European Commission
Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
The European Commission’s Directorate
General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) seeks to recruit a Programme Assistant
The European Commission’s Directorate General ECHO, is the department responsible for financing humanitarian assistance.
ECHO finances a range of partners, which include NGOs, UN agencies and the Red Cross Movement, to provide assistance to people affected by natural or man-made disasters.
Duties & Responsibilities
The Programme Assistant (PA) will be
based in Nairobi and will mainly assist ECHO’s Technical Assistants and the
Head of Office in charge of Somalia programmes to provide quality technical
advice and support to ECHO funded projects.
The PA will be required to participate in contextual analysis aimed at determining the strategy for humanitarian interventions in Somalia; examining partner’s grant proposals and reports; and closely monitoring the implementation of ECHO funded actions.
The PA will be required to
participate in relevant coordination meetings with partners and other
international and local organisations ensuring ECHO is appropriately represented.
The PA will be required to travel to
Somalia, and may be required to carry out field travel in Djibouti and other
countries in the region.
Required Qualifications
- A relevant university degree and minimum of
five years relevant experience at national or international level in
supporting programme/project operations, including at least 2 years’
operational experience with a humanitarian NGO, donor or
national/international organisation; if a university degree is not
provided, ten years working experience in the humanitarian sector will be
required; outstanding academic qualifications may compensate for lesser
experience.
- Good knowledge of the Somalia context
desirable;
- Experience in proposal writing and reporting
to donors;
- Thorough knowledge of Logical Framework
Approach and Project Cycle Management;
- Good knowledge of the EU humanitarian aid
system;
- Good understanding of Humanitarian Aid
principles, policies and standards ;
- Good knowledge of International NGOs, UN Aid
agencies and Red Cross Movement working in Somalia is an advantage;
Required Skills
- Fluent written and spoken English; Somali and
other regional language skills are a distinct advantage;
- Personal initiative; ability to work both
independently and in a team, with ability to set priorities, and to work
to tight deadlines;
- Commitment, determination, reliability and a
high degree of personal integrity & discretion;
- Ability to analyse and process information;
- Ability to clearly and concisely convey
information to others.
The position is open to nationals and
other residents of Kenya with a valid working permit.
The contract is initially for one
year with the possibility of renewal subject to a probationary period.
Application plus detailed CV of the interested candidate should be sent to the Human Resources by e-mail to echo-administration.nairobi@echofield.eu (Subject clearly marked: “REF: PA Somalia – ECHO Nairobi’’ latest by noon 27th November 2014.
Candidates who have not been contacted by 22nd December 2014 should consider that they have not been selected.
Applications which do not meet minimum requirements will be automatically rejected
