Senior Project Officer Job in Nairobi Kenya


UNDP Kenya seeks to recruit a senior project officer on behalf of UNISDR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) Regional Office for Africa.
 
Position Information
 
Post Title: Senior Project Officer
 
Contract Type: Service Contract
 
Band/Grade: SB4 (Level 9)
 

Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya
 
Date of Issue: 14 August 2012
 
Closing Date: 24 August 2012
 
Duration: 1 year

Background and Context
 
Created in December 1999, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations and regional organizations and activities in socio-economic and humanitarian fields.

UNISDR Regional Office for Africa will be implementing an ECHO funded project entitled “Integrated Drought/Disaster Risk Reduction in the Horn of Africa (GHA)”. 

The project is designed to target government institutions in charge of drought risk reduction as well as practitioners and community members in drought prone areas in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia as well as the IGAD and EAC Secretariats. 

Building on existing initiatives, UNISDR supports state and non-state actors to integrate disaster risk reduction in development and relief efforts.

Functions and responsibilities

The project officer will support the overall management of the project and follow up on the implementation of the project in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and the Regional Economic Commissions (IGAD and EAC) through field missions, interventions where necessary and reporting in close liaison with the national and regional DRR Advisors working under this project as well as UNISDR Staff in Nairobi.

Qualifications

Education
  • Advanced university degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent) in development studies, social sciences, environmental sciences or other related field.
  • A bachelor’s degree in the required fields with 5 years of relevant work experience will be considered in lieu of the Masters degree.
Experience
  • Minimum 3 years of work experience in disaster risk reduction, project management and early warning systems.
  • Experience in community-based disaster risk management and multi-stakeholder coordination.
  • Good knowledge of International Development Issues and/or Disaster Management.
Application Procedure
 
Interested and qualified persons should apply on the UNDP Kenya e-Recruitment portal located on the UNDP Kenya website -http://www.ke.undp.org on or before 24 August 2012. Select “e-Recruitment Portal” under “Operations/Human Resources”. 

Applicants are required to fill and sign a Personal History Form (P11) Form and submit it together with their online application

Applications received via other means will not be accepted.
 
Additional considerations
 
1. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
 
2. UNDP will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.
 
3. UNDP as a matter of practice does not charge any application, processing or training fee at any stage of the recruitment. 

If you have any questions as to vacancy announcements you have received please refer to the UNDP website.
 
“UNDP is an equal opportunity employer which strives to achieve overall balance in its staffing patterns”.