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Resilient Livelihoods Coordinator-Samburu(Maralal) Livelihoods and Food Security Officer – Samburu (Baragoi & Wamba) Assistant Livelihoods Officer – Samburu (Baragoi & Wamba)

The Position Summary
The Resilient Livelihoods Coordinator(RLC) will be responsible for providing supportive leadership, guidance and coordination for timely and quality field level implementation of USAID Nawiri nutrition-sensitive resilient livelihood project portfolio of interventions in specific technical areas of; Climate Smart Agriculture (irrigated crop and livestock) production systems, private sector and financial inclusion, enabling market systems to last miles to support ultra-poor, Household Economic Strengthening (HES) and coordination support for adapted Ultra-Poor Graduation aimed at reducing poverty and improving nutrition outcomes -while reducing women’s time burden.
Essential Job Functions
VISION AND STRATEGY & ITS IMPLEMENTATION

Supports the Resilience Livelihoods Technical Team (Climate Smart Agriculture, Alternative Livelihoods and Market Systems, Household Economic Strengthening, Natural Resources Management) in creating and evolving a strong vision for Nawiri’’s approach for supporting vulnerable households to address household food insecurity and work towards maintaining food security despite exposure to shocks and stresses.
Technically support the Field Director and take overall implementation leadership, technical oversight and coordination of USAID Nawiri nutrition-sensitive Resilient Livelihoods Interventions aimed at sustainably maintaining food security of vulnerable households, despite exposure to shocks and stresses.
Specifically, provide leadership and in-depth technical guidance in translating the programmatic vision, strategies and evidence to implementation. These strategies include Resilient Livelihoods Strategy, NRM & conflict, Community Engagement Strategy while collaborating with other coordinators to translate program strategies into Livelihood interventions i.e. Gender Equity and Social Inclusion, Health, ASHR and Nutrition, Social and Structural Behaviour Change, Governance among others.
Member of the USAID Nawiri Resilient Livelihoods Team and participates in co-design of USAID Nawiri resilient livelihoods interventions. Use learning to develop and scale up implementation strategy, approaches and activities; integrating agriculture resilience into additional technical areas as needed.
Translate the USAID Nawiri Sustainability and Exit Strategy into action while taking active leadership on implementation of sustainability approaches. The Coordinator will be supported by a team of advisors in these thematic areas to practically operationalise these approaches.
Coordinate development and updating stakeholders analysis and a collective impact mapping approach with specific analysis of strategic partnership opportunities for layering, sequencing and or intergration to amplify impact of interventions.
Forge strong, institutional partnerships and linkages and maintain a productive working relationship with Government of Kenya, PREG Partners, and other relevant stakeholders partners in agriculture, and market system development, social protection, gender, water, adolescents, youth, women empowerment in livelihoods related activities.
Ensure that cross-cutting aspects of the program such as gender equity, social inclusion, youth, and water systems are included and well-integrated into the agriculture and resilient livelihood activities.
Represent USAID Nawiri at county government level and other stakeholder platforms aligned to multi-sectoral and resilient livelihood interventions and contribute to County Strategic development, prioritization and resourcing (budgeting) of Nutrition Sensitive interventions in line with the Governance for Nutrition Strategy.

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP AND & ITS IMPLEMENTATION

With technical leadership support of the technical team in Resilient Livelihoods (Climart Smart Advisor and NRM coordinator, Alternative Livelihoods and Market Systems Advisor, take the lead in designing implementation modalities and roll out of Nawiri’s Resilient Livelihoods Strategy, at the County Level, ensuring the development of an operational work plan and its implementation in line with overall Nawiri Operational Program Strategy.
Leads the management and implementation of the specific livelihoods project scope under Mercy Corps, within the consortium implementation modalities, including supporting contextual design and roll-out. These include and not limited to coordinating with a diverse county-based Resilience Livelihoods team drawn from all USAID Nawiri consortium and local implementing partners to manage coherent program implementation within specific geographies and intervention areas, as informed by and continued reference to evidence that informs programmatic decisions and actions.
Lead county-level coordinated implementation of the consortium-wide scope ensuring effective layering, sequencing and integration of interventions, as well as integration of nutrition-sensitive interventions in specific technical areas of; Climate Smart Agriculture (irrigated crop and livestock) production systems, private sector and financial inclusion, enabling market systems to last miles to support ultra-poor, Household Economic Strengthening (HES) and coordination supportive oversight of adapted Ultra-Poor Graduation aimed at reducing poverty and improving nutrition outcome -while reducing women’s time burden – ensuring coherence, on time and on budget and of quality.
with technical guidance and support of the thematic resilient livelihoods technical team, coordinate a sustained results-focused implementation working collaboratively with the internal team and relevant stakeholders to ensure vulnerable households and targeted participants adopt and sustain dry-season milk availability, improved, diversified and sustained nutrient dense foods, sustainably improved household economies, access labour opportunities, while increasing adaptive, absorptive and transformative capacities of highly vulnerable households and participants (including adolescents -male/female, women of reproductive age, male and female youth).
Draws technical assistance and support for self and for the diverse team members from the Consortium Resilient Livelihoods team to lead quality implementation. Specifically works with support and draws from technical supervision of the Alternative Livelihoods & Markets Advisor and Climate Smart Agriculture Advisor, Household Economic Strengthening advisor to address agriculture and household economic strengthening, more holistically than traditionally siloed livelihoods and micro-businesses.
Support development of adaptive learning and collective impact strategy within RL collaborative partnership strategy (ies) and support integration of adaptations into the project’s work-plan and implementation approaches.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

Coordinate with and work closely with various technical advisors to build systems that promote participant accountability by ensuring that those most impacted by agriculture and resilient livelihood issues are represented during program-facilitated community dialogue events, assessments, and activities. These include in Resilient Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition, Gender, Youth and Social Dynamics scope (including the USAID Nawiri Alternative Livelihoods & Markets Advisor and Climate Smart Agriculture Advisor, Household Economic Strengthening Advisors, as well as – the Gender, Youth and Social Dynamics Lead, Health and Nutrition among others
Lead RL implementation coherence in line with the program strategy, with technical support and guidance of technical interventions, ensuring effective layering, sequencing and integration to strengthen collective impact, within the consortium and within similar geographies and opportunities with diverse stakeholders. These will include leading partnership discussions and translating into tangible actions. With support of a senior technical team of advisors, jointly mentor, coach and support officers in implementation of priority pathways to nutrition resilience. These include coordinating implementation of nutrition resilience interventions including in food production (crop and livestock production), market system development and improving household economies.
Directly manage the Mercy Corps team, Lead and coordinate the portfolio at county level, including implementation tracking across the sub-office level for agriculture and resilient livelihoods strategy and interventions.
Supervise timely implementation of interventions in line with the approved work plan, ensuring that key milestones are of high quality, are community driven and an enabling policy and implementation environment is supported at multiple levels (county, sub-county, ward, villages, households).
Coordinate periodic review (weekly, monthly, quarterly) of the work plan across all implementing partners, identifying progress, gaps and acting on them timely.
Identify opportunities for integration and synergies within other sectors such as nutrition, health, alternative livelihoods, and governance.
Recognize opportunities for innovative action and create an environment where alternative viewpoints are welcomed; promote and model a culture of learning and adaptive management.
Review all program documents and relevant literature including county plans and priorities including opportunities for co-investments and support alignments and influencing priorities to strengthen nutrition resilience.
Plan, develop tools, support training of staff in delivery approaches; and participate in any field assessments including periodic market monitoring to collect context specific information that will inform regular program design and implementation.
Coordinate the provision of tailor-made agriculture and resilient livelihood nutrition enhancing services to vulnerable households and market actors.
Work closely with the Climate Smart and Alternative Livelihoods and Inclusive Markets Advisors to develop tools and templates that model household economies under different scenarios and evaluate seasonal risk and recovery costs or opportunities.
Facilitate field teams in testing of profitable agriculture and resilient livelihood innovations with vulnerable households.
Contribute technical expertise that feeds into a dynamic community of practice of USAID Nawiri staff and partners; sharing best practices across all intervention areas and workstreams, while seeking opportunities to build staff’s capabilities.
Collaborate with the USAID Nawiri learning team to develop and maintain a culture of learning between programs through consistent sharing during reflection points and through analysis and interpretation of M&E data, processes and systems.
Co-lead learning, coordinate and responsible for implementing adaptations
Assist in activity budgeting and target setting for all county based resilient livelihood interventions and milestones for team members.
Provide direct training and other capacity-building assistance to resilient livelihood county teams and partners.
Work with Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG) partners to strengthen linkages with other actors to enhance organizational learning which directly impacts staff performance and productivity.
In the event of a natural disaster, lead design and budgeting of livelihood life-saving emergency, protection and recovery response activities.
Support collaboration with county leadership and support the county RL team to ensure that communities are informed about USAID Nawiri programs and what we do, are comfortable giving feedback and that feedback is used to improve the quality of our interventions.
Develop and implement capacity building plans for the County RL team including partners, including implementation quality and reporting.
Lead RL team in translating program work plan into component-work plans per geography (sub-county/wards, villages), and operational budgets while maintaining accountability for results.
Speak thoughtfully to the evidence to action products and learnings that Nawiri is continuously using to inform evolving programmatic strategy.
Support USAID Nawiri accountability to mainstream gender, youth and social dynamics in Resilience Livelihoods interventions.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING

Generate Implementation reports on the RL implementation while also supporting drafting of learnings and policy briefs, issues-papers and case studies on specific thematic issues, including integration. Ensure USAID Nawiri is capturing the required level of participant information – including participant categories such as gender, adolescents, children, youth -as well as services provided and capture specific success stories.
Supporting the review of program reports and documents to provide a holistic view of diverse interventions
Collaborate with a county-based M&E team to develop and implement relevant monitoring and tracking systems.
In coordination with the county-based learning team, manage the institutional knowledge related to county resilient livelihoods and contribute to wider knowledge management;
Lead reporting on implementation of county resilient livelihoods activities under the Field Director, .

Supervisory Responsibility
Directly supervises Livelihood Officers (5) and manages all consortium county-based resilient livelihoods team members.
Accountability

Reports Directly To: Field Director
Works Directly With: MC USAID Nawiri Climate Smart Advisor, Alternative Livelihoods and Inclusive Markets Advisor (also direct Technical guidance and leadership support); Also, directly works with BOMA USAID Nawiri REAP for Nutrition Project manager and SAVE the Children USAID Nawiri Household Economic Strengthening Advisor.

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills

Advanced degree in Agriculture, agribusiness management or agricultural economics
A minimum of 5 years experience in a technical role on an international development program related to livelihoods, food security and nutrition.
Demonstrated expertise and ability to lead and coordinate a diverse team drawn from different implementing partners.
Demonstrable familiarity with Kenya’s ASAL, agriculture crop and livestock, resilient livelihoods, and natural resources sectors political and policy environment.
Proficient analytical skills that demonstrate an understanding of the current concepts, priorities, and issues in program monitoring, data collection, and evaluation.
Highly developed written and oral communications skills as well as strong interpersonal communication and team building skills to ensure effective coordination within USAID and effective advocacy of Agency positions externally with both specialist as well as non-specialist audiences.
Advanced computer skills and experience developing data management systems.
Team player who takes initiative and is a problem-solver.
Effective verbal and written communication, multitasking and organizational s
Ability to manage priorities autonomously

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Resilient Livelihoods Coordinator-Turkana( Lodwar) Livelihoods and Food Security Officer – Turkana (Lokitaung & Lokichar) Assistant Livelihoods Officer – Turkana (Lokitaung & Lokichar)

The Position Summary
The Resilient Livelihoods Coordinator(RLC) will be responsible for providing supportive leadership, guidance and coordination for timely and quality field level implementation of USAID Nawiri nutrition-sensitive resilient livelihood project portfolio of interventions in specific technical areas of; Climate Smart Agriculture (irrigated crop and livestock) production systems, private sector and financial inclusion, enabling market systems to last miles to support ultra-poor, Household Economic Strengthening (HES) and coordination support for adapted Ultra-Poor Graduation aimed at reducing poverty and improving nutrition outcomes -while reducing women’s time burden.
Essential Job Functions
VISION AND STRATEGY & ITS IMPLEMENTATION

Supports the Resilience Livelihoods Technical Team (Climate Smart Agriculture, Alternative Livelihoods and Market Systems, Household Economic Strengthening, Natural Resources Management) in creating and evolving a strong vision for Nawiri’’s approach for supporting vulnerable households to address household food insecurity and work towards maintaining food security despite exposure to shocks and stresses.
Technically support the Field Director and take overall implementation leadership, technical oversight and coordination of USAID Nawiri nutrition-sensitive Resilient Livelihoods Interventions aimed at sustainably maintaining food security of vulnerable households, despite exposure to shocks and stresses.
Specifically, provide leadership and in-depth technical guidance in translating the programmatic vision, strategies and evidence to implementation. These strategies include Resilient Livelihoods Strategy, NRM & conflict, Community Engagement Strategy while collaborating with other coordinators to translate program strategies into Livelihood interventions i.e. Gender Equity and Social Inclusion, Health, ASHR and Nutrition, Social and Structural Behaviour Change, Governance among others.
Member of the USAID Nawiri Resilient Livelihoods Team and participates in co-design of USAID Nawiri resilient livelihoods interventions. Use learning to develop and scale up implementation strategy, approaches and activities; integrating agriculture resilience into additional technical areas as needed.
Translate the USAID Nawiri Sustainability and Exit Strategy into action while taking active leadership on implementation of sustainability approaches. The Coordinator will be supported by a team of advisors in these thematic areas to practically operationalise these approaches.
Coordinate development and updating stakeholders analysis and a collective impact mapping approach with specific analysis of strategic partnership opportunities for layering, sequencing and or intergration to amplify impact of interventions.
Forge strong, institutional partnerships and linkages and maintain a productive working relationship with Government of Kenya, PREG Partners, and other relevant stakeholders partners in agriculture, and market system development, social protection, gender, water, adolescents, youth, women empowerment in livelihoods related activities.
Ensure that cross-cutting aspects of the program such as gender equity, social inclusion, youth, and water systems are included and well-integrated into the agriculture and resilient livelihood activities.
Represent USAID Nawiri at county government level and other stakeholder platforms aligned to multi-sectoral and resilient livelihood interventions and contribute to County Strategic development, prioritization and resourcing (budgeting) of Nutrition Sensitive interventions in line with the Governance for Nutrition Strategy.

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP AND & ITS IMPLEMENTATION

With technical leadership support of the technical team in Resilient Livelihoods (Climart Smart Advisor and NRM coordinator, Alternative Livelihoods and Market Systems Advisor, take the lead in designing implementation modalities and roll out of Nawiri’s Resilient Livelihoods Strategy, at the County Level, ensuring the development of an operational work plan and its implementation in line with overall Nawiri Operational Program Strategy.
Leads the management and implementation of the specific livelihoods project scope under Mercy Corps, within the consortium implementation modalities, including supporting contextual design and roll-out. These include and not limited to coordinating with a diverse county-based Resilience Livelihoods team drawn from all USAID Nawiri consortium and local implementing partners to manage coherent program implementation within specific geographies and intervention areas, as informed by and continued reference to evidence that informs programmatic decisions and actions.
Lead county-level coordinated implementation of the consortium-wide scope ensuring effective layering, sequencing and integration of interventions, as well as integration of nutrition-sensitive interventions in specific technical areas of; Climate Smart Agriculture (irrigated crop and livestock) production systems, private sector and financial inclusion, enabling market systems to last miles to support ultra-poor, Household Economic Strengthening (HES) and coordination supportive oversight of adapted Ultra-Poor Graduation aimed at reducing poverty and improving nutrition outcome -while reducing women’s time burden – ensuring coherence, on time and on budget and of quality.
with technical guidance and support of the thematic resilient livelihoods technical team, coordinate a sustained results-focused implementation working collaboratively with the internal team and relevant stakeholders to ensure vulnerable households and targeted participants adopt and sustain dry-season milk availability, improved, diversified and sustained nutrient dense foods, sustainably improved household economies, access labour opportunities, while increasing adaptive, absorptive and transformative capacities of highly vulnerable households and participants (including adolescents -male/female, women of reproductive age, male and female youth).
Draws technical assistance and support for self and for the diverse team members from the Consortium Resilient Livelihoods team to lead quality implementation. Specifically works with support and draws from technical supervision of the Alternative Livelihoods & Markets Advisor and Climate Smart Agriculture Advisor, Household Economic Strengthening advisor to address agriculture and household economic strengthening, more holistically than traditionally siloed livelihoods and micro-businesses.
Support development of adaptive learning and collective impact strategy within RL collaborative partnership strategy (ies) and support integration of adaptations into the project’s work-plan and implementation approaches.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

Coordinate with and work closely with various technical advisors to build systems that promote participant accountability by ensuring that those most impacted by agriculture and resilient livelihood issues are represented during program-facilitated community dialogue events, assessments, and activities. These include in Resilient Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition, Gender, Youth and Social Dynamics scope (including the USAID Nawiri Alternative Livelihoods & Markets Advisor and Climate Smart Agriculture Advisor, Household Economic Strengthening Advisors, as well as – the Gender, Youth and Social Dynamics Lead, Health and Nutrition among others
Lead RL implementation coherence in line with the program strategy, with technical support and guidance of technical interventions, ensuring effective layering, sequencing and integration to strengthen collective impact, within the consortium and within similar geographies and opportunities with diverse stakeholders. These will include leading partnership discussions and translating into tangible actions. With support of a senior technical team of advisors, jointly mentor, coach and support officers in implementation of priority pathways to nutrition resilience. These include coordinating implementation of nutrition resilience interventions including in food production (crop and livestock production), market system development and improving household economies.
Directly manage the Mercy Corps team, Lead and coordinate the portfolio at county level, including implementation tracking across the sub-office level for agriculture and resilient livelihoods strategy and interventions.
Supervise timely implementation of interventions in line with the approved work plan, ensuring that key milestones are of high quality, are community driven and an enabling policy and implementation environment is supported at multiple levels (county, sub-county, ward, villages, households).
Coordinate periodic review (weekly, monthly, quarterly) of the work plan across all implementing partners, identifying progress, gaps and acting on them timely.
Identify opportunities for integration and synergies within other sectors such as nutrition, health, alternative livelihoods, and governance.
Recognize opportunities for innovative action and create an environment where alternative viewpoints are welcomed; promote and model a culture of learning and adaptive management.
Review all program documents and relevant literature including county plans and priorities including opportunities for co-investments and support alignments and influencing priorities to strengthen nutrition resilience.
Plan, develop tools, support training of staff in delivery approaches; and participate in any field assessments including periodic market monitoring to collect context specific information that will inform regular program design and implementation.
Coordinate the provision of tailor-made agriculture and resilient livelihood nutrition enhancing services to vulnerable households and market actors.
Work closely with the Climate Smart and Alternative Livelihoods and Inclusive Markets Advisors to develop tools and templates that model household economies under different scenarios and evaluate seasonal risk and recovery costs or opportunities.
Facilitate field teams in testing of profitable agriculture and resilient livelihood innovations with vulnerable households.
Contribute technical expertise that feeds into a dynamic community of practice of USAID Nawiri staff and partners; sharing best practices across all intervention areas and workstreams, while seeking opportunities to build staff’s capabilities.
Collaborate with the USAID Nawiri learning team to develop and maintain a culture of learning between programs through consistent sharing during reflection points and through analysis and interpretation of M&E data, processes and systems.
Co-lead learning, coordinate and responsible for implementing adaptations
Assist in activity budgeting and target setting for all county based resilient livelihood interventions and milestones for team members.
Provide direct training and other capacity-building assistance to resilient livelihood county teams and partners.
Work with Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG) partners to strengthen linkages with other actors to enhance organizational learning which directly impacts staff performance and productivity.
In the event of a natural disaster, lead design and budgeting of livelihood life-saving emergency, protection and recovery response activities.
Support collaboration with county leadership and support the county RL team to ensure that communities are informed about USAID Nawiri programs and what we do, are comfortable giving feedback and that feedback is used to improve the quality of our interventions.
Develop and implement capacity building plans for the County RL team including partners, including implementation quality and reporting.
Lead RL team in translating program work plan into component-work plans per geography (sub-county/wards, villages), and operational budgets while maintaining accountability for results.
Speak thoughtfully to the evidence to action products and learnings that Nawiri is continuously using to inform evolving programmatic strategy.
Support USAID Nawiri accountability to mainstream gender, youth and social dynamics in Resilience Livelihoods interventions.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING

Generate Implementation reports on the RL implementation while also supporting drafting of learnings and policy briefs, issues-papers and case studies on specific thematic issues, including integration. Ensure USAID Nawiri is capturing the required level of participant information – including participant categories such as gender, adolescents, children, youth -as well as services provided and capture specific success stories.
Supporting the review of program reports and documents to provide a holistic view of diverse interventions
Collaborate with a county-based M&E team to develop and implement relevant monitoring and tracking systems.
In coordination with the county-based learning team, manage the institutional knowledge related to county resilient livelihoods and contribute to wider knowledge management;
Lead reporting on implementation of county resilient livelihoods activities under the Field Director, .

Supervisory Responsibility
Directly supervises Livelihood Officers (5) and manages all consortium county-based resilient livelihoods team members.
Accountability

Reports Directly To: Field Director
Works Directly With: MC USAID Nawiri Climate Smart Advisor, Alternative Livelihoods and Inclusive Markets Advisor (also direct Technical guidance and leadership support); Also, directly works with BOMA USAID Nawiri REAP for Nutrition Project manager and SAVE the Children USAID Nawiri Household Economic Strengthening Advisor.

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills

Advanced degree in Agriculture, agribusiness management or agricultural economics
A minimum of 5 years experience in a technical role on an international development program related to livelihoods, food security and nutrition.
Demonstrated expertise and ability to lead and coordinate a diverse team drawn from different implementing partners.
Demonstrable familiarity with Kenya’s ASAL, agriculture crop and livestock, resilient livelihoods, and natural resources sectors political and policy environment.
Proficient analytical skills that demonstrate an understanding of the current concepts, priorities, and issues in program monitoring, data collection, and evaluation.
Highly developed written and oral communications skills as well as strong interpersonal communication and team building skills to ensure effective coordination within USAID and effective advocacy of Agency positions externally with both specialist as well as non-specialist audiences.
Advanced computer skills and experience developing data management systems.
Team player who takes initiative and is a problem-solver.
Effective verbal and written communication, multitasking and organizational s
Ability to manage priorities autonomously

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Senior Business Analyst

Position Summary

Reporting to the continous Improvement manager the role will be a member of the People Systems and Analytics Team responsible for project/change management, system/process improvement, and stabilization of operations.

The role will be independently leading high-priority and complex projects and will be managing sponsors, stakeholders, subject matter experts, and vendors with very little direction. System integrity, creating operational value, and customer service is of the utmost importance to this role.

Essential Responsibilities

SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Independently plan and manage the engagement of stakeholders to capture process/system needs through user stories, process flows, requirement lists, etc.
Analyze requirements of moderate to high complexity processes and partner with the People Systems and Analytics Team, subject matter experts, and system vendors to produce and implement process/system designs
Manage the configuration, testing, and deployment of system functionalities based on approved designs in collaboration with partner systems admins, SMEs, and IT
Provide leadership and autonomously drive project teams towards the completion of functional development including but not limited to interfaces and custom builds
Represent the People Systems and Analytics Team for areas of responsibility
Author and maintain operating procedures and user guides.
Design and monitor engagement, communications, and training efforts

PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Support system admins and production support process to resolve issues within service level agreements as needed.
Analyze reported system and process issues.
Coordinate resolution of people system issues with HCM Core Team, IT, and vendors
Triage reported functional requests.
Support and train system admins and end-users on newly implemented functional and process improvements.
Create and maintain training assets (guides, manuals, videos, etc.).

SYSTEMS AND ANALYTICS TEAM OPERATIONS

Manage, in partnership with the team, to gather and organize documents (i.e., contracts, invoices, timesheets, etc.).
Manage project logistics (i.e., travel arrangements, accommodations, shipments, etc.).

PEOPLE DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING

Author people reports/visualizations and provide general data analysis.
Manage data conversion and systems integration (extraction, transformation, load, validation).
Maintain, update, and improve people’s data privacy, security policies, and procedures.

SECURITY

Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by IT and operational leadership.
Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills

BA/BS in Information Systems, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
2 – 4 years of experience in process analysis and/or enterprise systems implementation in an analyst role.
2 – 4 years of experience in enterprise system administration and or system production support.
Demonstrated history of strong stakeholder and vendor management.
Demonstrated history of providing excellent customer service.
Understanding of cloud-based applications, data governance, and BI required.
Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical users.
Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience in UKG Pro, Jobvite, Informatica, or Cognos BI preferred.
Experience with an HR, recruiting, or learning management system is preferred.
English fluency required, proficiency in French, Arabic, or Spanish preferred.
Ability to follow procedures, complete tasks with high-quality outputs, meets deadlines, and work cooperatively with team members.
Effective organizational and interpersonal skills; strong written and verbal communication.
Experience or certification in project management is a plus.
Proficiency in SQL, C#, or JavaScript is a plus.

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October 29, 2024
Natural Resource Management Advisor

General Position Summary
The Nutrition Resilience Adviser will provide strategic and technical leadership to ensure the objective of nutrition resilience is at the forefront of everything that Nawiri does. Currently the project is scaling up programming after a robust period of evidence generation, joint analysis and co-creation, all of which has informed strategic investments for driving social, structural, and behavioral change across Samburu and Turkana. The Nutrition Resilience Adviser will report directly to the Technical Director and provide strategic and technical guidance across the program, ensuring teams work in harmony to produce desired program results. The incumbent will have dotted technical support lines to all technical personnel at Nairobi level and also engage intensively with county level teams. Working across all program areas, and in close collaboration with the Program Quality, M&E, Learning and Research Teams, They will support technical personnel to approach all project activities with a critical eye for quality and impact; routinely interrogating monitoring data to facilitate program quality improvements, and analyzing emergent findings from research and learning activities through a holistic systems lens to ascertain risks and opportunities related to Nutrition Resilience.
Essential Job Functions
VISION AND STRATEGY

Support the Technical Director in providing vision and strategy to the program approach and clarity across the program team on how Nutrition Resilience pervades overall technical direction, as well as each and every program intervention.
Collaborate with different program components including research, implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and learning to drive overall effectiveness and coherence of program strategy and contribution to nutrition outcomes and objectives
Forge strong, institutional linkages and maintain a productive working relationship with counterparts at USAID, Government of Kenya, the CRS consortium, PREG Partners, and other relevant partners.
Work closely with the Systems Strengthening and Institutionalization team to cultivate county leaders’ commitments to policies and programs that support Nutrition Resilience and promote changes in social and structural conditions that contribute to persistent acute malnutrition.
Assist in defining and analyzing Nawiri practices and priorities across all partners; identifying opportunities for integration and synergies within other sectors such as health, water systems, markets and governance.

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

In close collaboration with all Nawiri stakeholders, support in the design, development, execution and iteration of a risk-informed project strategy for improving nutrition resilience that is evidence-based, tailored to local realities, and responsive to risk and opportunities.
Provide technical leadership on Nutrition Resilience for Nawiri consortium members and county partners, including frequent travel to Samburu and Turkana to provide on-site capacity building and technical assistance.
Provide onboarding and training to all Nawiri team members on nutrition resilience and related topics and transfer capacity of nutrition frameworks and approaches within the consortium and across the larger community of practice.
Work with the M&E team to support design and roll out of context monitoring and nutrition surveillance systems, including the Longitudinal Study, Action Context Monitoring (ACMS), and recurrent monitoring systems.
Work alongside the System Strengthening and Institutionalization team to guide and strengthen county information systems related to nutrition analysis.
Support in the development and delivery of innovative tools and approaches for changing attitudes and practices for health and nutrition outcomes, at multiple levels and scales (e.g. individual, HH, community, public and private sector institutions, etc.)
Support in the design of community-level interventions that target caretakers of children, household and community decision makers, farmers, and community members at large to increase demand for nutritious, diverse, and safe diets.
Assist in the development of all program reports, work plans and budgets as appropriate.

PROGRAM QUALITY, LEARNING & ADAPTATION

Provide strategic, technical guidance and direction to the program, ensuring alignment with latest technical information, evidence and approaches across the nutrition field;
Support the Technical Director in ensuring that all aspects of the program are evidence-based and coordinated, and in line with the Nawiri goal and principles.
Work closely with the Strategic Learning Lead to drive the learning agenda within Nawiri and other partners in Turkana and Samburu, and the wider community of practice
Support in the ongoing development of research and learning agenda and activities; provide support across all research and learning activities, including by identifying and actioning strategic opportunities for rapidly testing and adapting innovative approaches for addressing social and structural determinants of persistent acute malnutrition
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager to measure and document progress and impact of project activities.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION

Work with other team leads to coordinate reporting to the donor
Represent Mercy Corps and Nawiri at strategic meetings, events, coordination fora and conferences.
Working closely with other Technical Leads, support the development of case studies and other products to communicate key program learnings.
Any other task, as identified in consultation with supervisor

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING

As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

ACCOUNTABILITY TO PARTICIPANTS

Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.

Supervisory Responsibility:
No direct supervisory responsibility. The Nutrition Resilience Lead provides advice and support to all Nawiri-based technical staff. Technical oversight of field based activities is undertaken by Nawiri staff and partners.
Knowledge and Experience

A Master’s degree in Nutrition or related subject, or a Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years of additional relevant experience.
At least 7-10 years of demonstrated experience in designing and implementing diverse nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions.
In depth knowledge and understanding of barriers to improved nutrition in northern Kenya
Experience collaborating with county officials and leaders, building community capacity and leading community mobilization.
Experience building capacity of civil society and/or government entities
Demonstrated success in building and managing relationships with various donors and implementing partners.
Ability to deliver quality work within deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members
Systems thinker with strong analytical skills; flexible and creative in planning and problem solving
Ability and willingness to travel to Samburu and Turkana at least 40% of the time.
Professional fluency in English; Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Demonstrates patience, diplomacy, tenacity, compassion, determination and a sense of humor
Excellent written and persuasive oral communication skills in English required.

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October 29, 2024
Evidence & Influence Manager Monitoring and Evaluation Assistants

Essential Job Responsibilities
STRATEGY AND VISION

In collaboration with the Team Leader, maintain leadership of the programme’s Influence and Dissemination Strategy and Plan, identifying opportunities for sharing of programme’s evidence and learning.
Track global policy developments affecting VE in the East/Horn of Africa Region, including policies of regional states, donor policies and UN policy.

INFLUENCE AND DISSEMINATION EVENTS AND PROCESSES

Work with the programme teams, knowledge and learning partner and global P&A team to plan and produce effective, thoughtful and timely written products that advance policy perspectives important to our mission.
Work with the programme’s communication partner to ensure the development of appropriate influence tools and materials, including presentations, briefs, videos and animation.
Lead on the organization of dissemination and learning events, ensuring appropriate and timely communication, branding and representation of stakeholders
Represent the programme in advancing policy and influence related to P/CVE and violence mitigation and prevention including by building strategic partnerships, holding influencing meetings with government and other stakeholders, and by ensuring the presentation of evidence and research at external events.

PARTNER ENGAGEMENT

Build networks in CREATE countries and establish and maintain strategic relationships with relevant local and international stakeholders, to continually inform, challenge, and improve Mercy Corps’ influence and dissemination agenda.
Support CREATE partners in building their advocacy and influence capacities and plans, ensuring they inform and are brought into programme influence and dissemination strategies and events.
Promote active learning and adaptive management and contribute to agency-level networks and working groups, through documentation and knowledge sharing around best practices and lessons learned in P/CVE programming

Accountability to Beneficiaries

Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.

Knowledge and Experience

Master’s degree in Communications, Advocacy or Social Sciences.
At least 5 years experience working on development programmes, in an advocacy or communications role.
Knowledge of peace building, conflict management or security-related programming an advantage.
Demonstrated experience working to influence local and national government policies.
Solutions-oriented individual, with strong strategic thinking capabilities.
Demonstrated effectiveness building diverse networks of partners to establish cohesive voices and strategies for influencing policy and practice.
Excellent writing and reporting skills.
Excellent verbal and inter-personal communications skills.
Demonstrated sensitivity, skill, and experience working within different cultural settings and navigating public affairs and communications on sensitive issues.

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October 29, 2024
Reporting Officer, (Samburu) Reporting Officer, (Turkana)

Essential Responsibilities
REPORTING

Provide technical support to the consortium program teams to edit and finalize reporting and communications materials including weekly reports, quarterly reports, annual reports, workshop/event reports, and reports documenting learning activities.
Work with program teams and the PQRM to prepare reports for donors, partners, and government on program progress, ensuring all reporting requirements for donors are met on time and in a quality manner.
Track reporting requirements for all activities, including regular follow-up with responsible actors.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Support the program teams with administrative tasks such as maintaining required documentation, Program Files, and internal USAID Nawiri knowledge management systems.
Support the PQRM in stewarding the Program Management at Mercy Corps (PM@MC) minimum standard requirements, as well as additional best practices in program quality.

COMMUNICATIONS

Support Field Directors and senior management by responding to information requests, drafting success stories, and monitoring and reporting on the impact of the program.
Work with the Communications Advisor to facilitate information sharing among internal and appropriate external audiences.

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills

Excellent written and verbal English language skills, including concise analytical and technical writing, that meets the standards of Mercy Corps and USAID reporting.
At least 3 years’ experience in a relevant position plus experience in a coordination and/or management support role.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required, master’s degree preferred.
Demonstrated experience meeting USAID and other donor reporting requirements.
A high degree of organizational skills using computer-based tools/software (Google Suite and MS Office) with demonstrated attention to detail.
Proven record of project management as well as trouble-shooting skills.
Strong communication skills including the ability to communicate frequently and effectively in both verbal and written form.
Proven ability to conduct him/herself professionally under pressure.
Previous experience supporting a complex USAID-funded program; familiarity with USAID rules and regulations.
Previous experience as a full-time staff with Mercy Corps and demonstrated knowledge of Mercy Corps systems, procedures and program priorities is an advantage.

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October 29, 2024
Social, Structural & Behavior Change Senior Officer for Nutrition Resilience

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Technical Leadership

Take full ownership of SSBC activities as detailed in Nawiri’s Theory of Change, Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP) and budgets, i.e., Analyze and understand the general SSBC dimensions of PAM and steward the design, development, and implementation of customized (county) Nawiri SSBC strategies as guided by research findings, HCD insights and other available relevant programmatic intelligence.
Provide technical leadership for the implementation of Nawiri’s HCD interventions including facilitation of validation/ideation sessions, building/testing/piloting of viable prototypes and generating relevant reports, tailored to the consumers of the HCD outputs.
Provide technical (SSBC) and general administrative support to other Nawiri technical areas; Specifically, support the conceptualization, design, implementation, and reporting needs of the different thematic areas, including the development and implementation of relevant SSBC frameworks, tools, messaging, and IEC materials in appropriate formats, appropriately customized for program’s target audiences and needs.
Steward the design, planning & execution of relevant capacity-strengthening interventions (e.g., Trainings, Supportive/Facilitative Visits, On-Job Trainings, Mentorship and Shadowing) at county level. Develop implementation plans, relevant content, facilitate SSBC trainings & support follow-on implementation activities.

Program Support and Implementation

Liaise with relevant program and county leads and ensure that Nawiri’s SSBC Strategy takes cognizance of and is aligned to county priorities and strategic plans. Additionally, assess and map out relevant interventions by partners, government agencies and private sector players and purposefully guide layering/integration of Nawiri’s SSBC interventions in a bid to avoid duplication and improve cost-efficiency and effectiveness.
Support Nawiri’s Continuous Learning & Adapting (CLA) approach, especially activities with an SSBC dimension; specifically, the identification of critical issues, documentation & analysis of emerging evidence, learnings, and best practices. Thereafter, guide and/or participate in the co-creation and iterative processes that are designed to incorporate the lessons learnt into the agile Nawiri SSBC framework.
Provide support for the monitoring, collection, storage, analysis (Knowledge Management) and reporting of SSBC data, including achievements against targets. Submit regular SSBC programmatic reports as required. Additionally, participate in the development and publication of informatics products such as HCD decks, technical briefs, professional articles, success, and Human-Interest Stories (HIS).

Team Management and Communications

Work with Nawiri officers, consortium partners and county officials to competently supervise Contractors, Research Assistants, Healthcare Workers, Community Health Workers (CHWs – CHVs/CHEWs/CHAs), collaborating Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) and any other program operatives and/or partners implementing SSBC activities on behalf of the program.
Liaise with and maintain cordial relationships with partners and county officials/departments implementing SSBC interventions. Plan for and support the coordination of relevant SSBC mechanisms at county level including participation and technical support to the Nawiri-fronted Multi-Sectoral Platform (MSP).
Foster organizational values of efficiency, integrity, professionalism, responsiveness, collaboration, and respectful programming. Develop & manage implementation of SSBC plans in a manner that increases team operating performance & efficiencies according to prescribed protocols & Standard Operating Procedures.

Security

Work closely with the country team’s security focal point to promote and maintain systems that promote the safety and security of all team members. Ensure that gender specific needs and interests of program staff in relation to safety and security are identified and responded to appropriately

Organizational Learning

As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient, and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

Accountability to participants

Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring, & evaluation of our field projects.
Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
This position has no direct supervisory responsibility. The SSBC Senior Officer directly supports Nawiri staff, consultants, partners, and communities involved in discharging SSBC activities on behalf of the program.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Reports directly to: Social, Structural, and Behavior Change Advisor
Works directly with: USAID County Director, Nawiri technical area officers, Mercy Corps support departments (Finance, HR, and Operations), government officers/departments at county and subcounty levels, and partners (specifically, sub-awardees, CSOs, FBOs, schools/institutions) Coordinates with HQ Program Performance team and the Technical Support Unit (TSU).
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

A degree in Communications, Journalism, Community Development, Marketing, Public Health, Population Studies, Social Sciences, or related disciplines
At least 5 years of SSBC experience in designing, developing, implementing, monitoring strategies, activities, and materials
Experience in conceptualization, design, and implementation of user-centric approaches e.g., HCD and demonstrated experience at testing/pre-testing tools, materials, and strategies
Demonstrated ability to develop partnerships across sectors and cultures (cross-cultural skills)
Demonstrated experience at working with & coordinating county mechanisms & multi-sectoral players
Experience and excellent skills at training and facilitating community forums including competence in approaches such as Education Through Listening, Communication for Development and Problem-Posing Techniques
Demonstrated experience meeting USAID and other donor reporting requirements
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills; excellent English language writing skills are a must
Ability to think critically and strategically
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Proficiency in Office 365 including Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint
Willingness and ability to travel at least 60 – 80 percent of the time
Proficiency of the local languages/dialects is a plus
Experience working in ASAL counties of Samburu & Turkana are an added advantage

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October 29, 2024
Nutrition Resilience Advisor Program and Research Assistant Contract Director

Essential Job Functions
VISION AND STRATEGY

Support the Technical Director in providing vision and strategy to the program approach and clarity across the program team on how Nutrition Resilience pervades overall technical direction, as well as each and every program intervention.
Collaborate with different program components including research, implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and learning to drive overall effectiveness and coherence of program strategy and contribution to nutrition outcomes and objectives
Forge strong, institutional linkages and maintain a productive working relationship with counterparts at USAID, Government of Kenya, the CRS consortium, PREG Partners, and other relevant partners.
Work closely with the Systems Strengthening and Institutionalization team to cultivate county leaders’ commitments to policies and programs that support Nutrition Resilience and promote changes in social and structural conditions that contribute to persistent acute malnutrition.
Assist in defining and analyzing Nawiri practices and priorities across all partners; identifying opportunities for integration and synergies within other sectors such as health, water systems, markets and governance.

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

In close collaboration with all Nawiri stakeholders, support in the design, development, execution and iteration of a risk-informed project strategy for improving nutrition resilience that is evidence-based, tailored to local realities, and responsive to risk and opportunities.
Provide technical leadership on Nutrition Resilience for Nawiri consortium members and county partners, including frequent travel to Samburu and Turkana to provide on-site capacity building and technical assistance.
Provide onboarding and training to all Nawiri team members on nutrition resilience and related topics and transfer capacity of nutrition frameworks and approaches within the consortium and across the larger community of practice.
Work with the M&E team to support design and roll out of context monitoring and nutrition surveillance systems, including the Longitudinal Study, Action Context Monitoring (ACMS), and recurrent monitoring systems.
Work alongside the System Strengthening and Institutionalization team to guide and strengthen county information systems related to nutrition analysis.
Support in the development and delivery of innovative tools and approaches for changing attitudes and practices for health and nutrition outcomes, at multiple levels and scales (e.g. individual, HH, community, public and private sector institutions, etc.)
Support in the design of community-level interventions that target caretakers of children, household and community decision makers, farmers, and community members at large to increase demand for nutritious, diverse, and safe diets.
Assist in the development of all program reports, work plans and budgets as appropriate.

PROGRAM QUALITY, LEARNING & ADAPTATION

Provide strategic, technical guidance and direction to the program, ensuring alignment with latest technical information, evidence and approaches across the nutrition field;
Support the Technical Director in ensuring that all aspects of the program are evidence-based and coordinated, and in line with the Nawiri goal and principles.
Work closely with the Strategic Learning Lead to drive the learning agenda within Nawiri and other partners in Turkana and Samburu, and the wider community of practice
Support in the ongoing development of research and learning agenda and activities; provide support across all research and learning activities, including by identifying and actioning strategic opportunities for rapidly testing and adapting innovative approaches for addressing social and structural determinants of persistent acute malnutrition
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager to measure and document progress and impact of project activities.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION

Work with other team leads to coordinate reporting to the donor
Represent Mercy Corps and Nawiri at strategic meetings, events, coordination fora and conferences.
Working closely with other Technical Leads, support the development of case studies and other products to communicate key program learnings.
Any other task, as identified in consultation with supervisor

Knowledge and Experience

A Master’s degree in Nutrition or related subject, or a Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years of additional relevant experience.
At least 7-10 years of demonstrated experience in designing and implementing diverse nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions.
In depth knowledge and understanding of barriers to improved nutrition in northern Kenya
Experience collaborating with county officials and leaders, building community capacity and leading community mobilization.
Experience building capacity of civil society and/or government entities
Demonstrated success in building and managing relationships with various donors and implementing partners.
Ability to deliver quality work within deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members
Systems thinker with strong analytical skills; flexible and creative in planning and problem solving
Ability and willingness to travel to Samburu and Turkana at least 40% of the time.
Professional fluency in English; Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Demonstrates patience, diplomacy, tenacity, compassion, determination and a sense of humor
Excellent written and persuasive oral communication skills in English required.

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October 29, 2024
Recruitment Officers (2 Positions) Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion Officer( Maternity Cover) – Samburu

Position summary
The Recruitment Officers will be responsible for managing Mercy Corps’ Nawiri program recruitment efforts by providing full-cycle talent acquisition and recruitment support. The Officers will be part of a the MCK People &Culture team and fully dedicated to Nawiri recruitment drive for 60 days. They will manage a portfolio that will range from 30+ Nawiri positions of varying levels and technical skills.
Essential Job Responsibilities
FULL CYCLE RECRUITMENT & ADMINISTRATION

Execute full lifecycle recruitment activities in Nawiri as needed.
Revise position descriptions and advertise positions through HCM on Mercy Corps’ website.
Shortlist candidates based on established requirements and present them to the hiring manager.
Conduct interviews and provide summary notes to hiring managers then work with hiring manager to determine which candidates to invite for further interviews.
Draft interview guides when appropriate and guide post interview discussions, when appropriate, and help identify and execute next steps
Conduct reference checks and follow Mercy Corps established approval process to be able to negotiate offers.
Utilize applicant tracking system (HCM) to manage recruitment from requisition to hire, ensuring compliance with Mercy Corps practices and applicable labour laws.
Provide responsive, high-quality service to candidates with additional care for internal or former team members.
Process all new hire paperwork in coordination with MCK team

Minimum Qualification and Transferable Skills

BA/S in a relevant field, or equivalent years of professional experience in related area
3+years of experience in Recruiting or HR.
Ability to communicate and problem-solve effectively across diverse cultures and geographies.
Demonstrated ability to maintain confidential information.
Experience with Google Suite, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) and demonstrated skills in database management and record keeping is preferred.
Ability to complete tasks with high quality outputs, meets deadlines and works well under pressure while building relationships with team members and stakeholders
Proven ability to design and lead change management projects to conclusion.
Experience in successfully guiding and orienting new team members

Success Factors
The successful candidate is a problem solver, who is adept in successfully dealing with issues of complexity. They are a skilled communicator, able to develop strong relationships with stakeholders. They will be skilled at approaching complex problems and breaking down solutions into clear, actionable action steps. They will be able to work effectively and collaboratively, as a member of a highly visible team, whose performance is key to the ensuring success of Mercy Corps. They will have the ability to manage a wide variety of projects and maintain a focus on continuous improvement. They will also have a commitment to positive customer services and be able to navigate difficult conversation with both hiring managers and candidates as needed.
Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions
These positions are based in Samburu and Turkana offices. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues
Ongoing Learning
In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development

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October 29, 2024
AGRIFIN Deputy Program Director

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
The Deputy Program Director is a senior member of the team tasked with developing new programs and managing a diverse, innovative and high-quality portfolio. He/she is responsible for overall program performance and quality, ensuring that teams are implementing high-impact programs, and are tracking progress toward specific objectives, indicators and milestones. Guided by the Mercy Corps AgriFin Program Strategy, the DPD will identify funding opportunities and develop proposals that strategically connect programs into a cohesive portfolio. The DPD will support program teams to effectively coordinate with operations, finance and human resources functions from inception to close out. This position will place a high value on finding innovative solutions and building creative partnerships to development and humanitarian challenges. A market systems development and resilience approach is at the core of Mercy Corps programming strategy. The DPD will promote and integrate these approaches into program development and delivery. The Deputy Program Director will champion the Mercy Corps’ Cornerstones of Leadership to ensure that teams are driving transformational impact through groundbreaking innovations and influence in action strategies that positions The Mercy Corps AgriFin Program as the leader of change in our countries of operation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Vision and Strategy

Support and contribute to the development and implementation of Mercy Corps AgriFin Program strategy. Develop programs that aligns with the Program’s Strategy.
Provide support to the Program Director on matters pertaining to strategy, planning, budgeting, programming, and management.
Develop work plans and mobilize resources to achieve Program strategy objectives.
Promote thought leadership by ensuring that program innovations and successes are assessed, analyzed, documented, and effectively communicated internally and externally.

Program Management

Communicate the direction by supporting prioritization and organizing actions & resources to achieve objectives and contribute to AgriFin-wide program implementation.
Oversee all aspects of project implementation and ensure that all project aspects are documented.
Oversee ongoing program implementation and administration of the technical team.
Ensure that program implementation is responsive to communities and partners and consistent with Mercy Corps’ relevant program guidelines, principles, values, quality standards and strategic plan.
Ensure adherence to program implementation plans, as well as monitoring implementation, program quality, and impacts of these activities.
Ensure program documentation and program minimal standards are consistently adhered to (PM@MC and all associated policies).
Ensure that a comprehensive reporting schedule is maintained and adhered to according to requirement
Keep the senior management team informed with detailed and accurate reports or accounts of all project activities.
Proactively engage with program stakeholders to inform coordination and collaboration.
Support in coordination with the MERAL Director, the establishment an overall M&E framework that will guide M&E for all country offices.
Support the development of strategic learning cases in fulfillment of donor milestones, learning goals and implementation of the suggestions.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Support in contracting and budget management of contractors and consultants for the Mercy Corps AgriFin Program based on Mercy Corps procedures, with support from AgriFin operational team.
Maintain strong operational relationships with Mercy Corps finance, administration and logistics teams to ensure clarity and full support of program activities where appropriate.
Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.

Team Management

Supervise and lead the technical team members to provide feedback and resolve complex problems.
Discover ways to enhance efficiency and productivity of procedures and people.
Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback
Provide team members with information, tools, and other resources to improve performance and reach objectives. Contribute team-building efforts, help team members identify problem solving options and ensure the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes.
Ensure program team coordinates and collaborates actively and successfully with learning teams and external consultants
Ensure all program teams have received training on program quality and minimum standards (PM@MC).
Fill in for the Program Director and for program leadership as needed and as requested.

INFLUENCE, REPRESENTATION & FUNDRAISING

Identify and lead on fundraising opportunities in partnership with the Program Director, including developing partnerships and proposal writing.
Develop and nurture culturally sensitive internal and external relationships and networks to ensure optimum communication and program success.
Explore, evaluate and present innovative funding opportunities that support the program strategy.
Identify, build and manage in partnership with the Program Director collaborative partnerships with donors, government partners, consortium partners, sub-grantees, and other stakeholders.
In coordination with the Program Director, partake in representation role on specific coordination working groups or forums.

Finance and Compliance Management

Ensure compliance and transparent use of resources in line with donor and Mercy Corps policies.
Monitor and ensure adherence to grant agreements, Mercy Corps’ policies and procedures and other relevant regulations, including those of the Government of Kenya.
Work closely with support functions in the regional and headquarters to ensure highest compliance and program performance.
Work with the technical team on proper budget management, including forecasting and procurement planning.

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
ACCOUNTABILITY TO BENEFICIARIES
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
This position requires supervision of a team of approximately five national team members and international consultants, including program managers, team leaders and officers.
ACCOUNTABILITY:

Reports directly to: Program Director, AgriFin Program
Works directly with: AgriFin Technical Team, Finance and operations team

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in International development, Social Sciences, Commerce, Economics and relevant field of studies.
At least 10 years of relevant program and senior management experience.
Experience coordinating multiple programs, developing synergies and creating opportunities for collaboration.
Sound understanding of financial, procurement, administration, and logistics management systems.
Demonstrated experience in team building and team coordination for achieving program goals.
Strong commitment to local capacity building and the ability to engage local stakeholders in project design and implementation.
Excellent organizational and project management skills; detail-oriented; and possessing an ability to anticipate program and operational needs.
Proven ability to work cooperatively with others in a team environment and to a diverse group of national and international staff.
Understanding of participatory methodologies for project design, implementation and evaluation.
Experience in working with private sector partners
Good understanding of market systems development programming Excellent proposal and report writing skills
Demonstrated proficiency with the MS Office software including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
Fluency in English essential

SUCCESS FACTORS:
The successful Deputy Program Director will be a initiative-taker, multi-tasker, and able to work effectively and respectfully with local government, private sector, civil society and donors. He or she will have a demonstrated experience in setting up and managing systems and procedures as well as experience in building team commitment toward the achievements of program objectives. S/he will be a team-player with positive attitude to problem solving and conflict resolution. The successful candidate will be focused on team building and capacity-building of program staff and will be able to apply creative solutions to program quality. S/he will also have ability to juggle multiple priorities under tight deadlines, and to calmly and diplomatically deal with unexpected events impacting program operations.

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October 29, 2024