Job Description
Salary: CompetitiveDuration: 24 monthsBased: Nairobi, Kenya, with travel to TurkanaClosing date: 24 August 2018
We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our expanding Kenya programme. You will be responsible for providing support to the implementation of multiple projects within our Kenya portfolio, including on peacebuilding, extractives and preventing violent extremism, including overseeing activities and supporting monitoring and evaluation.
With a university degree in a relevant subject, you will have previous experience working in the NGO sector, including implementing activities, engaging with communities and overseeing monitoring and evaluation. You will have excellent report writing skills and experience of engaging with project partners and other key stakeholders. You will have developed strong organisational skills to manage a varied personal workload and meet competing deadlines.
Duties and Responsibilities
Project Implementation
Support the planning and implementation of activities for Alert’s peacebuilding programmes in Kenya
Support the engagement with project participants and partner organisations periodically to ensure that activities meet participants’ needs, project objectivities and the key activities are taking place as planned
Engage with key government and non-government interlocutors, including donors, companies and peacebuilding agencies, through project activities
Budget Management
Support finance administration relating to project implementation, including preparation of cash requests and donor financial reporting
Maintain the project filing system and ensure the effective recording, documentation, and filing of project activities, M&E data, internal and external project meetings
Support the coordination and logistics for workshops and field visits
Project design, monitoring and evaluation
Support the collection of relevant information from partners to feed into the monitoring and evaluation of the project and work on drafting donor reports and project completion reports in coordination with the Programme Development and Assessment Manager
Contribute and develop ideas for new projects, building upon the impact achieved by existing projects
Follow M&E guidelines, processes and using the M&E tools designed for this project by the Programme Development and Assessment Manager
Monitor project progress and impact and advise on adjusting indicators and activities accordingly
Undertake project monitoring with partners and project staff
Support drafting of success stories and documentation of lessons learned
Assist in drafting project proposals, where appropriate
Contribute to Alert’s organisational processes and strategies
Contribute to team-wide communications and knowledge management, and participate in organisation-wide events and discussions on related topics/projects
Any other tasks as may be reasonably required
Travel requirements
Based in Nairobi with frequent travel within Kenya, particularly Turkana, and occasional travel to London
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
Talents
At Alert, we have introduced Talent Management to our business model as we believe talented people are crucial to the success of our work. We believe all individuals are talented and success comes in matching the right talents to the right roles. For this role, the skills, qualifications and experience listed below are important, but we believe that to be great in this job you are likely, first and foremost, to have a talent for providing effective project support and be entrepreneurial and proactive in finding practical solutions in a challenging and changing environment. In addition, you will be well organised and with a good attention for detail. You will be a good communicator able to liaise with project stakeholders and articulate clearly project objectives and achievements.
This is what we will be looking for above all else
University degree in relevant subject
NGO project implementation experience – including activity implementation community engagement, monitoring and reporting
Excellent working knowledge (spoken, written and read) of English
Experience of implementing community-based programming
Experience in engaging with partners and other stakeholders
Experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects
Excellent report-writing and editing skills
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage personal workload and meet deadlines
Kenyan National (or in possession of right to work in Kenya)
DESIREABLE REQUIREMENTS
Master’s degree in relevant subject
Experience of implementing governance or peacebuilding programmes in Kenya
Understanding of oil industry in Kenya, and/or preventing violent extremism programmes, especially desirable
Knowledge of M&E methodologies
Experience of financial administration gained in an NGO/INGO
Understanding and familiarity with conflict-sensitive approaches to development
Familiarity with gender and development concepts, and experience of implementing gender-sensitive programmes
SUMMARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Leave entitlement 36.5 days leave annually (comprising of annual leave, public holidays and closure of the office between Christmas and New Year).
Notice period There will be an initial 3-month probationary period during which notice will be one month on either side. On successful completion of the probationary period notice will remain as 1 month.
Working hours Full time staff are expected to work a standard 37-hour week, with some flexibility around start and finish times to be agreed with the line manager.
