Job Title: Project Officer - Economic Recovery
Hiring Organization: Danish Refugee Council
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 05/29/2024
The
overall purpose of the role:
The
responsibility of the Project Officer is to support the provision of sound
technical expertise in an Economic Inclusion and Social Protection 3 years
funded project by BPRM in Nairobi county and hopefully in its expansion to
Nakuru and Mombasa subject to funding availability and intervention outcomes
including lessons learned in its Nairobi implementation in year one. The
International Labour Organization (ILO) with the United Nations Refugee Agency
(UNHCR) and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) have come together to work on a
project that will seek to promote pathways to economic inclusion and social
protection for urban refugees and host communities in Kenya. The role will
technically be supervised by a Project Coordinator and support the day-to-day
implementation of the project. The role will be expected to closely work with
other urban project teams to enhance programmatic integration and
complementarities. In addition, he/she will undertake other duties relevant to
the success of the project as technically assigned by the Project Coordinator
in a matrix line management arrangement with the Urban Area Manager and
technical coordination with DRC Country/or Regional Economic Recovery/or
Livelihoods Coordinator to ensure the project expectations are met.
Responsibilities:
Project
Management, Technical Development & Monitoring and Evaluation:
Assist to
plan and support the broad implementation of decent livelihoods and economic
inclusion activities.
Remain
abreast of topical developments and policy shifts as well as laws/regulation
related to social protection that will promote community participation and
stakeholders’ engagements in the project hence improving decent livelihoods and
social protection well-being of those the project aims to assist.
Contribute
to promote sector learning and knowledge management in the economic inclusion
and livelihoods sector through collating findings/ information collected from
the field as well as routine monitoring to draw lessons.
Support
to develop and or adopt sector guidelines and tools in support of decent
livelihoods and social protection implementation.
Submit
timely and high-quality activity and donor and internal progress reports.
Work
closely with the social protection, Gender, MEAL and Advocacy &
Communication teams to enhance program integration and showcase impact through
well-thought-out strategic strategies.
Contribute
to ensure livelihoods sector growth in scope through fundraising –
identification of sector gaps and root causes analysis, and take the lead in
developing quality concept notes/proposals with corresponding activity budgets.
Support
the project in kick-off, review and project closure meetings including periodic
program review and planning meetings and external meetings as often and as
requested by the supervisor.
Adhere to
CHS Principles in project implementation; participate in CHS audits and support
M&E plan
Assist to
implement technical activities related to decent livelihoods economic inclusion
including building the capacity of communities as guided and expected by
project objectives.
Support
the Project Coordinator to provide technical mentorship to project assistant
and community engagement facilitators on best practice around decent
livelihoods and economic inclusion and best practices focusing on community
engagement to yield desired project aims.
Coordination
& Representation:
Contribute
to develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders,
including urban refugee and host community members and leaders, NGOs, UN
agencies, DRS (Department of Refugees Services), private sector and other DRC
team members including partners to enhance multi-agency and multi-sectoral
cooperation and coordination on response activities.
Support
to promote collaboration and synergy between refugee-focused interventions and
the host communities.
Actively
participate and engage in relevant coordination meetings and collaborate with
other agencies of relevance/value add to DRC’s urban agenda as guided by the
Project Coordinator (PC)
Budget
Management:
Provide
support in the project in close coordination with the PC to ensure sound
project budget expenditure, adherence to DRC financial procedures and donor
requirements related to the livelihoods sector.
Support
in draft spending plans, procurement plans and work plans based on decent
livelihood and economic inclusion /social protection activities and budgets.
Participate
and support the PC in budget follow-up (BFU) meetings to ensure the budget is
tracked and over/under expenditures are addressed in time.
Experience
and technical competencies:
Minimum 2
to 3 years of relevant field experience in implementation focusing on providing
support in an economic inclusion or livelihoods programming in an International
NGO’ or other relevant agency.
Good
understanding of project cycle management.
Experience
working and knowledge in urban displacement responses and in multi-sectoral
interventions including working with diverse communities.
Good
planning, organization and problem-solving skills with ability to work both
independently and within a team in a demanding working environment.
Understanding
of IT and ERP tools commonly used in NGOs
Good
analytical, communication and planning skills.
A
demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with host governments,
donors, partners, local organizations, and other relevant project stakeholders.
Agile,
self-starter with an ability to work autonomously and in a team.
Education:
A degree
in social sciences, business management, economics/entrepreneurship or
community development, project planning or any other development related
fields. Masters in the same fields is an added advantage.