Senior Livelihood Development Officer II at Academic Model Providing Access To Health Care (AMPATH)

SITE:    AMPATH, MTRH.

RS:   11

Reporting to the Principal Investigator through Study Coordinator, the successful candidate will perform duties which include but not limited to the following:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Receive referrals, identify gaps and needs and give appropriate intervention, Document the interventions.
• Initiate formation, guide and monitor the growth of community groups (Cooperatives, community based organization, self-Help Groups, Group integrated saving for Health Empowerment, etc.)
• Identify, recruit, train and monitor group empowerment service providers (GESPS)
• Conduct field visits as a follow-up on the referrals and provide linkage mechanism of joining community groups (cooperatives, CBOs, SHGs, GISHE, etc.) as may be appropriate
• Link members of the community (individual or as group) to partners and other service providers as may be appropriate.

·         Carryout group–specific capacity assessment, develop a work plan and coordinate implementation of the group work plan.

• Develop training schedules and conduct training.
• Identify and develop alternative livelihood interventions and new agribusiness opportunities
• Establish in partnership with the county government and private extension an effective livelihoods and agribusiness model to small holder farmers
• Conduct stakeholder identification and analysis in the identified value chains and coordinate engagement with the community groups.
• Write grants to mobilize increased funding for the program
• Develop weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual work plans and budgets to be approved by the PI
• Document success stories; lessons learnt and best practices on livelihoods improvement.
• Collect, Compile reports and submit within specifies datelines

Requirements:

• Strong farmer mobilization skills
• Demonstrate ability to design and implement strategies aimed at improving institutional capacity building to key partner institutions
• Knowledge and experience working with developing private/public partnerships at the county level

 Dimensions to the role:

• Lead the social protection goals for the population health program by promoting the uptake of health insurance and health service among AMPATH groups (40%)
• Provide linkages to partners and county government extension services in the area (20%)
• Promote the development and sustenance of microfinance groups (20%)
• Writing grants to attract additional funding (10%)
• Administrative roles (10%)

Qualifications

The ideal candidates should have:

• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture related field, cooperative management, entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Rural Development, Business Development, Project Management or related field from recognized university.
• Must have  served for at least three (3 years in  management position)
• Experience with donor –funded projects is an added advantage.
• Significant experience building public/private partnerships.
• Strategic, planning and analytical skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft office.

Terms of Employment

The successful candidate will be employed on contract terms, beginning with a three-month probation.