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• Responsible for developing strategies for
  rolling out of component
• Develop and implement strategies to provide
  component specific training and capacity building to district and
  sub-county staff
• Providing technical guidance to the Local
  Governments on planning and implementation of subprojects under the
  Improved Household Livelihood Investment Support Component. This includes
  business planning for the attainment of enterprise profitability in
  subprojects to be financed under the Project.
• Preparing annual and quarterly work plans and
  budgets for the Livelihood Component for consolidation and approval by
  Management
• Take lead in guiding the establishment of
  innovation platforms for value addition chain development for community
  agriculture-related subprojects financed under the Project.
• Carry out regular monitoring and supervision
  visits to the Districts and communities to support implementation of
  activities under the Livelihood Investments Support Component.
• In charge of identifying component specific
  implementation gaps in districts, and accordingly executing capacity
  building events, workshops etc. for the district teams.
• Keenly monitor the progress of implementation
  of Project activities under the Component to ensure adherence to
  implementation guidelines, targets, time schedules and sector standards
  and norms.
• Offer support in the development of and
  maintain database for beneficiary communities including tracking systems that
  provides updates on fund flows, reporting , audit, budget revisions and
  project deliverables.
• Strengthen system for better monitoring of
  component
• Take part in the preparation and review of
  Project implementation guidelines , handbooks and manuals
• Guide the project management and District
  Authorities on performance improvement measures and resolution of
  implementation bottlenecks under the Component.
• In charge of identifying innovation happening
  around livelihood sector, consolidating learning out of it and rolling out
  strategies accordingly for value addition in delivery of the component
• Identifying component related success
  stories/best practices and disseminating them across districts
• Ensure implementation of the recommendations
  for improvements and innovative solutions for communities during the
  implementation of the project.
• Significantly contribute to the generation of
  knowledge, documentation of experiences and lessons learned as well as
  dissemination to the various sub regions implementing the project.
• Successfully mapping best practices of
  livelihoods existing in the districts (to draw lessons and feed them into
  district livelihood sub-project cycle for upscaling.
• Review subproject requests submitted by the
  Districts to ensure accuracy, completeness, viability, sustainability and
  compliance with relevant sector norms and standards before financing.
• Prepare and submit component quarterly
  progress reports
• Formulate strategies to promote livelihoods
  through various kinds of partnerships that would allow for sector based
  technical assistance to districts.
• Participate in the preparation and conduct of
  the GOU/World Bank Joint Implementation Support Missions and other supervision
  and evaluation missions
• Participate in the preparation of Terms of
  Reference (ToRs) for Consultancies to be undertaken under the Project
• Develop a plan for component-related capacity
  enhancement for the Project implementers
• Perform any other duties assigned by
  management

• Operationalize strategies for rolling out the
  component in districts
• Developing resource team and capacity
  building products for providing continuous and need based capacity building
  support to target districts
• Providing of technical guidance to the local
  Government on planning and implementation of sub-projects;
• Preparation of annual and quarterly
  work-plans for the Improved Household livelihood component
• Conducting quarterly assessment of gaps in
  implementation of the component, and streamline the component processes
  Guiding the establishment of innovation platforms for value addition chain
  development for community Agriculture related projects
• Monitoring progress of the implementation of
  component activities in Districts and prepare quarterly component specific
  status reports;
• Review the component specific MIS data every
  month and ensure it is updated by districts regularly.
• Support the implementation project activities
  in districts;
• Develop and refine the component norms and
  guidelines from time to time based on experience and learning from the
  field implementation. 

• The ideal candidate for the World Bank NUSAF3
  Project Household Grants Specialist career placement should hold a Masters
  or equivalent in Human Resource Development, Livelihoods Management,
  Development Studies or related disciplines.
• A minimum of five years of relevant
  experience of working on Household Income Support and livelihoods
  programs.
• Previous exposure and experience of working
  with the Government and poor communities in low capacity environments.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of
  livelihood development processes including community mobilization,
  targeting, group formation, training, business plan development,
  management and monitoring of livelihood sub-projects etc.
• Excellent project management skills, and
  should have demonstrated similar skills in the past.
• Proven ability to work in teams and collegial
  attitude.
• Strong writing skills especially in English
  language.
• Computer literacy skills i.e. proficient in
  using MS word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet.

• Please indicate the Post Title in the Subject
  line when applying
• Submitted copies should strictly be in PDF
  and all in one document
• Relevant academic documents will be required
  at the interview stage.
• Only E-mail applications will be accepted
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

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