Overview
The Senior Technical Manager will provide technical support to Implementation, External Engagement/Learning, and Capacity Building for the Big Dream End Child Marriage (BDECM) Program. The role ensures programming aligns with World Vision and international best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical support and guidance in the design and implementation of child protection project approaches/models.
- Ensure ECM is implemented within various contexts in a collaborative manner for impact.
- Ensure WV technical approaches/models and strategies are known and implemented by Child Protection Officers and Project leaders.
- Ensure training and fidelity of implementation of child protection models.
- Develop evidence-building strategies that strengthen delivery of WV approaches.
- Oversee the development and implementation of technical capacity building plan for FO staff.
- Provide guidance, capacity building and technical support to ECM FOs.
- Act as Technical Lead to build the capacity and positioning of ECM Field Offices.
- Develop and conduct training in program methodologies and concepts.
- Provide follow-on expertise for technical assistance to FOs.
- Support qualitative monitoring of program interventions.
- Provide technical support in child protection dialogues, external engagement and strategic positioning.
- Seek opportunities for external engagement and technical branding of project learnings and achievements.
- Provide technical support in strategic networks, engaging as ‘technical expert’ with priority stakeholders.
- Contribute to or participate in assessments, surveys or evaluations.
- Support the coordination of the learning agenda.
- Disseminate best practice and learning.
- Coordinate adaptive management learning and reflection (CLA).
Required Experience
- 8 years of ECM technical experience in an international NGO.
- 4 years’ + experience in overseeing child protection, and / PSEA, GBV work as a team lead.
- Specialist experience in child protection, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), gender-based violence (GBV).
- Strong Project Management skills.
- Strong Country and multi-community understanding of child marriage issues in Kenya.
- Strong relationship building/network capacity.
- Ability to influence, innovative, and proactive personality.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Development studies, human rights, International development or equivalent in technical area, or field/practical experience working with situations of policy formation, guidance and implementation preferred.
