Programme Delivery Lead
Mary's Meals International, Kenya

Mary’s Meals (MM) is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 2 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals. We offer more than just a job; we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.

Mary’s Meals Kenya (MMK) operates an Early Childhood Development and a Primary School Feeding programme in Kenya. Some of our core values are, Confidence in the innate goodness of people, Respecting the dignity of every human being and family life and good stewardship of resources entrusted to us. In addition to these values, safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults is at the heart of how we work. We desire that all who are part of Mary’s Meals should embed these values, safeguarding and acceptable behaviours that include Simplicity, Service and Stewardship.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the below post:

Programme Delivery Lead (1 Post)

We are delighted to be recruiting for a talented Programme Delivery Lead to join our team in Lodwar, Turkana County in Kenya.

Reporting to the Head of Programmes, the Programme Delivery Lead will provide strategic leadership to the programme Delivery team and will be an active member of the Global Delivery Forum. The Programme Delivery Lead is responsible for the implementation of the School Feeding Delivery Model (SFDM), data quality assurance and, in close relationship with the Programme Development Lead, will provide key inputs and innovative ideas on how to continuously improve our delivery model.

The post is key to the successful implementation of the school feeding programme in country and will have regular interaction and strategic alignment with key personnel in the MMI Programme Delivery amp; Operations and Development team and will lead the field based and quality assurance team in support to the Head of Programmes.

Key duties amp; responsibilities for the role include:

Work in a highly effective and collaborative manner with our global programme delivery and operations staff to support the Head of Programmes in the following key areas:

Programmatic Excellence

• Lead on the implementation of the SFDM, policies, procedures and tools, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
• Ensure the school feeding programme operations are delivered efficiently and effectively in line with the SFDM
• Lead on planning and managing school feeding expansions activities
• Lead on monitoring and evaluate data across all key areas of the programme delivery in collaboration with Programme Development and in line with the global MEL Strategy
• Proactively contribute to programmatic planning, risk management and reporting
• Ensure an ongoing strong communication with Programme Development Team is maintained and delivered so that all stakeholders are well informed on relevant programmatic information
• Ensure robust collaboration with Operations Team in terms of fleet usage, food ordering and deliveries Lead on continually building staff capability to deliver effective programmes through a structured and detailed learning and development approach

Quality Assurance

• Continually review and refine system and process in collaboration with MMI Programme Delivery and Operations Team
• Define and implement detailed programme delivery reports and dashboards for various management levels, ensuring regular monitoring and clear actions, learnings and recommendations are identified and acted upon
• Provide support and technical advice on the implementation of Mary’s Meals’ SFDM and the Global MEL Strategy together with the Development Team
• Provide support and technical advice to the audit and risk function

Working with others

• Effectively engage key stakeholders and to contribute strongly on the development and implementation of delivery and monitoring processes
• Ensure robust implementation and continual improvement of SFDM tools that lead to enhanced effectiveness and efficiency of our feeding programmes
• Ensure strong, ongoing training and coaching for all stakeholders of Programme Delivery, in close collaboration with our MMI Programme Delivery and Operations Team
• Regularly benchmark other relevant organisations for best practices and emerging opportunities for optimising effectiveness and efficiency of our programme delivery
• Facilitate information sharing across MMK and our global programmes through the Programme Delivery Forum

Other

• Coordinate

Job Rewards and Benefits