Overview
The L&R Project Officer will provide technical leadership and oversee the implementation of a project focused on scaling up the reuse of domestic water to enhance food production among vulnerable communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation of integrated water, food, energy, and nutrition interventions.
- Provide technical oversight on installation and use of key innovations.
- Guide the application of the tiered household package model.
- Ensure integration of climate-smart agriculture, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, and energy-saving solutions.
- Coordinate with county government departments and extension systems.
- Facilitate community mobilization, beneficiary targeting, and inclusion of Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) households.
- Strengthen capacity of community resource persons and lead farmers.
- Develop and operationalize detailed implementation plans, budgets, and monitoring frameworks.
- Oversee real time data collection and management using LMMS and GIS tools.
- Conduct regular field monitoring, technical backstopping, and supervision visits.
- Track financial performance.
- Lead documentation of best practices, lessons learned, and evidence.
- Facilitate quarterly reflection and learning forums.
- Prepare and submit high-quality monthly, quarterly, and final reports.
- Strengthen partnerships with county governments, technical departments, and local stakeholders.
- Support integration of project approaches into county plans, budgets, and extension services.
- Contribute to development of technical briefs, case studies, and evidence products.
- Promote community voice and participation in local planning and decision-making processes.
- Contribute to development of concept notes and proposals.
- Support identification of funding opportunities.
- Promote community contribution and cost-sharing mechanisms.
Required Experience
- At least 2–3 years of relevant experience in food security, livelihoods, WASH, or climate-smart agriculture programming.
- Demonstrated experience in community-based project implementation, including planning, monitoring, and evaluation of integrated development projects.
- Practical experience in climate-smart agriculture (CSA), small-scale irrigation systems, water management (e.g., greywater reuse, water harvesting), or sustainable food production systems.
- Experience working with vulnerable communities, including household-level livelihood and nutrition interventions.
- Proven ability to engage and collaborate with government agencies, NGOs, and community structures.
- Strong technical understanding of integrated water, food, energy, and nutrition systems.
- Experience in supervising field activities, contractors, and community-based facilitators.
- Proven skills in project planning, budgeting, and implementation tracking.
- Experience in monitoring and evaluation, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Ability to facilitate training, capacity building, and community mobilization.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and adaptive management skills.
- Excellent communication and report-writing skills in English.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and manage multiple priorities.
- Experience in scaling up development innovations or replication of pilot projects.
- Knowledge of nutrition sensitive agriculture, infant and young child feeding (IYCF), or community nutrition programming.
- Experience with solar-powered irrigation systems, hydroponics, or precision irrigation technologies.
- Familiarity with ASAL and urban informal settlement contexts in Kenya.
- Experience working with World Vision systems and programming approaches.
- Knowledge of county government systems, policies, and planning processes.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, or a closely related field from a recognized university.
