Field Officer (Garissa) at Boma Projects

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage the Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), BOMA’s program that helps low-income youth start businesses to uplift their living standards,
• Provide mentoring to the agreed number of small businesses every year for a one-year cycle.
• In a collaborative process with the community (Participatory Wealth Ranking) and BOMA Location Committees, target and identify eligible women for the program, based on BOMA’s criteria
• Meet with established business groups, help them make decisions about their business and offer other guidance as needed,
• Conduct business and savings trainings in the locations they represent.
• Survey individuals and collect data on living standards, participation in savings groups, and other relevant information.
• Represent BOMA at the Ward and Village level and report activities to the Program Manager.
• Report on the businesses and savings groups’ performances to the Program Manager.
• Provide accurate and comprehensive monthly reports to the Program Manager based on BOMA’s monthly report template
• Assess and strengthen the effectiveness of the BOMA Program and its implementation
• Use Performance Insights, BOMA’s Technology Platform to Monitor and Improve Program results.
• Adhere to weekly work schedule assigned by the Graduation Advisor.
• Perform a minimum of agreed visits per week to the business groups and savings groups for which you are responsible and upload all data collected on daily basis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Development, Economics, Business, Development or a related field required from a recognized institution.
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience managing livelihood and community development projects, specifically with a youth entrepreneurship component.
• Demonstrable ability to coordinate field activities
• Proven competency/experience in data collection and basic analysis
• Possession of self-drive; able to work with minimal supervision
• Good report writing and computer skills
• Fluent in the local dialects of the location