International Institute of Rural Reconstruction Project Manager Jobs in Kenya

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction Project Manager Jobs in Kenya

Background

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) is a United States-based 501(c)(3) not-for profit international non-governmental organization founded in the US in 1960 and headquartered in Silang in the Philippines.

Our mission is to empower rural people to build resilient communities and attain socio-economic equity through creative and community-led development approaches and widely share lessons to encourage replication.

We have strong anti-poverty programs in eight (8) countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Sudan and Zimbabwe) and Southeast Asia (Philippines, Cambodia and Myanmar). In these countries and regions, we work in collaboration with more than 125 local development partners, and all our 140 staff members are nationals of these countries.

IIRR office was opened in Nairobi, Kenya in 1994. Our work is anchored on 4 broad thematic areas (strategy 2025): Food systems, Environment, Education, Economic Empowerment and Health.

We are seeking to strengthen our capacity building outreach in Africa by recruiting a Project Manager

Minimum Requirements

At least a master’s degree in Natural Resource Management, Forestry, Agroecology, Environment or related disciplines from a recognized university.

A highly competent Field School Master Trainer.

Highly competent in managing complex and multi country projects

Technical/Functional Skills

Cross-cutting knowledge, skills and experience related to biodiversity and natural resources management at landscape and community levels in diverse contexts.

At least 10 years’ direct experience of Field Schools programming and technical backstopping.

Proven experience in curriculum development for Master Trainers and Facilitators of Field Schools (FS)

Proven experience in developing training materials for FS, Facilitators and Master Trainers

At least 5 years proven experience in conducting Facilitators and/or Master Trainers Courses on FS.

Excellent Project management and budget monitoring skills.

Excellent writing and documentation skills.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills,and demonstrated ability to effectively interact and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and sectors.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Oversee the collaborative strategic design of FS approaches for delivering landscape interventions towards sustainable land and forest management (SLM/SFM) in diverse contexts of Africa.

Engage with counterpart technical agencies to identify areas of linkages and synergy

Provide substantive input in the development of the integrated regional technical support and oversight plan to include enhancement of FFS/APFS methodology at country

level.

Provide technical leadership in capacity assessment of identified stakeholders to apply and implement catchment/micro catchment based SLM/SFM technologies, approaches towards Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)

Lead the project team in development of a comprehensive FFS/APFS capacity building plan

Lead a team of experts and stakeholders in developing an integrated FS curriculum for implementation of both landscape and household level interventions towards improved dryland health and community livelihoods

Provide leadership in generation of training materials for FS, Facilitators and Master Trainers based on the curriculum developed.

Lead other experts attached to the programme in preparing and facilitating training courses for Master Trainers on FFS/APFS.

Lead the project team in providing technical backstopping and mentorship to trained FS Master Trainers during ToTs and refresher courses.

Lead the project team to support the design of and facilitate regional thematic learning events on transformative landscape models for promotion and adoption of SLM/SFM through FFS/APFS

Work closely with the project team including M&E and Communication experts to document innovation case studies

Organizational Setting

The Programme Manager will work under the overall guidance of the IIRR-Kenya Country Director. He or She will work closely with and strengthen the FFS/APFS capacities of identified stakeholders at national and community levels in selected project sites in Africa.

Terms and Conditions

The appointment will be for an initial period of one year with the option to renew the term subject to satisfactory performance of services and availability of funds.

We will provide competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience.

The duty station will be in Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travels to IIRR partners and project sites in Africa.

How to Apply

Please send your CV with names of three referees and a covering letter, which outlines how you meet the person specification to recruitment@iirr.org. Application deadline is Friday 23rd December 2022.

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