Tana River County is one of the forty seven (47) counties in the Republic of Kenya. The County takes its name from River Tana which is the longest river in Kenya. It is a County in the former Coast Province, Kenya with an area of 35,375.8 square kilometers (13,658.7 sq mi) and a population of 262,684 according to the 2012 census.

V/NO.005/2024 COUNTY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT-(1 POST)

Terms of service: Eight Months Contract

Requirement for Appointment

For appointment to this position, a candidate MUST have:

• A Minimum of a Degree in Social Sciences from an accredited University.
• At least three years work experience on challenges of community mobilization and rural development;
• Strong Community Development and Analytical skills;
• Relevant skills in Participatory Methodologies and their application;
• Effective Communication Skills;
• Computer literacy;
• High level reliability and integrity qualities.
• Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English and Swahili.

Duties and responsibilities

The Technical Assistants will be responsible for

• Coordinate all Community Demand Drived (CDD) activities within the respective counties to include but not limited to, Community Mobilization, Community sub-projects including livelihoods/ economic enhancement, social welfare and environment/ natural capital sub-projects and youth sub-projects;
• Coordinate all capacity building and community empowerment activities at Community levels integrating the participatory leadership, management, Social Accountability and technical skills under the direction and supervision of county technical officers and the County Project Cordinator(CPC);
• Provide Leadership, Supervise and coordinate the activities of the field extension officers in implementing project activities;
• Ensure targeting of the Vulnerable and Marginalized Groups (VMGs) during the capacity building, participation in the sub-projects cycle and setting up of community Institutions
• Facilitate Participatory Integrated Community Development (PICD), Participatory Impact Monitoring (PIM), Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) and Social Audit and Integrity Committee (SAIC);
• Together with extension officers involved in KEMFSED Project implementation, conduct Geo-referencing and Mapping activities to all newly initiated sub-projects and upload the information onto the Geo-Map database;
• Form the linkage and interface between the Project and the Communities;
• Assist in the development of Memorandum of Understanding between Project Management Committees (of CIGs and CBOs) and Counties and CIGs and CBOs and Strategic Partners;
• Provide technical backstopping to the Project Management Committees and county project implementation teams;
• Assist the communities in sub-Project identification, Proposal Development and screening Process, Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Together with other ward, sub-county and county officers Train and Oversee Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) activities for CDD at the Community level;
• Assist in the administration of Environmental screening process of all subProjects in accordance with the Environmental Management Framework;
• Support the County Project Coordination Unit in the preparation of Project Reports;
• Ensure proper Community Financial and Procurement Procedures are carried out in accordance with the standard Project guidelines/requirements;
• Work with the Community-based Institutions to design and implement appropriate strategies on capturing views from beneficiary communities on community development;
• Spearhead gender mainstreaming at the community level;
• Facilitate communities’ contribution (including in-kind contribution) for the required projects;
• Perform any other duties assigned by the CPC.