CARE International in Kenya is
looking for a well organized and highly motivated individual who is
result-oriented to fill the following position:
Job Title: Project Officer
Department / Project: Kilimo Biashara / Best Seller Projects
Supervisor: Project Manager
Location / Duty Station: Embu
Grade: F
Job Summary & Purpose: Responsible and accountable for the technical and human resources management of Kilimo Biashara and Best Seller Projects and ensure efficient and effective attainment of project goals and objectives.
Job Summary & Purpose: Responsible and accountable for the technical and human resources management of Kilimo Biashara and Best Seller Projects and ensure efficient and effective attainment of project goals and objectives.
He/she will oversee production and
marketing activities by the farmers and Youths in the two project regions.
He/she will be responsible for the
formulations of farmer associations and trainings on governance.
The Project Officer, in collaboration
with other project partners, will be responsible for the development of a
scorecard rating system and therein training of the farmer groups on the
same.
As the project will be transitioning
to fee for service for the Community Based Trainers (CBTs), the Project Officer
will work closely with the Financial Inclusion Sector to oversee the group
savings and loans component.
The officer will form the
communication link between the Project Manager, key partners, relevant County
Government departments and other collaborators in this project.
Tasks and Responsibilities
R1: Designing, Planning & implementation of Kilimo Biashara and Best Seller Project activities
Tasks and Responsibilities
R1: Designing, Planning & implementation of Kilimo Biashara and Best Seller Project activities
- Coordinate relevant stakeholders and service
providers to deliver trainings to project beneficiaries such as trainings
towards GAP compliance, scorecard rating system, group governance,
agro-ecological/conservation agriculture techniques.
- Facilitate the formation of farmer
associations in the two project implementation sites of Karatina and
Kinangop and undertake trainings on governance
- Provide input to the review and development of
training materials and design a scorecard rating system for the project
- Ensure compliance with CARE performance
management system for self and supervisees
- Assist the Project Manager in budget
development, reviews, and review of project expenditure, as may be
required from time to time.
R2: Project Monitoring &
Evaluation
- Compile and submit monthly updates and quarterly
project reports to the project Manager within the set deadlines
- Monitor groups and individual application of
knowledge and skills transfer from trainings for attitude and behavior
transformation, changes in production levels and compliance with quality
standards
- Document learning’s on the innovations in a
continuous basis
- Verify accuracy of data collected for tracking
of indicators in the project
- Assist in baseline, midterm or end of project
evaluations for the project
R3: Maintenance of Resources
- Undertake the proper maintenance of the
project assets and ensure proper use of other project resources assigned
to him/her.
R4: Representation and Coordination
- Represent project in the stakeholders meetings
related to project or as may be assigned by the project Manager
Authority:
Spending Authority: None
Decision Making: Moderate
authority - works under the supervision of the Project Manager.
Contacts/Key Relationships (Internal & External):
Contacts/Key Relationships (Internal & External):
Internal: Project Manager, Financial
Inclusion Field officers based in Embu other Sector officers
External: Project partners and
stakeholders, relevant County government departments, Horticulture Corporation
Directorate (HCDA)
Working Conditions: The position will be based in Karatina, Nyeri County with 50% travel to the other project site in Kinangop, Nyadarua County for support of the farmer groups and liaison with other implementing partners and collaborators at the local level.
Working Conditions: The position will be based in Karatina, Nyeri County with 50% travel to the other project site in Kinangop, Nyadarua County for support of the farmer groups and liaison with other implementing partners and collaborators at the local level.
Qualifications:
Education: Degree
in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Natural Resource Management or related field with
5 years of relevant working experience.
Experience: Experience
in smallholder farmer agribusiness capacity development, Relevance and
diversity of experience in agricultural enterprise and value chain development,
Experience in participatory training methodologies.
Abilities and Skills: Strong IT, facilitation and communication skills
(both oral and written), good inter-personal skills, demonstrable ability to
innovate, be creative and solution focused in your approach to work, Ability to
work effectively as part of a team and with minimum supervision.
Competencies: Have
a good and well-rounded knowledge and understanding of the range of smallholder
farming activities, knowledgeable in field crop and horticulture agronomy,
Knowledge of the agribusiness sector in Kenya.
Job Title: Field Officer / Agriculture
Department / Project: Best
Seller Project
Supervisor: Project
Officer
Location / Duty Station: Embu
Date of Employment: 1st July 2015
Grade: E
Job Summary & Purpose: In
consultation with the Project manager, the Field Officer will oversee
sensitization, recruitment and appropriate training of youth groups to enhance
agricultural production and while promoting the general livelihood of target households.
He/She will train participating youth
groups on financial inclusion and maintain a proper Savings Group MIS database.
The FO will monitor, maintain records
and prepare progress reports as and when required.
In addition the FO will represent the project in respective area of jurisdiction.
Responsibilities and Tasks:
R1. Mobilize Community towards project activities
- Create awareness creation on project goal,
objectives and expected outputs.
- Facilitate development of community structures
for managing the implementation of project activities.
- Facilitate recruitment of participant youth
groups
R2: Training of Community
- Train participating youth groups in good
agricultural practice to enhance production and other identified
enterprises.
- Train participating youth groups on marketing
and promotion of youth products.
- Facilitate training in crop utilization to
enhance dietary change aimed at enhancing the nutrition of participating
households
- Facilitate institutional development of
community institutions to enhance collective action and
negotiation.
- Facilitate training of participating youth
groups on Savings Groups methodology, Financial education and enterprise
development.
R3: Monitoring of Project activities
and reporting
- Facilitate joint planning and review meetings
with the participating youth groups.
- Maintain appropriate data on project
implementation as per the project monitoring and evaluation plan.
- Compile reports as and when necessary.
R4: Management of Project Resources
- Facilitate procurement planning of inputs to
ensure adequate and timely provision to participating households.
- Facilitate equitable distribution of inputs to
target households
- Undertake proper maintenance and use assigned
resources
Authority:
- Spending Authority: Per Financial and
Procurement policies, none.
- Supervision: None
- Decision Making: schedule of community
activities
Contacts / Key Relationships
(Internal & External):
External:
- Sunripe Ltd production manager
- Government of Kenya local line ministries
Working Conditions:
- Operate from own house, with scheduled
reporting to the project office.
- Use motorcycle for transportation
- Cold and wet field conditions
Qualifications:
- Education: Diploma in Agriculture /
Certificate in Agriculture
- Experience in community development and
management
- Certificate holders: at least 8 years
- Diploma holders : At least 5 years
- Value chain experience with Baby corn ,Sugar
snaps and French beans preferred
- Competencies: Community mobilization and
training, understanding of farm livelihood
- Valid motorcycle rider’s license
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer (MEAL)
Officer
Department / Project: PQ&LU/RAP
Supervisor: Program Quality and Learning Coordinator
Location / Duty Station: Dadaab
Grade: F Band 2
Job Summary: Reporting to the Program Quality and Learning Coordinator, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer will be primarily responsible for monitoring and evaluation, strengthening program quality and accountability, promoting learning and reporting of RAP programs in line with CARE’s monitoring and evaluation system.
Department / Project: PQ&LU/RAP
Supervisor: Program Quality and Learning Coordinator
Location / Duty Station: Dadaab
Grade: F Band 2
Job Summary: Reporting to the Program Quality and Learning Coordinator, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer will be primarily responsible for monitoring and evaluation, strengthening program quality and accountability, promoting learning and reporting of RAP programs in line with CARE’s monitoring and evaluation system.
He/she will work in collaboration
with sector coordinators, Quality Assurance and Standards Officers, other MEAL
Officers, Database and Programming Officer and other program staff.
Responsibilities and Tasks:
R1: Contribute to Program Quality Standards development, implementation and compliance
R1: Contribute to Program Quality Standards development, implementation and compliance
- Support Program Quality and Learning Unit
(PQLU) to ensure that activities and results follow CARE, UNHCR, SPHERE,
WHO or other standards in project management and other contract
deliverables.
- Support PQLU in functions and processes of
developing program quality standards.
- Ensure adherence to program quality standards
throughout the project cycle by sectors.
R2: Ensure Monitoring &
Evaluation of projects
- Participate in processes of review and/or
development of M & E systems and tools.
- Collect quantitative and qualitative project
progress data on output/results indicators as defined in the project
agreements.
- Engage in spot checks and process monitoring
to track results (output, outcomes and impacts).
- Based on monitoring results, prepare
synopsis/reports on project progress and submit to PQL coordinator in set
frequencies and enter it in databases.
- Provide feedback on project management to the
program sectors and track necessary changes in strategies, approaches, and
activities by the respective program sectors.
- Develop TORs for project evaluations and
participate in the evaluations, in consultation with relevant sector
coordinators as per the program sector plans and mandates.
- Ensure timely documentation, publication and
sharing of lessons learned and successful approaches adopted by the
program with various stakeholders.
- Compare project progress with the combined
work, procurement, and spending plans and communicate the results to
program sectors and program managers.
- Contribute to PQLU and M & E strategy
development.
- Capacity building of program staff and PQLU
incentive staff on Monitoring and Evaluation.
R3: Review drafts of
project/program reports to donors
- Monitor the reporting schedule for the
deadlines of the various reports to donors as agreed in the donor
contracts and agreements. Ensure the deadlines are adhered to for onward submissions
of reports.
- Review donor and internal reports and ensure
authentic data and information has been presented by the program
sectors through verification on sources of data, methods of
data collection, reliability/consistency of information and probability of
results being delivered.
R4: Provide support in
Project/Program Development
- Contribute to design and development of new
projects/program concepts and proposals.
- Review the project proposal, especially
results frameworks, to ensure compliance with the donor requirements and
program standards.
- Participate in development and review of the
RAP strategic plan.
R5: Support various sectors to
incorporate quality and accountability in their work.
- Work with sector coordinators to ensure
implementation of CARE’s Humanitarian Accountability Framework
- Work with the sector coordinators to establish
complaint and feedback mechanisms and ensure that the mechanisms are
culturally appropriate and complete from receipt of complaints to analysis
and feedback.
- Maintain a data base of the complaints
received from beneficiaries and responses.
- Scale up CARE’s effort for information sharing
to stakeholders.
- Ensure that the complaint and feedback
mechanisms established are increasingly being known by the
stakeholders, more so refugee community.
- Review the complaints mechanism in a
participatory way and for continuous improvement
- Share information to stakeholder in accordance
with CARE’s information sharing guidelines
- Build staff capacity on accountability and
PSEA.
- Produce monthly reports to be shared with all
relevant CARE staff on a need to know basis respecting confidentiality;
contribute to the analysis and the identification of trends in complaints
and problems being raised by the refugees.
- Identify opportunities to work collaboratively
across agencies where appropriate, to share ideas, experiences, successes
and challenges.
Authority:
Spending Authority: None
Supervision: 8 Refugee Incentive Workers
Decision Making: Normal decisions related to the responsibilities of the position and supervision of incentive Workers
Contacts / Key Relationships:
Internal: Sector Coordinator, DRO, PgM and Program staff
External: WFP and UNHCR field staff
Working Conditions: The position is based in Dadaab Main Office with occasional visits to the Camps and other program sites. This is a non-family work station. Hot weather is prevalent throughout the year with limited basic amenities.
Spending Authority: None
Supervision: 8 Refugee Incentive Workers
Decision Making: Normal decisions related to the responsibilities of the position and supervision of incentive Workers
Contacts / Key Relationships:
Internal: Sector Coordinator, DRO, PgM and Program staff
External: WFP and UNHCR field staff
Working Conditions: The position is based in Dadaab Main Office with occasional visits to the Camps and other program sites. This is a non-family work station. Hot weather is prevalent throughout the year with limited basic amenities.
Road movement between the work
station and Garissa as well as inter-camp movement must be under police escort
(scheduled convoys), with strict adherence to safety and security instructions
all the time. It is a six days work station with a compensatory time off
according to CTO policy.
The incumbent shall reside in the CARE compound while executing official duties and shall obey and adhere to residential compound regulations.
Qualifications and Competencies
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science or Development Studies from a recognized University
Experience: 3 years relevant experience in similar/related position and demonstrated experience in monitoring & evaluation with an international humanitarian agency in settings of implementing humanitarian accountability practices.
Certificate: Monitoring and Evaluation
Competencies
The incumbent shall reside in the CARE compound while executing official duties and shall obey and adhere to residential compound regulations.
Qualifications and Competencies
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science or Development Studies from a recognized University
Experience: 3 years relevant experience in similar/related position and demonstrated experience in monitoring & evaluation with an international humanitarian agency in settings of implementing humanitarian accountability practices.
Certificate: Monitoring and Evaluation
Competencies
- Demonstrate skills and experience in
utilization of data analysis and management software.
- Experience in undertaking evaluations and
impact enquiries.
- Good report writing/reviewing and
communication skills besides other strong interpersonal skills.
- Significant demonstrated experience in working
on donor funded programs
- Excellent leadership, training and
facilitation skills
Applications
If you feel you meet the requirements
for any of these positions, send your application letter indicating the
reference number, title of the position along with an updated CV and telephone
contacts of three professional referees to:
The Human Resources & Development
Manager,
CARE International in Kenya,
Email: Vacancies@care.or.ke
to be received not later than 22nd
May, 2015.
Only short listed candidates will be
contacted.
CARE is an equal opportunity employer and promotes gender equity.
Canvassing will lead to automatic
disqualification.
CARE International in Kenya does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.(Application, interview, meeting, processing, training or any other fees).