CHF International’s mission is to be catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping them improve their social, economic, and environmental conditions.
Closing date: 06 Jun 2010 Location: Kenya
CHF International’s mission is to be catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping them improve their social, economic, and environmental conditions.
CHF International is seeking an Economic Strengthening Team Leader for an upcoming Health Service Delivery project in Kenya. The Economic Strengthening Team Leader (ESTl) will be responsible for the overall design, training, facilitation, and monitoring of activities promoting economic opportunities for vulnerable populations under the Economic Strengthening component of the health service delivery program.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Design and oversee activities related to economic development and livelihoods, liaising regularly with the relevant stakeholders including key government bodies to ensure policies are responsive to the needs of vulnerable populations;
- Conduct initial consultations with local partner organizations to evaluate individual capacity building needs in management and/or their technical areas of specialization and design economic strengthening training package(s) tailored to partner needs;
- Standardize performance indicators, monitoring systems, and tools among local implementing partners and cooperatives;
- Conduct different sector studies to assess identify the most economically viable sectors in which vulnerable populations can engage for economic strengthening, focusing on the identification and development of linkages within those sectors;
- Work with local partner organizations to promote individual and/or group assets growth through Internal Saving and Lending Groups(ISLGs) and support potential Micro Finance Institutions to develop products that are effective and beneficial to vulnerable populations;
Required Qualifications
- Minimum BA degree in business, international development, or related field; Masters Degree of equivalent professional experience preferred.
- 7+ years experience with pro-poor market-based approaches to economic development;
- Experience working on economic development, livelihoods or microenterprise projects in Eastern Africa; experience in Kenya a plus.
- Experience working with vulnerable populations; particular experience working with people and communities living with HIV/AIDS and family members impacted by HIV is a plus;
- Experience incorporating a gender focus into economic development activities, i.e. establishing economic activities that reduce the risk of sexual exploitation of women and girls
- English fluency is required, effective use of written and spoken Swahili a plus.
How to apply
