Mercy Corps exists to alleviate
suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive
and just communities.
Driven by local needs, our programs
provide communities in the world’s toughest places with the tools and support
they need to turn the crises they confront into the opportunities they
deserve.
Senior Program Officer – Lodwar
Program / Department Summary: Mercy
Corps drives high quality, analytical work in tough places. We have been
operating in Kenya since 2009 and currently manage a breadth of programs in
three regions Rift Valley, Central and North Eastern Kenya) with funding from
different donors.
We partner with a range of private,
public and civil society actors to systemically broaden opportunity for people
across Kenya.
Mercy Corps in partnership with PACT
is implementing a 5 year Peacebuilding USAID funded cross-border program in
five countries—Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan.
PEACE III Program is designed to
strengthen cross border Conflict Management in the Horn of Africa. It will
strengthen horizontal and vertical linkages within and between local, national,
and regional conflict management actors.
In North Western Kenya, PEACE III
will be implemented in the Lokichogio/Kapoeata, South Omo/Lake Turkana and West
Pokot/Amurdat border areas with operational offices in Lodwar Kenya, and Moroto
Uganda.
The Senior Program Officer will be
responsible for the implementation of PEACE III Program at the community level
out of Lodwar office.
S/he will be in constant contact with
stake holders and targeted communities to ensure full participation and
implementation.
Essential Job Functions:
- Organize, facilitate and conduct trainings and
workshops related to PEACE III Program;
- Assist communities using participatory
methodologies to identify and implement PEACE III related projects;
- Meet regularly with the supervisor to evaluate
project progress; identify successes, challenges and lessons-learned; and
adjust practices as necessary to improve performance.
- Implement activities and monitor project
progress.
- Maintain and strengthen the partnerships with
relevant government stakeholder and target communities.
- Apply Participatory Learning and Action (PLA)
and Appreciative Inquiry (AI) tools and techniques to all activities.
- Submit reports of specific events, field trips
and meetings attended on behalf of Mercy Corps.
- Provide on-going feedback on the Performance
Management Plan and database management of the PEACE III Program, to
enhance measuring the impact of the program against objectives and
indicators.
- In coordination with the Program Manager
conduct regular field visits to ensure that all stakeholders fully
understand and utilize PEACE III approaches and methodologies.
- Provide the team with quarterly data analysis
reports, to feed into quarterly review and reflection meetings.
- Support the team in effectively utilizing
established monitoring and evaluation formats, and provide feedback for
their improvement.
- Develop case studies and success stories to
better articulate qualitative changes as a result of PEACE III Program.
- Maintain updated (paper and electronic) filing
system for all M&E forms/ surveys, protocols, planning tools, and
manuals.
- Write reports and project documents and submit
to Program Manager as required.
- Conduct himself/herself both professionally
and personally in such a manner as to positively acknowledge Mercy Corps
and to support its humanitarian mission.
- Any other duties as assigned by your
supervisor.
Supervisory Responsibility: None
Accountability
- Reports Directly To: PEACE III Program Manager
- Works Directly With: PEACE III Program
Manager, field finance officer, procurement and logistics officer.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Bachelor’s peace studies, social sciences,
rural development, or related field
- Minimum of three years professional experience
in implementing peace and conflict related projects
- Ability and commitment to team work
- Ability to interact effectively with the
diverse project stakeholders
- Knowledge of the local languages is an added
advantage
- Working experience in conflict or post
conflict settings and conflict sensitive programming.
- Working experience with stakeholders including
youth and women groups.
- Experience in Project monitoring and
evaluation.
- Excellent analytical and report writing skills
- Adequate knowledge and skills on word processing,
spread sheet, power point and internet retrieval.
Success Factors:
- Excellent written and oral communication
skills.
- Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and
appropriate flexibility.
- Ability to effectively communicate with Mercy
Corps target populations and partners.
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to
meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team
members.
- Willingness to travel frequently to remote
locations.
- Ability to quickly learn and implement new
information/concepts.
- Flexibility and adaptability.
Interested candidates who meet the
above required qualifications and experience should submit on or before
September 22, 2014 at 4.00 p.m. a cover letter, detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV)
listing three professional references (including a recent supervisor) to
hrkenya@ke.mercycorps.org.
The email subject Line must clearly
show the job title and location they are applying for.
Applications without the right
subject heading will be automatically disqualified.
Please do not attach any
certificates.
(ONLY Qualified and selected candidates for the interview will be contacted)
NB: Mercy Corps does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.