Project Officer - Emergency Response at Catholic Relief

Job Summary:

The Project Officer – Emergency Response will monitor and report on all project activities in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Specifically, you will coordinate and monitor all emergency project activities within Turkana County and ensure use of technically appropriate implementation approaches and reporting, consistent with CRS requirements. Your thorough and service-oriented approach will ensure that the project consistently applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

Roles and Key Responsibilities: 

• Coordinate Turkana Emergency Response project in close collaboration with the Turkana County team to ensure effective program management quality.
• Ensure program quality through development and implementation of periodic project reviews and learning, and local partner capacity enhancement.
• Support implementing partner program officer(s) to effectively implement the project
• Represent CRS and Emergency Project in all relevant county level coordination meetings
• Together with CRS MEAL staff, ensure all emergency responses in Kenya comply with required MEAL policies and procedures i.e. project design, monitoring, evaluation, budgeting, accountability and learning.
• Coordinate and co-facilitate regular monitoring data interpretation to inform decisions and learning as provided in the emergency responses MEAL systems.
• Work with Caritas Lodwar to ensure financial reporting follows CRS partner standards and best practices.
• Closely manage county level activity budgets.
• Coordinate with the relevant county level NGO emergency actors to ensure effective targeting and implementation of the projects.

Basic Qualifications 

• Degree in water engineering or related field
• 5 years’ experience in drought response programs preferably in arid/ semi arid and marginalized areas
• Demonstrated ability to work in partnership with local communities and County governments as appropriate.
• Ability to represent CRS at coordination meetings at county level
• Excellent analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple work demands in high-stress environments and work effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision.
• Advanced computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, etc.).
• Demonstrated commitment to respect, equity, diversity and inclusion including gender equality.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Analysis and problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment
• Good relationship management skills and the ability to work closely with local partners
• Proactive, results-oriented and service-oriented
• Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities

Emergency Competencies

• Communicates strategically under pressure
• Manages stress and complexity
• Actively promotes safety and security
• Manages and implements high-quality emergency programs