Project Officer - Research, Marsabit at Catholic Relief

Roles and responsibilities

•  Provide technical and coordination support to the Nawiri Consortium partners and Marsabit in ensuring the process of research are all well-co-ordinated.
•  Provide logistical and administrative support to external consultants and research field teams for the Longitudinal research study and other research activities.
•  Collaborate with the Nawiri research team and external consultants to organize trainings for supervisors and enumerators.
•  Support field logistics to ensure that the field research teams are adequately facilitated working closely with research & design team, Caritas-Marsabit & Isiolo and Head of Offices.
•  Support in community mobilization for the relevant stakeholders across the county and sub county level.
•  Provide updates on all Nawiri research and pilot activities to key stakeholders including relevant county government stakeholders, participating communities and Nawiri and USAID partners.
•  Work in close collaboration with the Field offices, Monitoring and evaluation, Accountability & Learning and other technical field teams
•  Plan, coordinate, monitor and report on activities and required resources to ensure cost efficient and quality service delivery from administrative support functions.
•  Report immediately to the head of county any issues, constraints and challenges in complying with CRS and Donor’s standards policies and regulations and with government’s laws.
•  Keep all documents and information related to CRS' program activities, personnel and development plans confidential.
•  Adhere to CRS' principles of confidentiality in relations to staff, partners, vendors and other stakeholders. Report to the management potential irregularities or any misbehaviour that occurs
•  Be flexible to undertake any other roles as assigned by CRS leadership team depending on the situation.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

•  Proactive and results oriented
•  Good relationship building and management skills and ability to work closely with local partners
•  Attention to detail, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

•  Bachelor’s Degree Sociology, community development, Nutrition etc. in the relevant field
•  Minimum 3 years’ experience in Project Management
•  Minimum 1-2 years research experience
•  Experience working with multiple stakeholders- communities, county governments, International non-governmental institutions and faith-based organizations
•  Demonstrated commitment to respect, equity, diversity and inclusion including gender equality.

Preferred Qualifications:

•  Experience with partners, participatory planning and community engagement
•  Experience with qualitative and quantitative research in Marsabit and / or Kenyan ASALs
•  Experience and/ or familiarity with Marsabit County an asset
•  Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
•  Experience working with multiple stakeholders- universities, international non-governmental
•  Strong communication and writing skills