Project Officer - Agriculture/Enterprise Development at Food for the Hungry (FH Kenya)

Principal responsibilities

• Co- lead/implement Nutrition and food security interventions contributing to increased access to nutritional support and essential services for target groups in or at risk of malnutrition
  Budget scope and time management of the project
• Provide input for the development and implementation of the training curriculum/ materials, conduct trainings and workshops
• Responsible for community mobilization in close collaboration with
  other FH field level staff
• Facilitate planning meetings at the community level and ensure timely implementation of the work plans.
• Documentation of relevant field level data, proceedings and decisions made at the community level and compilation of field reports as required by the program
• Donor and partner engagements including with health facility staff, departments of agriculture/livestock and fisheries in target locations.
• Seek collaboration and build excellent working relations with communities, local leaders, elders and local authorities during project implementation.
• Represent FHK in different forums at the field level.
• Improve the participation of the shareholders in the decision-making process
• Effectively use monitoring tools to monitor implementation of activities.
• Collect and analyse data for baseline surveys, assessments, monitoring and evaluation as per set guidelines.
• Participate in preparing reports in accordance with FH guidelines and donor requirements.
• Provide field updates to the program leadership and implementation teams.
• Support project learning and continuous improvement
• Facilitate public private partnership engagement

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in In Food/agribusiness, agriculture economics and enterprise development or related disciplines.
• Previous experience managing or implementing agribusiness programming for at least 3 years in local/rural communities in ASAL regions with knowledge on community groups and dynamics.
• Clear understanding and evidence based experience on agricultural value chain development and working with SMEs