Action Africa Help International Livelihoods Coordinator Jobs in Kakuma - Kenya

Action Africa Help International Livelihoods Coordinator Jobs in Kakuma - Kenya

Action Africa Help International (AAH-I) is a regional African-led non-governmental organisation that supports livelihood-challenged communities in East and Southern Africa to sustainably improve their well-being and standard of living.

With Country Programmes in South Sudan, Kenya,Somalia, Uganda, Zambia and recently in Djibouti, AAH-I has over 25 years’ experience working with communities in conflict and post-conflict situations, including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities.

More recently AAH-I has expanded its activities to work with other
marginalised communities, including pastoralists and people living in informal urban settlements.

Department:

Livelihoods

Reports to:

Area Manager

Liaises with:

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and Logistics Staff

Duty Station:

Kakuma, Kenya

Job Summary:

The Livelihoods Coordinator is responsible for designing, coordination, implementation, monitoring and follow up of AAHI livelihoods programming.

He/she will ensure project achieves its overall goal in conformity to policies and guidelines.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic and program planning

Develop, coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and report on AAHI Livelihood operations

Based on existing assessments, he/she will design interventions, strategies and plans
for the implementation of livelihood programmes;

Identify innovative/alternative livelihood approaches

Lead in developing new sustainable livelihood initiatives/proposals and fundraising relating
recovery and development response;
Coordination

Participate in the Livelihoods inter-agency working groups, joining technical task forces as needed

Program Implementation, monitoring and reporting

Ensure continuous capacity building among staff in handling the Livelihood programming.

Undertake regular field/onsite visits to ensure technical support to livelihood staff and proper monitoring of the activities’ implementation plan

Provide regular updates on progress to Area manager and other team members

Ensure donor and agency compliance is met at all levels of project/program management
cycle

Review and endorse relevant financial and narrative reporting on all livelihood
interventions.

Provide overall budget monitoring, financial management and expenses control including compliance with minimum AAHI and donor requirements.

Ensure lessons learned are documented, shared and reflected in program planning and
decision making

Ensure transparency and accountability tools, processes and mechanisms to affected
communities are in place

Work with M&E team to ensure M&E plan is being implemented, data is being collected
from the field and regular reports are being produced

Minimum qualifications required

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualifications in Social Sciences, Project Management, Agriculture, Business Administration or relevant discipline with further training in management

At least 7 years of progressive responsible programme, of which at least 2 years closely
related to implementing camp management activities or community settlements.

Master’s degree in Project Development and Management, Proposal Writing, Business
Incubation, Agribusiness, Business administration or equivalent preferable.

Minimum relevant experience required

Demonstrate impeccable top level negotiation and persuasive skills in programming with
donors while appreciating the desired flexibility.

Relevant experience in business or market/economic development

Relevant experience in agricultural production, market assessments, rural market

linkages, and capacity building in value chains

Experience in training field team

Experience in implementing livelihood intervention in camp setting

Demonstrated strengths in relationship management; able to work with diverse groups of
people in multicultural, team-oriented environment.

Desirable Skills

Project management field experience.

Knowledge and exposure to the social and cultural values of the region concerned.

Proficiency in local language(s).

Skilled in influencing and obtaining cooperation of individuals not under supervisory control;
able to manage long-distance relationships to achieve results

Functional Competencies:

Organises and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking
into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available
resources and multiple reporting relationships

Plans, coordinates and organises workload while remaining aware of changing Priorities
and competing deadlines

Establishes, builds and maintains effective working relationships with staff and clients to
facilitate the provision of support
Knowledge Management and Learning

In-depth knowledge on MIS, M&E and development issues

Excellent knowledge of monitoring and the application of methodology: Good
understanding of capacity assessment methodologies; excellent ability to identify significant
capacity building opportunities;

Excellent communication skills (written and oral): Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all
partners, Respectful and helpful relations with donors and project staff.

Ability to lead implementation of new systems (business side), and affect staff behavioural/attitudinal change

Additional Skills & Competences

Communicational skills (written and spoken)

Organisational and managerial skills

ICT speciality (email, Spread-sheets, MS-word, Databases, job-related software, etc).

Team-work and participation

High level of self-supervision and ability to take initiative

Degree of accuracy and attention to detail

Technical side of the job (numeracy, report-writing, critical thinking, leadership, etc).

INGO experience and understanding of humanitarian sector

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should email application letters and CVs (with 3 referees) addressed to
recruitkenya@actionafricahelp.org to be received by 30th April, 2019.

The email Subject Line must show the job
title of the position applied for.

AAH-K is an equal-opportunity employer. We thank candidates for their high interest in the opportunities we publish on our website.

Due to the high number of applications we receive, we will only get back to shortlisted candidates.

AAH-K does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process nor does it use recruitment agents.

Selection will be done on a rolling basis.

For more information and job application details, see; Action Africa Help International Livelihoods Coordinator Jobs in Kakuma - Kenya

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