NCCK Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Officer Jobs in Kenya

NCCK Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Officer Jobs in Kenya

Job Purpose:

To provide Leadership and Coordination in Implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of Household Economic Empowerment program to promote OVC household resilience and graduation as guided by the case plans. The position holder reports to the project Coordinator and will be in charge of supervising the Field Agent Supervisors (FAS) and Community Based Trainers.

Duties and Responsibilities

Ensure prudent designing, planning of appropriate HES interventions and utilization of project resources for OVC effective households economic strengthening interventions

Promote cohesive and collaborative working between HES workforce and other project components; case managers, case workers and caregivers

Liasing with the Project Coordinator, NCCK management and USAID Tumikia HES point person to identify and facilitate effective delivery of impactful HES interventions for resilience building and graduation of OVC households while paying fidelity to donor and stakeholder expectations

Act as the key focal person in management of HES tracking systems including SAVIX used in tracking progress of HES interventions

Liaise with case managers and Data assistants to ensure HES data is appropriately captured and reported on CPMIS

Document and share HES success/significant change stories to promote learning

Profile OVC caregivers based on their Vulnerability category and case plans to ensure provision of appropriate empowerment packages to achieve sustainable resilience and graduation

Provide ongoing training, mentorship and supervision of HES workforce including FAS and Community Business Trainers (CBT) to promote understanding and fidelity to project implementation of core HES models and approaches; Food & Nutrition Security, local value chains, Youth economic empowerment, microenterprise development, savings for transformation (S4T), youth economic empowerment and social protection

Facilitate the HES workforce to cascade the capacity to OVC households engaged in various Household Economic Strengthening initiatives

Promote opportunities for continuous learning and reflection by the HES workforce and other project staff

Support the HES workforce to promote school based agricultural enterprises in schools with significant OVC presence.

Target older youth from OVC households who are out of school and support uptake of marketable vocational skills training, apprenticeships

and appropriate economic strengthening initiatives.

Provide ongoing training, mentorship and supervision of HES workforce including FAS and Community Business Trainers (CBT) to promote understanding and fidelity to project implementation of core HES models and approaches; Food & Nutrition Security, local value chains, Youth economic empowerment, microenterprise development, savings for transformation (S4T), youth economic empowerment and social protection

Facilitate the HES workforce to cascade the capacity to OVC households engaged in various Household Economic Strengthening initiatives

Promote opportunities for continuous learning and reflection by the HES workforce and other project staff

Support the HES workforce to promote school based agricultural enterprises in schools with significant OVC presence.

Target older youth from OVC households who are out of school and support uptake of marketable vocational skills training, apprenticeships and appropriate economic strengthening initiatives

Requirements for Appointment

Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Economics, or other relevant agriculture discipline, Business Administration and management, Economics, Community Development or equivalent degree or with at least one-year experience or a Diploma in the stated Fields with over 3 years’ of relevant HES experience

Over one-year experience for degree holder or at least 3 years working experience for Diploma holders implementing Household Economic Strengthening f.

Experience in undertaking economic empowerment work among disadvantaged rural households.

Excellent financial management skills and budgeting.

Excellent donor report writing and presentation skills

Strong negotiation and engagement skills

Community mobilization and lobbying skills.

Good facilitation skills

Able to deliver capacity building for staff and project stakeholders

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; NCCK Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Officer Jobs in Kenya

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