CRS
Kenya Job Description
Project
Officer – Livelihoods
1
position
1.
Position Identification:
Department: Emergency
Job
Title: Project Officer
Grade:
5
Supervises
(Direct Reports Only): N/A
Based
In (Location): Maralal
2.
Background
Malaral forms one of the ASAL areas of Kenya. Due to repeated
cycles of drought, conflict and lack of diversified livelihoods, the
communities are highly vulnerable as a consequence experience high levels of
poverty and ill health.
CRS in partnership with the Diocese of Maralal(DoM) are working
on building the capacity of the most vulnerable communities to become
more disaster resilient and to move towards recovery in order to realize
development in their areas of residence.
3.
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Emergency Program Manager the Project Officer
will ensure that the different emergency projects under his/her jurisdiction
meet the required project quality and set targets.
The PO in addition will ensure that good relationships are
maintained with the implementing partners and the required technical and
logistical support to implement the projects is provided.
The PO will also establish collaboration with the
different relevant government ministries, institutions, UN bodies and I/NGOS
for increased projects effectiveness and efficiency.
4.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
The PO is responsible for coming up with strategies that would
promote increased food security and peaceful relationships amongst the
different communities under the dioceses of Marsabit and Maralal.
The PO will also work with the implementing partners to provide
support to communities to put in place mechanisms for Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in order to build up community
resiliency to disasters.
The
following are specific Responsibilities that the PO will be required to
undertake:
Overall
projects management
·
Provide technical and logistical support to the partner (staff)
to fully understand the design of the emergency projects.
·
Oversee implementing partner financial management on funds
provided to implement emergency projects.
·
Ensure that partner organization engages qualified staff to
implement the project.
·
Build the capacity of partner staff in projects management
·
Ensure that laying down of peace building strategies are
prioritized in every intervention supported through CRS emergency/recovery
projects
Project
Design/Monitoring /Evaluation
·
Participate in development of emergency and recovery project
proposals
·
Build the capacity of partner staff in monitoring of project
indicators and preparing project reports
·
Pay monitoring visits to project sites and
·
Set up monitoring and evaluation tools for use by partner staff
·
Submit quarterly/annual project reports
·
Conduct annual review and planning meetings Ensure that all
project inputs are available for successful projects implementation
Projects
Implementation/Community participation
·
Ensure that the community is fully involved and consulted during
the process of projects implementation
·
Building of community capacity to draw their own
recovery/development plans remains a project priority
·
Ensure that vulnerable community members are not exploited the
project implementation and their rights are protected
Management
of partnership/collaboration relationships
·
Maintain positive relations with partner institutions and
other collaborators
·
Represent CRS in any meetings with government and other
institutions related to the emergency projects
5.
Other Responsibilities and Activities:
·
Support interventions and strategies that would foster peace,
increase food security, improved nutrition and sustainable livelihoods amongst
the target groups
·
Strong coordination with other related programs including, but
not limited to, the Global Hunger and Food Security Programs.
·
Support and provide linkages with other programs in the
NAL region that provide savings and loan schemes, micro-insurance,
entrepreneurship and vocational and job-readiness training; as well as matching
with value-chain and other market-based initiatives
·
Stay abreast of professional standards, trends and policies
affecting this set of responsibilities, demonstrating continuous learning of
the field
4.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirement
A.
Knowledge
·
A university Degree in Agriculture, food security and other
related relevant training
·
At least 3-5 years of experience working as an agricultural
extension officer or crop research among pastoralist and nomadic NALs.
·
Experience in working with resource poor farmers, especially on
dry land farming systems, project monitoring and evaluation
·
Knowledge on GOK strategies and policies on livelihood
especially those related to Arid Lands
·
Knowledge and experience in market-based cash and/or voucher
transfer mechanisms
·
Good knowledge and understanding of microenterprise, value chain
chain approach and sub-sector analysis
·
Sound knowledge and experience in project management including
planning, budgeting and reporting
·
Excellent analytical and computer skills (Microsoft office
package and excel)
·
Willingness to travel
B.
Skills and Abilities
·
3-5 experience implementing projects with Nongovernmental
organizations..
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Ability to transfer skills and knowledge through, training,
mentorship and accompaniment
·
Demonstrated ability to work with various teams.
·
Excellent written, oral communication in Kiswahili and English
·
Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office Programs).
·
Demonstrated ability foster integration in programming approach
·
Excellent understating of GOK, USAID, other relevant donors and
CRS operating procedures
C.
Required Behavioural Competencies
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A professional with high personal integrity and commitment
·
A good steward of agency resources
·
An individual that can cope with work with people from diverse
backgrounds
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Ability to being sensitive, motivated and show empathy
5.
Key Working Relationships:
Internal:
Project Officers-Livelihoods are key members responsible for
skills building and transfer through mentorship and accompaniment of IPs, GOK
and the community to ensure emergency and DRR projects service delivery. They are
expected to work closely with other CRS programming units to ensure a holistic
and integrated and comprehensive approach of the project as detailed in the
proposal.
External:
Externally key functions include representing CRS in various
forums and forging relations with the Emergency, DRR or any development related
forums, GOK, IPs, other stakeholders and the community. They should ensure that
CRS mandate of skills building; constant community consultations, mentorship
and skills transfer are sustained through different lives of different projects
implemented in Maralal.
6.
Disclaimer Clause
This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skills,
effort, duties and responsibilities associated with the position
Written applications indicating the reference number of position
applied for on the email subject line and CV including day-time contact phone
numbers, as well as names and contact information of three references should
reach the below-mentioned by Close of Business June 29, 2012.
Human
Resources Manager
Catholic Relief Services – Kenya Program
PE-mail: hr@ke.earo.crs.org
Catholic Relief Services – Kenya Program
PE-mail: hr@ke.earo.crs.org
Only Short listed candidates will be contacted