Department: Program
Position: Program Officer
Direct Hierarchy: Program Manager
Contract duration: Six Months
Duty Location: Nairobi Kenya but with field travels
Starting Date: March 2017
ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Their interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Their 3,300 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.
ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, experienced and committed team player to fill the position of a Program Officer based in Nairobi, Kenya.
I. Position profile
Under the supervision and guidance of the the Food Security &Livelihoods Program Manager, the Program Officer will be is responsible for ensuring that projects’ activities are fully implemented in accordance with proposals, according to ACTED rules and regulations and donor requirements in Somalia.
II. Responsibilities:
- Follow up the implementation project activities in Somalia to ensure the project is completed in a timely and accountable manner
o Ensure that ACTED actions are ethnically fair and proportionate.
· Coordinate with the field team in Somalia and the AMEU department to prepare and implement project monitoring and evaluation plans.
· Set up, plan, supervise and monitor the project at the field level to ensure the successful implementation of all projects activities, the generation of planned outputs and attainment of key project objectives.
· To ensure all activities undertaken are appropriately documented (agreement/MOUs with relevant authorities in Somalia, attendance sheets and training circular, beneficiary Registration lists, work plans and accounts when relevant etc)
· To budget and monitor project expenditures to ensure they are in line with ACTED and donor requirements.
· Liaise with other departments to coordinate procurement and other needs for project implementation and organization base support
· To produce departmental internal report on weekly and monthly basis
· To provide internal reporting as requested from coordination and line management
· To accurately manage payrolls for beneficiaries
· Perform other duties as requested by supervisor
III.Requested profile
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Development studies, Social science or other relevant discipline
- Project management experience in Donor Funded Projects
· Demonstrated experience in project management in an NGO/INGO is highly preferable.
· Experience with SCOPE system will be a plus
- Able to manage a high workload and meet tight deadlines
- Hands On experience in report writing
- Prior significant humanitarian work experience is an added advantage
- Ability and willing to travel in Somalia
- Flexibility and ability to multi-task under pressure;
- Proven ability to work creatively and independently both in the field and in the office;
- Good inter-personal skills, commitment and motivation
- Fluent in Somali and English
HOW TO APPLY:
IV.Application Procedure
Qualified persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications (most updated CV and cover letter) to kenya.jobs@acted.org by or before 2nd March 2017 with the subject line clearly indicating the position you are applying for. Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Please note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitments. If you receive any email/calls in relation to ACTED’s recruitment and you are unsure about its validity or origin, please contact us on nairobi.@acted.org
ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
