The
United States Agency for International Development’s Kenya Mission (USAID/Kenya)
seeks to fill the position of Biodiversity and Natural Resource
Management Specialist.
The position is based in Nairobi and is open to qualified Kenyan citizens.
The incumbent will advise officers at all levels in the USA Mission on NRM/Biodiversity and will serve as an expert on policy, law and regulations.
He/she will suggest opportunities and approaches in negotiating Program
Agreements, and resolving sensitive policy and programming issues with the GoK
and their impact on USAID’s program.The position is based in Nairobi and is open to qualified Kenyan citizens.
The incumbent will advise officers at all levels in the USA Mission on NRM/Biodiversity and will serve as an expert on policy, law and regulations.
The incumbent will perform a full range of professional consultative, advisory, monitoring, information gathering, analytical and evaluative services on the broad scope and complexity of the portfolio.
Substantial reliance will be placed upon the incumbent’s professional judgment and acumen in the development, management, and evaluation of major programs and projects.
He/she will serve as Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) officer for the ENRM team and update and maintain program portfolio Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP), advise and mentors project/activity managers in developing and managing their PMPs.
Compiles quantitative data for the annual report.
The incumbent will perform the following program management duties as manager of major grants:
- Draft
all relevant project/program/contract implementation documents;
- Review
work plans, monitor disbursements, provide administrative approval of
expenditures and prepare accruals;
- Monitor
implementation, identify delays/problems, and resolve them accordingly;
- Continually
evaluate contractor/ grantee performance and make authoritative
recommendations to relevant authorities in the Mission;
- Review
project reports and ensure timely reporting as per the
agreements/contract;
- Ensure
projects contribute to the achievement of results;
- Draft
reports, correspondence.
Required Qualifications:
Any application that does not meet the minimum requirements stated below will not be evaluated.
Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
If you have not been contacted within one month from the closing date of this advertisement, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Education: Masters degree in ENRM and/or related fields.
Experience (40%): Eight (8) years progressive experience in the field of natural resource management/biodiversity conservation.
This will include at least:
Any application that does not meet the minimum requirements stated below will not be evaluated.
Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
If you have not been contacted within one month from the closing date of this advertisement, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Education: Masters degree in ENRM and/or related fields.
Experience (40%): Eight (8) years progressive experience in the field of natural resource management/biodiversity conservation.
This will include at least:
- 4
years of project management experience, performing administrative tasks.
- Prior
experience managing projects in a donor Mission is preferred but not
required;
- 4
years working in a “cross-cultural” setting on work teams of mixed ethnic
backgrounds;
- 4-year
experience working with rural communities developing/advising on NRM
plans, practical experience in participatory natural resource management,
practical experience in nature-based enterprise development;
- 3-
year experience in field-based, NRM surveys and/or inventories;
- 2
years experience in Environmental/NRM/Biodiversity policy and law review,
analyses, development in the Kenya context.
- Plus,
a working knowledge of the important international conventions in these
areas.
Knowledge (30%):
- Must
have a thorough knowledge and understanding of GoK policies, legislation,
processes, strategies, past experience and development approaches in the
ENRM sector;
- Experience
in managing for results in a developing country;
- Thorough
understanding of ENRM issues in East Africa and the ability to
conceptualize, analyze and design natural resources activities;
- Advanced
training in natural resource management and related fields; and,
- Understanding
of USG policies, strategic planning and regulations an added benefit.
Skills and Abilities (50%):
- Ability
to develop and maintain an extensive range of high-level contacts in the
GoK and nongovernmental circles;
- Strong
written, verbal and analytical skills – able to write syntheses and
explain results in a fashion that is readily understandable to
non-NRM/Biodiversity specialists and audiences;
- Skills
in computer applications, team work (complex institutional and
multicultural settings), policy analyses and institutional relations.
- Must
be able to obtain, analyze and evaluate complex information and prepare
precise, accurate, factual and analytically sound reports.
- The
ability to quickly and objectively render advice is required.
For a detailed position description visit: http://kenya.usaid.gov/employment-opportunities.
Note: Incomplete application packages will not be considered.
Those fulfilling the requirements of the position should submit their application together with detailed Curriculum Vitae and all relevant attachments to the following address:
The Human Resource Office
United States Agency for International Development
P.O. Box 629, Village Market, 00621, Nairobi, Kenya
Re: Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management Specialist, ABEO/USAID/Kenya
Applications must reach USAID HR office by COB February 16, 2012