The International
Rescue Committee (IRC) in Kenya serves vulnerable populations in the Turkana
and Garissa regions as well as in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
The IRC implements programs in the areas of comprehensive primary health care, nutrition, protection, peace building, water and sanitation and hygiene (WASH), HIV/AIDS prevention, response to gender based violence, disaster risk reduction (DRR), livelihoods and governance.
The IRC launched women’s protection and empowerment programs in Kenya in the
immediate aftermath of the post-election crisis, and has initiated activities
that support women and girls in Nairobi, Turkana County and the Dadaab refugee
camps through a variety of activities including health and GBV prevention and
response programming.The IRC implements programs in the areas of comprehensive primary health care, nutrition, protection, peace building, water and sanitation and hygiene (WASH), HIV/AIDS prevention, response to gender based violence, disaster risk reduction (DRR), livelihoods and governance.
IRC is currently preparing to support the development of peace networks and platforms for women to be effectively involved in decision making and leadership. Applications are invited for the following positions:
1. Project Director, Nairobi
Reporting to the Country Director, the Project Director will be responsible for overall project management, supervision, administration, and implementation of project objectives including granting and procurement activities.
Additionally, the Project Director will be the overall lead for the project, ensuring programmatic quality and adherence to best practice throughout project implementation.
Minimum Requirements
- Master’s
Degree or higher in social work (MSW), public health (MPH), humanities,
international affairs, other related field
- Minimum
of five-seven years of professional experience in a leadership role
implementing and overseeing complex programs in a humanitarian or
development context
- Experience
in conflict, leadership, and peace programming at the local and national
level
- Exceptional
gender gender, GBV, leadership, and other sector-specific technical skills
and knowledge
- Experience
working and coordinating with government bodies and local actors in a
complex and changing environment
- Experience
managing US Government-funded projects is highly desired
- Demonstrated
skills and experience in complex program design and monitoring
- Strong
analytical and strategic planning and implementation skills
- Ability
and interest to work with a diverse and multicultural team in a respectful
and culturally appropriate manner
- Fluency
in spoken and written English, Swahili preferred.
Please apply on or before10th March 2012
2. Capacity Building / Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Nairobi
Reporting to the Program Director, the Capacity Building/Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will be responsible for working with Kenya NGOs and CBOs on GBV and gender issues, providing on-site capacity building, mentoring, and training as needed and requested by partners
Minimum Requirements
2. Capacity Building / Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Nairobi
Reporting to the Program Director, the Capacity Building/Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will be responsible for working with Kenya NGOs and CBOs on GBV and gender issues, providing on-site capacity building, mentoring, and training as needed and requested by partners
Minimum Requirements
- Master’s
Degree or higher in social work (MSW), public health (MPH), humanities,
international affairs, other related field preferred.
- Minimum
of two-three years of professional experience in implementing and
overseeing complex programs in a humanitarian or development context,
specifically GBV programming or direct service provision to survivors of
violence.
- Experience
in conflict, leadership, and peace programming at the local and national
level in Kenya
- Exceptional
gender, GBV, leadership, and other sector-specific technical skills and
knowledge from a Kenya perspective
- Experience
working, coordinating, and networking with a variety of actors at
different levels in Kenya particularly implementing related project
monitoring & evaluation plans
- Knowledge,
skills and experience in participatory methods of community development
and mobilization with local actors
- Strong
background in monitoring and evaluation of project activities
- Experience
working with or in US Government-funded projects is strongly recommended
- Demonstrated
skills and experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring
activities for national staff and local NGO or CBOs
- Ability
to travel upon request
- Fluency
in spoken and written English, Swahili preferred.
Please apply on or before10th March 2012
3. Program Coordinator, Nairobi
Reporting to the Project Director, Program Coordinator will provide regular on-site monitoring visits, and continuous remote support to the teams working throughout the country to ensure that all interventions are technically sound, take into account international best practices, and appropriate in meeting the needs of GBV survivors in relevant communities.
Minimum Requirements
3. Program Coordinator, Nairobi
Reporting to the Project Director, Program Coordinator will provide regular on-site monitoring visits, and continuous remote support to the teams working throughout the country to ensure that all interventions are technically sound, take into account international best practices, and appropriate in meeting the needs of GBV survivors in relevant communities.
Minimum Requirements
- Master’s
Degree or higher in social work (MSW), public health (MPH), humanities,
international affairs, other related field preferred.
- Minimum
of three-five years of professional experience in a management or
coordination role implementing and overseeing complex programs in a
humanitarian or development context, specifically GBV programming or
direct service provision to survivors of violence.
- Experience
in conflict, leadership, and peace programming at the local and national
level.
- Exceptional
gender, GBV, leadership, and other sector-specific technical skills and
knowledge from a Kenya perspective.
- Experience
working, coordinating, and networking with a variety of actors at
different levels in Kenya.
- Experience
working with or in US Government-funded projects is strongly desired.
- Demonstrated
skills and experience in program design, monitoring, and implementation.
- Ability
and interest to work with a multicultural team in a respectful and
culturally appropriate manner.
- Ability
to travel upon request.
- Fluency
in spoken and written English, Swahili preferred.
Please apply on or before10th March 2012
4. Gender and Conflict Specialist, Nairobi
Reporting to the Program Director, the Gender and Conflict Specialist will advise Project and project related staff, including IRC country management, on issues related to gender and conflict ensuring that prevention and mitigation strategies are put in place at all levels of program implementation.
Minimum Requirements
4. Gender and Conflict Specialist, Nairobi
Reporting to the Program Director, the Gender and Conflict Specialist will advise Project and project related staff, including IRC country management, on issues related to gender and conflict ensuring that prevention and mitigation strategies are put in place at all levels of program implementation.
Minimum Requirements
- Master’s
Degree or higher in social work (MSW), public health (MPH), humanities,
international affairs, other related field preferred.
- Minimum
of two-three years of professional experience in a humanitarian or
development context, specifically GBV programming or direct service
provision to survivors of violence.
- Experience
in emergency conflict, leadership, and peace programming in Kenya.
- Strong
background in local GBV, leadership, and in other sector-specific
technical skills and issues.
- Experience
working with or in US Government-funded projects is recommended.
- Ability
to multi-task and manage a number of different initiatives at one time,
with flexibility and creativity.
- Ability
and interest to work with a diverse and multicultural team in a
collaborative, respectful and culturally appropriate manner.
- Demonstrated
skills and experience in working with international or local non-profit
organizations.
- Kenya
experience, especially related to the post-election crisis.
- Fluency
in spoken and written English, Swahili preferred.
Please apply on or before10th March 2012
5. Gender Based Violence Partnership Officer, Hagadera
The IRC Gender Based Violence program implements a holistic set of services to respond to the needs of women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence and works with all actors to minimize their vulnerability to ongoing violence.
To meet the needs of the incoming refugee population, the IRC GBV program is implementing an emergency GBV response program in Kambioos Camp.
The emergency program will reflect the overall program strategy of the IRC’s GBV emergency program model, the two key elements of which are advocacy and provision of, and access to, comprehensive GBV response services.
In the longer term, GBV programming will be devolved to a local partner. Initial support will be provided by a Partnership Officer to strengthen their organizational and programmatic capacity on GBV to support the transition of GBV programming in Kambioos over a 18-24 month period.
Reporting to the GBV Program Manager the Partnership Officer will be 100% dedicated to the GBV program to initiate and oversee all interactions and support to the local partner identified to work with in Kambioos.
He/ She will be responsible for the documentation and monitoring all aspects of the partnership as IRC transition services under the GBV program to the local partner.
Duties and Responsibilities
Partnership Process Management
5. Gender Based Violence Partnership Officer, Hagadera
The IRC Gender Based Violence program implements a holistic set of services to respond to the needs of women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence and works with all actors to minimize their vulnerability to ongoing violence.
To meet the needs of the incoming refugee population, the IRC GBV program is implementing an emergency GBV response program in Kambioos Camp.
The emergency program will reflect the overall program strategy of the IRC’s GBV emergency program model, the two key elements of which are advocacy and provision of, and access to, comprehensive GBV response services.
In the longer term, GBV programming will be devolved to a local partner. Initial support will be provided by a Partnership Officer to strengthen their organizational and programmatic capacity on GBV to support the transition of GBV programming in Kambioos over a 18-24 month period.
Reporting to the GBV Program Manager the Partnership Officer will be 100% dedicated to the GBV program to initiate and oversee all interactions and support to the local partner identified to work with in Kambioos.
He/ She will be responsible for the documentation and monitoring all aspects of the partnership as IRC transition services under the GBV program to the local partner.
Duties and Responsibilities
Partnership Process Management
- Provide
management oversight to all capacity assessment processes for the local
partner identified, ensuring that a strong baseline for improvement is
established.
- Working
in collaboration with GBV Manager to establish detailed capacity building
plans for partner to strengthen organizational and technical capacity on
GBV.
- Monitor
partners’ progress adapting the plans against targets and indicators that
have been decided upon by the IRC and partner organization.
Partner Performance and Accountability Management
- Work in
collaboration with IRC Finance to verify, streamline, deploy and manage
appropriate sub-grant agreements and Memorandum of Understanding with GBV
program partner.
- Provide
structured corrective support to the partner while evolving capacity building
plans to reflect where additional focus is required.
Coordination
- Drafting
of all appropriate partnership forms and contracts in conjunction with the
Kenyan country program and input from the GBV Manager
- Management
of all the partnership plans including setting realistic partnership
expectations with targets and indicators.
- Creation
of a master partnership plan to guide the transition of GBV programming in
Kambioos with detailed timelines.
- Coordination
of all partnership activities and partnership development in line with the
approved plan
- Work
closely with IRC GBV staff in Kambioos to ensure activities are
complimentary and coordinated
- Develop
and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders
including IRC health and GBV, community leaders and other implementing
partners, represent the program in all stakeholders meetings and
communicate outcomes with the rest of the program staffs and partner
staff.
Training and capacity building
- Provide
ongoing supervision, leadership, training and technical support and
guidance on GBV programming to partner ensuring engagement with clients
adheres to best-practice principles when working with survivors.
- Support
trainings and mentoring for partner staff and
- Hold
regular meetings with partner and IRC GBV staff to discuss issues,
problems, accomplishments, and assist in finding solutions to problems
identified.
Monitoring and support
- Ensure
continuous monitoring and evaluation so that activities are appropriate
and based on a clear understanding of the problems, causes, contributing
factors, and issues in individual settings.
- Monitor
the timely submission of accurate financial and activity reporting where
appropriate within sub-grantee agreements with IRC.
Reporting and payments
- Conduct
and oversee regular partner monitoring visits to ensure that partners
operate in compliance with IRC and donor sub-grantee regulations.
- Ensure
partners provide timely reports
- Prepare
reports, and document lessons learned.
Requirements
- BA/BSc
in Social Work, Psychology, Development, or a related field preferred.
- At
least 3 years experience in direct service provision for survivors of
gender-based violence.
- Previous
experience in project management in emergency setting.
- Thorough
understanding of gender-based violence response protocols and service
provision.
- Proven
experience supervising GBV social work/case management and outreach staff.
- Demonstrated
leadership, communication, training and facilitation skills.
- Experience
in training, participatory techniques and community mobilization
- Able to
coordinate multiple tasks while maintaining attention to quality and
detail.
- Strong
knowledge of computer applications, including MS Word and Excel, GBV IMS
Good coordination and networking skills.
- Excellent
interpersonal and problem-solving skills and flexibility
- Ability
to live in a high security environment
- Fluency
in English, including writing clear and concise reports. Knowledge of and
fluency in Somali is a requirement
- Excellent
organizational skills, independence, maturity, respect for others, and
flexibility
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience
working in a refugee setting.
- Experience
working with a local partner on GBV programming
Please apply on or before10th March 2012
4. Human Resources Intern - Nairobi
Job Purpose / Objective
IRC Kenya is working to achieve optimal performance in terms of program quality strengthening human resources department by emerging tools, systems and retain, develop high quality staff to adhere IRC policies and procedures and donor compliance.
The Human Resource intern is responsible for the overall delivery of quality services to IRC staff members as regards personnel administration, recruitment and employee relations in the IRC Nairobi Program
Key Responsibilities
4. Human Resources Intern - Nairobi
Job Purpose / Objective
IRC Kenya is working to achieve optimal performance in terms of program quality strengthening human resources department by emerging tools, systems and retain, develop high quality staff to adhere IRC policies and procedures and donor compliance.
The Human Resource intern is responsible for the overall delivery of quality services to IRC staff members as regards personnel administration, recruitment and employee relations in the IRC Nairobi Program
Key Responsibilities
- Assist
in tracking vaccinations for staff and ensuring payment is made
- Assist
in the recruitment i.e. contacting of candidates, preparation of
recruitment files and filing of the recruitment documents
- Arrange
for orientation of new staff including scheduling appointments with heads
of departments
- Make
follow ups with successful candidates on reference checks
- Update
the timesheet tracking tool and ensure timely submission of monthly
timesheets
- Assist
in timely processing of payments from the HR Office.
- Assist
HR Assistant (Record keeping & arching) maintain an updated filing system
in accordance with our HR policies (creating of new files, updating and
archiving)
- Track
contract and probation expiry dates and inform the HR Officer
- Any
other duties that may be assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- At
least a Diploma in Human Resource Management
- Excellent
computer skills
- Good
command of English
- Good
organizational skills, flexible and able to prioritize tasks
- Able to
work in a team
Please apply on or before 9th March 2012
5. Logistics Intern - Nairobi
Job Purpose / Objective
Reporting to Logistics Manager the key objective of the Logistics Manager is to record and maintain proper records of all IRC assets, to monitor their movement and issuing and assessing their status.
He will also be involved in preparation of shipments to Nairobi and photocopying all logistic/finance documents.
Key Responsibilities
Receive in coming goods/items against:
Assets:
5. Logistics Intern - Nairobi
Job Purpose / Objective
Reporting to Logistics Manager the key objective of the Logistics Manager is to record and maintain proper records of all IRC assets, to monitor their movement and issuing and assessing their status.
He will also be involved in preparation of shipments to Nairobi and photocopying all logistic/finance documents.
Key Responsibilities
Receive in coming goods/items against:
Assets:
- To
maintain and record all IRC Assets
- Monitoring
the movement of assets in Logistics (Assets returned to IRC)
- Updating
the assets records according to their movements (Issuing, returning or
temporal use)
- Assessing
assets status and report accordingly ( Serviceable, damaged or
unserviceable)
- Periodical
inventory of the assets
- To be
involved in preparation of shipments to field
- To
photocopy logistics/finance documents
- Monthly
report on the assets
- Assisting
in receiving items in Nairobi
- To
maintain and update assets register
- To
assist in preparation of all logistics reports
Procurement
- Ensuring
that procurement is carried out in accordance to IRC and donor-specific
polices.
- Coordination
with Finance, Amin and Programs to ensure integrated internal controls,
timely payment of vendors for urban program supplies.
- Make
sure all procured goods and services are delivered in time.
- Ensuring
that a transparent and responsive procurement process is implemented and
maintained.
- Routine
communication, coordination and planning with the relevant requesting
staff / programs regarding the order and delivery of supplies.
- Provide
on-time, standard monthly reports to direct supervisor and the Logistics
Coordinator on Procurement
- Provide
a weekly plan and report to direct supervisor and logistics coordinator
- Generate
and / or maintain comprehensive price list for all different supplies and
services used by IRC Programs
- Circulate
the comprehensive updated price list to all Heads of departments every
month
- Produce
routine cash / payment projections and commitment details for Finance and
Logistics Coordinator.
- Produce
routine purchase status reports and share with all heads of departments
- Prepare
quotations, bid analysis and POs
- Prepare
bid analysis
- Prepare
POs and contracts
- File
procurement documents from PRs until point of close per grant
- Prepare
payment requests to Finance.
- Update
the ProLog procurement model
Key Result Areas
- Assets
properly recorded and monitored
- Proper
inventory and correct number of assets which are serviceable, damaged or
unserviceable)
- Correct
and Timely reporting.
Required Qualifications:
- Degree
& or diploma in Purchasing and Supplies from a recognized institution
- Experience
in management, supplies or related field
- Basic
computer skills
- Good
communication in English
Required Competencies:
- Excellent
oral and written communication in English and Kiswahili
- Team
player and Flexible
- Honest
and strong professional conduct
- Well
organized and able to multi-task
- To be a
self starter with minimum supervision
How to apply
To apply please go to http://www.rescue.org/careers and search for NAME OF THE POSITION.
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