Social Protection Officer

The UNV will be based in Garissa County and travel to the different programme sites of the CashPlus pilots on a regular basis. Under the direct supervision of the Social Policy Specialist, the national UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Responsibilities

1. Provide overall technical support to Garissa County in coordination of cash plus pilots
To serve as a technical advisor towards day-to-day implementation and coordination of the two Cashplus pilots

Provide high qulity inputs and on site support towards successful pilot implementation

Liaise and Cooperate closely with the UNICEF Kenya Country Office Social Policy team for any technical support required beyond his or her capacity

Support donors visits for the two pilots on a technical and administrative level

2. Coordinate and participate in regular monitoring missions

Support the county government in the planning and coordination of regular monitoring missions to the pilots

Particiapte in monitoring missions and provide technical support throughout these missions

Support in documenting the monitoring missions, highlighting identified best practises, remaining challenges and agreed action points

Support missions involving the UNICEF Kenya Country Office and provide technical and administrative support accordingly

3. Monitoring and Evaluation

Develop a tailored set of monitoring and evalautuion tools for each of the two pilot programmes as mentioned above

Pilot test and adjust the tools in collaboration with the County Government counterparts

Ensure final M&E tools are used and regularly updated during the regular monitoring missions

Provide monitoring data to UNICEF Kenya Country Office and support writing of donor reports as necessary for the two pilots

4. Documentation of lessons learned and remaining challenges

Collect lessons learned and human interest stories from the two pilots at a regular basis

In collaboration with the County Government, produce regular reports and briefs to inform future programming

Support overall documentation for UNICEF for the two pilots (e.g. for donor reports, annual reports)

Job Requirements
Required education
: Bachelor's degree

Required relevant work experience
: 2 years

Required languages:
English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)
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