The International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organisation with the
exclusively humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of victims of
war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.
The ICRC’s Regional Delegation in Nairobi co-ordinates the institution’s humanitarian activities in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti. It also runs regional specialist units that provide support and expertise to the ICRC’s delegations in Africa.
The Regional Delegation in Nairobi is seeking for an experienced and highly motivated person to fill the position mentioned below, who will be based in Nairobi.
Cooperation Officer
The ICRC Regional Delegation in
Nairobi is seeking for an experienced and highly motivated person to fill the
above-mentioned position.
Responsibilities:
- Supports the implementation the partnership
objectives/activities with the Kenya Red Cross (KRCS), Tanzania Red Cross
(TRCS) and Djibouti Red Crescent (DRCS);
- Under the guidance of the Cooperation
Assistant, contributes to the capacity building and relationship
development of all three national societies;
- Conducts joint field monitoring visits with
the national societies.
- Represents the Cooperation Department in the
event that both the Cooperation Coordinator and the Cooperation Assistant
are not available;
- Ensures programmatic secretarial support to
the Nairobi Regional Cooperation Department;
- Serves as the Department’s Unit Records
Manager;
- Supports the participation of representatives
of the NS in institutional international and Movement related fora;
- Manages national society funds and medals;
- Contributes information to the drafting of
various departmental reports, including operational and quarterly reports;
- Writes/drafts mission reports and minutes of
meetings as required.
Minimum Requirements
- Diploma or University degree in Social
Sciences;
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar
function;
- Very good command of written and spoken
English; knowledge in French would be added advantage;
- Computer literate.
Other Requirements:
- Good organizational, interpersonal,
communication and analytical skills;
- Ability to work independently and in a team;
- Flexibility to work under pressure.
Database Administrator
The successful candidate will be reporting to the Innovations Manager.
He/she will maintain and regularly
update the Economic Security implementation database tables and extract summary
pivot table as required and analyze the extracted data.
Main
Responsibilities:
- Under the guidance of the innovations manager,
test the data collection tools and conduct statistical analysis
- Train other Economic Security / Generalist
field officers in the field on using of mobile data collection devices in
the filed for collecting the data,
- Supervise and support the field data entry
teams and remotely monitor the surveys and clean and validate the datasets
as they are streamed from the field,
- Work closely with the survey teams to provide
real time communication support between field officers and the delegation
during survey exercises,
- Conduct visualizations and analysis of data,
using both print and web technologies and extract key insights for use by
programme managers,
- Participate in field surveys in Somalia,
particularly when dealing with the women headed households,
- Assist other departments (Risk Management
Unit, Health, and Water and Habitat) in the delegation for performing
their data analysis,
- Replace the Economic Security
Assistant/programme officer in his/her absence.
Minimum Requirements:
- University degree in Informational Technology,
economics, statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science or a
related field,
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in the
collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of statistical data,
- Past experience using online dashboards for
data analysis and prior experience working with technology for
humanitarian organizations is desirable,
- Good understanding and knowledge of
humanitarian issues and current events in Somalia,
- Strong interpersonal skills necessary for
engaging with field teams, via telephone and other media and in person,
- Ability to travel and work in remote and
sometimes insecure locations in Somalia,
- Good command of English and Somali languages.
Economic Security Field Officers – Gedo & Garowe
(2) Positions
(2) Positions
The field officer is responsible for
the management of the Economic Security activities and resources in the areas
of assignment.
S/he conducts
assessments, plans interventions as necessary in consultation with the Economic
Security team in Nairobi and implements the activities according to department
objectives and agreed plan of action. S/he reports on the progress and
achievements of the programme as required.
Main Responsibilities:
- Maintain up to date information on the
economic security situation in her/his area of assignment and identifies
and compiles data on the context: historical, environmental, and
political; agro-ecology, livelihoods, markets, nutrition, health, water
and sanitation, housing.
- With the guidance of the Economic Security
Coordinator, design a primary data collection exercise adapted to context
and resources.
- Contribute to the set-up and application of
assessment and monitoring systems and to evaluations including:
Identification of SMART indicators, draft data collection tools and
sampling approaches for quantitative/qualitative surveys, advice on teams
composition and logistic and resources arrangements, participate directly
in the collection of the data, contribute to data analysis, use a
participatory approach in field visits and interactions with communities
and other stakeholders (authorities, public and technical services, other
agencies etc.), debrief supervisor and enumerator teams and compile their
feedback on the data collection exercise.
- Contribute to the response analysis of
different Economic Security interventions:
Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) analysis,
appropriateness and feasibility.
- Provide inputs to the drafting of the ICRC
Planning for Results (PfR), including Economic Security objectives.
- Contribute to the design of a project or
programme: description of inputs, activities, timeframe, outputs and
outcomes, identification of SMART indicators, identification of risks and
actions to mitigate the risks.
- Manage the logistics, targeting and
implementation of distribution/delivery activities of inputs and services.
- Coach and motivate the ICRC assistants and
SRCS volunteers under her/his supervision and ensures that a good
atmosphere is maintained within the Economic Security department and with
the other ICRC departments through adequate communication.
Experience Required
- University degree in Agriculture, Economics,
Development Studies, Sociology, Animal Production, Veterinary Science or
related fields,
- 6 years’ work experience in a similar field,
- Fluent in spoken and written English and
Somali,
- Team leadership skills,
- Very good analytical skills,
- Good communication skills,
- Good knowledge of geographically assigned
environment.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Consultant
The ICRC Regional
Delegation in Nairobi is seeking for an experienced and highly motivated person
to fill the above-mentioned position.
Job Profile: The
MHPSS consultant will carry out an assessment concerning the scope, impact and
consequences of sexual violence in Mathare, Korogocho, Dandora and Huruma
(Nairobi).
This assessment will provide
practical recommendations on possible orientations for future programming and
activities.
Responsibilities:
- Mapping of key actors and institutions that
are involved in the response of sexual violence within the community in
the targeted area;
- Examine the methods and effectiveness of
existing formal and informal services and structures as perceived by the
community, including health and psychosocial services;
- Identify informal networks and systems that
deal with sexual violence;
- Identify community resources and obstacles to
meet the needs of victims of sexual violence, including self-protection
mechanisms and also access barriers;
- Provide more qualitative data and evidence on
sexual violence and the level/quality of the available response in both
informal and formal structures;
- Identify attitudes and practices of key actors
within the health, psychosocial, security, human rights/protection, and
justice sectors/domains and within the community;
- Identify current needs, concerns, strengths,
specific risk factors, vulnerable groups and their needs.
Minimum Requirements:
- Psychologist or counsellor background with
psychosocial experience;
- Experience working with survivors of violence
including sexual violence in developing countries;
- Experience in humanitarian work and research;
- Ability to synthesize complex information in a
systematic manner;
- Excellent English and Kiswahili writing and
oral skills;
- Excellent communication and group facilitation
skills.
Other Requirements:
- Good organizational and analytical skills;
- Good interpersonal and reporting skills;
- Ability to work independently;
- Experience working in different cultures and
contexts is an asset.
Interested and qualified persons,
with the required experience are invited to submit their application to the
Head of Human Resources on the below address, before 13th February, 2015.
(Indicate the position title on the subject line).
Please include; Detailed Curriculum Vitae, Copies of Certificates, Current and Expected remuneration and contact details of three referees.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
International Committee of the Red Cross,
Nairobi Regional Delegation, Denis Pritt Road,
P.O.Box 73226, Nairobi, 00200,
Kenya
E-mail: nai_hr@icrc.org
