Jobs at International Rescue Committee

Job Description

Working under the guidance of the Senior Nutrition Officer. The Nutritionist will be the team leader and will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Emergency grant Nutrition interventions on MIYCN practices:

He/she will be responsible for day-to-day data compilation.

Key Responsibilities

• In support of the nutrition officer plan and support the distribution of family MUAC tapes to families in the targeted areas.
• In collaboration with the ministry of health conduct trainings to M2MSGs on MIYCN practices during Covid – 19 Pandemic.
• Train and mentor families including CHEWs and CHVs on family MUAC approach.
• Support the nutrition officer in the development of wok plans for the activities to be implemented.
• Plan and conduct trainings on Growth Monitoring Promotion (GMP), IMAM and MIYCN to other mainstream health professionals.
• Offer nutrition support through counselling to individuals with medical conditions including Comprehensive Care Clinic clients.
• Compile and submit donor and IRC Nutrition Program weekly, biweekly, and monthly reports of all the activities implemented.
• Support the nutrition officer in Monitoring budget spending in line with spending plan and ensure diligence in grants utilization including timely spending and value for money.
• Liaise with supply Chain Department in logistical program supplies, procurement, and monitor supply control.
• Support MOH on DQAs.
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Hold a minimum of Diploma in Food Nutrition and dietetics from recognized institution.
• Must be registered with KNDI.

Experience/Competence

• Minimum 1year experience within an INGO in implementing emergency community nutrition.
• Experience of Maternal infant and young child nutrition with strong BFHI/BFCI approaches
• Experience in nutrition survey and assessment
• Proven analytical, communication/ negotiation skills and ability to think strategically.
•  Experience in report writing and excellent computer skills.
• Ability to work in hardship areas (previous experience in a camp setting will be an added advantage).
• Fluency in Nga’Turkana desirable.
• Flexible and positive personality.
• Strong planning and implementation capacity.
• Confident and capable negotiator, communicator, and networker.

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Job Description

To serve as the focal point for the delivery of all Human Resources Services to the Kakuma field office

Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition

As the assigned recruiter for the field office:

• Coordinate recruitment of functional, administrative and support level staff at the field office levels for standard and Just-in-Time recruitments.
• Coordinate internal mobility strategies for internally recruited staff.
• Serve as the HR panelist for recruitments and support all localized recruitments.

Talent Management

• Ensure the appropriate on-boarding and transition processes for all staff based at the field offices.
• Coordinate all performance management processes for all field-based staff.
• Provide a supportive and advisory role to all line managers for any corrective/ disciplinary action.
• Manage the exit process for all field-based staff.
• Track approved professional development and career pathing objectives for field staff.
• Support Compensation and Benefit strategies by coordination of localized salary surveys at least once every two years, and raising any challenges posed in talent retention based on compensation and benefits provided.

Services and Administration

Directly supervise the field based HRO to:

• Monitor all types of leave and absenteeism for each staff member on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis as appropriate.
• Maintain up-to-date records for: Personnel files, Recruitment, Leave, Training, Performance Management, Benefits, Payroll and Timesheets
• Ensure that all field-based staff are duly registered on the payroll, with service providers for benefits; are registered with the statutory bodies.
• Ensure that as they exit, all field staff are appropriately managed in the exit process for the end of their tenure with the organization.
• Provide the HR Manager Talent/ HR Manager Rewards & Business processes with regular updates on relevant status changes for staff in the Hagadera field location.

Employee Relations

• Support staff and supervisors through the management of any grievances and disputes.
• Train staff through monthly staff meetings.

HRIS

• Maintain all talent acquisition and management processes on Conerstone, manage HRIS information on Workday, and process incentive staff payroll on Paymaster and provide any support needed on Integra system.

Reporting

• Provide weekly/monthly reports to the HR Manager Talent/ HR Manager Rewards & Business processes on the status of;
• Personnel files; Recruitment; Leave; Training; Performance Management; Benefit; Payroll; and Employee relations issues.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in human resources management, or Business Administration; An alternate Bachelor’s degree with a PGD in Human Resources Management is also acceptable
• At least 5 years continuous practice in a similar position, with at least 3 in a supervisory position
• Certified as a HR practitioner as per IHRM Act
• Similar experience with an INGO will be an added advantage.

Knowledge

• Demonstrated knowledge of the National Labour requirements – Employment Act, WIBA, OSHA, NITA, RBA, NHIF, NSSF, PAYE
• A good understanding of compensation and benefits strategies
• Above average competency with MS Office Suite
• Experience in use of payroll packages

Demonstrated skills in:

• Supervision of staff; Team Building; Organisation; Time Management; Excellent Verbal and Written Communication in English; Analytical reasoning; Conflict resolution; Positive Interpersonal interactions; Negotiation; Report Writing and Cultural and Diversity Sensitivity

Demonstrated Ability to:

• Work independently
• Work within tight deadlines
• Work within a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment
• Manage a project.
• Exercise flexibility in the role to accomplish goals.
• Work in a climatically challenging environment
• Work in a conflict/post-conflict environment is an added advantage.

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Job Description

In partnership with the IKEA Foundation, the IRC and a network of local and global partners have developed a program – Refugees in East Africa: Boosting Urban Innovations for Livelihoods Development (Re: Build) – that sets out to do just that. Re: Build’s vision is for urban refugees and vulnerable host residents to achieve economic self-reliance and benefit from strengthened urban economic, regulatory, and social environments. Re: Build will aim to enable change at varying levels, from better access to livelihoods opportunities and inclusive services within communities, to improved refugee-related policies and more targeted and effective service delivery from national, regional, and global actors.

We will do this by delivering an integrated multi-stakeholder program with three core pillars:

• Service Provision: delivering livelihoods services and community- and market-oriented interventions to 20,000 clients in low-income neighbourhoods in Nairobi and Kampala.
• Evidence and Learning: gathering evidence and learning through an iterative process of testing involving pilots, randomized control trials (RCTs), monitoring data, and other tailored methods that help build the picture of what works to improve urban refugee livelihoods; and
• Influence and Adoption: establishing a bold influencing agenda aimed at changing policies, practices, and investments at national, regional, and global levels by encouraging adoption of program evidence and learning.

Ongoing Wave 1 RCT

In collaboration with researchers from the Center for Global Development (CGD), Georgetown University, University of Rochester, and Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Re:Build is currently implementing wave 1 RCT in Kenya. This RCT was launched in July 2022 and will run through May 2024.

Wave 2 Pilots and RCT

The wave 2 pilot design and implementation commence in August 2023. Leading up to the RCT launch, the IRC and the research team will conduct several small-scale pilots to further refine the interventions to be evaluated. The pilots will launch in September 2023 and could run until the end of January 2024. During this time, the research team will also target and register potential clients for the RCTs so that the full sample list is finalized by February 2024. The launch of the study will focus on randomization, baseline data collection, and intervention roll-out.

Statement of work: 

The research assistants will be expected to perform the following roles (not limited to).

• Participate in the training on RCT methodologies.
• Client mobilization, registration, and recruitment.
• Client info sessions, onboarding, and monitoring.
• Maintain communication with the RCT clients including attending to their inquiries.
• Data collection.
• Business verification and spot checks.
• Ensure compliance with organizational performance standards, code of conduct, and safeguarding policy.
• Adhere to confidentiality procedures and policies when collecting, storing, and sharing data.
• Report writing.
• Keep the supervisor appraised of all outputs, feedback and issues arising from the project activities conducted.
• Interaction with Principal Investigators.
• Translation and transcription as required by the research team.
• To perform other duties as assigned and agreed upon with the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Education, International Development, Anthropology, Sociology, Linguistics, Community Development, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience in data collection, analysis, or research dissemination desirable.
• Minimum 1-year research experience, specifically implementing research activities in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs).
• Language skills: Strong preference to candidates who speaks Somali, Oromo and French. Refugees are strongly encouraged to apply
• Experience working with refugee communities in urban settings.
• Experience managing data collection and concrete knowledge of open-source tools such as ODK collect, KoBo Toolbox, Survey CTO or CommCare platforms.
• Excellent people skills. Approachable personality and patience to connect with clients and address their unique needs.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Flexible approach to the changing nature of work and ability to adapt to rapidly changing work demands and expectations.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a multicultural team.
• Computer skills, especially Ms. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.