WORK CONTEXT
Cesvi opened a coordination office in Nairobi to supervise the projects in the country and to support the staff in Somalia at an institutional level.
In Kenya Cesvi is actually working in a development project founded by the EU focused on Child Protection. The area of involvement concerns the abolishment of every form of violence towards minors in the National Justice System in 6 counties across Kenya.
In Somalia, in the regions of Hiraan, Galmudug,and Banadir, Cesvi is involved in the mother-child health emergency with activities that ensure adequate access to primary care, the fight against child malnutrition and vaccine campaigns for rural and urban populations. Health actions are integrated with programs aimed at increasing self-support for families and the resilience to shocks caused by natural or man-made disasters. In the capital city, Mogadishu, Cesvi is working on water sanitation, emergency waste disposal and child health.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Program operations management
Coordinate and support field project managers especially in Somalia in:
- Design procurement plan
- Drafting of procurement procedure, running cost and HR plans
- Follow up of procurement procedures
- Correct archiving of the documents
- Budget forecast
- Ensuring strong information flow & management for the above items between Nairobi and the field.
Coordinate and support field logisticians in:
- Supervise logistic of the activities in close collaboration with Project Managers;
- Ensure the quality of the purchases and the delivery deadlines;
- Ensure regular purchases follow up in close collaboration with the Operation and Finance Department for down payments and monthly budget follow up;
- Stock Management
Ensure the development and implementation of effective information management systems (gestionale) and processes where these are not in place;
Ensure the teams have the operational management tools and templates required to effectively manage their projects; develop and disseminate these where necessary.
Grants Management
Act as a liaison between the field teams and the finance & grants team in Nairobi to ensure effective implementation of systems.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
Master's degree in development, NGO management in economic and logistic or equivalent work experience;
Demonstrable management experience in humanitarian operations, including significant field operations experience in emergency programs;
Experience with program management of institutional donors projects (i.e., ECHO, EU, USAID, DFID, etc.);
Demonstrable financial and budget management experience, including the ability to train and mentor staff on project financial and logistic management;
Experience as a budget holder;
Significant knowledge of international humanitarian systems, institutions and donors and of procedures, accountability frameworks and best practices in emergency management;
Significant knowledge and experience of logistic management and procurement procedures;
Ability and willingness to travel regularly into the field in Kenya and especially in Somalia;
Proven team working skills, adaptability and flexibility;
Strong communication skills;
Proficiency in English (written and spoken);
Excellent IT skills.
DESIRABLE COMPETENCIES
Experience working in emergency contest especially in East Africa;
Experience running development and emergency programmes and field-level project implementation.
HOW TO APPLY:
TO APPLY PLEASE VISIT:http://www.cesvi.org/32_2015-om-kenya
