper nutrition, personal and medical care, age-appropriate leisure, social and sports activities, as well as the chance of freely nurturing their most intimate aspirations. L’Albero della Vita Foundation operates in Italy, Europe and in several developing countries including Kenya where the intervention is focused on protection of vulnerable minors in conflict with the law.
Albero della Vita Foundation is looking for a project manager/coordinator for his office in Nairobi, In particular he/she will be responsible for managing and coordinating the child protection AID010598 program in Nairobi, Kiambu and Nyeri counties.
Duties and Responsibilities
Supervise and support the implementation of child protection AID010598 program in Nairobi
· Provide overall financial supervision to the project
· Approved project activities
· Ensure that all expenditures are in complete compliance with GRC, PRC and donor procurement regulations prior to purchase.
· Supervise the implementation of the projects in close cooperation with the local partners according to the full project proposal as well as MAE donor guidelines
· Identification of necessary modifications of proposed plan of action/budget and timely submission of modification request to the Desk Officer
Coordination and planning
· Communicate and consult regularly with the HQ, the desk Officer
· Network and coordinate regularly in a proactive way with all relevant stakeholders and organisations involved in the child protection sector in close coordination with the HQ
· Support the development and writing of proposals to the donors in both development and emergency situation.
· Contribute to the strategic planning of FADV operation in Kenya in both development and emergency situations
Capacity building
· Build and enhance the capacity of Project Staff in reporting and project administration
· Conduct regular visits to actual project areas
Monitoring and reporting
· Ensure regular monitoring visits, in coordination with the local partners, to project areas to collect information about project activities and the views for the beneficiaries
· Ensure timely narrative and financial reporting as per FADV and donor guidelines (Project management tool);
· Proactively support the local staff regarding the preparation and implementation of the monthly Plans of Action for the projects under your supervision.
· Ensure and support the execution of mid-term and final evaluations and reviews where and when applicable
To be successful in this role you must have:
3-5 years’ humanitarian experience in NGO with experience in developing collaborative partnerships, managing child protection-sector projects funded by institutional donors, a good understanding of MAE compliance as well as experience in collaborating with and supporting international/local partner organizations.
A strong understanding and commitment to child protection and juvenile justice standards, principles, instruments, frameworks and protocols is essential to this role as is experience of working with governmental institutes and in general the reintegration system.
Excellent organizational skills, with ability to determine priorities and pay attention to detail, ability to work in a multicultural context as a flexible and respectful team player.
Excellent written and spoken English required
Previous experience in Kenya in child protection sector desired.
HOW TO APPLY:
All applications must include a cover letter explaining your motivation for applying for this position and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English. Applications without a cover/motivation letter will not be considered. To apply, please forward your CV to annuncio.lavoro@alberodellavita.org. Please mention the position applying for in subject field of the email, otherwise your application may not be considered. Deadline for submission of applications is 10th of June 2017. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.