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• Implement
  programme activities as laid down in the annual plans.
• Conduct
  periodic monitoring visits and produce reports on field programme activity
  implementation at the LRP.
• Identify
  Local rights community priorities through PRRPs; Community
  meetings; child focused days and utilize in planning for annual
  programmes.
• Identify
  community and district level advocacy issues to inform national and
  international policy influencing.
• Consolidate
  community priorities and draw strategic and implementation plans
  during planning and budgeting periods.
• Identify
  alternative models, documentation of lessons learnt from the existing
  models and popularize best practices.
• Deliberately
  drum up CSO support towards advocacy and influencing issues
  affecting communities within the LRP.
• Prepare
  activity reports, monthly, quarterly, half, year plans and share with
  wider Action Aid family.

• Work
  closely with the partnership officer, support in the identification of
  partner capacity gaps and the development of partner growth and
  development plans.
• Conduct
  Support visits to partners and reviews their reports, in line with their
  plans, budgets and funding guidelines
• Actively
  participate in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of partner
  capacity development plan- through partner visits; Partner
  appraisals; organizational Self-Assessments.
• Identify
  partner funding gaps in line with the partnership funding guidelines;
  respond to call for proposals by submitting concept notes.
• Support
  partners Institutional development processes e.g. support to hold
  AGMs, register with sub-county and district authorities and ensure
  functioning of governance structures.

• Identify
  funding gaps within the LRP/Partner areas of focus, generate concepts and
  proposals in line with LRP strategy and CSP
• Present/submit
  concept papers for funding and keep track of the status
• Review
  partner proposals and align them to community needs and priorities (during
  planning and budgeting, review proposals) in line with LRP strategy and
  CPS IV
• Ensure
  proper contract management in respect to the signed MoUs and
  adherence to financial policies and procedures
• Carry
  out periodic Project monitoring visits and produce reports in line with
  the donors requirements

• Coordinate
  sponsorship planning meetings and organize the Pre-message collection.
• Organize
  community sensitization meetings for CIs and partners, PRRPs with parents
  and children-child days.
• Build
  the capacity and supervise community workers for quality, timely and
  sponsor communications child messages and community reports.
• Follow-up
  on missing cases and respond to queries from the sponsorship unit.
• Collect
  new profiles for submission to the funding affiliates.
• Prepare
  facilitation for Community Intermediaries to enable successful collection
  of child messages.
• Sensitize
  communities on AAU sponsorship mechanism
• Carry
  out photo updates.
• Produce
  periodical sponsorship reports (Community Newsletters and Progress
  reports) to supporters- collection of relevant case studies and photos
  from the communities
• Develop
  a supporter communication plan and share with sponsorship unit.
• Map
  out areas for AAU’s poverty priority interventions.

• Participate
  in the district and sub-county planning processes.
• Participate
  and represent the Local rights office in all stakeholder meetings.
• Undertake
  poverty analysis and service delivery reviews to inform the district
  planning.
• Share
  plans and budgets, reports with relevant stakeholders
• Ensure
  that partners disburse the resources they receive from AAU
  publically.

• The ideal candidate for the Action Aid
  International Program Graduate Trainee job placement should preferably
  hold a University Degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, or
  equivalent from a recognized institution; a post graduate qualification in
  M&E or any field will be an added advantage
• One to two years of relevant working
  experience from a recognized institution, preferably an NGO
• Excellent planning and budgeting skills;
• Good capacity building skills;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal
  skills;
• Good community mobilization and
  facilitation skills;
• Good team player;
• High degree of confidence, openness and
  willingness to learn;
• Self-driven; Ability to work in community
  setting
• Knowledge of Local Language (Alur)
• Ability to ride a Motorcycle is a MUST.

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