NGO Jobs in Nairobi Kenya - Adeso

Vacancy Announcement:Chief of Party – REGAL-IR
 
Organization: Adeso - African Development Solutions

Reporting to:
 Chief Operations Officer
 
Working with: 100% program team
 

Program / Duty Station: Nairobi with frequent travel to project sites
 
Duration: 2 years (Renewable)
 
Starting Salary Range: $ 99,720 - $ 109,944 Annually plus other Competitive Allowances and Benefits
 
Organizational Context: Adeso is an expanding and vibrant African based international development and humanitarian organization. 

At Adeso, we work with African communities who are yet to realize their full potential; working inside these communities to create environments in which Africans can thrive. 

Our belief that economic, social and environmental security is the bedrock of a healthy community drives the nature and intent of our programming. 

We work to prevent and overcome situations that adversely affect community well-being by: reinvigorating the economy, developing skills for life and work, providing humanitarian aid, and influencing policy.
 
For the past 20 years we have strengthened rural livelihoods through environmental awareness, training, technology transfer and innovative humanitarian projects in pursuit of a peaceful, self-reliant, and greener future. 

Currently, Adeso has programs in Somalia, Kenya and South Sudan.
 
Adeso is an exciting and dynamic organization experiencing managed rapid growth. It offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development.
 
Position Summary: Adeso is seeking to fill the above position for Resilience and Economic Growth – Improving Resilience (REGAL-IR), a USAID-funded project in Kenya. 

REGAL-IR aims to reduce hunger and poverty, increase social stability and build strong foundations for economic growth by strengthening social, economic, and environmental resilience in pastoral and transitioning communities in five counties within Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands. 

Qualified international applicants and Kenyan Nationals will be considered. 

The duty station is Nairobi with frequent travel to project sites.
 
Position Purpose: The Chief of Party will be responsible for overall strategic leadership, management and oversight to the project. 

S/he will ensure timely and efficient delivery of project’s results. 

S/he will be responsible for coordinating partners, project planning and review, stakeholder engagement, financial and people management, and donor reporting.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities
  • Provide overall strategic and programmatic leadership and oversight of the project and within a consortium of project partners; 
  • Ensure that project activities are meeting client and stakeholder expectations and that project results are pro-actively disseminated; 
  • Provide oversight of all project operations and reporting, ensuring compliance with USAID requirements and regulations; 
  • Work closely with the USAID, Government of Kenya, and other critical counterparts, to ensure the project effectively complies with the USAID and GOK objectives, rules and regulations;
  •  Ensure compliance with the policy and legislative requirements of USAID as stipulated under the Agreement; 
  • Supervise and provide strategic and technical guidance to project technical staff in a range of livelihood, value chain, natural resource management, drought disaster reduction, conflict management, and nutrition interventions, ensure synchrony and collaboration between technical staff from the various partner organizations and work with them to bring ideas, findings, and lessons learned to project leadership and the donor agency; 
  • Responsible for timely preparation of annual work plans and reports to the donor; 
  • Supervise, mentor, manage and motivate staff for optimal performance of the project; 
  • Responsible for co-ordination and collaboration with partner and key stakeholders; 
  • Document and disseminate project achievements and lessons on a timely basis; 
  • Manage project resources including staff, finances and assets.
Skills and Qualifications
  • The ideal candidate should have a minimum of Masters Degree in Agribusiness, Value Chains, business or related field. A Doctoral Degree is desirable. 
  • Knowledge and experience in resilience-focused business development and/or agriculture development in an Africa context preferred. 
  • Sound knowledge of the Agriculture sector, business development, pastoralism, and capacity building, especially in Kenya and/or Africa. 
  • Exceptional managerial and operational experience, and preferably in managing large complex activities involving coordination with multiple program partner institutions in developing countries/sub Saharan Africa.
  • A minimum of ten years of experience, preferably at Chief of Party level or higher, working with United States Government (USG) supported projects and knowledge of the emergency plan goals and USG project financial rules and regulations at a senior level. 
  • Experience in developing program work-plans, developing program budgets, managing program implementation, managing staff, and field and managing short-term technical assistance. 
  • Excellent representational and communication skills, written and oral proficiency in English, and verbal communication skills in one or more local languages. 
  • A team player with visionary leadership.

Vacancy Announcement:Executive Assistant
 
Organization: Adeso - African Development Solutions

Reporting to:Executive Director
 
Working with:Executive Director, Heads of Departments, Country Directors, Program Team
 
Program / Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya
 
Duration: 1 Year (Renewable)
 
Starting Date: Immediate
 
Organizational Context: Adeso is an expanding and vibrant African based international development and humanitarian organization. 

We work with communities to create environments in which Africans can thrive. 


Our belief that economic, social and environmental security is the bedrock of a healthy community drives the nature and intent of our programming.

Adeso is an exciting and dynamic organization experiencing managed rapid growth. It offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development.

Position Summary: Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the core function of this position is the coordination of activities (operations and planning) and ensuring timely flow of information to and from the executive office. 

The successful candidate will have a proven ability to independently manage multiple tasks and projects with competing priorities and deadlines, screen and prioritize communications and opportunities from external and internal sources, and organize and maintain administrative processes essential to this position. 

This is a high demand position requiring someone who can be available at the request of the Executive Director and her schedule.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 
  • Serve as the ED’s administrative liaison to Adeso’s Senior Management Team and Heads of Department. 
  • Passion for helping others and managing an extremely active and dynamic calendar of appointments; completing expense reports, composing and preparing correspondence that is sometimes confidential; arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; compiling documents for travel-related meetings; coordinating activities, such as conferences, field visits, internally and externally organized workshops; and other tasks that facilitate the ED’s ability to effectively lead the organization. 
  • Adaptable to the changing requirements and the influx of various requests from Executive Team members and external organizations 
  • Keen attention to detail, ability to exercise initiative, and work independently 
  • Work closely and effectively with the ED to keep her well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately and keeping the ED apprised and updated. 
  • Prioritizes conflicting needs; handles matters expeditiously, proactively, and follows through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures. 
  • When the ED chairs meetings: Prepare an agenda in advance; assist with and provide research/background information, content development, and creation of presentations, coordinate meetings and take meeting notes. 
  • Manage the daily schedule of the ED, ensuring that she knows her schedule 24 hours in advance and keeping appointments and meetings on time or changing schedules when necessary. 
  • On own initiatives process/compose correspondence/reports for ED’s and/or executive teams replies. 
  • Manage external contacts for ED, proactively understanding who they are, which priority contacts are and keeping track of periodic communication needed for priority contacts. 
  • Anticipate the ED’s needs and proactively bring together appropriate people and resources to support the executive in addressing issues. 
  • Plan and coordinate all aspects of quarterly board meetings, including tracking, monitoring and following the progress of action items, drafting the agenda, setting the timetable and following up on board material preparation and producing accurate Board minutes at each meeting when in attendance. 
  • Manage effective contacts and relationships with Board Members, including arranging board member travel arrangements, expense reimbursements, and board meeting logistics, and acting as a first point of contact for Board Member queries.
  • Perform liaison services on behalf of Adeso to donors, Government Officials, other relevant partners
  • Review correspondence (mail and email) addressed to the ED and take the appropriate follow-up actions as required. 
  • Must abide by the policies and procedures of the organization. 
  • Adhere to the organization’s compliancee system and understand organizational policies and procedures necessary to ensure appropriate decision-making protocols are followed. 
  • Handle confidential information in a professional and discreet manner. 
  • Act as the ED’s representative and ambassador to external contacts as directed.
Skills and Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies or related qualification with a Diploma in Legal studies or a related field.
  • Minimum 5 years or equivalent work-related experience supporting senior level Executives; experience working with Boards of Directors desirable. 
  • Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information appropriately. 
  • Highly proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Extensive experience in preparation of board and donor presentations. 
  • Excellent writing, proofreading and verbal communication skills. 
  • Ability to stay focused, efficient, and effective in managing multiple priorities. 
  • Professional demeanor and ability handle sensitive situations in a calm and professional manner. 
  • Strong interpersonal skills and good judgment. 
  • Proven ability to work independently to achieve accomplishments. 
  • Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and outside contacts. 
  • Experience working in an International arena a plus. 
  • Proven ability to effectively collaborate with internal team, cross-functional team, and external parties in a rapidly growing environment 
  • Ability to provide after hour and flexible support a must. 
  • Ability to travel 5%.

Vacancy Announcement:Director, Program Development & Quality
 
Organization: Adeso - African Development Solutions 

Reporting to:
 Chief Operations Officer
 
Working with:Program Development and Quality Team, Country Directors, Field Program Managers, Fundraising Team, Communications and Advocacy Team

Employment Status:
 Full-time (100%)
 
Program / Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya
 
Starting Date: April 1, 2015

Organizational Context: Adeso, formerly known as Horn Relief, is an expanding and vibrant African-based international organization, working with communities to create environments in which Africans can thrive. 


We work to prevent and overcome situations that adversely affect community well-being by: reinvigorating the economy, developing skills for life and work, providing humanitarian aid, and influencing policy. 

Our belief that economic, social and environmental security is the bedrock of a healthy community drives the nature and intent of our programming. 

Adeso has been strengthening rural livelihood and delivering innovative humanitarian aid and development programs for the past 20 years. Currently, we have programs in Somalia, Kenya and South Sudan. 

Adeso is an exciting, dynamic organization experiencing managed rapid growth. It offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development

Position Summary
 
The core function for this position is the leadership and management of the Program Development and Quality Unit, which provides technical and program development support to Adeso Country Programs. 

The position holder will be responsible for:
  • Coordinating all new business development, including fundraising, brokering partnerships where required, leading proposal and concept note development, and provide quality control oversight for all reporting and submissions to donors;
  • Development and oversight of monitoring and evaluation throughout the program, including ensuring the integration of robust M&E plans into all projects and best practices for accountability to quality programming are followed;
  • Providing technical support to all programs, including promoting technical excellence and cross-country learning and documenting and disseminating good practice guidelines based on Adeso’s programs experience.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
 
New Business Development
  • Lead the concept note/proposal preparation process for institutional donors.
  • Coordinate across the agency to oversee the “proposal development pipeline” i.e. keep track of fundraising opportunities and agree on workload allocations to ensure that all deadlines are met with maximum efficiency.
  • Quality control of concept notes and full proposals drafted by other staff members, in line with both donor requirements and Adeso strategic priorities.
  • Coordinate the provision of technical inputs to proposals by Program Development and Quality Unit (PDQU) staff members.
  • In liaison with Country Directors and Program Managers, prepare Terms of Reference for technical consultancy inputs to proposal development when required.
  • Assist with the identification of appropriate partner organizations and the management of consortia during the proposal development process.
  • Develop and implement a proactive and engaging approach for building the capacity of program staff to improve their ability to develop and write proposals/concept notes, as well as reports for submission to international donors.
Monitoring and Evaluation
  • To ensure the integration of the principles of quality, accountability and learning into the overall management of country programs.
  • Coordinate the development of program frameworks, capacity statements and guidelines for use by country program staff.
  • Support implementation of systems to promote accountability to beneficiaries by ensuring that:
  1. Beneficiaries widely participate in needs and baseline assessments and program design;
  2. Beneficiaries affected by our programs are informed about who we are and what we do;
  3. Beneficiaries affected by our programs are aware of their entitlements and selection criteria;
  4. Regular feedback from beneficiaries informs and affects the design of programs.
  • Support the development of a Program Impact Measurement system and appropriate M&E tools for Adeso programs.
  • Enhance knowledge management and learning across all programs, including the development of a cloud-based data management system for program information.
  • Set up systems for sharing of evaluation findings, lessons learned, case studies and other qualitative data from programs.
  • Support field project managers to conduct regular progress reviews and ensure there is a clear process for staff/teams to raise concerns over program implementation and quality.
Technical Support
  • Participate in external technical forums and disseminate information as appropriate to country program teams.
  • Undertake technical visits to projects to impart knowledge and enhance and provide recommendations to improve programming strategies and actions.
  • In close coordination with country program teams, coordinate technical and proposal development trainings at regional, country and project levels.
Skills and Qualifications
 
Essential
  • Master’s Degree in international development, social science or other relevant subject.
  • Minimum 8 years progressively responsible and directly relevant field-based and HQ-based experiences in programming and business development.
  • Effective results in formulating and executing strategy and performance metrics across an agency.
  • Demonstrable experience in at least one of the following program sectors; humanitarian assistance, economic development / empowerment / market-based solutions, rural livelihoods / agricultural development and/or natural resource management programming in diverse contexts in Africa.
  • Track record of successful department leadership, management, fundraising and proposal development.
  • Knowledge of the global donor funding environment and how these relate to Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Africa
  • Established peer agency, multi-lateral and donor networks/relationships.
  • Skills in training, mentoring and capacity building of staff.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and representation skills; highly engaging.
  • Meticulous attention to detail with a preference for knowledge and experience with related qualitative and quantitative research methods.
  • Ability to initiate, develop and maintain cross-departmental communications.
  • Proactive problem solver.
  • Ability to analyze information, evaluate options, and think and plan strategically.
  • A natural networker with substantial experience of building relationships with both the private and public sectors.
  • Ability to work in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with respect for diversity.
  • Willingness to travel regularly, in particular within the region (security permitting).
  • Excellent written and spoken English and a critical eye for editing and grammar.

Vacancy Announcement: HR Director
 
Organization: Adeso - African Development Solutions 

Reporting to:Executive Director
 
Working With: All levels of staff at HQ and field
 
Employment Status: Full time, one year Renewable contract
 
Program / Duty Station: Nairobi
 
Starting Date: April 2015
 
Commitment to Diversity: Adeso is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on one's background, beliefs, gender or sexual orientation.
 
Organizational Context: Adeso is an expanding and vibrant African based international development and humanitarian organization. 


At Adeso, we work with African communities who are yet to realize their full potential; working inside these communities to create environments in which Africans can thrive. 

Our belief that economic, social and environmental security is the bedrock of a healthy community drives the nature and intent of our programming.

We work to prevent and overcome situations that adversely affect community well-being by: reinvigorating the economy, developing skills for life and work, providing humanitarian aid, and influencing policy.

For the past 20 years we have strengthened rural livelihoods through environmental awareness, training, technology transfer and innovative humanitarian projects in pursuit of a peaceful, self-reliant, and greener future. Currently, Adeso has programs in Somalia, Kenya and South Sudan. 

Adeso is an exciting and dynamic organization experiencing managed rapid growth. It offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development.
 
Position Summary: Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the HR Director will lead and facilitate the development of a highly effective, strategic HR function for Adeso to ensure the organization has the structure, culture and talent needed to deliver on program goals and effectively serve its beneficiaries. 

The HR Director will direct and facilitate delivery of regional, national, and local HR capacity and infrastructure for efficient and effective services at multi-levels and implementation and adaptation of HR initiatives and practices. 

S/he will serve as advisor and counsel to maximize staffing resources and performance, ensure economy and efficiency of work processes, and contain institutional risk.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Manages global HR issues related to organizational operations.
  • Supervise HR Team at HQ with field oversight.
  • Develop and monitor annual departmental budget, goals and objectives and annual operational/work plan for HR teams.
  • Ensure accurate and timely processing of HR related transactions.
  • Plans, implements, and manages the human resources function for Adeso, including recruiting, employee relations, regulatory compliance – domestic & global compensation, benefits, staff development, and employee communications.
  • Responsible for staffing, employee education and training, management development, compensation and benefits, employment contracts.
  • Serve as a resource for managers; coach and mentor senior managers to effectively use the full range of HR tools such as the performance process.
  • Investigates employee relations issues such as disciplinary, grievances, equity issues.
  • Maintain a comprehensive and competitive compensation and benefits program to support Adeso’s ability to attract and retain high quality and well qualified employees.
  • Manage HR related external vendors such as payroll and benefits administrators.
  • Manages and coordinates departmental activities as it pertains to EEO, USAID rules and regulations, policies and practices and advises relevant staff on implementation.
  • Serves as subject matter expert on compliance and adherence to HR standard operating procedures.
  • Partners with heads of departments to develop HR programs that support project goals.
  • Effectively communicate HR policies, procedures, programs and laws organization-wide.
  • Implement, review and continuously improve HR services and processes; make recommendations and assist field offices in implementation.
  • Work with managers to identify performance goals and objectives, standards of measurement and accountability.
  • Develop and manage Adeso’s performance evaluation program and ensure staff progression and development.
  • Builds capacity and coordinates training and development activities in support of Adeso’s strategic plan including management and leadership development.
Required Skills and Qualifications
  • Master’s degree, minimum 8 - 10 years of progressive HR professional experience with a minimum of 5 years as a regional manager or director or equivalent education and experience.
  • Demonstrated success as an HR generalist supporting employee groups of 300+ employees in multiple locations within the region or global environment required.
  • Demonstrated success in supporting key senior management and building relationships.
  • Broad knowledge and experience in employment law, compensation, organizational planning, organization development, employee relations, and training and development.
  • Strong collaborator with effective interpersonal and analytical skills who is able to work seamlessly across countries, cultures, and organizational units required.
  • Demonstrated ability to work, manage, and meet competing deadlines in a high volume environment and on deadline; aptitude for problem solving and decision making needed.
  • Superb written and verbal communication skills required. Capable of managing conflict and conflicting views.
  • Strong knowledge of HRIS systems preferred.
  • SPHR, GPHR, CIPD or other HR professional certification is a plus.
Application Process
 
This is a challenging opportunity for a dedicated and highly motivated professional. 

If you would like to join this dynamic team, please submit your application to jobs@adesoafrica.org, quoting the position in the email subject matter, by 13th March, 2015. 

Kindly note that applications screening and interviews will be on a rolling basis.

Each application should be addressed to the HR Director and include the following:
  • An updated CV; and
  • An application letter which should include cover letter, remuneration requirements and contact information for three work-related referees.
Applications not including all of the above information will not be reviewed. 


Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.