Field Officer (FO) at Boma Projects

Position Purpose

• BOMA is seeking to recruit three Field Officers to support SOIL program implementation in Marsabit County. Reporting to the SOIL Program Manager, the Field Officer will provide field-level technical leadership, planning, coordination, supervision, and quality assurance, to ensure  program activities are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed standards and targets.
• The role will supervise Mentors, lead participant targeting activities, plan and coordinate program implementation, support Mentor capacity strengthening and train participants on technical topics, facilitate market and financial linkages, and use technology tools and program data to monitor participant progress and inform adaptive program management. The Field Officer will work with key stakeholders including participants, community leaders and members, government officials, market actors, sub-grantees, and service providers to strengthen livelihoods, enterprise development, incomes, savings, food and nutrition security, and household resilience.
• The role will ensure Mentors discharge planned program activities with quality ensure quality monitoring data is collected as prescribed for the program and Technology tools are used where provided and for the defined work. It will also be responsible for reporting, stakeholder coordination, safeguarding, male engagement, accountability, and timely resolution of implementation challenges, while ensuring effective application of SOIL’s nutrition-sensitive livelihoods model.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Agribusiness, Economics, Community Health and Nutrition, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Social Sciences, or another relevant field. 
• A professional qualification or postgraduate training in livelihoods, economic inclusion, nutrition, agriculture, climate resilience, market systems development, or project management will be an added advantage. 
• Training or certification in Training of Trainers (ToT), adult learning, facilitation, or community-based programming is highly desirable. 

Professional Experience

• At least 4–5 years of relevant experience in program/project implementation, preferably in livelihoods, economic inclusion, graduation programming, food and nutrition security, agriculture/livestock, or resilience programming. 
• Demonstrated experience in direct supervision and coaching of field teams, Mentors, or similar frontline staff. 
• Strong experience in designing and delivering technical training to both field staff and program participants using adult-learning approaches. 
• Demonstrated experience establishing and managing market, financial, government, community, education, health, and other service linkages for program participants. 
• Experience working with government, private-sector actors, financial service providers, community structures, and development partners. 
• Demonstrated experience using program data to monitor performance, identify implementation gaps, and inform adaptive management and decision-making. 
• Experience working in ASAL, rural, pastoralist, or other resource-constrained contexts is highly desirable. 
• Experience integrating nutrition, livelihoods, gender, resilience, and social inclusion into program delivery.