Kenya Red Cross Society is a leading humanitarian organization sustainably promoting the wellbeing, health and resilience of communities in Kenya. The Society is seeking a qualified professional in the following position:
Position Title: Project
Officer (Integrated Food Security & Livelihoods) 1 Post
Locations: Bomet
Reporting To: County Coordinator
JOB SUMMARY:
The Project Officer is
responsible for providing support in planning, implementation and monitoring of
key project activities in close coordination with the Program manager,
different stakeholders and service providers. The incumbent will work closely
with the project team in strengthening livelihoods at community level.
SCOPE OF THE ROLE:
Duties &
Responsibilities
Leadership:
- In liaison with the Program manager, support
management, monitoring and coordination of the IFSL project activities.
- Promote livelihood programing and mainstreaming
within the county government through capacity building and mentorship
- Conduct awareness and training sessions to build
capacity in target communities
- Document pre and post-training assessments, develop
timely progress and final reports as required
- Research, compile, summarize and present
information/ data on innovative local actions towards livelihoods
programing
- Support establishment of early warning early action
plans for potential disasters;
- Carry out Monitoring and Evaluation of activities
and purpose corrective action required during the course of implementation
of the work plan.
- Conduct monthly review and verification of the
reports from the project timely development of reports and analysis of
results to incorporate lessons learnt into recommendations into the
project.
Planning & Budgeting:
- Participate and/or coordinate the development and
implementation of the annual plans and budget under the project.
- Ensure proper accounts in accordance to the KRCS
regulations and donor requirements.
- Consolidate programme implementation of work plans
that capture all donor requirements as well as planned activity
accomplishments, outputs, and verifiable indicators.
- Responsible for the provision of case management and
psychosocial support to GBV survivors & persons at risk, enabling a
conducive environment and ensuring complete care and treatment of
survivors including referrals to partner agencies for further management
- In-depth experience and understanding of
health/humanitarian programming.
Coordination:
- Coordinate implementation of project activities at
County level
- Support the program manager in developing strategies
for strengthening collaborative partnerships and networks with
stakeholders, and other players on the ground to ensure enhanced
effectiveness project implementation.
- Support in designing of capacity building programs
to effectively prepare communities to respond to disasters, restore family
links as well as put in place systems for community reconstruction and
environmental conservation.
- Strengthen coordination with governments, civil
society and communities, to prevent, mitigate, and respond to GBV, to
promote gender equality, protection and inclusion through community-based
approaches in GBV programming.
- Establish and foster Partnerships in the respective
counties to advance the project goal and advocate for gender-sensitive
programming.
Supervisory
Responsibilities:
●
Project focal persons
DESIRED COMPETENCIES
Technical:
- A good understanding of community work, development
programming and effective project management.
- Knowledge of humanitarian relief issues, trends and
goals at national and sub national levels aimed at preventing and
alleviating human suffering.
- Able to coordinate and network with partners to
build synergies that enhance sustainability of the project outcomes.
- Sensitive and responsive to gender, ethnicity,
disability and other social issues.
- Good communication and presentation skills in both
English and Kiswahili, including ability to develop reports and prepare
relevant publications.
- Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills
including the ability to build collaborative relationships with
sensitivity to cultural, ethnic and political issues.
- Self-motivated with a passion for the work and keen
to learn as well as share knowledge and new ideas around livelihoods and
resilience building.
- Strong experience in GBV programming, management,
trends and goals aimed at preventing and managing GBV issues.
- Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills
including the ability to build collaborative relationships with
sensitivity to cultural, ethnic and political issues.
- Clear understanding of gender, abuse of power and
issues surrounding violence against women.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Community development,
Agriculture, Social Science, Public Health or other related field with an
in-depth understanding of livelihoods and Gender Based Violence (GBV )
programing.
- Demonstrated experience in livelihood programming
with a specific focus on community engagement and accountability
- Demonstrated ability to work closely and effectively
with administrative and community structures in development context;
- Proficient and experienced in planning, monitoring
and reporting of project activities in relevant field in multi-stakeholder
partnerships and collaborations
- Possess skills in proposal and report writing,
project cycle management and participatory monitoring and evaluation of
projects.
- Experience and prior trainings on Protection, Gender
and will an added advantage
How to Apply
Interested candidates who
meet the above qualifications should apply strictly through https://www.redcross.or.ke/careers to reach us not
later than 21st September 2022; Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
