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VPRU MEAL Specialist Program Coordinator

Major Responsibilities:
Provide Ongoing Direct Technical Support to VPRU Projects (primary role)

Lead and manage MEAL activities for a concrete portfolio of VPRUled grants, while working closely with VPRU technical advisors (TAs), specialists, and specific country program staff. Examples of VPRUled grants may include but not limited to (may be subject to change):

Responsive Information Services in Emergencies (RISE); TRANSFORM; Irish Aid Strategic Partnership on GenderBased Violence (GBV); and Foundations Project

Work and think independently on key tasks, including (i) development and use of overarching project learning plans and approaches, (ii) data collection and management, data analysis/visualization, and data interpretation and use; and (iii) projectlevel adaptations and reflection
Provide ongoing training and capacity building in MEAL core competencies, tools, and techniques to VPRU TAs/Specialists, country program staff, and partners (as needed)
Adapt and refine MEAL approaches and resources based on country program and VPRU feedback

Support Broader Learning Strategies, Guidance, and Resources for VPRU

Provide ad hoc support to other VPRU team members for discrete MEALrelated tasks, as feasible and needed
Support development and implementation of interventionspecific data toolkits and learning agendas (as appropriate)
Support the creation of core MEAL guidance and resources for VPRU teams
Own and contribute to components of VPRU MEAL’s strategic workplan
Actively contribute to MEAL technical sections of business development
Represent VPRU MEAL on external meetings, working groups, and other platforms (as appropriate)
Contribute to VPRU’s antiracism commitments

Job Requirements:
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

Strong experience with both data collection and data analysis skills for multiple MEAL methods required, including mobile data collection and strong Excel analysis skills
Experience with qualitative data collection and management, qualitative data analysis, and/or mixed methods process or developmental evaluations (or similar learning exercises)
Ability to generate high quality MEAL deliverables that demonstrate attention to detail, strong understanding of best data practices, and are appropriate for the end user(s)
Strong organizational skills and ability to balance multiple priorities across a diverse portfolio
Some experience with protectionspecific MEAL (may be replaced with related sector/humanitarian MEAL experience combined with a demonstrated knowledge of protectionspecific considerations)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as an ability to be clear and concise in all communications
Strong interpersonal skills: able to successfully listen to, collaborate with, facilitate discussion among, and build trust with people from diverse nationalities and backgrounds
Excellent writing and editing skills for proposal and technical resource development
Flexible work demeanor: the ability to work well both in a dynamic, globally diverse team and independently
Proven dedication to antiracism and equity work

Preferred experience & skills:

Degree in social sciences, humanitarian assistance, or other related field strongly preferred; a concentration in monitoring & evaluation will be an asset
Experience with ODKbased mobile data collection applications (CommCare, Kobo, Ona, etc.) strongly preferred
Experience with additional analysis software (e.g. PowerBI, Dedoose, NVIVO) strongly preferred
Experience working in partnership with local or nationallevel organizations desirable
Fluency in English is required, other IRC languages, such as French, Spanish and/or Arabic language skills will be an asset

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November 2, 2024
Research Officer

General Responsibility
Responsible for maintaining program quality and compliance across all business enterprise activities, ensuring program approaches are clearly documented, understood by the program teams and implemented including conducting direct business skills training to clients and guiding clients in developing business plans.
Detailed Responsibilities

Train program beneficiaries/clients on Business skills and life skills
Support beneficiaries in developing business plans to be funded.
Prepare payment list and verify MPESA or bank details of the clients to ensure funds are transferred to the correct recipients.
Support Research monitors in planning and monitoring client’s business and implementing the Randomized Control Trial (RCT) interventions as per the study protocol.
Follow up on clients whose businesses have been funded to offer support in areas of business sustainability and other areas of concern.
Liaise with the protection team to ensure refugees who are facing protection challenges are supported.
Prepare periodic reports of progress of program activities.
Assist in context and stakeholder mapping and analysis to contribute to the conceptual development of Livelihoods Resource centers and mobile services.
Help conduct outreach to community and local leaders, private sector partners and other stakeholders as directed by ERD management.
Deliver training material to clients as the main trainer/facilitator, and schedule other trainers as necessary for specific cohorts or sessions.
Support other program staff in delivering business and life skills sessions.
Working with and training program staff to register clients, recommend clients for placement in RCTs
Provide introduction sessions to RCT (micro enterprise) clients, including on attendance requirements and protection related issues, drawing in other staff as necessary
Conduct bi-weekly meetings with beneficiaries in the form of calls, interviews or focus group discussion as appropriate. Helps ensure that payment of beneficiaries is accurately processed.
Under the direction of the Senior Research Officer /Manager, conduct individual business development sessions with clients and coach them through the development of a business plan and grant application where applicable.
Support monitoring of activities, conducting site visits and helping to troubleshoot any issues from clients.
Coordinate closely with M&E and data staff on targeting, data collection, data systems and information management.
Contribute to baseline, interim and end line assessment efforts and program reporting, providing clear input on business training, microenterprise development research activities.
Coordinate closely with IRC logistics, finance, and grants focal point to ensure timely and compliant program activities and expenditures.
Linkages of RCT clients to the Urban Savings and Loans Association and Financial Service Providers for business growth support (where applicable).

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, Public Administration, business administration or equivalent
At least 3 years of experience in micro enterprise development livelihoods or community engagement programs.
Demonstrated experience and capacity in training clients and groups and working with vulnerable populations.
Strong ability to work independently, organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
Experience working with Refugees in livelihoods programming.
Experience managing data collection and concrete knowledge of open-source tools such as ODK collect, KoBo Toolbox, Survey CTO or CommCare platforms.
Experience collecting Qualitative data e.g., Focus group discussion (FGD), Key informant interviews (KII) and transcription of audios.
Experience supervising field teams
Experience in administration and management of grants individuals and groups
Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity, and flexibility
NGO experience preferred
Personal qualities: promotes collaboration and coordination within and across teams, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, extremely flexible and adaptable, ability to contribute across multiple activities and departments.
Fluency in English and Kiswahili required.

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November 2, 2024
Education Technical Advisor – East Africa

The IRC seeks an Education Technical Advisor (TA). This role will have a primary geographic focus on the East Africa Region to guide on program design, provide direct technical support, and build technical capacity to implement, measure and continuously improve education programs in IRC country programs in East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, and Tanzania). To ensure quality programming towards impacting the lives of children and youth affected by conflict and crisis through IRC’s work, the Education Technical Advisor will: support country programs to design programs and projects that are aligned to the IRC’s outcomes and evidence framework / theories of change / core indicators; lead technical design processes of proposals and write technical narrative as needed; review and ensure technical quality of proposals; input into proposal go/no go decisions and pre-positioning; analyze data to inform course correction; conduct technical trainings and ongoing technical coaching, share cross-context learning with country program staff; design, review and share program-specific tools; support senior technical country program recruitment and capacity–building.
This position involves frequent travel, reflecting the regular requests and demand for additional in-person TA support for education assessment, design, start-up, and implementation. The Education TA will support projects or country teams across IRC that require additional support in education in emergencies, including through deployments.

Major Responsibilities:
Core Functions:

Support country program staff to design programs and projects, ensuring that they are:

Aligned with the IRC’s strategy 2020 which includes contextualizing education outcomes, the theories of change and include interventions chosen based on best available evidence;
Responsive to client needs and preferences based on sound context and gender analysis

Support selection of indicators for country programs based on available and emerging indicator testing;
Lead and facilitate as needed technical design of proposals; write technical narrative as needed; review technical quality of proposals, including providing input on budgets required for project delivery, technical activities, ensuring alignment to IRC’s education and cross-sectoral outcomes;
Input into go / no go decisions and pre-positioning on upcoming proposals;
Help analyze data to inform periodic review and course correction to ensure that IRC’s programs are based on evidence and are evidence-generating;
Conduct technical training and ongoing technical coaching for country program staff, including on outcomes, theories of change, evidence and indicators;
Provide specific guidance to IRC education programs in Latin America in efforts to integrate best practices into standard IRC Teacher Professional Development
Share cross-context learning with country program staff across the region;
Review and share program-specific tools / resources / curricula working with IRC education specialist to contextualize and adapt global and country-specific materials;
Support planning and implementation of partnership activities, including research initiatives with academic partners
Support senior technical country program recruitment;

Additional Functions:

Engage with donors and do outreach in support of country programs, especially in relation to program start up;
Help define approach to teaming / partnering with regional and national organizations, including youth led organizations;
Present IRC research findings across contexts and relevant conferences;
Support senior country program staff onboarding;
Support as requested education projects that need additional support in education in emergencies. This includes liaising with the Senior Education Technical Advisor for Emergency Response to build preparedness and response plans for the continuity of education services during new acute crisis.
Work across sectors, particularly our Economic Recovery and Development team as well as our Women’s Protection and Empowerment team to develop integrated and holistic approaches to youth development; expand our youth portfolio

Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Director of Education for Country Support
Position directly supervises: This position could potentially supervise on occasion consultants and/or interns.
Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: Works directly with the Regional and Deputy Regional Director to ensure education programs are in line and supporting regional and country level priorities. Regular relationships with EHAU and regional technical advisors in violence prevention and response, health, economic recovery & development, and governance technical unit teams. Works directly with country program coordinators and managers as well as country program leadership. Interacts with IRC internal departments, including business development, external relations and advocacy departments.
External: Serve as IRC program representativein outside regional meetings and global meetings (as needed) and academic forums with donors, other non-governmental organizations, inter-agency groups and foundations. Engage regularly with partners, including academic partners, to ensure programmatic and research collaborations remain on track.

Job Qualifications:

Education: Master’s/post-graduate degree in education, education psychology, social work, human development or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Participate in ongoing training courses and share knowledge and skill sets within the unit.
Work Experience: A minimum of 6-8 years’ experience of implementing and/or managing large Education programs and teams is required, within a humanitarian or international development setting, as are at least 2-3 years acting in an advisory capacity on education programming. Education work experience in East Africa is required. Experience in technical tools and materials development, monitoring and evaluation, and research in relation to education is highly desired. Experience in strategy development and working across sectors or disciplines is highly desired.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: Demonstrated expertise in education program design, monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action. Demonstrated expertise in youth programming, literacy, and/or numeracy preferred. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated commitment to renewing and maintaining currency with best practices.
Language Skills: Fluency in English is a non-negotiable requirement; proficiency in Swahili an advantage.

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November 2, 2024
Program Coordinator Nurse

Scope
The Program Coordinator is responsible for the implementation of IRCs high quality, innovative programs in close coordination and collaboration with the field coordinators and program managers in the various program locations. The role has a particular focus on driving program implementation, leading the program managers in implementing high quality projects with particular attention to translating program quality standards into actions, enabling the program integration plans and supporting expansion into newly accessible geographic areas. S/he will ensure timely and effective planning, budgeting, program delivery, and coordination in all IRC program locations. The PC will provide a focus on outcomes, client responsiveness, and represent IRC programs to major stakeholders, relevant government authorities and other program partners in the field.
Responsibilities
Program Implementation

Ensure effective grant start-up, progress towards program deliverables is systematically tracked using key indicators and actions are taken as a result of this monitoring.
Lead the field team in annual program design review and planning process to develop annual work plans and budgets that meet the needs of both the beneficiaries and the donors.
Ensure adherence of program implementation with donor and IRC policies.
Lead in the development of programme work-plans with clear objectives and achievement benchmarks, long-term and short-term priorities, implementation plans, financial projections and tools for evaluation.
Ensure the alignment of workplans with IRC and project plans and continuously review progress of IRC and partners implementation.
Program Budget holder: Coordinate with the finance, grants and partnership department and support program managers to ensure sound budget development and spending oversight through the use of adequate financial management tools, including regular BVAs and spending plans review.
Inventory management: Support the development of relevant tools to support requestion, utilization and report of supplies at different service delivery pints and ensure effective linkages with the inventory management system.
Ensure effective forecasting and launch of procurement processes from programs team and ensure appropriate tracking of commodity utilization.
Conduct supportive supervision of IRC programs ensuring effective utilization of resources (human, financial, equipment, infrastructure). Facilitate and actively participate in joint supervision visits with the technical coordinators, finance, grants, supply chain coordinators.
Coordinate high-level reporting on program implementation win collaboration with the grant officers. Ensure that donor reports produced by the programs team effectively demonstrate the impact of IRC’s interventions.
Ensure program coordination where there are cross-cutting themes and work together with the managers to effect this according to program work plans. Foster program integration among IRC sectors and with partners in line with programmatic needs and donor commitments.
A member of the Emergency Team in the field and support scale up of interventions at the sudden onset humanitarian response and during the deployment phase.

Business Development

Lead the field level proposal development process in conjunction with grants officers and conduct final review in collaboration with the operations, finance, and HR grants managers. Ensure high quality and accuracy of proposals coordinating and consolidating operational, technical and strategy input.
Conduct engagement with key stakeholders, donors, and other funders in collaboration with the Field Coordinator and under guidance of the Senior coordinator for Program Implementation and the Senior Grants Coordinator.
Represent the IRC Kenya with humanitarian donors including accompanying strategic donors on field site visits.

Partnerships

Contribute to achievement of goals related to the SAP partnerships ambition including identification and onboarding of Strategic Partners
Embody and model IRC values related to partnerships (partner as equals, partner first etc.) and lead this approach in implementation of IRC projects in the project locations.
Enable development and maintenance of strategic partnerships with local organizations.
Provide support to partnerships team to address any program implementation challenges in the field.
Regularly report on progress on partner implementation and work with the field coordinator to clear any inter-departmental obstacles.

Representation and Advocacy

In coordination with the Field Coordinator, actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders including local communities, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
Liaise with county and governments, donors, NGOs, and other operational partners in the field via attendance at meetings, consultations, and other forums.
In coordination with the Field Coordinator, organize for and facilitate donor and other stakeholder visits supporting staff in the smooth design and running of field visits including development of program updates.
Identify areas of programming that need advocacy and share with the Advocacy department at IRC.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning

Facilitate internal and external monitoring of program implementation ensuring adherence to work plan, adaptation to evolving situation. Custodian for the implementation of follow up actions from field monitoring visits in conjunction with the program managers and field coordinator.
Together with the program manager and M&E manager, support monthly program performance reviews and analysis ensuring translation to progress analysis and program adaptation.
Provide inputs to regular data quality audits (DQAs) and joint monitoring visits with the MEAL team.
Together with the technical and MEAL team align planned assessments with program needs.
Contribute to the implementation, and analysis of all assessments and surveys.
Lead in organizing and conducting sector specific integrated supportive supervision to all IRC project sites and health facilities.
Review and adoption of data and inputs to the Annual Statistics activities
Enhance the use of Program Indicator Dashboard (PID) and other MEAL-related technology for program implementation at the field level.
Coordinate with the client responsiveness manager to ensure client feedback is reflected in program implementation and used strategically to adapt programming and organizational policies were applicable.

Staff Management and Development

Coach direct reports with the aim of strengthening their program management capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team, and providing professional development guidance.
Supervise and mentor direct report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback, and providing documented semi-annual performance reviews.
Promote and monitor staff care and well-being; approve and manage all leave requests to ensure adequate coverage.
Lead and model successful adherence to IRC’s Global HR Operating Policies and Procedures.

Country Program Management

Actively participate in and contribute to strategy discussions, including SAP revision processes
Stay updated on new IRC priorities, policies, or process updates and ensure Grants & Partnerships and MEAL units are informed of any changes.

Qualifications

Master’s degree or equivalent experience in international development or related subject. Qualifications in IRC core sectors (Health, Nutrition, WASH, Food Security) will be preferred.
At least 6 years of experience working in program management Demonstrated experience in program management, project design and use of project design tools.
Experience managing programs in relevant technical area(s) that may include, health, reproduction health, Nutrition, Gender, protection, women empowerment, economic strengthening, and WASH.
Should possess minimum 5 years experiences in humanitarian and development work including managing humanitarian relief and/or development programs in areas affected by large scale displacements due to conflict and chronic food and nutritional insecurity.
Demonstrated experience in supervising and mentoring staff and with strong commitment to staff capacity development; Demonstrated qualities of leadership, sensitivity to cultural settings, communication skills, commitment, and sound judgment.
Knowledge and experience of government systems
Aptitude to adapt to a different context regarding security, culture, climate, or health issue, demonstrated by experience outside of country of origin.
Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
Fluency in English in addition to superior writing/editing and budget skills
Good communicator with strong organizational, time management and analytical leadership skills
Excellent inter-personal, cultural, and diplomatic skills
Working in a Non-governmental organization will be an added advantage.

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November 2, 2024
Grants and Partnerships Manager: Re:Build

Position summary

The Grants and Partnerships Manager is a member of the regional Re:BUiLD Project Management Team that supports the implementation of the program across Kenya and Uganda. This position reports to the Re:BUiLD Program Director with technical support from the IRC Regional Grants Director.
The Grants and Partnerships Manager will be responsible for grant management, including ensuring compliance, and will act as the focal point for relationship management with Re:BUiLD partners based in Nairobi, Kampala and internationally. This position will work closely with the IRC HQ partnership team to ensure adherence to the grant agreement, policies and procedures. The Grants and Partnerships Manager leads all donor reporting, fundraising, information and grants management for the Re:BUiLD program. Facilitates/oversees partnership arrangements and agreements with city governments, technical, private, and CBO/RLO organizations. The Grants and Partnerships Manager provides program and operations teams with advice on compliance with donor and IRC regulations and undertakes programmatic and budgetary monitoring for compliance with donor and internal policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:
Grants Management and Compliance

Maintain a deep understanding of donor policies, regulations, and procedures. Liaise with IRC HQ and the IKEA Foundation to ensure grant compliance requirements are clearly understood, documented and communicated to relevant colleagues in the Re:BUiLD Program Management Team and country teams
Advise Re:BUiLD program technical leads and operations staff on reporting and compliance requirements and ensure inputs are received in a timely manner
Establish and maintain systems to proactively identify and track grant compliance risks and compliance with internal IRC policies and procedures. Raise issues to the Re:BUiLD Program Director in a timely manner and advise on necessary actions.
Lead grant opening meetings, quarterly grant review meetings, and grant close out meetings in collaboration with the Re:BUiLD Program Director. Monitor post-meeting implementation of action points.
Lead grant management meetings, including monthly Grant Review Meetings and Budget vs Actual (BVA) to monitor spending, and manage opportunity tracking.
Support annual revisions to the Re:BUiLD Program Strategy and realignment of the program budget for approval of the donor

Donor Communication and Reporting

Coordinate all donor reporting, ensuring that reports are timely, accurate and responsive to donor needs.
Upon delegation, provide liaison or representation to donors when need arises
Ensure that effective channels of internal and external communications relating to grants are established and respected.
Ensure that senior management and technical leads understand donor communication protocols and provide copies of correspondence for files.
Ensure project activity progress and indicator tracking, and top-line expenditure forecasting and tracking (including supporting teams to develop spending plans).

Information Management

Ensure quality information management through regular maintenance of grant and partner files, developing compliance sheets, updating of internal IRC documentation and other Grant Unit tools, including coordination and preparation of documents and files for internal and external audits.
Track and maintain the partnership tracker and compliance issues
Track donor correspondence.
Track the submission of iteration of proposal and maintain file copies.
Track the submission of reports and maintain file copies.
Keep a database of key donor contacts.
Maintain a comprehensive information management and filing system that ensures all donor and partner contractual documents, reports, key correspondences, etc. are appropriately filed in up-to-date and consistent soft and hard copies are available as needed.

Partnerships Management

Develop understanding of and ensure compliance with the IRC’s PEER System (Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System)
Coordinate pre-award due diligence assessment of potential partners by finance, program, operations, Awards Management Unit, and East Africa Region
Review the capacity building/development plans for the partners based on the pre-award assessment result, ensure capacity building/development plan is tailored, targeted and responsive to their organizational needs and priorities.
Design tools and create systems to effectively monitor progress made against partner capacity building plans and to partners in their organizational development, particularly around safeguarding.
Lead in drafting partnership/sub-grant agreements and modifications, act as focal point with HQ for review and approval and facilitate signature by IRC and partners.
Support program and operations staff in regard to sub-contract and sub-grant management (compliance), including tracking of partner deliverables.
Advise and guide Re:BUiLD staff on procurement planning and transactions for sub-contract and sub-grants, in keeping with donor requirements and IRC policies, procedures, and standard practices.

Business development/Fundraising

Support the Re:BUiLD Program Director in the development and implementation of a Co-Funding strategy for the Re:BUiLD program.
Develop donor mapping tools to support identification of opportunities that are aligned with the Co-Funding Strategy, in partnership with HQ business development teams
Identify key proposal and donor-related information linked to new funding opportunities to support the Project Director in organizing and leading program design for new business development opportunities.
Coordinate development of high-quality proposals/concepts, including compilation/editing of the technical narrative and working closely with the Re:BUiLD Finance Manager to develop budgets/budget narratives
Ensure that proposals are tracked with standard IRC tracking tools and receive all needed reviews and approvals

Requirements:

Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Social Sciences, International Development or any related field.
At least 3 years prior experience in an NGO in a similar position; demonstrated involvement and success in the key areas of this JD will be critical.
Lived/experience working with refugees in the urban setting.
Good communicator, with excellent proposal and report writing and editing skills and close attention to detail
Strong organizational and time management skills
Experience working with sub-grantees and/or local partner organizations and demonstrated ability to form effective and productive relationships with stakeholder counterparts.
Proven prior experience with donor compliance. Knowledge of European (DFID, EU, SIDA, etc) and private foundation donor requirements and procedures is an advantage.
Ability to develop, manage, and analyze budgets with a high degree of accuracy
Willingness to travel to the field in Kenya and Uganda.

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November 2, 2024
Innovative Finance Project and Communications Officer

Key Responsibilities

The Innovative Finance Project and Communications Officer supports overall grants management, business development, and development of internal and external materials. The role involves working closely with the innovative finance team, as well as experts in humanitarian systems change, senior leadership, and external and investment partners. This role will collect project learnings and deliver high-quality reporting to communicate key data from investment pilots with partners, and enable the replication and scaling of successful humanitarian-investor partnerships.

Support to Innovative Finance Lead

Draft business development materials and liaise with IRC business development colleagues to raise necessary grant funding for blended finance transactions.
Support with organizing internal and external meetings and events; maintain robust notetaking and database of conversations.
Identify action items from meetings for follow-up and track progress and completion.

Project and Knowledge Management, Internal Communications

Build systems to collect information and track deliverables across donor-related projects.
Manage and update donor-specific workplans; meet regularly with internal/external project stakeholders from IRC to collect data on lessons learned and develop analyses for donor reporting and pipeline development.
Create decks, briefs, and other materials to ensure internal and external partners are regularly briefed on progress, strengthen buy-in and accountability, and to support external engagement.
Work closely with IRC business development teams to socialize achievements of innovative finance and solicit new donor and philanthropist support for the practice.

Donor partner subcontract management, coordination, and compliance

Develop workplans and monitoring plans for all donor-related investment pilots.
Lead communication with investor partners to ensure deliverable implementation against workplans, subcontracts, reporting, and regular meetings.
Support with due diligence, compliance checks, subcontract amendments, and other subcontract management processes according to guidance from IRC’s Awards Management Unit.

Reporting

Lead coordination for drafting final reports, including but not limited to drafting all report inputs, communicating deadlines, and providing timely feedback for IRC and partner teams.
Prepare annual reports and documents according to contract requirements for government donors; coordinate response to other donor and private philanthropist inquiries.

Job Requirements
Education and Work Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
3-5 years of professional experience with demonstrated project management skills, including developing project management documents and tools such as workplans.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

Demonstrated experience in partner and stakeholder management.
Work experience in, and ability to write clearly about, financial concepts.
Excellent critical thinking skills to problem-solve independently.
Excellent organizational skills: the ability to multi-task, learn quickly, and work independently and productively in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to effectively collaborate with and motivate a variety of people in a multi-cultural environment.
Dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion and a passion for IRC’s mission.
Excellent written English, including the ability to synthesize information and draft high-quality reports. The ability to translate financial concepts into crisp, clear prose will be crucial to all work.
Please attach your finance writing sample to your application or please include links to your work on your resume. If unable to do so, please note it will be requested if you are being considered.

Preferred Requirements:

Working knowledge of government donor commercial contracts (PRM, DG ECHO) and compliance requirements is preferred.
Excellent digital literacy: MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint and web-based project management tools (e.g., Asana). Proficiency in Excel strongly preferred.
Professional fluency in French is preferred, Arabic a plus.

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November 2, 2024
Protection Assistant – Child Protection Senior Grants Coordinator Partnerships Coordinator Senior Laboratory Technologist

Job Description
The International Rescue Committee has been working in Kenya since 1992, providing essential services including comprehensive health care, gender-based violence prevention and response, women’s protection and empowerment, peace-building promotion, access to water, sanitation, and hygiene, livelihoods support, protection and rule of Law and multi-sectoral emergency response programming. IRC Kenya works with both refugees and local vulnerable populations, with approximately 300 national staff and 1,500 incentive staff in the country program. Within the Nairobi headquarter office, approximately 40 program and operations staff members work to support the field teams directly implementing projects. The Kenya Program intends to establish a Child Protection unit as part of scale up of the protection programming.
Job Overview:
The Child Protection Assistant is responsible for implementing facility and community-based child protection program in Hagadera refugee camp with limited support/ travel to the host community. They will be responsible for prevention and response activities of the child protection program that include working with the community, psychosocial support groups/activities and case management; They will also work closely with the health and other sector staff to ensure CP is mainstreamed and integrated within the other programs.
Major Responsibilities:
The post holder will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities.
Program Implementation and Quality:
Reinforcing adherence to the child protection (CP) guiding principles throughout all CP and partners activities, specifically:

Conduct assessment of the living conditions of children in the camp/ host community where applicable and participate in the development of appropriate response to the needs of children.
Facilitate the involvement of children and the community (leaders, caregivers, and parents) in the Safe Healing and Learning Space (SHLS) and document the progress made.
Supervise and coach community facilitators in the SHLS.
Coordinate and lead psychosocial support activities at SHLS.
Work with the nutrition and health teams in the identification, monitoring, verification, documentation and referral of cases of children and abuse.
Follow-up the preparation and implementation of case action plan and home visit conducted by the social workers.
Carry out data entry into the Child Protection Information System (CPIMS) database.
Assist the child protection officer in facilitating and organizing appropriate care arrangement, and suitable alternative care system with close supervision and attention to the individual needs of children.
Through working with the child protection committees identify potential foster families for unaccompanied and separated children in collaboration with social workers and community leaders.
Train and supervise the community facilitators leading positive parenting skills training (Family Make the Difference) weekly sessions.
Assist the child rights clubs to demonstrate to the community and the concerning body about protection concerns that children are facing while living in the camp and promote the participation of children in all matters affecting their lives.
Organize awareness-raising and advocacy activities in the community including the celebration of international events days and other awareness raising sessions.
Assist and participate in the preparation of budget, work and spending plans, and PR tracking to monitor the proper utilization of the budget and timely implementation of activities.
Enforce and fully abide by the child protection code of conduct.
Work closely with the other Child Protection teams within the IRC to provide an integrated response to the needs of children and their families.
Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Other:
The post holder will also work on other duties such as;

The Child Protection Assistant will directly report to the senior Child Protection Officer based in Hagadera with additional oversight from PRoL Technical coordinator in Kenya.

Qualifications

University Degree in Sociology or psychology preferred or any other social science fields.
3 years of working with children experience for diploma holders.
1 year of working with children experience with the first degree.
Ability to speak the local language () is an added advantage.
Computer literate, data entry (database management) skills
Certificates or Licenses:
Trained on CP topics and certified will be preferred.

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November 2, 2024
Technical Advisor, Early Childhood Development

Position Overview

The IRC seeks a Technical Advisor (TA) focused on the first education outcome: early childhood development, which is closely aligned with the Nurturing Care Framework with key interlinkages across multiple sectors.
This role will have a global scope and provide direct technical support to countries identified as strategic priorities for ECD innovation, growth, and research, in close collaboration and coordination with the country-facing Education TAs, and other sector-specific TAs relevant to ECD (Child Protection, Nutrition, Primary Health, Mental Health, Economic Development, Women’s Protection, Governance, etc.).
To ensure quality programming towards impacting the lives of young children and families affected by conflict and crisis through IRC’s work, the ECD Technical Advisor will: support country program staff to design programs and projects that are aligned to the IRC’s outcomes and evidence framework / theories of change / core indicators; review technical quality of proposals; input into proposal go/no go decisions; analyze data to inform course correction; conduct technical trainings and ongoing technical coaching, share cross-context learning with country program staff; design, review and share program-specific tools; support senior technical country program recruitment and capacity–building. The ECD TA will also provide guidance to country-facing TAs on strategies to build technical capacity within country teams to design, implement, measure, and continuously improve ECD programs.
As the ECD Technical Advisor, you are responsible for ensuring high quality technical assistance to specific ECD projects in Bangladesh, East Africa and MENA – including collaboration with counterparts from other sectors to ensure holistic support to clients. You will promote and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to achieve high quality, high impact interventions that are informed by evidence and best practice, contextually appropriate, driven by client and partner voices, and widely inclusive.

Program Design & Business Development: You will support country programs to design winning submissions and generally position IRC for continued success in our ECD technical domains:

Support designated country programs’ proposal technical lead through participation in and/or facilitation of program design meetings
Promote and support design collaboration with partners and clients
Advise on program modalities, and strategic partnership development based on how we can best support, complement, and reinforce local systems
Advising and/or providing hands-on support on assessments, including application and contextualization of technical standards
Reviewing technical design quality, including alignment of narratives, log-frames, and budgets to IRC standards and outcomes

Implementation Support: You will support country program staff and other key stakeholders in implementing technical interventions:

Support country programs and other stakeholders with the recruitment and training of technical coordinators
Assess program quality and inform improvements, providing follow up support to country programs as needed
Collaborate with country program colleagues to monitor and analyze key indicators to inform periodic review, program adaptation, and course-correction as needed
Provide technical capacity strengthening through ongoing mentoring, coaching, and trainings with country program focal points

Knowledge & Learning: You will support continuous sectoral learning and IRC technical leadership:

Document learnings from program activities and sharing takeaways and opportunities
Share cross-contextual learnings with country program staff across the region
Refresh the sectoral evidence-base in collaboration with global and regional staff to influence approaches
Collaborate with other technical advisors within the region to promote integrated programming leadership
Contribute to the delivery of education strategic priorities
Maintain currency with sectoral best practices through continual learning and development

Professional profile

Success in this position requires an individual with expertise in designing and delivering ECD technical assistance and with a keen ability to work across a range of cultural, societal, and political contexts.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Education or a relevant field required, Master’s Degree preferred.
Work Experience

A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in implementing and/or managing ECD education programs, with on the ground programmatic experience in a service delivery organization, NGO or comparable international agency required.
Experience and familiarity with related donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian and transitional, post-crisis contexts.
Demonstrated expertise in technical program design, monitoring and evaluation, research methods and data analysis with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.

Demonstrated Skills And Competencies

Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to prioritize and deliver projects on time and independently.
Demonstrated ability to navigate a dynamic, cross-functional, global team structure in a large multi-national organization.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
Strong analytic problem-solving skills, data analysis and data visualization skills.
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
Ability to manage and work through change in a proactive and positive manner.
Ability to travel internationally

Language Skills: Excellent spoken and written English is essential. Proficiency in an additional IRC language (Arabic, French, Spanish etc.) strongly preferred.

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careers.rescue.org

November 2, 2024
Finance Intern

Job Description
Cash & Bank payments processing

Review and process vendor payments on time and ensure all documents are provided.
Maintain the Invoice management register.
Processing of travel/accommodation payments and ensure all the necessary documents are provided.
Ensuring that authorizations of the journals are in line with the approved limits per the Authority Matrix.
Assist Finance Officer in invoicing of vendor invoices ensuring that the financial dimensions are correct.
Assist the Finance Officer with month end close out on Bank reconciliations and Advance liquidations.
Devise a cash replenishment schedule to minimize weekly bank visits.
Assist with Banking.

Tax and statutory deductions

Ensure that Withholding Vat remittance is done by the 20th of the month following month.
Ensure that the withholding tax certificates are issued on monthly basis in a timely manner.
Ensure that PAYE, NSSF and NHIF  is remitted by the 9th of the next month.
Ensure that all other payroll deductions ( HELB, Life Insurance, Pension) are remitted to the respective institutions by the 9th of  the next month.

Filing and  Digital Filling

Maintain an organized and well-documented (all files must be labeled properly and visibly) and sequential filing system for all cash disbursement vouchers

Audit Facilitation

Retrieving, reviewing and filling back audit documents.

Other

To maintain an organized and well-documented bank correspondences file ensuring it’s continuously updated.
Work closely with Finance Officer to ensure effective training.
Assist Finance Officer in invoicing of vendor invoices ensuring that the financial dimensions are correct.
Any other duties as may be assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance with CPA

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rescue.csod.com

November 2, 2024
Water & Sanitation Officer

Position Summary

The role of WATSAN Officer is to ensure successful implementation and supervision of community based water supply and sanitation interventions in the target areas. Additionally, this position will support development of staff and community capacity building in water supply and sanitation operation, maintenance and management, participate in mobilization of WASH resources and ensure implementation is done in close collaboration with program staff, the local community, the Local authority and other relevant agencies. The role will also involve to a large-scale technical designs of various WASH infrastructures, estimation of costs, support development of tender documents, bid review and evaluations, and general construction contract management and discharge in accordance with IRC and GoK acceptable standards and specifications. During implementation of project’s activities, the Officer will be required to provide feedback to relevant project partners and the Local authorities with an aim of improving overall WASH program quality.

Main Responsibilities

The WATSAN Officer will identify and assess the key needs of WASH facilities and services to be addressed and whom to engage and develop an appropriate implementation strategy to either construct, rehabilitate or repair such facilities. They will ensure that an engagement approach to working with communities and the local authorities, other partners is employed and all activities are carried out in a way that is critical to community needs and promotes the full and equal participation of women, men, children and youth. Primary responsibilities include:

Project Planning and Design

Spearhead rapid/field needs assessment including Baseline surveys in WASH activities and determine most technically appropriate water supply and sanitation options.
Design and develop relevant specifications for WASH infrastructure including design reports, drawings, bills of quantities, technical specifications.
Lead in the proposal development for potential water supply, sanitation and hygiene interventions.
Support in undertaking Topographical Surveys and GIS activities, feasibility studies, water resource mapping, EIA support.

Project Implementation

Preparation of tender documents including technical specifications, bill of quantities, drawings, and terms of reference.
Supervise construction, repair and rehabilitation of water supplies systems and sanitation facilities in strict adherence to the Kenya government regulations, WHO and the SPHERE standard.
In collaboration with the WASH officer – hygiene, support implementation of hygiene promotion activities ensuring that technical and social aspects of water supply and sanitation are integrated.
Working with the WASH Officer – Hygiene Promotion facilitate training WMCs, other Community structures (SMCs, CHWs, CHEWs, Youth Groups) and local authorities on operation/maintenance, management, and sustainability of WASH infrastructure.
Build the capacity of staff, CBOs, and Water Users Committees to effectively run WASH facilities.

Project Monitoring and Evaluation

Supervise WASH activities in strict adherence to IRC Kenya, Kenya government regulations, the donor’s guideline, and the SPHERE standards.
Ensure timely delivery of projects activities and successful completion of construction works with submission of completion certificates to the Contractors.
Ensure that up to date project documents are in place including approved work plans, log frame, detailed project implementation plan and financial forecasts Documentation of lessons learnt and good practices.
Supervision of the construction processes of different water infrastructures to their completion including test pumping, interpretation of the test pumping data and water testing.
Support in the development and implementation of water safety and disaster risk management plans for the water supply projects.

Fundraising and Networking

Support in the development of technically sound proposals.

Reporting

Develop and deliver in a timely manner progress reports, monthly, quarterly, semi- annual and end of projects reports.in accordance with donors’ and IRC Kenya requirements.
Support development, monitoring and evaluation WASH project indicators and standards.
Provide regular update reports on water supply and sanitation activities and program progress against work plan as maybe required.
Maintain an up to-date activity tracking tool (soft copies and hard copies) of all water supply and sanitation infrastructure related activities.
Actively participate in inter-sectoral activities.
Support WASH department in other tasks, roles and, responsibilities as may be assigned to by the supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

Degree or equivalent experience in Water Engineering, Civil and structural Engineering, or related field. A minimum of Three years’ experience working/programming in WASH, emergencies, relief, or development including implementing a large-scale community-based water and sanitation project with evidence of successful implementation of similar projects.

Required Experience & Competencies

Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience in ASAL.
Strong skills in construction and supervision of water supply and sanitation facilities crucial.
Demonstrated skills in technical design and costing of civil engineering works related to community-based water supply and sanitation facilities.
Experience in community engagement approaches, participatory approaches, and community negotiation.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with a team.
Ability to conduct community WASH needs assessment, program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of WASH activities.
Good understanding of SPHERE and other humanitarian standards.
Good computer application skills (MS-Office, CAD, application software to engineering designs)
Experience working in multi-cultural (particularly pastoralists in Northern Kenya), multi-disciplinary staff will be an advantage.
ar update reports on water supply and sanitation activities and program progress against work plan as maybe required.
Maintain an up to-date activity tracking tool (soft copies and hard copies) of all water supply and sanitation infrastructure related activities.
Actively participate in inter-sectoral activities.
Support WASH department in other tasks, roles and, responsibilities as may be assigned to by the supervisor.

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careers.rescue.org

November 2, 2024