Wafula Bethuel Wanjala

Provide Monthly drought risk and climate information for concerted actions by stakeholders at County and national levels.

• Jointly with other stakeholders, ensure the protection of the livelihoods of vulnerable households and community systems to cope and recover from recurrent drought shocks.
• Act as secretariat to County Steering Group CSG focused on ensuring coordinated, collaborative actions on drought risk management by both levels of government and stakeholders.
• Develop strategies to mobilise resources and partnerships for drought risk management and climate change adaptation for community resilience.
• Coordinate county-level operations/ budgeting, implementation planning, staff performance management and knowledge management.
• Overall coordination of multistakeholder drought contingency planning processes and preparation of sector-specific response plans at the County Level
• Lobby and advocate for mainstreaming of drought risk management planning into County and stakeholder development policies, plans, programmes, and projects
• Jointly together with the County government, identify, design, and implement community projects and programmes that strengthen resilience to drought and climate change.
• Conduct bi-annual food security and nutrition security assessments and vulnerability mapping using an integrated phase classification tool for targeted stakeholder response.
• Preparation of Annual Work Plan and Budget and implementation of approved activities
• Participation in County and regional Joint stakeholder project supervision and implementation monitoring (IGAD, IOM, USAID, WFP & UNICEF projects)
• Establish and strengthen Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction at community level.
• Review stakeholder resilience building and response proposals for approval
• Preparation of the Authority's Quarterly financial expenditure reports and activity progress reports
• Preparation of County drought risk vulnerability briefs for the National government office
• Undertake community capacity building on identification, planning and implementation of identified appropriate drought preparedness adaptation technologies
• Prepare seasonal drought multi-sectoral participatory scenario planning and develop key advisories for stakeholders
• Development of bankable proposals for resilience building at the County level
• Member of the National Steering Committee for IOM and Project in Turkana County
• Provision of timely, accurate, consistent, and reliable drought risk early warning information for use by stakeholders and community
• Established active ward-level Disaster Risk Management structures for effective early warning for early action
• Effective intervention geographical targeting through regular review of stakeholder resilience building and response proposals
• Successfully operate a cash transfer safety-net program targeting over 37,917 beneficiaries
• Promoted Assets Core creation efforts between the Authority and other stakeholders on resilience building and community livelihood recovery initiatives
• Instrumental at supporting internal and external partnership Call for Proposal among other resource mobilisation efforts towards Drought risk management.
• Trained staff in risk management policies and monitored compliance to control company liability.
• Promoted enterprise-level risk management practices and helped instill strong culture focused on protective policies and procedures.
• Maintained current team documentation, validated codes and tracked invoices to keep accounts and records current.
• Encouraged stakeholders to approach assessments analytically and offer unique insights to bring new understanding to risk management programs.
• Developed short-term goals and long-term strategic plans to improve risk control and mitigation.
• Instituted regular safety inspections and hazards management strategies to keep operations compliant.
• Developed detailed reports on identified risks, providing actionable insights for decision-makers to implement necessary changes.
• Helped risk management team produce timely reports analyzing drought risk early warning data.
• Increased stakeholder confidence by maintaining transparent communication channels on risk assessment findings and recommendations.
• Provided employees with clear direction on acceptable workplace behaviors to minimize legal disputes stemming from misconduct allegations.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure a comprehensive approach to risk management, fostering a proactive work environment.
• Organized routine team meetings to discuss ongoing projects, assess progress, address concerns, and adjust strategies accordingly for overall risk reduction success.

• Over coordination or the World Bank funded Project implementation.
• Drought Early Warning Information System coordination, generation, and dissemination of monthly bulletins
• Annual Work plan and Budget preparation and implementation of approved activities
• Coordination of District and National teams (KFSSG) during food security assessments in the district
• Supervision of drought response interventions under the Protracted Relief and Rehabilitation Operations at the community level through community Proposal vetting, approval, and project implementation monitoring
• Secretariat to the District Steering Group (DSG)
• Coordination of stakeholders during District Drought Contingency Planning and Implementation and recovery
• Resource mobilisation towards drought preparedness and response initiatives
• Establishment of Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction structures
• Appraisal of Community and Stakeholder drought preparedness and response proposals for approval by the DSG
• Coordination of the district-based National District Management Authority structure (i.e
• The District Coordinating Unit)
• Preparation of monthly financial expenditure status reports and quarterly activity progress reports for the district
• Preparation of district drought status briefs for the National Office
• Undertake capacity building of communities on identification, planning and implementation of the identified appropriate drought preparedness technologies
• Contact joint monitoring and reporting on the implementation status of micro projects to evaluate milestones achieved, work quality and general progress
• District Drought Contingency plans activation coordination and monitoring response progress by both the government and stakeholders
• Reduction of perennial water trucking to 5000 households through excavation of over 18 water pans in strategic livelihoods within the district
• Reduction of livestock deaths due to drought through the development of 5 dry season fallback water pans in the major ranching zones within the district
• Enhanced households’ access to milk and improved incomes through adoption and sale of up-graded small stock
• Livelihood diversification and improved food security at the community level through small-scale irrigation, promotion of tissue culture banana, adoption of Zai pit technology and integrated use of the available water sources for crop production
• Promotion of income-generating initiatives at the community level through the sale of tree seedlings processed Aloe Vera products, bee-keeping products and baking activities initiated through community groups
• Support the conservation of natural resource management through sensitisation and capacity building of local leaders (including chiefs) and provision of equipment to support tree nursery establishment
• Conflict resolution through harmonised water resources between farmers and pastoralists

• Supervision and monitoring of data collection from 12 sentinel sites
• Data collection verification, analysis preparation and dissemination of the monthly drought monitoring bulletins
• Supervising intervention programs for all voted activities in the district, including Kafagio, Bokola and Kasima water pans
• Installation of hand pumps on community wells
• Coordinate communication between the district and ALRMP head office
• A resource person in both the long and short rain season food security and drought impact assessment in the district
• Supervision and payment for civil works funded by ALRMP
• Carry out a monthly food security and drought impact assessment as backup information for the district bulletins
• Present monthly bulletins report to the District Steering Group
• Improved household access to clean portable water at the community level
• Setting up and operationalising the district community-based Early Warning System in Kilifi

• Community mobilisation and training
• Team leader in community participatory training, documentation and proposal writing
• Overseeing the implementation of three water projects in Kaloleni Division
• Team leader in Community Action Plan Development at the community level
• Setting up of 10 Village development committees to oversee local-level developments
• The setting of pilot nursery schools that have become full-fledged primary schools
• Development of water harvesting structures to improve household access to water
• Promotion of small scale at the community level