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  • Monitoring and Evaluation (M&e) Officer Early Childhood Development Programme Officers (PO) Programme Assistant (PA)

    Monitoring and Evaluation (M&e) Officer Early Childhood Development Programme Officers (PO) Programme Assistant (PA)

    Madrasa Early Childhood Programme-Kenya (MECP-K), an affiliate of the Aga Khan Foundation East Africa, was founded in the 1980’s with the objective of promoting access to quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Education for children in Kenya. MECP-K is looking for dynamic and enthusiastic individuals with strong personal commitment to the education needs of children to fill in the positions below.
    Location: Kisumu and Kisii Counties
    The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will be responsible for reviewing and implementing programme M&E system under the overall guidance of M&E Coordinator and Region Coordinator. He/she will also be responsible for preparing quarterly/annual technical reports on projects’ progress, monitoring and ensuring high quality and timely inputs to facilitate the achievement of intended outputs and program outcomes. The M&E Officer will maintain the Region’s Programme Management Information System (MIS) and will be responsible for collection and analysis of data related to programme activities.
    Qualifications and competencies

    Minimum Degree in a relevant discipline, such as education, international development, or social sciences or IT
    Minimum of 2 years of relevant practical experience implementing M&E systems in a development context
    Experience in planning and implementation of M&E systems
    Experience with database management, information analysis and reporting
    Experience with results-based management and associated tools,
    Experience with building capacity and/or mentoring others to strengthen their M&E skills.
    Excellent written and oral communications skills in English (and Kiswahili is an added advantage)
    Excellent computer skills including expertise with Excel; ACCESS, EPI – INFO
    Highly organized, self-driven and able to meet strict reporting deadlines
    Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
    Demonstrate openness to change and able to manage multiple tasks

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  • Regional Operations Team Lead – Horn & East Africa

    Regional Operations Team Lead – Horn & East Africa

    About the program
    Action Against Hunger has led on a number of large-scale emergency operations in the Horn & Eastern Africa since the 1980s, and continues to play a leading role in building the resilience of local communities to multiple shocks through innovative programmes, especially in fragile contexts.
    The Horn & Eastern Africa Regional Office supports Action Against Hunger’s operations in the region by providing coherent, efficient and adapted support to the country offices. It also ensures better engagement with regional stakeholders to allow for enhanced exchange of knowledge and expertise with regional and country partners. Our Regional Office allows us to gain a better understanding and be more responsive to the political, social and economic complexities of the operating environment. It also ensures that decision-making is made closer to the frontlines. The regional team, based in Nairobi, Kenya, under the leadership of the Regional Director, is composed of technical and operational specialists essential for running humanitarian, resilience and development programmes. The team leads on adopting new ways of working and leverages opportunities at the regional level to enhance capacity for delivery at the community level in the countries where we operate.
    You’ll contribute to ending world hunger by …
    overseeing the implementation of Action Against Hunger’s day-to-day Regional Operations, providing high-quality on-time support/services to Country Teams, while developing a system to proactively manage and flag risks in the portfolio and identify actions required to remove bottlenecks/challenges to achieve overall organizational goals.
    Key activities in your role will include:

    Line manage an 8 – 10 person Regional team, ensuring team cohesion and motivating individuals, ensuring high quality and timeliness of services provided to Country Teams.
    Develop an integrated dashboard and meeting rhythm to monitor strategic alignment of portfolio & grant performance across all East Africa countries.
    Develop a system to receive, organize, prioritize and respond to Country Team requests in a timely and high-quality manner.
    Deploy Regional Team effectively to respond to country needs, ensuring highest priorities are fully addressed.
    Create a joint-action plan with each Country Director to address Country Coordination Team capacity gaps and risks, and specific areas of support from the Regional Team.
    Provide input to HQ teams on tools, trainings, or other support required to streamline support services and address observed systematic challenges.

    About you

    Bachelor’s degree in Social/Development/Humanitarian studies or any other related field.
    3 – 5 years project management experience, with previous experience in the NGO sector an advantage
    Good anticipation, adaptation, planning skills, especially in changing work contexts.
    Good budgeting and grant management skills.
    Experience communicating in different cultural work environments.
    Good communicator: verbal and written.
    Highly organized, detail oriented and able to stay calm under pressure.
    Good diplomatic and negotiation skills.
    Service mindset, problem solving skills
    Strong understanding & experience of Humanitarian Principles.
    Strong understanding of and commitment to gender equity and diversity.
    Proficient in English language; knowledge of French and Arabic is an added advantage.

    Our Core values.

    In this position, you are expected to demonstrate Action Against Hunger-USA-USA’s five core competencies
    Respect- we work with compassion and dedication, treating everyone the same way we expect them to treat us.
    Integrity-: we believe that being honest and fair is integral to every aspect of our work; conducting our work with a spirit of sincerity, truthfulness and transparency is imperative.
    Creativity-we encourage new ideas, embrace innovative solutions, and create opportunities for meaningful and exciting ways to do our jobs and provide solutions to address the needs of the populations we serve.
    Excellence- we strive to provide services that meet, and even exceed, the expectations of our stakeholders (populations in need, staff, communities and donors).
    Empowerment- we are committed to fostering an environment in which our staff, partners and communities where we work have the space to grow, develop and feel confident about participating.

    What we offer.

    Action Against Hunger-USA values its employees and offers a comprehensive remuneration and benefits package. These include but are not limited to: –
    Health Insurance
    Paid annual leave (vacation)
    Training opportunities

    For an all-inclusive list of benefits check the Action Against Hunger-USA Website

  • Volunteer Social Workers Counselling Psychologist Volunteers Reliever Driver / Dispatch Officer Administration Assistant Volunteer

    Volunteer Social Workers Counselling Psychologist Volunteers Reliever Driver / Dispatch Officer Administration Assistant Volunteer

    Job Description
    Ref No HRTK/V-S/8/2018

    Reporting to: Head of Field Office
    Job Summary: 
    HIAS seeks to recruit a Volunteer Social worker who will assist in provision of social interventions and assistance to the most at risk and vulnerable refugee clients and children.
    The social workers will be required to conduct through assessments and case management including follow up to ensure clients and children are receiving the services allocate. They will be required to track the impact of the assistance provided to clients and children.
    Main Duties & Responsibilities
    Case work and management

    Assist in identification of refugees in need of social support  (food , clothing, transport) by conducting social assessment, reviewing available assessment data on food and nutrition and If necessary, initiate home visits/ further assessment on key social factors relevant to food and nutritional support services in line with national and International standards and guiding principles by UNHCR, IASC, SPHERE Project WHO among others  and report to the Counseling Psychologist
    Assist in the social assessments and keep track of socio-environmental risks faced by refugees to ensure mitigation of risks, identify, assess and compile assessment reports for PLWD, ELDERLY, WAR, SHH, GBV, SGBP and SVT, prepare GBVIMS and UNVFVT memos.
    Assist in outreach and community dialogue activities on issues related to Sexual Gender Based Violence and other persons with specific needs
    Assist in conducting referrals of vulnerable refugees to partner agencies and follow up with clients to facilitate access to external services.
    Prepare summaries for presentation in psychosocial panel, effect subsequent panel decisions and enter data into data base, give feedback to refugees
    Monitor to ensure social assistance is reaching out to vulnerable refugees
    Provide basic counseling and or psycho-education to refugees
    Open files for all clients (soft and hard) and ensure that case management is in line with HIAS SOPs and other sector standards

    Community outreach and community activities

    Assist in conducting awareness and sensitization campaigns in the communities
    Assist in assessing, identifying and analyzing community sensitive intervention geared towards building resilience and self-reliance
    Conduct support groups, committee meetings and participate in community forums
    Establish and maintain networks with existing community structures and other partners for referral and networking purposes

    Reporting

    Provide weekly and monthly reports and data to counseling psychologist and other technical officers highlighting individual performance, progress against targets  and client needs as instructed by the counselling psychologist
    Prepare a success story quarterly for purposes of web updates and fundraising

    Program development and Management

    Attend regular staff meetings, trainings and other meetings as required and ensure regular personal development and supervision
    Assist in the organization and facilitation of capacity building and staff development activities e.g. workshops, trainings, or information dissemination on issues relates to persons with specific needs

    Perform other related duties as assigned
    Qualification Required

    A University Degree in Social Work, Community Development, Gender and Development Studies
    At least 2 years working experience in the field of Social Work.
    Experience in working with an NGO that deals with refugees will be an added advantage.

    Skills & Competencies

    Knowledge in UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, prevention and responses to sexual abuse
    Experience in capacity building including facilitation of community based training and awareness raising
    Good knowledge of Nairobi and its environs
    Strong interpersonal and communication skills
    Knowledge of Computer Applications
    Working experience with refugees an added advantage.
    Ability to work in a demanding and high pressured environment

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  • Head of Mission – Somalia

    Head of Mission – Somalia

    Code: SR-02-653
    Country: Somalia
    Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travels to Somalia
    Starting date: 01/09/2018
    Contract duration: 12 months
    Reporting to: Regional Director, who receives a written monthly report
    Supervision of: Mission Staff
    General context of the project
    This position will support in particular the H&N AICS project in Somalia to support Jowhar Regional Hospital in providing emergency integrated primary care health services, secondary health facility and nutrition services.
    INTERSOS assumed responsibility for running Jowhar hospital in 1994, which was, and in fact remains, the only one in the region, with a catchment area of approximately 60,000 people living in the town and another 160,000 people in the surrounding rural areas (half of whom are nomads).
    The programme includes the running and the strengthening of the hospital’s facilities, a centre for the treatment of tuberculosis and a mother and child health csare clinic, and mobile clinic system in rural area. INTERSOS is supporting coverage of primary healthcare in Jowhar and Balcad districts, as well as Baidoa district, strengthening disease prevention and increasing the quality of services in regard to the referral mechanism of complicated cases to JRH. INTERSOS manages acute malnutrition for approximately 20,000 beneficiaries through OTP operations covering 48 villages within catchments areas of the 5 health centres. The referral mechanism also allows the transfer of SAM cases to the stabilization center at JRH. INTERSOS is also the Health Cluster Regional focal point and has successfully re-established the Health Cluster mechanism in Middle Shabelle and has led and coordinated rapid and effective multiagency response to several extensive crisis and responded to any epidemic outbreak (AWD/ Measles) in the area.
    General purpose of the position
    The Head of Mission is the organisation’s official representative in the country and is responsible for the planning, management and implementation of the country programme on the basis of defined strategies.
    Main responsibilities and tasks
    To all intents and purposes, represent INTERSOS in the country of operation – by means of a proxy received from the Secretary General upon appointment to the post – and act in accordance with specific directions and supervision from the Regional Director.
    Specifically:

    to establish and maintain relations with local institutions, donors, NGOs, International Agencies and other stakeholders;
    to define country priorities based on context and needs analyses;
    to monitor donor intervention strategies and priorities in the country;
    to evaluate, promote and elaborate new projects;
    to sign contracts and, where necessary, may delegate other international operators; under exceptional and duly motivated circumstances, may sign a proxy to delegate local operators;
    to establish, guarantee and monitor government recognition procedures for the organisation and the host country formalities.
    Manage and coordinate country operations.
    Specifically:
    to define programming and planning of mission activities and check implementation;
    to check monthly planning of activities and relative expenses;
    to assume responsibility for procurement processes for goods, work and services and to ensure conformity to procedures;
    to be responsible for procurement processes of goods, work and services and to ensure conformity to procedures;
    to be responsible for selection of local suppliers to be included in a ”list of reliable suppliers” for use in specific procurement procedures;
    to supervise, monitor and evaluate project implementation phases also by periodic visits to areas of operation;
    to define mission’s economic and financial planning, guaranteeing self-sufficiency and consistency of expenses against budget constraints;
    to carry out monthly checks and assessments of mission’s economic and financial status;
    to assume responsibility for funds management of the mission and for the bank accounts management;
    to approve reports and intermediate and final financial reports and assume responsibility for presentation to donors;
    to write monthly reports on country operations for the Regional Director;
    to assume responsibility for custody of all mission documentation, and for all project documentation, upon closure of projects;
    to be responsible for the management of INTERSOS assets and third-party goods;
    to be responsible for accurate application of all procedures defined by INTERSOS and donors.
    Manage human resources in the country; in particular, ensure the direct supervision and appraisal of operator performance.
    Specifically:
    to propose recruitment of expatriate personnel to the Regional Director;
    to define contracts with local personnel and supervise recruitment of higher echelon operators;
    to provide personnel with education and training, ensuring distribution and acquisition by mission personnel of INTERSOS Model, Values Charter and Ethical Code;
    to brief expatriate personnel in relation to mission activities, specific project activities and security conditions in the country;
    to ensure collection of local labour legislation, to be made available in the mission for consultation;
    to define communication/information flows and oversee group dynamics, promoting cohesion and motivation;
    to be responsible for mandatory notifications to Embassies/Consulates and International Organisations in relation to the presence of international personnel in the mission; to send the Regional Director the appraisal forms for international personnel upon conclusion of their collaboration;
    Be responsible for security, providing the definition of specific procedures and behaviours, and monitoring the implementation of regulations and protocols in line with INTERSOS Security Manual

    Required profile and experience
    Education

    Master degree in Social Science, Community or a similiar field;
    Development, Social Work and/or equivalent practical field experience, preferably with a humanitarian organisation.

    Professional Experience

    Minimum 5 years professional experience in return and/or emergency programs: technical focus on nutrition in emergency, population movements and reintegration is an asset;
    Previous experience in humanitarian program management is required;
    Previous experiences in complex emergency context are an asset.

    Professional Requirements

    Deep knowledgeof the cluster system and humanitarian country system;
    Demonstrable experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with donors and government counterparts;
    Good interpersonal skills to work effective with different stakeholders including different communities in the target areas, humanitarian actors, service providers, local and national authorities;
    Programme Management skills, including new proposal writing;
    Good problem solving attitude;
    Excellent organisational, team-building and participatory training skills and experience is required, as well as ability to work as part of a team;
    Strong representation and negotiation skills;
    Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills;
    Previous working experience in Somalia will be an asset.

    Languages

    Fluency in written and spoken English;
    Good reporting and communication skills are required.

    Personal Requirements

    Comfortable to work in a High Risk Environment. Team worker and flexible in job planning;
    Ability to travel frequently to different areas in Somalia working in stressful situations and at times, in hardship field locations.

  • Chief of Party – Kenya HMIS II Capacity Development/Project Implementation Consultant

    Chief of Party – Kenya HMIS II Capacity Development/Project Implementation Consultant

    Job Details

    Maintain regular communication with CDC, Kenya counterparts, other US Government Cooperating Agencies, Palladium HQ and other relevant organizations.
    Articulate and communicate the project’s vision to the KeHMIS project team, Kenya counterparts, other US Government Cooperating Agencies and other relevant project organizations.
    Prepare and deliver formal and informal project-related presentations upon request by CDC, or as needed for other parties.
    Promote the project among GOK Ministry and country department heads, professional groups and other relevant parties.
    Represent the project in best-practice knowledge-sharing forums and through special studies that document lessons learned.
    In collaboration with the MOH, donor and other stakeholders develop the informatics strategy and guiding principles for health systems strengthening efforts under the project
    Provide oversight, regulation and high level coordination across multiple projects including setting appropriate policies, procedures and standards for effective IT development and deployment
    In collaboration with the Deputy Chief of Party and the Project Manager ensure the effective execution and management of a portfolio of projects in alignment with industry standards and practices including risk management and mitigation
    Ensure that the organizational structure, staffing skills sets and culture are aligned to achieve the objectives of the project
    Lead the team towards the development of appropriate and innovative health sector technologies, effective , capacity strengthening approach, development of an effective data analytics and data use strategy, annual project workplans and monitor implementation of project activities as planned.
    Provide intellectual leadership, technical input and management support to all project technical assignments.
    Oversee the preparation of regular periodic reports to CDC on progress towards project objectives.
    Oversee the preparation of documents related to the cooperative agreement in line with the CDC guidelines.
    Ensure that Palladium hiring policies and procedures are adhered to during the recruitment and hiring of staff and consultants.
    Oversee project staff performance, including conducting annual performance reviews.
    Directly manage and mentor the Deputy Chief of Party, the Finance and Admin Manager, and KeHMIS II Sub-Awardees.
    Oversee management of on-boarding and termination of staff, ensuring that all CDC and Palladium policies and regulations are adhered to.
    Ensure that all project-related contracts are developed and executed in compliance with CDC and Palladium policies and procedures.
    Oversee management of all project contract finances (budget and funds).
    Oversee management of commodity procurements, inventory and general logistics.
    Conduct regular meetings with the project team as a vehicle for monitoring progress on, and providing leadership to project staff.

    Mandatory

    Advanced degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent (e.g. Management Information Systems).
    Public health academic or fellowship training (e.g., MPH, FELTP, epidemiology, health informatics, behavioral science, etc.) strongly preferred but not required.
    10+ years of experience in public health program management, health governance, health information systems strengthening, monitoring and evaluation, health informatics or other field related to international health programs are required.
    Strong reputation and relationships with MoH and/or PEPFAR stakeholders/beneficiaries required
    An in-depth understanding of, and ability to effectively function in the Kenya political, cultural, and social landscape.
    Previous experience as a Chief of Party/Deputy Chief of Party/Senior Manager /Team Leader of a comparable multi-dimensional donor project.
    Excellent written and oral communication skills.
    Professional and diplomatic demeanor and conduct, especially during interactions with the client and its constituents.
    Fluent written and spoken English and Swahili required.
    Experience working with CDC and/or USAID and/or CDC and/or USAID partners is required.

    Preferred

    Health informatics experience: Demonstrated experience managing HIS projects or programs.
    A capacity builder: Experience in building institutional, local technical, management and leadership capacity.
    Be results oriented: Knows how to design and successfully implement, monitor, and disseminate results, adapting as needed to achieve the greatest impact.
    A responsive manager: Able to motivate staff to perform effectively toward project objectives.
    A strategist and an innovator. Demonstrated creative and innovative problem solver with a strong interest in private-sector approaches to development and a proven ability to produce results.
    A motivator: Have the ability to re-energize a team and steer them towards high productivity
    A collaborator: Demonstrated success in collaboration and coordination across sister projects, partners, sectors and with home office.
    Analytical: Demonstrated problem solving, analytic, financial and evaluative skills.
    Agility: Ability to anticipate, respond and adapt quickly to changing requirements and competing demands.
    Autonomy: Ability to take initiative and/or respond independently to situations.
    Diligence: Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe.

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  • A Study of The Legislation and Policy Formulation Processes in Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) in Eastern Africa

    A Study of The Legislation and Policy Formulation Processes in Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) in Eastern Africa

    Project: GLOBAL ADVOCACY PROJECT UNDER THE ECOLOGICAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE
    Background
    The Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Initiative is an African Union-led continental undertaking started in 2011 and currently implemented in eight countries (Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda). It is implemented under the guidance and oversight of the AU chaired Continental Steering Committee (CSC) to establish an African organic farming platform based on available best practices; and to develop sustainable organic farming systems and improve seed quality. Its mission is to promote ecologically sound strategies and practices among diverse stakeholders involved in production, processing, marketing and policy making to safeguard the environment, improve livelihoods, alleviate poverty and guarantee food security among farmers in Africa. The goal is to contribute to mainstreaming of Ecological Organic Agriculture into national agricultural production systems by 2025 in order to improve agricultural productivity, food security, access to markets and sustainable development in Africa. In addition, these efforts are hoped to reduce exploitation of the organic farmers in Africa.
    The initiative embraces holistic production systems that sustain the health of soils, ecosystems and people, and relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions rather than reliance on the use of external inputs with adverse effects on people’s total health (human, animal, plant and environmental). The EOA initiative was started in response to the African Union Heads of State and Government’s call for the promotion of organic farming in Africa. The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with several civil society organizations, organized an inception workshop in May 2011 in Thika Kenya, with financial support from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) to discuss how to implement this decision. The workshop successfully resulted in a roadmap, concept note and an African Organic Action Plan to mainstream ecological organic agriculture into national agricultural production systems. The action plan was supported by SSNC in a pilot undertaken in 2012 in six countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in Eastern Africa; Zambia in Southern Africa; and Nigeria in Western Africa) while Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) supported baseline studies in Benin, Mali and Senegal in the third quarter of 2013. Further discussions led to the development of an 8-country project proposal supported by SDC for the first phase (2014-2018) while SSNC with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation (Sida) supported the EOA Initiative in some Eastern Africa countries through civil society organizations from 2013 to date. The African Union also supports the EOA Initiative through funds provided by the European Union and other sources.
    The implementation of the Initiative’s five-year Action Plan (2015-2020) and Strategic Plan (2015-2025) is anchored on six complimentary pillars: (i) Research, training and extension, (ii) Information and communication, (iii) Value chain and market development, (iv) Networking and partnership, (v) Policy and programme development, and (vi) Institutional capacity development. However, in the current SDC contribution, the initiative is driven by the first three technical pillars and fourth one encompassing coordination, management and networking, basically integrating components of pillars (iv), (v) and (vi).
    The key four objectives of the EOA Initiative are:

    To increase documentation of information and knowledge on organic agricultural products along the complete value chains and support relevant actors to translate it into practices and wide application.
    To systematically inform producers about the EOA approaches and good practices and motivate their uptake through strengthening access to advisory and support services.
    To substantially increase the share of quality organic products at the local, national, regional and global markets.
    To strengthen inclusive stakeholder engagement in organic commodities value chain development by developing national, regional and continental multi-stakeholder platforms to advocate for changes in public policy, plans and practices.

    About the Global Advocacy Project (GAP)
    The Global Advocacy Project (GAP) is part of the EOA Initiative supported by SSNC and SDC. The overall aim of the GAP project is to support increased food security, resilient production systems and better incomes for small (and medium) scale farmers in Africa while at the same time safeguarding the environment for the future. The project aims to stimulate and strengthen partner organizations in their capacity to catalyze change with respect to greater policy attention to EOA programs and investments, in order to enable the establishment of relevant legislation and regulations and to allocate resources to build capabilities in various key areas including extension, education, market development, entrepreneurship, applied research, information sharing and communication among others. This study recognizes that presenting concise evidential synthesis pragmatically to the real world of policymaking to minimize cognitive biases, deal with natural tendencies to resist change, to ensure political buy-in requires the partner organizations to see the world from the perspective of their target groups and understand the legislation and policy processes abd structures in which they engage.
    This consultancy is coordinated by Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT) in collaboration with PELUM Kenya on behalf of the CSC, SSNC and SDC. A similar study will be conducted in West Africa among the EOA-I participating countries.
    Purpose and Scope of the Assessment
    The specific goal for GAP project is to create awareness and better understanding among policymakers, practitioners, technocrats and development partners of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) and stimulate discussion and debate among them about EOA and its benefits to human, animal, plant and environmental health.
    The purpose of this assessment is therefore to:
    Investigate how agricultural policies are formulated, developed and delivered in general and with particular focus on the ecological organic agriculture (EOA) in order to stimulate discussion among policymakers, practitioners and development partners on policy interventions (content) and implementation and determine their merit, worth, or value in terms of improving the social and economic conditions of different stakeholders.
    Analyze the limitations (gaps, incohorences, constraints, and weaknesses) in the existing legislation and policy formulation processes in agriculture in general and ecological organic agriculture in particular in the selected countries.
    On the basis of the above make recommendations on how the current systems and strcutures of legislation and policy formulation, development and implementation processes can be improved for supporting EOA integrationn into national programs and plans.
    The above shall help to address the following important questions:

    How could the report help us in the next steps to take in the advocacy work geared towards supporting EOA in Eastern/Western Africa?
    What kind of strong information from the policy report shall we present to decision-makers and politicians that can make a difference in the way the decisions-makers will act after our report? What perspectives are “selling” to the politicians?
    What kind of information should be included in the report that is important for EOA partner organizations to take advanced steps towards advocacy work?

    Scope of the Asssessment

    Assess the status (presence) of ecological organic agriculture policies in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda to provide an overview of poliy development and implementation.
    Document at least 1 successful case in each country of a specific policy in the agriculture sector during the last five or so years.
    Describe the policy considerations, underlying logic and processes through which the policy was developed and implemented.
    Identify the actors involved, how they were selected and how they were involved in the policy formulation and implementation processes.
    Identify weaknesses and gaps in the existing legislation and policy formulation processes and structures of decision-making which limit policy development and implementation in ecological organic agricuture in the selected countries.
    Identify strengths and opportunities for developing and implementing policies in ecological organic agriculture in the selected countries.
    Make recommendations for improving policy formulation, development and delivery in ecological organic agriculture in the selected countries.

    The Deliverables
    A draft report of findings and recommendations to be presented at the at the 10th EOA-I CSC and the 4th African Organic Conference (4th AOC) in Yaoundé, Cameroon in November, 2018. The study findings will be shared in other important forums the following year.
    The expected key outputs of the assessment are:

    An Inception Report: Elaboration of the assessment methodology and tools to be applied including a detailed schedule of activities to be undertaken across the three countries. This should be ready within 2 weeks after signing the contract.
    Draft Report: This should be ready within 75 days from the day of signing the contract (Mid-October).
    Final Report: The technical report should include the executive summary, background, methodology, key findings, conclusions, lessons and recommendations, and annexes (key officials interviewed, documents consulted, and data collection instruments applied). The final report to include inputs from the CSC and 4th AOC. The report to be submitted by 30 November 2018.

    Background Documents
    In addition to relevant documents and reports to be sought at country and AU level, various documents valuable to this study will be provided including but not limited to:

    AU Decision on Organic Farming, (the basis of Ecological Organic Agriculture)
    EOA Strategic Plan (2015-2025) and EOA Action Plan (2015-2020)
    SDC and SSNC Project Documents (for the period 2013-2018)
    Report of the Assessment of SSNC contribution to first phase of EOA in Eastern Africa
    EOA Mid-term Review Report 2016
    Report of the Organizational and Capacity Assessment (2018)
    CAADP frameworks

    The Assessment Methodology/Approach
    The Consultant is expected to develop an appropriate approach/methodology to address the study tasks. Whereas this study is expected to be handled through desk review and key informant interviews, the methodology proposed will include but not limited to:

    Identification and review of relevant documents on general agriculture and organic agriculture policy, country specific strategic plans, reports, publications, etc. that analyze the policy formulation processes and structures in the selected countries.
    Data collection approaches and tools, focusing on key informant interviews with relevant actors.
    Data analysis techniques

    Time Frame
    This assessment will be conducted within 75 days between August and October 2018.
    Consultants & Minimum Qualifications

    The study will be conducted by a consultant or team of consultants with the team leader and partners having the following main qualifications:
    At least a master’s degree or equivalent in agriculture, sociology, development studies, economics or related social sciences.
    At least 5 years of experience in conducting policy assessment/evaluations, policy impact assessments or similar assignments in agricultural development programmes and projects.
    Demonstrated ability to assess complex situations to analyze critical issues succinctly and clearly and draw conclusions and recommendations.
    Proven in-depth understanding and consulting experiences on institutional set-up of complex development programmes.
    Substantive knowledge of participatory M&E processes and experience with multistakeholder/community development interventions.
    Excellent English writing and communication skills.

  • Community Mobiliser

    Community Mobiliser

    Department: LivelihoodsReports to: Project Officer, MaraLiaises with: Training, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and the community focal personsDuty Station: Narok, Mara Program
    Job Summary
    AAH-I Kenya County Programme (AAH-K) is looking for a committed individual for a Community Mobiliser position to support the Mara project team. The individual will be the project ambassador in the community and work closely with the Project officer, Training, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and the community focal persons and support office administration and field activities in Mara.
    Duties & Responsibilities
    Key activities will involve the target group’s mobilisations for the project activities in all the project target areas. He/she will be tasked with planning, organising training, mobilising respective groups for planned activities within the framework of the project contractual agreement.The community mobiliser will provide mobilisation technical support to the team:

    In planning and organising group meetings, support groups in setting up groups constitutions, support in training as per agreed training needs, follow up and track implementation of planned group activities.
    Coordinate the social, learnings and activity interactions between the different groups
    Serve as the primary link between the groups and AAH-K, developing an infrastructure for both dialogue and conflict resolution
    Establish and build AAH-K relationships with community and other stakeholders
    Actively promote the AAH-K approach to livelihoods with emphasis on promoting group development through support, coaching, mentoring, feedback and identification of investment needs and opportunities.
    Perform any other functions deemed necessary or as delegated by the supervisor in order to meet the organizational mandate
    Support the Mara project team in administrative and logistics functions
    Maintaining weekly and monthly reports on the progress of the project, documenting the lessons learnt in all project components

  • Program Officer Policy Enabler – TAAT Project

    Program Officer Policy Enabler – TAAT Project

    Overall Purpose
    Under the direct supervision of the Coordinator TAAT Policy Enabler, the Programme Officer is responsible for providing support of implementation of TAAT Policy Enabler activities amongst partner institutions in target countries.
    The Programme Officer is expected to work in close collaboration with partner organizations and relevant government policy departments via outreach campaigns to foster the creation of an enabling environment where enterprises including agribusiness activities can start, develop and thrive in line with the aspirations of the TAAT initiative. In particular, the Programme Officer shall work with relevant project teams in the field for addressing project-related issues.
    Duties and responsibilities

    Undertake tasks regarding the overall implementation of TAAT Policy Enabler project activities across partner institutions in all target countries.
    Provide the required attention to all activities required to build understanding and confidence for the project, including field visits; follow-up responses, and reporting obligations.
    Compile technical reports and project briefs including editing and formatting of documents, and writing minutes.
    Create and maintain an electronic archiving system of project related documents, and manage assignments and tasks related to technical activities including project data entry, analysis and interpretation.

    Minimum Qualifications & Experience

    Master’s degree in agricultural policy analysis or any other related and equivalent disciplines from a recognized institution;
    Minimum of 5 years’ experience in policy analysis or policy advocacy experience critical in engendering agricultural sector policy reforms and implementation, conversant with policy and institutional issues related to challenges hampering seed systems, agro-input supply and market access in African countries.

  • Deputy General Manager and Uhc Department Head

    Deputy General Manager and Uhc Department Head

    Job Description

    REF: Amref/Enterprises/2018/01-07
    REPORTING TO: DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER AND UHC DEPARTMENT HEAD
    This UHC definition embodies health system strengthening elements; equity in the access to health services, quality of the health services and protection from financial risk. Deputy General Manager and UHC Department Head will spearhead Amref Health Africa’s UHC Programs, Products and services as well as offer technical assistance on UHC in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs Deputy General Manager and UHC Department Head will build Amref’s practice in advising governments on the design, implementation and monitoring of large scale health financing sector reforms aimed at increasing population and service coverage, financial protection, quality and equity. He/she will be highly visible in the global UHC technical community, strengthening Amref’s position as a thought leader in this space, and provide overall direction to Amref’s HSS work in the light of UHC.
    In managing the health financing team, he/she will work to identify UHC-related opportunities for Amref in partnership with governments, aid agencies, international organizations (World Bank, WHO), donors, the private sector, NGOs, academia and others.
    UHC is firmly based on the WHO constitution of 1948 declaring health a fundamental human right and on the Health for All agenda set by the Alma Ata declaration in 1978. UHC cuts across all of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and brings hope of better health and protection for the world’s poorest.
    EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

    At least 8 years of progressively responsible experience contributing at a senior level to the design, implementation and monitoring of large-scale health sector reforms aimed at increasing population service coverage and financial protection, preferably in LMIC settings.
    Recognized expertise and technical achievement within the UHC technical community, as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications and participation in high-level working groups.
    Knowledge and experience of resource mobilization in the international development context, including government, multilateral, foundation, private sector, host country, and other funding sources. Understands the importance of strategic planning and results frameworks for business development and project impact.
    Established track record with both professional and popular publications, as well as social media, preferred.

    EDUCATION, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES REQUIREMENTS

    Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in economics, or health financing, policy or related area preferred; candidates with an advanced degree in public health or in a related field with compelling, relevant experience will be considered.
    A postgraduate education in a field of study closely related to the assigned responsibilities.
    Aligned with Amref’s mission and values.
    Natural collaborator and networker inside and outside the organization. Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building abilities. Proven ability to work in matrix reporting relationships and in multicultural/multidisciplinary team environments.
    Outstanding written and verbal communications skills. Able to blend compelling story and convincing evidence. Demonstrated proposal writing skills for UHC projects
    Able to successfully mobilize resources for UHC programs, including significant proposal development experience with USAID in addition to other bilateral, multilateral, foundation, private sector, host country, and other funding sources for UHC.
    Energetic, forward-thinking and creative with intellectual flexibility and depth and strong ethical reasoning.
    Proven leadership skills in working and collaborating with other donors, host country institutions, and international organizations.
    Demonstrated knowledge about the importance of strategic planning and results frameworks for business development and project impact within UHC.
    Demonstrated familiarity with USG regulations and administrative procedures in the implementation of donor assisted projects.
    Strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated management experience.
    High level capacity to work in a variety of cultural settings, complex environment and fragile states.
    Demonstrated leadership level organizational, managerial and supervisory, skills and abilities; sound judgment, and high ethical standards; flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
    Proven ability to build strong relationships, work well as part of a team, and to incorporate views of other disciplines into his or her work.
    Proven record of aligning diverse, multi-level teams with project mission and vision.
    Country perspective and orientation, donor responsiveness, partner collaboration and collegiality, dealing with ambiguity, organizational agility, political and strategic agility
    Functional/Technical skills, client (donor and country) focus, managing through procedures, measuring work in terms of effort and progress, negotiating positions in terms of beliefs and principles, information sharing within and across the project partnership, process and work management adheres to then prime contractor’s leadership, procedures and practice. Priority-setting supports activity requests and schedules, with necessary problem-solving and timely decision-making.
    Based on extensive international public health experience within countries and international organizations.

    Managing Others:

    Building Effective Teams and Collegiality across partners and within country activities, Conflict management through collaborative pursuit of products and objectives, managing and supporting agreed visions and purpose, demonstrated integrity and trust through total transparency. Motivating others through example and productivity. Full approachability and development of direct rapport with others.
    Maintain highest ethics and values. Style of work is based on proven principles of public health and effective technical cooperation, integrity and trust, Ability to listen to partners and clients. High level of professional verbal and written communication.
    Adaptability to changing leadership and organization. Responsive communications within and across the organization and partnership. Problem-solving through collaboration and collegiality. Creativity and innovation in support of organization and project success. Generate highest quantity, quality and timeliness of work while maintaining close team relationships. Maximize effective human and financial resource utilization.

    PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    Technical Leadership and Innovation (30%)

    Develop Amref’ s strategy and conceptual framework for UHC technical assistance in the context of recent HSS strategy development work, focusing on design, implementation and monitoring of large-scale health financing reforms and other approaches for increasing access to high quality, equitable health care, drawing upon Amref’s expertise in a range of practices, health areas and settings.
    Increase Amref presence at strategic meetings/global forums on UHC.
    Working with Amref International University Lead
    leadership Amref research on UHC to identify, evaluate and promote innovative approaches for achieving UHC, internally and externally; publish in peer-reviewed publications and other venues; represent Amref at conferences and other technical forums. Participate in UHC advocacy as needed.
    Develop a UHC technical exchange network of interested Amref staff and consultants who can organize around the vision and mission and support our efforts in UHC.
    Partner with Amref project teams to develop a strategic approach to building Amref’s UHC portfolio, based on present work, our capabilities and the UHC health system needs going forward.
    Interact with and support centers, projects, technical and country teams to pioneer and provide a UHC lens and input into all Amref activities.
    Lead the health financing team and other elements of the HSS strategy that are key to achieving UHC. 

    Technical Assistance and Expertise (20%)

    Provide technical assistance to governments and other partners, consistent with the strategy and conceptual framework. Provide technical oversight to Amref’s UHC future projects and technical activities
    Serve as resource for technical information on UHC to other experts, offices and projects within Amref.
    Document Amref’s portfolio of UHC activities, update it regularly with new experiences and disseminate results. 

    Business Development (45%)

    Use network and connections to identify and build relationships with strategic partners and funders on UHC; conduct outreach to LMIC governments pursuing or considering UHC reforms.
    Working with the BD team in AEL Develop strategic plans for growing the business portfolio for Amref in UHC.
    As a technical leader in UHC, support new AEL UHC business development efforts acting as the primary resource for technical program design, lead writer, and reviewer of UHC proposals.
    Serve as a scheduled Amref Health Africa Technical Support Lead (TSL) on roughly three to five bids per year.
    Work in close coordination with BD Team in reviewing bid opportunities, determining the opportunities that Amref should pursue in UHC.
    Provide strategic guidance and insight in pre-positioning for UHC bids.
    Work in coordination with Global Partnerships, Marketing and Communication PHT to track private sector funding opportunities.
    Lead and/or participate in pitching ideas to donors and funders on UHC.
    Identify potential strategic partners and funders and strategically manage, keeping in mind the diversification of Amref’s UHC portfolio.
    Interact with and represent the Amref UHC program to the MOPHs/MOF and to other donor agencies. 

    External Representation (5%)

    Partner and build strong relationships with thought leaders and engage new audiences in the area of UHC.
    Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external players.