Project Officer at DanChurchAid (DCA)

Place: Kakuma , Kenya

Financial inclusion (the access to appropriate financial products and services that meet existing needs) is a key driver for creating self-reliance and resilience especially among disaster affected communities. DCA recognizes the need to strengthen its Country Programme with this new position in Turkana and West Pokot Counties.

The Project Officer will support DCA and partner organizations to enhance access to financial services for communities served by the various DCA funded projects.

The position is based in Kakuma, Turkana County and reports to the DCA Area Manager based in Kakuma.

Duties and responsibilities

• Facilitate and support DCA & partner staff in the implementation of livelihoods and youth empowerment projects that enhance access to financial services and products through field based technical backstopping, training and accompaniment.
• Facilitate and support cash-based interventions in DCA projects.
• Support and drive innovation in the sector of financial inclusion and cash-based interventions including relevant digitisation.
• Support the day to day implementation of assigned DCA interventions at the field level. This entails development of detailed implementation plans, having a teaching and facilitative role, staff supervision as well as monitoring and evaluation of the project.
• Facilitate DCA partnership engagement relevant to financial inclusion at field level, including with other I/NGOs, UN agencies, local government agencies and the private and banking sector.
• Facilitate/support collaboration and cross learning among DCA & partners staff through information sharing, exposure visits including active partner engagements
• Produce monthly projects progress reports to DCA and perform any other responsibilities as determined and assigned by the Area Manager from time to time.

Required Professional Qualifications:

• University level education in any of the following fields: Economics, Finance and Banking, Business Management, Development Studies or other Finance related fields
• Proven experience in community development work with at least 2 years’ experience in social entrepreneurship in general and financial inclusion in particular, preferably working with refugees and refugee-hosting communities.
• Hands on experience in cash-based interventions and private sector engagement will be an added advantage.
• A working knowledge of Turkana or West Pokot Counties or pastoral & agro-pastoralist settings is an added advantage.
• Proven project cycle management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Knowledge of the rights-based approach and the international standards for working with humanitarian response such as SPHERE, Code of Conduct & Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) is an added advantage.
• Proven technical skills and hands-on experience in digital learning contexts, teaching/facilitating adult learners and life skills development for the youth.
• Good interpersonal skills and a proven team player. Self-driven and results-oriented in challenging rural working environments.