Position: Team
Assessment Leader
Time Base: Full-time
Duration: One Month
Location: Tana River District – Kenya
Salary: Negotiable
Are you interested to manage a humanitarian needs assessment that will help influence the lives of thousands of Kenyan in need? Help shape a better future to vulnerable persons and apply to join our team as Team Assessment Leader.
The Team Assessment Leader, with the support of Premiere Urgence Head of
Mission (Nairobi) and Head of Base (Garissa), directly oversees an entire
humanitarian needs assessment in the Tana River District. He/She manages a team
of 2 assessors he/she will have to recruit on the field.Time Base: Full-time
Duration: One Month
Location: Tana River District – Kenya
Salary: Negotiable
Are you interested to manage a humanitarian needs assessment that will help influence the lives of thousands of Kenyan in need? Help shape a better future to vulnerable persons and apply to join our team as Team Assessment Leader.
Premiere Urgence (PU) mandate is to answer the fundamental needs of the population affected by conflicts, natural disasters or economic crisis: food, water, health, home and livelihood. PU’s strategy is to develop an integrated approach of crisis management based on our technical, medical and non medical expertise.
PU’s activities span from emergency to post-crisis / development support and our programs are designed and developed in strong partnership with national / regional authorities, communities and the civil society.
Premiere Urgence (first emergency) Kenya is working since 2008 in both the districts of Tana River and Garissa providing humanitarian assistance to drought affected population. The main activities implemented are rehabilitation of water pans, construction of water wells, livelihoods activities and food security.
Duties:
- Supervises,
assists and supports an Assessment Team. Provides overall direction and
leadership to the team composed of two assessors to be recruited on the
field
- Directs
the preparation, the development and the implementation of a humanitarian
needs assessment.
- Meet
all stakeholders on the field with the objective to identify the
communities to target and locations to assess
- Participates
in modifying the existing questionnaires and documentations, creates new
ones if needed
- Provides
the PU Head of Mission and Head of Base with regular feed-backs and
reports
- Leads
and controls the Assessment Team providing directions and support
- Collects
all information and data, records them and provides statistics
- Writes
a full assessment report including analysis and recommendations
Required Qualifications and Capabilities:
- Experience
of at least 05 years in developing and/or implementing humanitarian
programs
- Good
experience in developing and monitoring humanitarian needs assessment
tools and diagnostic evaluations
- Excellent
writing capacities
- Good
analysis capacities
- Good
knowledge of the targeted districts and of the main stakeholders present
there
Persons with required qualifications and capabilities
Applications will be screened and only the most qualified will be interviewed
Position opens for Kenyan nationals only
How to Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume with references to: ken.hr.pu@gmail.com
Include a Statement of Qualifications that describes your experience, knowledge and abilities as they relate to each “Required Qualifications and Capabilities” factor listed under the “Desirable
Qualifications” section of this bulletin.
You must provide specific examples for each Desirable Qualification factor.
The Desirable Qualification factors must be addressed and numbered in the same order as listed.
The Statement of Qualifications should not exceed three pages in length with a minimum font size of 10 pitch.
Applications and statement of qualifications must be received by: November 15, 2011
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