Senior DME Specialist-Grants at World Vision
With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
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Key Responsibilities:
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Activity
(Re)Design (15%)
- Ensure quality designs of the grant & PNS projects
- Participate in developing project proposals
End Results
(Re)The design of Grant & PNS projects is informed by reliable data from ongoing operations and other reliable data sources.
Activity
Baseline (10%)
- Coordinate Grant project baseline surveys and evaluations
- Provide M&E technical support during baselines & evaluations of the Grant projects
End Results
Baselines and evaluations are conducted efficiently and findings are shared with partners and stakeholders.
Activity
Monitoring (15%)
- Facilitate monitoring processes with partners and communities
- Support monitoring processes in the Grant projects
- Ensure projects have a monitoring framework and completed ITTs based on the donor requirements.
- Supervise monitoring in Grant and PNS projects
- Ensure the quality of project monitoring
End Results
- Projects have data collection tools
- Monitoring events are conducted efficiently, and results are effectively disseminated
Activity
Evaluation (10%)
- Ensure all projects are evaluated according to the schedule
- Develop, capture, and produce evaluation synthesis of all evaluations conducted in a year
- Ensure the quality of evaluations
- Support the selection of consultants for survey exercises
End Results
Evaluations are conducted efficiently with external partners/consultants. Results are synthesized and presented to relevant stakeholders, including SLT.
Activity
Review Annual Plans, Annual Budgets, and Monitoring Reports (10%)
- Review Annual project Plans and Budgets
- Review monitoring reports (Quarterly, Semi-Annual, and Annual Reports) and monitor implementation of Grant project activities to ensure compliance with planning documents.
End Results
Quality annual plans and monitoring reports
Activity
Support roll-out of project effectiveness for GC and EARO initiatives (10%)
- Facilitate understanding of LEAP 3 across Grants
- Provide clarity and awareness to staff in the Grant Projects on LEAP 3 uptake and its implication on the current strategy
End Results
Roll out of LEAP 3 across all Grants
Activity
Support strategy implementation and tracking. (10%)
- Track the strategy using the national-level M&E system that provides information on progress being made on each of the indicators according to the Strategy, including Our Promise 2030.
- Information arising from the Grant project monitoring is used in the performance section of the WVT Strategy
- Engagement of specialists in the national office, EAR, and support office and ensure all indicators in the strategy are benchmarked
- Ensure the presence of tools for tracking Grant project progress, including development of a database
Activity
Evidence Building and Documentation of Learning (10%)
- Coordinate reporting on Child Well Being with adequate
- Gather relevant information regarding best practices to Grant project design, monitoring, and evaluation from within and outside the WVI partnership and share it with field staff to facilitate organizational learning and experience sharing.
- Lead and participate in research, sharing, and replicating of practices aimed at ministry improvement
- Coordinate evidence Document the major key lessons and findings from project evaluations and operations audit and disseminate for organizational learning and decision making.
Activity
Work with the Resource Development team to ensure the following (10%)
- Provide Technical inputs in Grant Acquisition or Resource Development processes
- Facilitate Evidence generation and documentation for GRANT/PNS proposal development
- Coordinate Development of Results Framework, Log frames, ITT, and DIP to meet LEAP 3 requirements during project/grants proposal development
End Results
New business is supported with high-quality M&E components, including Log frames. Indicators for new business are aligned with standard indicators, including OIOS Level 1 indicators while considering donor indicators.
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE
Required Professional Experience
3-5 years in programs management
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
BA/Bsc Degree in Economics, Agriculture, Business administration, Development studies/planning, social science disciplines or other related disciplines.
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
Thinking clearly, deeply, and broadly Understanding WV’s mission & operations Building collaborative relationships.
Physical Requirements
Management information system skills
Language Requirements
Both Fluent in English and Swahili Language
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KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Contact (within WV or outside WV)
GAM Manager
Reason for contact
Proposal review tasks
Frequency of contact
Routinely
Contact (within WV or outside WV)
Operations Manager
Reason for contact
- DME Functions under Operations
- Programming Issues
Frequency of contact
Quarterly and when the need arises
Contact (within WV or outside WV)
Technical Leaders and Sector Specialists–
Reason for contact
Technical Programming issues related to (Re)Design, Baselines, Evaluations, and Monitoring of technical programme/projects
Frequency of contact
When need arises
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Be Safe and Resilient
- Deliver Results
- Build Relationships
- Be Accountable
- Learn and Develop
- Improve and Innovate
- Partner and Collaborate
- Embrace Change
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