Farming Systems Kenya Community Development Officer Jobs in Kenya

Farming Systems Kenya Community Development Officer Jobs in Kenya

Essential Character and Character Traits

Born again Christian, result oriented, values committed, self-motivated, accountable and honest.
Reporting to the Senior Programmes Manager the Community Development Officer will undertake the
following duties:

Knowledge and Skills Required

Minimum bachelor degree in community development studies, social work,
sociology, agriculture and human Ecology or related area of study

Minimum 2 years’ field-based experience in community development, using
sustainable and transformative approaches and tools

Innovative and pro-active approach to resolving complex community needs

Competencies in the application of participatory community approaches

Good planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting skills

Competencies in adult learning facilitation, planning and execution of workshop and
training events

Partnership-building, networking, collaboration and representation skills

Proposal writing skills

Roles and Responsibilities

Provide trainings to the groups, CBOs on group dynamics and animal welfare.

Assess and identify community capacity gaps, needs and root causes on equine husbandry and
management practices and related social-economic needs.

Develop and implement interventions to address the gaps, needs and root causes identified
above in a sustainable manner.

Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions, and follow up with relevant
adjustments.

Continuously implement follow up actions or adjustments on the basis of information gathered
from the evaluation above.

Explore innovative capacity building methods, tools and techniques that are suitable and
sensitive to distinct community groupings, demographics and contexts for sustainable behaviour

change.

Strengthen community-based structures among target equine owning communities that assure
sustainable project interventions.

Participate in identification of gaps in and value addition to resource and material requirements related to community engagement.

Prepare for and deliver content during planned trainings, ensure learning capacity building road map; matching session plans for each training session; and conduct monitoring visits to follow
up on the use of C4A tools.

Mentor community animal welfare ambassadors.

Participate from time to time in meetings or initiatives with other like-minded stakeholders in
animal welfare and livelihoods sectors.

Compile weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual Reports.

Management of organization funds, accounting and financial reporting as per activities planned
and carried out.

Organize field days and outreach programs to farmers in collaboration with other stakeholders.

Support in fundraising to ensure and support programme growth and project sustainability.

How to Apply

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