Project Officer at Leonard Cheshire Disability

Reporting to: Project Coordinator
Location: Kisumu, Kenya or in any of the 4 sub counties: Kuria East; Migori; Siaya and Homa Bay.
Duration: 1 year

Purpose of the Role

To provide administrative and programme support for the implementation of the UK Government-funded Transition phase of the Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC T) project , which will address barriers to education of girls with disability in the project schools.

Project Officer Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and maintaining project deliverables under the direction of the Project Coordinator and the management team as a whole.
• Play an active role in developing, maintaining and updating monthly, quarterly and annual project activities timelines
• Coordinate medical and educational assessments of children with disabilities and facilitate their enrolment in school
• Ensure the involvement of families and communities, particularly males, in the implementation of project activities
• Support the organization and implementation of community awareness raising events and community-based training workshops
• Gather and report on data against the project’s indicators, particularly those in the logframe
• Monitor project progress, achievements and challenges
• Assist in a variety of administrative duties including disseminating project information to stakeholders and arranging logistics for meetings, training workshops and other project-related events
• Participate in networking activities
• Ensure compliance with LCD’s child protection policy and procedures and report any concerns to the relevant individuals and authorities
• Ensure full compliance with the GEC T grant holders’ manual
• Supervise the Education Social Worker in the subcounty you will be working in.
• Develop and maintain good relations with the project partners, the government and other stakeholders involved in the project.
• Undertake any other relevant tasks as may be assigned by LCD.

Qualifications for the Project Officer Job

Essential

• Degree in education, social studies or any other relevant field.
• At least two years’ experience working in development with an NGO and with local communities
• Experience of project cycle management, and monitoring and evaluation
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills
• Excellent report-writing skills.
• Knowledge of disability issues and the Kenyan education system
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently
• Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office and other key data processing software
• Leadership skills

Desirable

• Experience of working with children with disabilities
• Sign language interpretation skills
• Ability to speak the local languages