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We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.\nCome join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!\nEmployee Contract Type:\nLocal - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:\nThe programme manager will provide programmatic, technical and managerial leadership in the implementation of Nature+ Program in Mau and Mt. Elgon ecosystems. The Program is implemented in Narok, Nakuru, Bungoma and Trans Nzoia Counties. The job holder will lead landscape restoration, carbon Program development, GIS and spatial planning, stakeholder engagement, and partnership management to deliver high-quality environmental, social, and carbon outcomes across target ecosystems. The Job holder will supervise Nature + Program staff.\nPlease Note: World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization with a mission centred on following Jesus Christ in service to the world´s most vulnerable children. Therefore, in all locations to the fullest extent legally permissible, the successful applicant will affirm our core documents, observe conduct compatible with Christian principles, serve at a high level of professional ethics, and strive to act in accordance with cultural sensitivities. Furthermore, regular attendance with team and office devotions, chapel, and prayer gatherings are expected in line with policies in the World Vision host location and its departments.\nJob Responsibilities:\nTechnical and Strategic leadership and management\nResponsible for the coordination, technical support and implementation of the Program’s objectives\nEnsure that the Program deliverables are achieved effectively and timely as per the proposal/work plan and meeting donor expectation and regularly review Program status\nEnsure that Program initiatives meet or exceed planned outcomes and are implemented in full compliance with the donor, WV Kenya and Government standards and guidelines;\nProvide effective, innovative and strategic leadership and direction to the Program staff from WV Kenya and other stakeholders within the Program.\nCoordinate restoration interventions in partnership with Kenya Forest Service (KFS), County Governments, Community Forest Associations (CFAs), Water Resource User Associations (WRUAs), and other local institutions.\nOversee assessment and documentation of land tenure, carbon rights, and Program eligibility requirements within target landscapes.\nEnsure compliance with carbon standards, land-use regulations, environmental laws, and safeguard requirements.\nLead stakeholder engagement on carbon ownership, benefit-sharing, and participation agreements.\nMaintain accurate Program records and documentation required for carbon Program registration, verification, and audit processes.\nEnsure restoration approaches are aligned with county and national forest restoration strategies.\nDevelop appropriate implementation strategies for the Program as per approved PDD and budgets through quarterly, monthly and weekly activity work plans and budgets\nEnsure focused quality, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Program’s interventions\nWork with the accountant to monitor and support the timely and appropriate utilization of budgeted resources for all Program interventions.\nEnsure social inclusion (mainstreaming gender and youth) and conflict-sensitive programming.\nEnsure that professional development activities, including performance appraisals, performance agreements, monitoring and needed training and mentoring activities are carried out successfully.\nEnsure integration of the grant with the Area Development Programme’s and Integrated Programme Framework objectives and Child results in-line with the WVK Strategic priorities.\nLead, inspire and manage a high-performing project team, ensuring clarity of roles, objectives and accountability.\nOversee performance management including goal setting, coaching, appraisals and development plans.\nMentor and build capacity of staff in program delivery, compliance, and stakeholder engagement.\nDrive recruitment, onboarding, retention and succession planning for project critical roles.\nProvide leadership in a matrixed environment across technical, MEAL and finance\nPromote staff wellbeing, safeguarding, inclusion, and a culture of learning and continuous improvement.\nQuality Assurance - Implementation, Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation\nDevelop, with support of WVK Program staff, a detailed plan that will support delivery of the Program objectives throughout the Program period.\nEnsure accurate and quality Program Design Documents (PDD) are on file and used to inform implementation\nEnsure timely and effective implementation of all Program interventions as well as the successful achievement of proposed outcomes and intended impacts\nEnsure timely and appropriate utilization of the budgeted Program resources in full adherence to the donor's set standards.\nOrganize annual review meetings for planning and monitoring of Program activities.\nIn Liaison with Program Accountant, track Program implementation expenditure levels, manage work plans and budgets to ensure Program expenditure remains within acceptable levels\nEnsure that the Program achieves acceptable financial and operational audit results by implementing activities in accordance with established norm and policies whilst maintaining acceptable audit rating\nProactively enforce controls and checks as well as ensure effective and timely response plans to all financial audit findings and take the needed measures to prevent future recurrence.\nEnsure timely baseline survey of the Program and dissemination of findings to all partners including GoK while ensuring streamlining implementation in respect to the outcomes of the survey.\nSupport the Program officers to set up and maintain effective complaints and feedback mechanisms to ensure that beneficiary concerns are addressed in a timely and effective manner.\nEnsure submission of timely and quality periodic (monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports) to the Regional Manager, Cluster Manager and Technical team at the National Office and Support Office.\nWork closely with the communications department to ensure regular documentation of best practices, success stories / innovation and lessons learnt over the Program implementation period for sharing across the partnership\nEnsure production and dissemination of communications resources for the Program to key stake holder\nPartnership, coordination and networking\nEstablish and maintain strategic partnerships with national and county government institutions, regulatory agencies, research organizations, and development partners to advance Program objectives.\nLead stakeholder coordination and engagement processes with community institutions, producer groups, cooperatives, and local governance structures across the Program.\nFacilitate participatory planning and decision-making processes that promote community ownership of restoration and carbon development activities.\nEnsure implementation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) principles and compliance with social and environmental safeguards.\nOversee the design and implementation of equitable, transparent, and inclusive benefit-sharing mechanisms for participating communities.\nPromote meaningful participation of women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and vulnerable groups in restoration planning, implementation, governance, and carbon benefit distribution.\nAdvocacy: Policy and Budget Influence\nCoordinate advocacy and policy influence initiatives of the program at county and national level\nIncrease the visibility of WVK and the donor by maintaining active engagement and advocacy on NRM related matters\nKNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE\nRequired Professional experience\nMinimum 10 years of experience in natural resource management, forestry, climate change, landscape restoration, or environmental conservation.\nDemonstrated experience leading and managing restoration Programs involving both protected/gazetted forests and community-managed lands.\nDemonstrated knowledge of the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) and familiarity with carbon project development lifecycles, including carbon accounting and monitoring protocols.\nExperience working with forest governance structures and community natural resource management systems.\nStrong understanding of land tenure systems and community engagement processes.\nUnderstanding of gender and diversity issues and commitment to addressing inequalities in all the key areas of responsibility\nAbility to work under pressure and strict deadlines\nUnderstanding of development/relief issues with commitment to humanitarian principles and action\nGood financial/budget management\nGood people management, training and coaching skills with strong conceptual and analytical Skilla\nThe ability to work independently, think innovatively and strategically and work effectively within a team\nRequired Education & Certification\nMinimum Bachelors’s degree in Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Agro-forestry, Range land Management or any other related discipline.\nPost graduate 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