Project Officer-Food Security and Livelihoods at Kenya Red Cross Society

Overall Purpose

The Project Officer is responsible for providing support in planning, implementation and monitoring of key project activities in close coordination with the Regional Program Coordinator, different stakeholders and service providers. The incumbent will work closely with the project team in strengthening Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) at community level.

Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership:

• In liaison with the Regional Program Coordinator, support management, monitoring and coordination of the FSL project activities.
• Promote FSL programing and mainstreaming within the county government through capacity building and mentorship.
• Conduct awareness and training sessions to build capacity in target communities.
• Document pre and post-training assessments, develop timely progress and final reports as required.
• Research, compile, summarize and present information/ data on innovative local actions towards Food Security and Livelihoods programing.
• Carry out Monitoring and Evaluation of activities and purpose corrective action required during the course of implementation of the work plan.

Planning & Budgeting:

• Participate and/or coordinate the development and implementation of the annual plans and budget under the project.
• Ensure proper accounts in accordance to the KRCS regulations and donor requirements.
• Consolidate program implementation of work plans that capture all donor requirements as well as planned activity accomplishments, outputs, and verifiable indicators.

Coordination:

• Coordinate implementation of project activities at County level.
• Support the Regional Program Coordinator in developing strategies for strengthening collaborative partnerships and networks with stakeholders, and other players on the ground to ensure enhanced effectiveness project implementation.  
• Support in designing of capacity building programs to effectively prepare communities to respond to disasters as well as put in place systems for community reconstruction and environmental conservation. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Community development, Agriculture, Social Science or other related field with an in-depth understanding of livelihoods programing
• Demonstrated experience in livelihood programming with a specific focus on community engagement and accountability
• Demonstrated ability to work closely and effectively with administrative and community structures in development context;
• Proficient and experienced in planning, monitoring and reporting of project activities in relevant field in multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborations
• Possess skills in proposal and report writing, project cycle management and participatory monitoring and evaluation of projects.

Knowledge, skills and languages

• A good understanding of community work, development programming and effective project management.
• Knowledge of humanitarian relief issues, trends and goals at national and sub national levels aimed at preventing and alleviating human suffering.
• Able to coordinate and network with partners to build synergies that enhance sustainability of the project outcomes.
• Sensitive and responsive to gender, ethnicity, disability and other social issues.
• Good communication and presentation skills in both English and Kiswahili, including ability to develop reports and prepare relevant publications.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability to build collaborative relationships with sensitivity to cultural, ethnic and political issues.
• Self-motivated with a passion for the work and keen to learn as well as share knowledge and new ideas around livelihoods and resilience building.