Vacant Position: County Project Coordinator – Kakamega County
Duty Station: Kakamega with regular travel to
Kisumu
Background: Sustainet Group Limited (SGL) is a
consulting company established in Nairobi in 2012. SGL offers development
consulting services to facilitate effective agricultural market-oriented and
private sector-led development to clients including governments, international
development organizations and agro-businesses.
As part of our compliance and
operational support services (COSS) business, we provide logistic, event
management, HR, finance, legal and other management ‘outsourcing’ services to
international development organizations and agro-businesses interested in
implementing projects and programmes in the region.
We also operate the Shiriki House
Office Community to offer an effective and collaborative co-working environment
for development companies, projects and NGOs sharing our desire to foster
commercially viable, environmentally resilient and socially inclusive rural
development. We are headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and operate a Country
Office in Kampala, Uganda.
GFA Consulting Group is an
international consulting firm based in Germany with a partnership arrangement
with Sustainet Group Limited (SGL) for the provision services for the project
“Soil Protection and Rehabilitation (Prosoil)” in the counties of Bungoma,
Kakamega and Siaya in Western Kenya for GIZ, in close cooperation with the
County Governments and WRMA.
The project aims to improve
agricultural production and climate resilience and reduce land degradation
through the promotion of conservation agriculture and soil conservation
technologies with farmers in the project areas.
SGL is recruiting a County Project
Coordinator for Kakamega County for a period up to end of July 2021, starting
1st June 2020 [1]).
The successful candidate will
coordinate the implementation of this project in Kakamega County and support
the overall project.
Tasks
·
Implementation of soil conservation
and rehabilitation measures in close coordination with local, state and private
service providers (especially advisory services), local water user groups and
other initiatives (group-based approaches);
·
Support the county authorities in
agriculture and natural resource governance in designing and implementing their
soil conservation and rehabilitation goals in exchange with local authorities
at local and regional levels;
·
Planning, design and implementation
of biophysical soil protection and soil restoration measures at farm level;
·
Coordination of the local NGOs
involved in the implementation;
·
Quality assurance in the
implementation by third parties in accordance with the agreement on the
technology packages to be implemented (Conservation Agriculture, Integrated
Soil Fertility and Pest Management, Agroforestry etc.);
·
Mobilization and support of
individual and group initiatives to implement soil protection measures (adult
learning principles);
·
Promotion of participative processes
in the planning and implementation of soil protection measures in water
catchment area management;
·
Activity monitoring according to
specified formats;
·
Support digitization and youth
employment initiatives as part of the country package
Qualifications
·
Education: Degree (Higher National
Diploma or Bachelor) in a relevant subject (e.g. agriculture, rural
development, natural resources management);
·
General professional experience: 5
years of professional experience in the agricultural / rural development
sector, as well as in advising local (user communities etc.) and / or municipal
structures (e.g. technical services);
·
Specific professional experience: 2
years of professional experience in advising agricultural authorities and
working with the agricultural advisory service;
·
Development cooperation experience: 3
years of professional experience in international development cooperation;
·
Other: In-depth knowledge in the
areas of soil protection, plant cultivation, access to and use of production
resources (e.g. integrated pest management, organic and inorganic
fertilization), water catchment area management or similar;
·
Expertise in the adaptation of
biophysical soil protection measures as well as mulch and ground cover systems
(e.g. conservation agriculture) to the respective agro-ecological production
systems; Expertise in physical and biological measures to protect against erosion
and soil fertility.
Team member soft skills
In addition to their professional
qualifications, the team members should also have the following qualifications:
·
Strong ability to work in a
multicultural team with various employer constellations;
·
Initiative;
·
Strong communication skills.
Knowledge and understanding of the local cultural and social and economic
conditions and language in Kakamega County will be an advantage;
·
Socio-cultural competence: specific
working experience with farmers, local groups and county-, ward- and village
level government institutions of Kakamega county will be an advantage.
·
Experience managing rural development
projects with local partners, Partner and customer oriented, efficient action;
·
Interdisciplinary thinking.
[1] Depending on Covid-19 related easing of home work and
transportation restrictions by the Government of Kenya
How to apply
Candidates who meet the requirements
should CLICK HERE to send their CV and a cover
letter motivating their interest in the position, detailing current and expected
salary and Skype and mobile contacts to by COB 8th May 2020.
SustaiNet Group Ltd. is an equal
opportunity employer.
Only shortlisted candidates, whose
CVs and motivated statements are submitted through the dedicated link, will be
contacted.
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