The main purpose of the job is to provide leadership and play an active role in the implementation of the Youth 4 Health project. The project seeks to increase demand for and access to high-quality, discrimination-free adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights information, education, and services. The Project Officer will build capacities of different stakeholders to deliver age-appropriate reproductive health information to vulnerable adolescents in Muhoroni and Seme Sub-Counties and advocate for favorable policy and legislative environment that supports adolescent and young people’s access to reproductive health information and services. The Project Officer is expected to make a positive contribution to the overall mission of CSA.

Responsibilities of the job:

• Develop and monitor the implementation of work plans & budgets for the project in Kisumu County.
• Liaise with key county government decision-makers, CSO’s and community leaders to build consensus and support for provision of age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education [CSE].
• Support and implement capacity-building plans for adolescents, teachers, health workers, and religious leaders in delivery of age-appropriate CSE.
• Pilot test CSE interventions in Kisumu including the development of CSE newspaper pull-outs.
• Conduct social media campaigns on CSE and provide accurate CSE messaging.
• Conduct Advocacy forums with policymakers in Kisumu County in line with the project’s joint advocacy strategy
• Work with other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Kisumu County to develop and implement advocacy initiatives in line with the Youth for Health project.
• Build partnerships and collaborations with media houses to ensure accurate and positive CSE reporting.
• Initiate and maintain partnerships and networks with national and county stakeholders for coordination and harmonizing CSE/SRHR interventions.
• Support monitoring, evaluation and operational research where needed for the project.
• Produce and disseminate learning documents/success stories for the project.
• Produce timely narrative and financial reports according to the formats and standards required by the donor.

Desired Qualifications

• A Degree in social sciences.
• Minimum of three years’ experience working in community advocacy
• Good understanding of the program cycle management
• Excellent research, interpretation, and critical analysis skills to evaluate context, data, and legislation.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong and broad stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent writing, analytical, and verbal skills
• Ability to work as part of a diverse and multicultural team.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Adaptability, efficiency, highly disciplined, high level of autonomy, good organizational skills
• Willingness to travel