The Lutheran World Federation, Kenya-Somalia Program - School Meal Program Assistant (Open to Kenya Nationals Only)

The Department of World Service (WS) of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is the humanitarian and development arm of the Lutheran World Federation. WS provides support to refugees, returnees, internally displaced people, their host communities and communities at risk, focusing on livelihoods, quality services, protection and social cohesion. The Kenya-Somalia Program has been implementing such interventions in Kenya and Somalia since 1992.

Lutheran World Federation Kenya- Somalia Program- Dadaab is seeking to recruit a National staff for the following position

 Position: School Meals Program Officer

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities.

• Provide leadership and a sense of direction to the School meals program (SMP) monitors and head teachers on the clearly set objectives of SMP. In addition to this, the position holder orients the head teachers and SMP monitors on the strategies and modalities of achieving the set objectives of the program.
• Liaise with senior education officer and WFP field staff to sensitize the stakeholders on the importance of SMP in meeting education objectives.
• Representing LWF in food coordination meetings and sharing the minutes with senior education officer.
• The position holder will supervise SMP monitors and Head Teachers and closely scrutinizes the performance and the quality of their service delivery.
• The position holder will give professional advice to SMP monitors so that they carry out their monitoring activities which will in turn help them to monitor food usage and impact on learners’ school attendance and academic performance thus helping them carry out their duty in a manner that is consistent to the general objectives of LWF/WS Kenya-Somalia Project.
• The position holder will inculcate in his subordinates a spirit of team work, build confidence, motivate and encourage high performance.
• The position holder positively will relate and liaise with, LWF, WFP/UNHCR and staff from the other implementing partners’ and community leaders in a manner that promotes good relationship.
• Attending at WFP monthly/annual food coordination meetings and sharing the findings.
• Taking part in mid-term reviews with WFP.
• Sharing of transport plans and coordinating SMP activities and term dates with the relevant stakeholders.
• Helping SMP monitors and, Head teachers grow professionally taking them through induction courses and teaching them report writing skills.
• Working and relating closely with other workers, thus ensuring for the common success of the organizational objectives.
• . Embracing the rights‐based approach when interacting with people of concern and when implementing project activities.
• Interacting with rights holders and forming or selecting committees among the stakeholders to promote and safe guard the rights of the people of concern.
• Orienting the learners on their food entitlement so that each child knows what he/she is supposed to get.
• Writing reports on SMP activities/progress and impact on learners’ school attendance and academic performance via indicators, challenges and potentiality for growth.
• Ensuring that all cross‐cutting issues (i.e. gender, environmental conservation, conflict resolution, accountability and LWF approaches (i.e. rights‐based approach, integrated approach, and community empowerment) are integrated into all the project activities.
• Help the education coordinator, through supporting delegations and taking instructions outside of one’s area of jurisdiction thus contributing to the general objectives of the project