Project Officer –Nutrition and Food Security at Food for the Hungry (FH Kenya)

Job Summary

• Provide project implementation oversight in implementation of a food security and livelihoods project that seeks to turn around the malnutrition burden within Marsabit county.
• The role will seek to ensure quality and timely delivery of interventions for our shareholders (the people we serve).
• This role will involve engagement with multiple actors including the county, health service providers and other civil society actors.

Principal responsibilities

Key Result 1: - Implementation of project activities

• Overall lead on 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

Key Result # 2: - Collaboration with communities, local authorities and other partners.

• Donor and partner engagements including with health facility staff 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 beneficiaries in the decision making process.

Key Result # 3: - Reporting, Monitoring and Assessments

• Effectively use monitoring tools to monitor implementation of activities.
• Collect and analyze 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

JOB LEVEL SPECIFICATIONS

• Vibrant personal relationship with Christ.
• Demonstrated skills in staff management, capacity building and community relations
• Ability and willingness to work independently with a high degree of motivation, result oriented creativeness and adaptability
• Excellent report writing and analytical skills
• Good communication, interpersonal and organizational skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team
• Good English skills (written and spoken), knowledge of local language is a necessity.
• Strong networking skills with related county and national line ministries
• Good working knowledge of ASAL areas in Kenya
• Strong budget making skills

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as BSc. In Food, nutrition and Dietetics or Public Health.
• Previous experience managing or implementing nutrition projects, learner and adaptable.
• Safeguarding Policy
• FH strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented.
• FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment.
• FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the FH Heartbeat and safeguarding and associated policies.
• Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.