The Center for Research in
Environment Kenya (CREEK) is a social and environmental enterprise and
specializes in research, training and capacity building for equitable management
of natural resources and improved livelihoods.
CREEK has recently received a funding
from Act under the Changieni Rasilimali Facility to implement its activities in
Tharaka Nithii County.
To support the implementation of this
programme and to achieve its objectives, CREEK Kenya seeks to recruit a
motivated, hardworking and experienced individual to fill the following
position on a short term engagement;
Job Title: Advocacy Officer
1 Position
Reports To: Project Manager
Location: Chuka, with regular field travel
Duration: Five (5) Months with a possibility of
extension
Purpose of the Role: The main role will be to develop advocacy plan and
ensure implementation of the capacity building activities, design and produce
advocacy tools for adequate communication information learning and actions in
the lifetime of the project.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversee the advocacy work in the
implementation of various activities in-line with the proposed activities.
- Conduct community trainings on Natural
resource governance, Climate Change and advocacy issues in the County.
- Conduct workshops and campaigns to raise
awareness of local community members and other Non-State Actors on matters
of Climate Change and Natural Resource Management.
- To conduct trainings and build capacity of
community members and local leaders to proactively engage in decision
making on matters of natural resource management and poverty.
- To empower women through trainings on ways to
reduce climate change induced poverty through Climate Resilient
Entrepreneurship to reduce vulnerability.
- Development of appropriate advocacy messages
suitable to the different categories of stakeholders.
- Support community mobilization and periodic
reporting on the ongoing advocacy activities.
- Incorporate gender perspectives and enhance
gender participation in the capacity building and awareness campaigns and
trainings.
- Work in close Collaboration with other staff
to ensure integration of advocacy support as an integral part of the
overall project.
- Linking with the County Government of Tharaka
Nithii, NGOs and CBOs and other groups and communities in the process of
capacity building.
- Assisting monitoring through liaison with
other field teams to assess the progress against the set targets and
advise, give recommendation on progress as per proposed project timelines
- Assist with other project activities as
assigned by the Project Manager.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social sciences with
strong background in advocacy
- At least 1 year practical working experience
in policy and advocacy, together with relevant professional experience in
the rural communities.
- Ability to work sensitively with a population
and stakeholders of different interests without arising conflicts.
- Excellent communication skills in English and
Swahili (written and oral) and Good knowledge of MS word/ Office.
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
flexible and resilient to stress and ability to adapt to changing working
environments
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking and
planning skills and monitoring and evaluation skills/experience.
- A good background understanding of Climate
Change and Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation is desired.
- A good understanding of the National Policies
and Frameworks regarding Climate Change Mitigation and Natural Resource
Management is an added advantage.
- Innovative, hardworking, team player and MUST
be able to work independently.
Job Title: M and E Officer
1 Position
Reports To: Project Manager
Location: Chuka, with regular field travel
Duration: Five (5) Months with a possibility of
extension
Purpose of the Role: Responsible for monitoring and ensuring high
quality and timely inputs, and for ensuring that the project maintains its
strategic vision and that its activities result in the achievement of its
intended outputs in a cost effective and timely manner.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Will be in charge of the overall
implementation of the M&E framework as designed for the project
activities under the guidance of the PM.
- Will support the designing of program M&E tools
for data collection, verification, and management and reporting as well as
data audits in the lifetime of the project.
- With support of the PM, develop and implement
a monitoring and evaluation strategy for the CREEK project activities.
- Assist Project Manager to develop systematic
and realistic monitoring plans that capture quantitative and qualitative
data to report on project performance indicators.
- Coordinate the designing and implementation of
baseline survey, follow‐up
on monitoring and evaluation exercises for various activities.
- Monitor all project activities and document
progress towards achieving project outputs and results.
- Conduct quality checks on produced cook stoves
and solar lanterns and ensure all relevant data are captured as
predetermined.
- Monitor adoption of project technologies like
improved cook stoves and solar PVs and report the same.
- Adhere to the monitoring and evaluation
methods and principles and report writing techniques and requirements as
determined by the board of directors.
- Develop program and operational reporting
templates that facilitate data capture and understanding
- Monitor and evaluate overall progress on
achievement of results as well as the sustainability of the project
results;
- Will also be providing suggestions and
strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and
effectiveness of projects by identifying bottlenecks in completing project
activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate them;
Minimum Qualifications &
Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field, with a
demonstrated experience in Participatory Learning and Evaluation.
- At least 1 year relevant experience in
community based project monitoring and evaluation.
- Prior experience in mobile data collection and
monitoring of cook stove projects will be preferred.
- MUST have a high proficiency in the use of
computer
- Strong training & facilitation and
mobilization skills.
- Ability to initiate and manage change and to
recognize and adjust to rapidly changing conditions ;
- Strong communication and presentation skills
including ability to write reports;
- High level interpersonal and cross-cultural
skills including ability to build alliances and collaborative
relationships with sensitivity to diversity.
- Ability to maintain high standards of
integrity; establish straightforward, productive relationships;
- Must have strong quantitative and analytical
skills, verbal skills and ability to communicate technical information
clearly and effectively to both technical and non‐technical colleagues.
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of
monitoring in community natural resource base and cross cutting policies.
- Assist with other project duties as assigned
by the Project Manager.
Job Title: Project Manager
1 Position
Reports To: Technical Director
Location: Chuka, with regular field travel
Duration: Five (5) Months with a possibility of extension
Purpose of the Role: To manage the implementation, monitoring and
reporting of the activities implemented by CREEK Kenya under the Changieni
Rasilimali Facility.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- To provide overall technical and operations
leadership in implementation of the project activities.
- To manage the project in accordance with
project documents, work plans and budgets and ensure that work is
consistent with CREEK’s proposed activities and that the
pre-award conditions stipulated are adhered to.
- To supervise other line project staff and
provide technical and operational support with direct engagement in the
project implementation on a daily basis.
- To ensure adequate and responsive engagement
with other stakeholders, including NGOs, County government, CBOs and
communities to support project activities.
- To keep abreast of relevant changes in
government policy that could affect the project and advise senior
management accordingly
- To support the ongoing budgeting and
implementing the work plan and ensure all the schedules are delivered in a
timely manner.
- To prepare and submit periodic project update
reports in the standard format to the technical director.
- In collaboration with the M&E Officer, to
develop and implement a project monitoring and evaluation process, clearly
documenting project outcomes/impact and lessons learned.
- To provide leadership to all project staff and
develop effective team work and individual staff skills relevant to the
project.
- To participate in regional programme meetings
with other project officers, as requested by senior management
- To undertake any other duty as may be directed
by the line manager from time to time
Minimum Qualifications &
Experience
- Higher education in Environmental
Science/natural resource Management is preferred.
- Knowledge of the development and policy
environment in Kenya
- Good understanding on concepts of resource
management and resource conflicts and impacts of climate change on natural
resources.
- MUST have Knowledge & practical experience
implementing natural resource management projects at the community level
- Good understanding of the role of improved
cook stoves and Solar PV technologies in resources management and
sustainability.
- Should have at least 2 years field based
experience implementing similar projects at the community level
- Demonstrated skills in community mobilization
Skills & Abilities
- Team building
- Project management
- Financial management
- Climate change advocacy
- Participatory planning, Monitoring &
Evaluation
- Excellent communication (both verbal &
written) and good coordination
- Good technical report writing
Job Title: Project Assistant
2 Positions
Reports to: Project Manager
Location: Chuka, with regular field travel.
Duration: Five (5) Months with a possibility of
extension
Purpose of the Role: The purpose of the role is to support the implementation of the project activities under the CRM Facility, the PAs will be in charge of supporting the activities of the project together with the M & E and Advocacy Officer.
Duties and Responsibilities
Purpose of the Role: The purpose of the role is to support the implementation of the project activities under the CRM Facility, the PAs will be in charge of supporting the activities of the project together with the M & E and Advocacy Officer.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure adequate and timely support is provided
for programme implementation, preparation of progress reports, annual work
plans and activities
- Compiles data from various sources for the
purpose of complying with financial, legal and administrative
requirements.
- Responsible for document management, project
monitoring, evaluation and reporting in support with the M & E Officer.
- Conduct community and stakeholders
mobilization during awareness campaigns and capacity building.
- Supervise the undertakings of project
activities; stove assembly distribution, and data collection.
- Collection of field data as required to
facilitate the process of monitoring
- Liaison with local leaders and community
organizations to lobby for project support and adoption of project
activities.
- Strengthen the organizations experience of
working with target communities through grassroots community engagements.
- Where necessary will support by undertaking
the designated administrative duties.
- Assist with the project activities as assigned
by the Project Manager
Minimum Requirements
- Diploma in Project Management/ Community
Development
- Two (2) years experience in community project
management
- Good computer and Report writing skills
- Good communication and mobilization skills
- Ability to learn new skills and flexibility
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
How to Apply
All applicants are thereby requested
to submit their cover letters and CV in MS Word (compatibility mode) or PDF
formats.
Any certificate should NOT be
attached at this stage rather will be required at the interview stage.
The cover letter should state your
current salary or expected salary and clearly stating the position you are
applying for.
All application to be addressed to Technical Director, CREEK Kenya through the email address; creek.kenya@yahoo.com by 16th September, 2014.
Only shortlisted applicants will be
contacted and any applications that do not follow instructions will not be
considered.
CREEK Kenya is an equal opportunity employer