Concern
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
Closing date: 06 Jun 2010
Location: Kenya - Nairobi
Location: Kenya - Nairobi
Programme Support Officer (LL/S/PSO)
Based in Nairobi
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
Job Title: Programme Support and Development Officer for Somalia
Reports to: Country Director based in Nairobi
Job Location: Nairobi with frequent travel to Somalia (when possible).
Contract Details: Six months (Maternity Cover)
Job Purpose:
To enable Concern Somalia to respond effectively to nutritional needs, both emergency and developmental.
Main duties & Responsibilities
Programme Quality, Monitoring & Evaluation:
- Support the establishment of an M&E framework and system, and roll-out its implementation
- Provide recommendations to the Assistant Country Director (ACD) and Emergency Coordinator (EC) on improving quality of programming particularly focusing on M&E
- Coordinate with ACD and EC to ensure enhanced integration and synergies of development projects and humanitarian interventions
- Facilitate selection process of consultants for evaluations, assessment and reviews
- Contribute to ongoing quality improvement of Concern Somalia’s programmes - supporting the management team to strengthen accountability, participation, capacity building, equality, mainstreaming of HIV&AIDS, equality and other cross cutting issues
- Contribute to Concern’s internal learning by sharing programme information and learning
Proposals and Report Writing:
- Support and facilitate the preparation and timely submission of proposals and reports as per Concern and donor guidelines. Provide feedback and editing support prior to submission
- Give recommendations on improving the program/project based reporting and monitoring systems in line with the logical framework approach.
- Support program managers to utilize project cycle management to strengthen the quality of Concern Somalia proposals
- Guide program staff in design and preparation of project concept notes and proposals for new projects including initial assessments, baseline data collection, establishing targets and SMART indicators
- Assist in producing donor and internal program reports in a timely manner and to a high standard
- Give recommendations on improving the program/project based reporting and monitoring systems in line with the logical framework approach
Documentation:
- Oversee program documentation activities that enable Concern to promote its expertise and successes and that facilitate learning within the organization
- Establish and implement lessons learning mechanisms including documenting and disseminating best practices, key innovations, successes, and learning
- Work with projects teams to improve documentation of activities, internal and public documentations
- Prepare necessary documentation support for the programme; new surveys, policy papers, development journals, etc
- Keep abreast of best practices in relation to the Somalia program sectors
- Ensure information sharing between staff and between program sectors and geographical areas is well-structured and that all information is effectively circulated
- Establish a ‘case-study/pictures’ bank and update frequently
Program Management and Strategic Planning:
- Provide support to program/projects managers and advice for the programme implementation in line with targets and donors guidelines
- Contribute to the effective management and development of the program through active participation on the - Country Management Team (CMT)
- Support the CMT in the development of the Country Strategic plan
- In conjunction with the CD, identify and follow-up on potential funding opportunities
Advocacy:
- Advice the CMT on advocacy issues and initiatives being undertaken by INGOs and the NGOs Consortium
- Advice the CMT on appropriate advocacy actions for Somalia
- Assist in the preparation of position papers, advocacy statements, program reviews as per CD requests
- Following CD’s approval, liaise Concern’s London, Dublin and US offices on appropriate advocacy approaches and issues for Concern Somalia
Representation:
- As agreed with the CD – represent the Country Program with donors, UN and other actors working in Somalia
- Promote linkages and exchange information with donors, NGOs and UN to promote the profile of Concern
Security:
- Support the CMT in regular reviews of the Security Management Plan, and update on security issues as raised by the NGOs Consortium security program
- Coordinate closely with NGOs and UN agencies, donors, and other actors on security-related issues and provide updates to the CMT on all relevant developments
Person specification:
Essential
- Degree in development area with experience in an emergency context
- Good skills in reports and proposals writing
- Training knowledge and practical experience of application
- At least 3 years experience in programming
- At least 2 years experience working in an insecure environment.
- Excellent report and proposal writing skills
- Proven ability to mentor, support and train staff
- Good experience of facilitating workshops.
- Fluency in English
- Flexible, reliable, culturally sensitive, ability to work long hours under pressure
- A feel for the way Concern operates and our target group
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Needs to be able to work on own initiative, be a self-starter, and work with minimal supervision.
- Strong Development orientation
Desirable
- Experience in remote management
- Previous experience working with Concern
- Knowledge of Somali an advantage
- Ability to see the overall picture
- Ability to get on with people and get the best out of them
- Ability to live in an insecure area
All candidates who are short-listed for a first round interview will be notified via email after the application deadline
Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents.
Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).
How to apply
All applications should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.netReference Code: RW_85REBR-36