Jobs Kenya

Job Field: Sector in NGO/Non-Profit

  • Field Coordinator

    Field Coordinator

    Job Purpose
    To manage the Israaid sub-office in Kakuma, provide leadership, develop and implement programming.
    Main Responsibilities

    Supervision of existing programs
    Planning for future programs
    Offer logistical and programmatic support to programs
    Recruitment and training of staff subject to need and to budget constraints
    Host donor missions, developing additional programs
    Host Volunteer missions
    Proposal writing
    Pursue partnerships and collaborations
    Manage budget and accounts
    Maintaining positive strong relationships with all stakeholders
    Representation of IsraAID in meetings at all levels.
    Any other tasks as assigned by IsraAID Country Director

    The tasks cut across programming and operations- supervision of programs, HR, Finance, Fleet logistics, recruitment, procurement, security etc.
    The main responsibilities are not meant to be an exhaustive list of tasks. The need for flexibility is required and the job holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.
    Required skills, experience, and competencies

    At least a bachelor’s degree in international development, community development, humanitarian and disaster response, community social work, or equivalent.
    At least 2 years proven work experience in an equivalent position in a development or humanitarian aid INGO, particularly in refugee contexts.
    Practical experience in program design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.
    Experience in the financial management of project budgets.
    Expertise in administrative work.
    Demonstrated leadership skills and experience managing complex teams.
    Excellent communication skills in English (both oral & written).
    IT skills – Microsoft Office and Finance packages.
    Ability to build relationships with a broad range of stakeholders and identify partnership opportunities.
    Ability to train staff and build capacities.
    Should be assertive, presentable, and culturally sensitive.
    Willingness to live in Kakuma, Turkana County.
    Kenyan citizenship or residency permit is required.

  • Social Inclusion, Gender and Research Specialist – Remote

    Social Inclusion, Gender and Research Specialist – Remote

    Job description
    Role Overview
    To provide support to VSO Kenya in carrying out capacity building in Social Inclusion and Gender Analysis for the employees, volunteers and VSO partners ;take lead in conducting phase two of the Social Exclusion and Gender Analysis (SEGA) research in Kenya and support in embedding the findings of SEGA research phase one in VSO Kenya’s programme design.
    Essential
    Skills, qualifications and experience

    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Social Sciences.
    Experience in Gender, Exclusion or environmental issues with an understanding of how change happens.
    An understanding of social exclusion analysis and other participatory methodologies and a commitment to people led development
    Experience in participatory research, appraisals and assessment

    Skills In One Or More In The Following Areas

    Qualitative research
    Power analysis
    Gender and gender analysis
    Social exclusion analysis
    Social inclusion
    Environmental analysis
    Livelihoods and resilience
    Economics for equality
    Stakeholder mapping
    Systems mapping
    Systems approaches
    Theories of change
    Transformational processes
    You will have strong facilitation skills and ability to train, mentor and coach others.
    You will be passionate about participation and social inclusion
    You will have specialized in gender, livelihoods resilience, participatory development.

    Desirable Criteria

    Experience of working in the international development contexts.
    Being up-to-date on the current thinking in international development and approaches to poverty
    Understanding of key considerations in working cross-culturally.
    Experience working in Kenya and knowledge of the local context

    Allowance and accommodation
    All volunteers have an allowance paid in local currency. The allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home.
    VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic.
    VSO is the world’s leading development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people together to share their skills and experience, generate insights and ideas and, most of all, take action against poverty and exclusion. It’s a highly effective approach that works, and today is helping millions of people in some of the world’s poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty.

  • Regional Youth Advisor ( Horn Of Africa)

    Regional Youth Advisor ( Horn Of Africa)

    Role Purpose:
    The purpose of the Regional Youth Advisor (Horn of Africa) is to advise Save the Children’ s Danida regional programme for the Horn of Africa so as to guide the programme to a successful outcome. This advice and guidance comprise three main areas:

    Identifying youth networks as partners for capacity strengthening with the aim of improving their capabilities in advocacy, youth participation, and protection rights of the youth
    Improving youth empowerment (civic, social and economic) through Save the Children’s Danida regional programme as well as the Danida-funded country programmes in region (mainly in Somalia/Somaliland and South Sudan; and secondary in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda;
    Contributing to Save the Children and CSO partners’ (including youth network) engagement in the children/youth on the move agenda and the ending child marriage agenda.

    Contract Duration: 2 Years
    Location: Nairobi (travel to Somalia/Somaliland, South Sudan, and Ethiopia expected)
    Qualifications

    Master degree in social or political science or equivalent
    Minimum of 5 years of experience of working specifically on the matters of young people’s empowerment, advocacy and organization.
    Experience of working through and together with others, and with providing technical assistance in a respectful manner.
    Demonstrated experience of writing funding proposals
    Strong oral and written communication skills in English. French added advantage.
    Solid knowledge of youth network capacity strengthening and youth empowerment programming
    Solid knowledge and experience with international and regional youth human rights instruments, laws and policies in East and Southern Africa.
    Solid experience of youth programming in the Horn of Africa (including South Sudan and Somalia refugee hosting countries)
    Experience in labour market issues, employment and technical vocational training, poverty alleviation including challenges of discrimination and exclusion
    Experience in carrying out analysis related project baselines; market surveys; youth situation analysis; and tracer studies of youth.

  • Head of Office, Nairobi

    Head of Office, Nairobi

    Scope of work:
    Integrity is hiring a Head of Office Nairobi (HoO) to develop and support its growing portfolio of work in East Africa. The HoO will be based in Nairobi, with expectations for travel within the region and further afield.
    The HoO is a Senior Manager focused on identifying and winning new work, delivering high quality project/programmes on time and within budget, development of client relations and team management. They will work flexibly across Integrity’s different services and directorates and will be attracted to a fast-paced working environment.
    Terms of reference:
    A. Business Development and Account Management (40%)

    Play a key role in the design and execution of the East Africa strategy.
    Deliver on East Africa strategy by winning, negotiating and taking to contract the right mix of work opportunities.
    Ensure a technically relevant, financially attractive and secure pipeline of future work across a diverse range of clients, geographies, services and thematics.
    Lead and support company-wide on technical and commercial tenders and contractual negotiations.
    Identify and build relationships with key accounts in East Africa including key government and private sector clients to understand their needs and work to identify solutions.

    B. Project Delivery (40%)

    Lead select contracted programmes in governance and/or management capacities as Programme Director and/or as member of programme governance board.
    Lead on programmatic responses to strategic risks and opportunities.
    In close collaboration with Directorate Services, balance internal and external resource requirements to optimally deliver a portfolio of contracted projects/programmes.
    Be accountable for ensuring programmes are delivered on time, on budget, to high levels of quality and in keeping with Integrity’s ethics and ethos, by effectively managing and/or overseeing programme teams.

    C. Operational and Project Support (10%)

    Ensure the support, facilitation and safety of all Integrity staff and consultants working in East Africa.
    Ensure regional support to the security, logistics and safe delivery of all projects in East Africa, in close consultation with Directorate Corporate and Directorate Operations.
    Understand, analyse and effectively communicate security, reputational, delivery, resource and pipeline risks.

    D. Staff Management (10%)

    Provide senior leadership and line manage select Integrity staff and corporate consultants.

    Experience:

    Minimum ten years’ experience working in the international development and/or consultancy sector.
    Strong project management background, with responsibilities in design and management of work plans, client management and reporting, team management and financial management.
    Track record of developing and winning new business, including pipeline development, proposal development and contract negotiation.
    Working with DFID and/or FCO.

    Desirable:

    Experience in governance, conflict, economic development and health.
    Working in FCAS environments.
    Personnel management.
    Experience of security and risk management.

    Languages:

    Written and oral fluency in English required
    Knowledge of Swahili, Somali or Arabic an advantage.

    Competencies:
    Level 1: Team competencies

    Ethics
    Leadership
    Planning and Organising
    Development and Continual Learning
    Results Focus and Initiative
    Teamwork
    Customer Orientation
    Communication
    Managing Change

    Level 2-4: Management competencies

    Analytical and Flexible Thinking
    Achievement Focus
    Managing Resources
    Teamwork and Team Leadership
    Customer Orientation
    Influencing
    Organisational Knowledge
    Organisational Alignment
    Strategic Thinking
    Accountability
    Developing Talent

  • Church and Community Transformation Learning Coordinator

    Church and Community Transformation Learning Coordinator

    Tearfund’s church and community transformation (CCT) work is substantially changing the lives of people in poverty around the world. Our Church and Development Unit are looking for a Learning Coordinator to join this exciting work.
    The successful candidate will be responsible for helping to build the effectiveness of Tearfund staff, partners, local church/church based organisations and operations around the core competence of CCT. Your role will specifically support and equip colleagues and partners in identifying and implementing good practice, based on substantial evidence and learning.
    You will have proven experience of gathering and disseminating learning, working in community development, developing good practice guidance and working with churches and church focused organisations. You will be a skilled communicator with excellent attention to detail and ability to analyse complex information. A passion for CCT and a commitment to develop local Christian capacity are essential for this role.
    This role will be based in either Teddington or Nairobi.
    All applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK or Kenya and be committed to Tearfund’s Christian beliefs.
    The salary in Teddington is £34,550, the salary in Nairobi is to be confirmed, but will be market matched.

  • Policy and Partnerships Director

    Policy and Partnerships Director

    What You Will Do:

    Report to the Kenyan Country Director to help design policies, build partnerships, and execute strategy to advance Bridge’s goals in Kenya.
    Work closely with the global Policy & Partnerships and Public Relations offices, to ensure continuity and alignment of goals and strategy across Bridge regions;
    Work in partnership with the Government of Kenya to ensure Bridge schools become registered on Alternative Provision of Basic Education and Training (APBET) thus recognizing the safer and more formal platform on Bridge runs its schools in Kenya than other unregistered schools;
    Identify and execute strategies to design, pass, and implement legislation to create Private Public Partnerships (PPP) in education, also known as public charter schools;
    Manage broader strategic stakeholder management with NGO/ donor/ think tank/ academic and other important ‘influencers’ to unlock new funding and advance Bridge’s standing with these important communities;
    Utilize lead management techniques and maintain a detailed and dynamic database of these key influencer communities while tracking progress;
    Network with new and unfamiliar audiences while preparing for and understanding your audience;
    Partner with the in-country team on strategic communications to achieve our goals;
    Work with local, regional and national officials and groups with respect to the Bridge International Academies’ registration, strategic efforts, and related activities;
    Work with key stakeholders on consultative efforts to drive reforms in delivery of education to underserved communities;
    Identify opportunities and work with partners in the private sector to drive efficient service delivery with government schools;
    Identify CSR partners in the private sector to strengthen Bridge International Academies’ market presence and delivery;
    Identify the larger contours of PPP and CSR relationships and be responsible for structuring PPP and CSR contracts;
    Plan, develop, administer and evaluate programs, activities and daily operations related to the governmental affairs support function;
    Coordinate complex interactions with legislators, legislative staff, other local and state officials, federal agency staff and other government officials/staff;
    Establish and implement short- and long-range goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures for the government relations support function; monitor and evaluates program effectiveness; effects changes required for improvement; and
    Lead proactive and reactive media relations, social media, web-based communications, and others as necessary;

    What You Should Have:

    Master’s degree or vast experience in public policy, public relations, communications or a related field;
    Bachelor’s degree in public policy, public relations, communications or a related field;
    Over 10 years’ experience in government, advocacy, or public sector;
    Extensive knowledge of local, state and federal government organization and legislative processes in Kenyan primary education;
    Regular contacts within the ministry of education or equivalent local and state regulatory bodies or easy access to make them;
    Knowledge of local, state and federal government issues related to the provision of primary education in Kenya;
    Demonstrated ability to work with Kenyan media, including local, national and regional media across print, broadcast and online;
    Experience acting as an on-the-record spokesperson;
    Prior experience within a fast-paced, metric driven consulting or educational organization;
    Demonstrated ability to work with Kenyan media, including local, national and regional media across print, broadcast and online;
    Relationships with editors and reporters in Kenyan media;
    Excellent writing skills including the ability to draft press releases, statements, talking-points, and opinion pieces in partnership with Bridge Public Affairs;
    Traditional and social media monitoring and participation skills; and
    Experience working for a political, non-profit, or other social campaigns that concern an idea or a movement rather than a product.

    You Are Also:

    Proactive – You don’t always need supervision and you are a self-starter. Your personal drive to succeed and deliver keeps you working when you may not have a supervisor with you.
    A detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done. You’re organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
    A networking mastermind– You excel at meeting new people and turning them into advocates. You communicate in a clear, conscientious, and effective way in both written and oral speech. You can influence strangers in the course of a single conversation. Allies and colleagues will go to bat for your ideas.
    A creative problem-solver– Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, Bridge works in volatile, low-resource communities and runs on fees averaging around $7 a month per pupil. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
    A customer advocate– Our customers – these families living on less than $2 a day per person – never leave your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like. Every decision you make considers their customer benefit, experience, and value.
    A malleable learner -You believe you can always do better. You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others. You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed today.

  • Regional Director – Sub Saharan Africa

    Regional Director – Sub Saharan Africa

    The role:
     
    The role has three major responsibilities:

    Regional Business Development: The RD will lead the development of new business across the region, with support from country managers and technical practice leads.
    Ensuring Quality of Delivery:The RD will be responsible for overall quality of programme design and implementation to ensure consistent delivery to high standards across the Aktis Africa portfolio.
    Strategic and Operations Management:The RD will oversee management of Aktis’ operations in the region by supervising Country Offices in Sub-Saharan Africa. The RD is responsible for developing and executing a regional strategy that brings the offices together to share resources, lessons learned, programming best practices and region-wide trends.

    Location
    The RD will be based in Nairobi or another key African capital with regular travel to other offices in the region as well as to Head Office in London and other global locations as required.
    Requirements:

    Senior management experience in business development, consulting, project leadership and delivery;
    Strong strategic marketing expertise, with experience developing and communicating value propositions and comparative advantages to expand the business portfolio in an international development context;
    Proven expertise in international development in the areas of security, justice, governance, conflict management and peacebuilding;
    Substantial experience in project management, risk management, project quality assurance or related consulting areas;
    Dynamic and results oriented leadership of dispersed, multidisciplinary teams, with a strong track record of direct personnel management;
    High levels of analytical, written and oral communication skills in English
    Intimate knowledge of the political and social contexts of Aktis’ countries of operation in Africa, and a wide network of regional contacts
    French is advantageous

  • Child Survival and Nutrition Technical Advisor

    Child Survival and Nutrition Technical Advisor

    Job description
     
    Role Purpose:
    The Child Survival and Nutrition Technical Advisor (CS and Nutrition TA) takes overall responsibility of Child Survival (child health, immunization) and nutrition in Afya Halisi project. Afya Halisi is a USAID funded five year project which aims to deliver quality, integrated services in the areas of family planning (FP), reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH), nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in the focus counties of Kitui, Migori, Kakamega and Kisumu.
    The Child Survival and Nutrition Technical Advisor will provide technical oversight in service delivery with emphasis on child health, immunization and nutrition services. He/she should be knowledgeable and skilled in child health, immunization and nutrition programming to allow effective demand creation and quality service delivery at community and facility levels. In collaboration with project team and partners, the position will support the design and implementation of evidence based high impact interventions. He/she will be responsible for preparation of annual work plans, capacity building of project and MoH staff, quality implementation of interventions and effective coordination of the program with collaborating partners. He/she will work with other project staff and field teams to support area level advocacy for child health and nutrition services.
     
    Qualifications

    Medicine/ Clinical Medicine/Nursing with a post graduate degree in public health/global health; community health; health management with training and experience in and project planning and management techniques
    Knowledge of current global and regional public health debates in child survival and nutrition
    Recommended a minimum of five years of relevant technical experience including at senior level. Experience working within the devolved Kenyan health system is a must.
    Proven experience and skills in research and advocacy and influencing institutional, private and/or corporate donors and writing up high quality donor reports
    Experience of working with local/national governments and capacity building of systems, partners and staff
    Ability to extensively travel for project monitoring and provide on-site technical support to field teams
    Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
    Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international and matrix management environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
    Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
    Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
    Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
    Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required
    Commitment to Save the Children values

  • Nutrition Program Managers Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) MANAGER

    Nutrition Program Managers Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) MANAGER

    JOB DESCRIPTION
    Base: WEST POKOT & ISIOLO
    Line Manager: Head of Region Technical Line Manager: Head of Health and Nutrition
    Line management of: Nutrition Program
    Start Date:
    As soon as possible
    Contract Duration: 8 months
    Donors:UNICEF
     
    To achieve this, Action Against Hunger will;

    Intervene on the Health and Nutrition sector: evolving from direct service provision to strengthening the health system- focusing on ‘strengthening’ the system more than.

    ACF-Kenya health and nutrition program has considerably evolved from direct service provision, to scaling up the relationship and partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH) by recognizing them as the primary health and nutrition service providers and working at building their technical capacity to reach a higher level in the quality of services provided. Strengthening the health system will not happen by indiscriminately working on the six (6) HSS pillar alone but through a critical and holistic review of the health system processes. This critical and holistic diagnostic approach requires having developed a trustful relationship to be able to work together with the health departments, at national, County and sub-county levels
    Bringing the Community Health Strategy (CHS) onboard
    Within the HSS approach, Action Against Hunger Kenya will focus on community health strategy (CHS) as CHS has the potential to have a huge impact on addressing under-nutrition and is, unfortunately, under-utilized. Through this system, Action Against Hunger Kenya will work with the MoH to create demand and accountability for services offered. This will be achieved through
    Applying SBCC approach at community level
    Strengthen referral and counter referral system
    Scaling up community/citizen engagement**
    If the system on which Action Against Hunger is supporting is not properly connected to people and there is inadequate engagement with people themselves then results will not be achieved. Deciders
    are still making crucial decisions on behalf of their citizen and on what they think should be the
    strategies and the priorities. The most vulnerable groups lack strong voice to advocate for their priorities thus the requirement for an engagement platform.
    Sustainability of WASH services to strengthen nutrition sensitive programming** Nutrition sensitive programming remains key to achieving better nutrition impact and reaching targets. WASH is a vital element but the main problem in Kenya is about sustainable access to safe water and sanitation services to withstand the recurrent shocks in ASAL regions. Findings clearly demonstrate critical role of WASH in good nutrition require long-term sustainable solutions for the vulnerable communities embedded in the existing systems and communities
    Partnerships
    The position holder Will aim to work closely with the Ministry of Health both at National and County levels to support in the implementation of the National and County level strategies related to improving maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) and building relationships with key stakeholders including within government institutions, the donor community, NGOs and the private sector.
    Research
    Research will be aimed at informing program action by building rigorous high quality evidence. Thus, Action Against Hunger will seek to contextualize research findings within the larger health and
    Nutrition strategy. Research will always be of high quality in order to produce knowledge that is applicable outside of the research setting. Results of the research will also be used to improve programming and inform policy and strategies at the National and County level.

    Roles and Responsibilities

    Program implementation and oversight

    Ensure adherence of all Action Against Hunger activities to County, National and international guidelines
    Ensure and supervise directly the technical work of the ACF nutrition team in the County
    Supervise and manage the implementation of capacity building activities through OJT in HINI and trainings in close liaison with the County health management teams.
    Ensure integration of MIYCN activities to the component of the nutrition program in the camps.
    Ensure monthly meetings with the staff based in the field to review implementation progress.
    Participate and ensure the implementation of sporadic assessments, and actively participate to nutritional surveys and program coverage surveys, according to the needs.
    Ensure frequent visits to the field to monitor activities, supplies, and general running of the programs
    In collaboration with the Nutrition Head of Department; Propose and initiate improvements according the analysis and findings of sporadic assessment that will contribute Action Against
    Hunger strategy reviews and advocacy.
    In collaboration with Nutrition Head of Department adjust the program to any change in the context (location of the centres, number of staffs, and communication with the field…)
    Identify and participate in the nutrition and other related meetings with key stakeholders in the County

    Overall review of program performance as per stipulated standards and development of feasible action points thereafter
    To coordinate activities within ACF and between partners/stakeholders

    Oversee the coordination of all the components of the nutrition program in collaboration with the Action Against Hunger team
    Coordinate nutrition activities, with other nutrition sensitive stakeholders in the County
    Plan field movement on a weekly basis and coordinate with logistics and finance department on purchase orders, cash forecast and BFU/PFU on a monthly basis.
    Works closely with logistics and administration to ensure timely delivery of supplies.
    Coordinate the orders and supply of food and non-food items with the organizations in charge of the supplies in collaboration partners if need be.
    Work closely with the Advocacy PM in follow up of relevant advocacy issues in the County

    Reporting and documentation of all related project activities

    Work with HoD and M&E manager to develop monitoring and evaluation plan as per Action
    Against Hunger guidelines and follow up implementation of the same
    Develop and follow up on activity progress reports, evolution and monthly narrative report.
    This will entail monthly review of statistics and changing dynamics at the County level and advise coordination on any specific issues for consideration in West Pokot County
    Write the first draft of the proposals, project procurement plans and donor reports based on donor guidelines and timeframes. This will be shared by line manager for further review and
    follow up till the final version is developed
    Review activity reports of staff and provide necessary feedback to the staff in West Pokot
    County.
    Actively contribute to surveys and assessments process and report writing
    Participate in the analysis and drafting of activity reports and evaluation of the project.
    Contribute in designing technical strategy and country strategy when required.
    Work closely with Action Against Hunger field team and Nairobi to include advocacy in documentation of key activities, development of lesson learnt documents and other related advocacy issues

    Budget management

    Directly responsible for monitoring of project activities in the area and will be responsible for the following specific issues with close liaison and authorization where necessary from the Nutrition Head of Department.
    Preparation of budget and budget narrative and project inception phase
    Development of spending plans based on activity plan
    Closely monitor project expenditure against stipulated deliverables and budget agreements/donor guidelines
    Have monthly review meetings based on budget follow up from finance departments and advise where necessary
    Closely liaise with the finance and logistics department to follow up expenses
    Prepare cash forecasts on monthly basis

    Staff management

    This will be in line with Action Against Hunger HR manual to include:
    Staff management of all line staff in the area of operation to include identification of staff training needs, staff supervision, capacity building and follow up
    Undertaking of staff evaluations
    Launch of staff requests, call for applications and recruitments of nutrition officers
    Staff motivation in close liaison with HR

    Relations and others

    Representation of Action Against Hunger in various meetings as stipulated to include creation of awareness of what Action Against Hunger is doing in the region.
    Problem solving of any matters arising in the area related to the project in close liaison with the head of base and national team
    Adherence to Action Against Hunger security guidelines and sensitization of staff on the same as per Action Against Hunger SOP in close liaison with HOR

    Any other duties

    Additional duties may be assigned by the supervisors as per project needs

    QUALIFICATIONS
    Education
    Master of Science or Bachelor of Science (Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics) or a health related field
    Skills and Experience

    Fluency in English with good verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate and negotiate effectively. Communication skills (written, oral and cross cultural)
    Excellent written and public communication and negotiation skills
    2 years’ experience in HINI related nutrition programs
    Skills on reporting and data interpretation
    Knowledge on basic computer applications such; excel, word, power point presentation.
    Knowledge on Maternal Infant Young Child Feeding
    Knowledge on surveys and assessments
    Experience working with national, County and local authorities in Kenya
    Previous experience with Action Against Hunger preferred though if not available strong experience with an international humanitarian agency would be acceptable.

     

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  • Program Officer, Voice Design, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer Consultant: Impact Harvesting and Documentation

    Program Officer, Voice Design, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer Consultant: Impact Harvesting and Documentation

    Job Responsibilities

    Communication and Representation:
    Coordinate the implementation of the Voice programme in the country in liaison with the Programme Manager, Hivos based in Nairobi. In close coordination with Regional  Director and Country Management Team represent the Voice programme in the country vis à vis country stakeholders
    Coordinate the communities of stakeholders in the country and also create synergy with the  the linking and learning focal point person in the country / regional teams
    Coordinate and lead on pro-active and innovative outreach to the target groups for the Voice programme and coordinate the dissemination of information about the calls for proposals to them
    Launch and assess open country proposal calls and assess proposals with support from Voice global coordination team and others, guaranteeing application of Voice grant making criteria, principles and processes
    Regular communication with the Voice Coordination Team in particular the Programme Manager and the Global Voice Grants Coordinator
    Grant Management and Partner Support
    Support organisation of Voice programme events and activities
    Provide technical support as needed to potential grantees in the formulation of grant applications
    Mentor and provide technical assistance to grantees in the implementation of projects on and as needed
    Support capacity development and empowerment approaches
    Coordinate and support in-country grants team in carrying out programme and accountability assessments
    Ensure effective post contract grant management including collection and assessment of reports, follow up,  communication with and monitoring grantees on the ground; ensure scheduled payments to grantees, and liaise with finance officer to ensure seamless grantee management and communication
    Manage, review and make recommendations to change as needed to ensure that grant processes are in line with Voice needs and promote effective grant making

    Compliance and Reporting

    Process and monitor information on grant allocation in the administrative system
    Responsible for country level reporting on the Voice programme (grant portfolio reporting, data collection and learning, time writing)
    Develop and prepare operational reports for grant management at national and global level
    Administer Voice policies and procedures in accordance with country and organisational guidelines
    Track Voice grant compliance and bring instances of non-compliance to the attention of the Country Director and Voice Coordination Team
    Support grants and financial data reconciliation and preparation for reports, audits and other Voice reporting as needed
    Monitor regulations and their effect on grant making.

    Qualifications

    5 years experience with large scale grant management
    Excellent knowledge of LGBT and feminist/ women’s empowerment actors and issues in Kenya
    Knowledge of and affinity with social inclusion,  marginalisation, lobby & advocacy
    Knowledge of applicable country/ national regulations
    Relevant Academic background (MA level) or similar
    Excellent written and verbal English
    Administrative project management skills
    Excellent ICT skills ( Microsoft Office and database)
    Excellent organisational and coordination skills;
    Ability to perform complex tasks and to prioritise multiple projects
    Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a multicultural environment
    Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
    Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments
    Ability to analyse budgetary line items for compliance with budget guidelines

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