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  • Posted: Aug 16, 2018
    Deadline: Aug 24, 2018
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    International Alert was founded in 1986 to help people find peaceful solutions to conflict. At that time, the number of conflicts between countries was decreasing, but there was an alarming increase in the number of conflicts within countries. These conflicts were undermining development and leading to gross violations of human rights. Identifying and hig...
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    Project Officer - Kenya

    Job Description

    Salary: Competitive
    Duration: 24 months
    Based: Nairobi, Kenya, with travel to Turkana
    Closing date: 24 August 2018

    We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our expanding Kenya programme. You will be responsible for providing support to the implementation of multiple projects within our Kenya portfolio, including on peacebuilding, extractives and preventing violent extremism, including overseeing activities and supporting monitoring and evaluation.

    With a university degree in a relevant subject, you will have previous experience working in the NGO sector, including implementing activities, engaging with communities and overseeing monitoring and evaluation. You will have excellent report writing skills and experience of engaging with project partners and other key stakeholders. You will have developed strong organisational skills to manage a varied personal workload and meet competing deadlines.

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • Project Implementation
      • Support the planning and implementation of activities for Alert’s peacebuilding programmes in Kenya
      • Support the engagement with project participants and partner organisations periodically to ensure that activities meet participants’ needs, project objectivities and the key activities are taking place as planned
      • Engage with key government and non-government interlocutors, including donors, companies and peacebuilding agencies, through project activities
    • Budget Management
      • Support finance administration relating to project implementation, including preparation of cash requests and donor financial reporting
      • Maintain the project filing system and ensure the effective recording, documentation, and filing of project activities, M&E data, internal and external project meetings
      • Support the coordination and logistics for workshops and field visits
    • Project design, monitoring and evaluation
      • Support the collection of relevant information from partners to feed into the monitoring and evaluation of the project and work on drafting donor reports and project completion reports in coordination with the Programme Development and Assessment Manager
      • Contribute and develop ideas for new projects, building upon the impact achieved by existing projects
      • Follow M&E guidelines, processes and using the M&E tools designed for this project by the Programme Development and Assessment Manager
      • Monitor project progress and impact and advise on adjusting indicators and activities accordingly
      • Undertake project monitoring with partners and project staff
      • Support drafting of success stories and documentation of lessons learned
      • Assist in drafting project proposals, where appropriate
    • Contribute to Alert’s organisational processes and strategies
      • Contribute to team-wide communications and knowledge management, and participate in organisation-wide events and discussions on related topics/projects
    • Any other tasks as may be reasonably required

    Travel requirements

    Based in Nairobi with frequent travel within Kenya, particularly Turkana, and occasional travel to London

    PERSON SPECIFICATION

    ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

    Talents

    At Alert, we have introduced Talent Management to our business model as we believe talented people are crucial to the success of our work. We believe all individuals are talented and success comes in matching the right talents to the right roles. For this role, the skills, qualifications and experience listed below are important, but we believe that to be great in this job you are likely, first and foremost, to have a talent for providing effective project support and be entrepreneurial and proactive in finding practical solutions in a challenging and changing environment. In addition, you will be well organised and with a good attention for detail. You will be a good communicator able to liaise with project stakeholders and articulate clearly project objectives and achievements.

    This is what we will be looking for above all else

    • University degree in relevant subject
    • NGO project implementation experience – including activity implementation community engagement, monitoring and reporting
    • Excellent working knowledge (spoken, written and read) of English
    • Experience of implementing community-based programming
    • Experience in engaging with partners and other stakeholders
    • Experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects
    • Excellent report-writing and editing skills
    • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage personal workload and meet deadlines
    • Kenyan National (or in possession of right to work in Kenya)

    DESIREABLE REQUIREMENTS

    • Master’s degree in relevant subject
    • Experience of implementing governance or peacebuilding programmes in Kenya
    • Understanding of oil industry in Kenya, and/or preventing violent extremism programmes, especially desirable
    • Knowledge of M&E methodologies
    • Experience of financial administration gained in an NGO/INGO
    • Understanding and familiarity with conflict-sensitive approaches to development
    • Familiarity with gender and development concepts, and experience of implementing gender-sensitive programmes

    SUMMARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    • Leave entitlement 36.5 days leave annually (comprising of annual leave, public holidays and closure of the office between Christmas and New Year).
    • Notice period There will be an initial 3-month probationary period during which notice will be one month on either side. On successful completion of the probationary period notice will remain as 1 month.
    • Working hours Full time staff are expected to work a standard 37-hour week, with some flexibility around start and finish times to be agreed with the line manager.

    Method of Application

    To apply, please click the  apply now button below and upload your CV and cover letter. In your cover letter, please state your motivations for applying, how you fit the person specification of the job description and your current salary or salary expectations.

    We will not be able to obtain a work permit for this role, so all job applicants must already have the right to work in Kenya.

    The deadline for applications is Friday 24 August 2018 (5pm east Africa time). Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so early applications are encouraged.

    Interviews will take place during the week commencing 27 August 2018.

    While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful. International Alert is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be judged strictly on the basis of merit.

    Interested and qualified? Go to International Alert on internationalalertlive.peoplehr.net to apply

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