Job title: Programme
Officer, Kenya
Reporting to: Kenya Programme Manager
Based: Garissa with regular
travel to Nairobi
Duration: 1 year, renewable subject to funding and
performance
The Life & Peace
Institute (LPI) is an international centre that supports and promotes
nonviolent approaches to conflict transformation through a combination of
research and action that entails the strengthening of existing local capacities
and enhancing the preconditions for building peace.
Job purpose:
Your responsibility is
two-fold:
1) supporting the implementation
of the Kenya Programme;
2) design and implementation
of Organisational Development (OD) plans for LPI’s Partner Organisations (PO)
in Kenya.
Key tasks and
responsibilities
On the implementation of the
Kenya Programme, you will be expected to:
- Provide support
to the planning, implementation and reporting of assigned programme
activities.
- Support
projects with POs and monitor compliance with contractual
responsibilities.
- Ensure that all
data concerning the programme is filed in both hard and soft copies in an
orderly and centralized system.
- Make yourself
available in order to support POs on issues that are relevant to the
success of the programme.
Towards Partner
Organisational Development, your tasks will include:
- Leading the
assessment of POs’ administration, finance and programme capacities, and
production of written assessment reports for decision making by the Kenya
Programme Manager.
- Development of
an OD plan for each PO in Kenya, encompassing all programme,
administration and finance dimensions.
- Coordinating
the implementation of the OD plan, including management of activities,
outsourcing and budget control.
- In
collaboration with other staff, monitor the progress towards OD expected
results and apply adjustments in order to maximize effectiveness and
efficiency.
Work Relationships: Resident
Representative, Administration and Finance Unit, Partners in Kenya, Programme
Advisors, Head Office in Sweden, Third parties as needed.
Skills and qualifications required:
- Proven
professional experience in implementation of peacebuilding projects and/or
development fields within the civil society sector.
- Demonstrable
expertise in Organisational Development.
- University
degree in peace and conflict studies, education, development studies or
other related fields. Masters level preferred, Bachelor with relevant
skills and experience (5+ years) may be considered.
- Good analytical
writer (English) with fluency in spoken Somali and Swahili languages is a
requirement.
- The candidate
must have experience in implementation of US government funds
- Ability to
travel to field locations in Kenya.
- Balanced,
mature personality with developed diplomatic skills, able to cope with
working in stressful, diverse and multi-cultural environments and openness
to acquiring new knowledge and skills.
- The candidate
does not require a work permit to work in Kenya.
To apply:
Send a one-page letter
detailing your qualifications and interests in the subject area and a full CV
to peter.langat@life-peace.org.
Please state “Programme
Officer - Kenya” as a reference in your letter of application.
The deadline is Monday 17
October, 2016, at 16.00 EAT.