Urgently
Required
FH/Kenya
(Food for the Hungry, Kenya) a Christian Development and relief agency seeks to
fill the following vacant position at their Nairobi office:
Job Title: Program Officer
Job Title: Program Officer
Department: Programs
Location: Nairobi with scheduled field visits
Mission
Statement: Motivated
by Christ's love, this position will promote the wholistic ministry of Food for
the Hungry (FH) through adherence to the organization’s vision, “God called and
we responded until physical and spiritual hungers ended worldwide,” and mission
“To walk with churches leaders and families in overcoming all forms of human
poverty by living in healthy relationship with God and His creation.”
Position in the Organization: The Program Officer reports hierarchically to the Program Director (PD)
Purpose of the Job: To offer all-round support in standardizing reporting in each sector, disseminating donor policies, communication, strategy, proposal development and monitoring and evaluation.
Essential Tasks and Responsibilities
Key Result #1 – Reports and Administration- 25%
Position in the Organization: The Program Officer reports hierarchically to the Program Director (PD)
Purpose of the Job: To offer all-round support in standardizing reporting in each sector, disseminating donor policies, communication, strategy, proposal development and monitoring and evaluation.
Essential Tasks and Responsibilities
Key Result #1 – Reports and Administration- 25%
- Streamline
and standardize filling and reporting in each sector and roll out the
cluster manager’s scorecard.
- Ensure
timely submission of quality donor reports and FH monthly and annual
reports.
- Disseminate
donor policies and regulations to managers and ensure better understanding
and application of the same.
- Support
the planning and coordination of joint FH Kenya program meetings and
workshops
Key
result # 2 -
Program Management Support-25%
- Develop
and disseminate reporting frameworks and guidelines for use by program
staff and liaise with M&E to ensure timely monitoring and evaluation.
- In
collaboration with the PD and cluster managers develop and maintain
updated sector strategies that reflect FH’s vision, mission, values and
Kenya country strategy
- Make
regular field visits to follow up on programs progress and make
recommendations on integration and strategic aspects to the Program
Director
- Support
cluster offices when there are leadership and capacity gaps
Key
result #3 -
Resource Development & External Representation-25%
- Coordinate
the proposal development process by gathering inputs and contributions
from cluster managers, support services and the PD.
- Champion
concept note and proposal development, grant amendments and reporting to
donors
- Represent
FH Kenya during donor and sector coordination meetings (at the Nairobi
level) as assigned
- Provide
support to identifying, pursuing and securing resources – local, private
and government grants
- Monitor
country trends and dynamics that would shape the future of FH Kenya’s
programs and development work in general.
Key
result # 4- Support to Country communications/marketing and external
relations-25%
- Serve
as point person for collecting success stories, documenting best practices
and material for internal/external communication and also for marketing
& fundraising purposes. This will include production of written
stories, high quality images and basic video
- Coach
program teams through practical sessions on story gathering, advocacy and
dissemination
- Support
PD in standardizing and promoting the Food for the Hungry brand in Kenya
and beyond.
- In
liaison with the country leadership, formulate and deliver effective,
country communication strategies and related activities. This includes the
development of a social media strategy for FH Kenya
- Update
country web page and portal (FH Connect) with relevant country information
Qualifications
- Vibrant
personal relationship with Christ
- Knowledge
of relief and development strategies
- Practical
experience in project cycle management
- Ability
to travel (up to 30% per year, domestic travel)
- Must
demonstrate interest and good communication skills
- Proficiency
in MS office suite
Education
and/or Experience
- A
minimum of a University degree and technical orientation in agriculture,
livestock, child development, health and nutrition, HIV/AIDs and natural
resource management.
- At
least 5 years experience working at program management and coordination
level
- Demonstrated
experience in report writing, donor relations and communications
- Successful
experience in proposal preparation and grant managementKnowledge of budget
development and management of US government resources
- Excellent
written, verbal and presentation communication skills including USAID
related technical writing
- Proven
strategic planning and program and project management experience in a
humanitarian/development environment
- Extensive
knowledge of project design and implementation
- Experience
in proposal writing, budgeting and financial management
- Knowledge
and experience working with other cultures and sensitive to the cross
cultural issues.
Language
Skills: Proficiency
in spoken and written English and Kiswahili
How to Apply
How to Apply
Interested
and qualified candidates should send their applications, details of current
salary (this is a must), updated CV with three referees and day telephone
contacts, not later than 22nd July 2016 to:
H R
Manager,
P.O
Box 14978 - 00800
Nairobi
or
email address hr-fhkenya@fh.org.
NB:
Please note that this is an urgent position and shortlisting will be done as
CVs are received.
We
would also wish to state that only short listed candidates will be contacted