Department: AME/Reporting
Position: Country AME Manager Contract duration: 6 months Location: Kenya Starting Date ASAP I. Background on ACTED
ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination.
ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now operates in 30 countries worldwide, with over 200 international and 4000 national staff. ACTED has a 100 million € budget for over 350 projects spanning 8 sectors of intervention; including emergency relief, food security, health promotion, economic development, education & training, microfinance, local governance & institutional support, and cultural promotion. For more information, please visit our website at www.acted.org.
II. Country Profile
Capital Office : Nairobi National Staff : 28 Areas : 2 (Pokot, Middle Juba) On-going programmes : 6 Budget : 1.3 M
ACTED launched its Kenya mission in January of 2008 with an emergency assistance program for residents in Nairobi slums affected by the post election violence. Since 2009, Nairobi has been the home base of ACTED’s relief operation in Southern Somalia aimed at supporting vulnerable famers affected by recurrent droughts. In 2010, ACTED’s mission in Kenya/Somalia sought to address the needs of pastoralist and farmer communities of North Central Kenya and South Somalia arising from multiple shocks such as adverse climatic conditions and disease outbreaks, through emergency food and non-food items distribution. In the wake of this emergency context, ACTED also promoted the adoption of sustainable community-based solutions, emphasizing livelihood strengthening and diversification, natural resource rehabilitation and management, good hygiene practices and access to sanitation facilities. ACTED is developing its programs in South Somalia, focusing on building capacity to respond to emergency outbreaks, as well as ensuring local populations are integrated into longer term projects aiming at improving their livelihoods. This will occur in the form of food, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and livelihood support to vulnerable agro-pastoral and riverine communities. Today, ACTED's teams and resources are mobilized on the front of dire needs in our areas of intervention in Somalia and Kenya, as well as other areas in the Horn of Africa.
III. Position Profile
The Country AME manager is responsible for developing tools for appraisal, monitoring and evaluation in-country. 1. Project Cycle Management - Facilitate the development and implementation of project cycle management; - Develop a PCM guide, incl. tools and procedures to be used; - Train the staff to use the PCM guide and related tools and procedures; - Keep track of all projects and programmes monitoring and evaluation schedules and work with field staff to design and implement monitoring and evaluation procedures; 2. Information System - Work with all departments to follow up project and programmes databases incl. work on the nomenclature used (official names etc.); - Follow up the day-to-day workings of the AME Department, including reading weekly monitoring reports and follow-up; - Ensure that appraisal, monitoring and evaluation reports are made useful for fundraising and add to the general base of field knowledge in the country for all organisations working in the area; 3. Participatory Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation - Ensure that local partners engaged in appraisal for and/or with ACTED are trained and given advice in participatory approaches, minimalizing bias, and other key methodologies for information gathering; - Work with base and field staff to help design and improve adapted participatory appraisal mechanisms for the projects implemented in the country; 4. Departmental Follow-up - Manage the AME staff in cooperation with Area Coordinators and Programme Managers; - Follow up work plans, activities and their quality; - Work with the administrative departments to ensure that procedures are respected; - Solve problems and give professional guidance, specially for interns / volunteers; - Communicate regularly to Programme Managers and Coordinations on all activities;
IV. Qualifications:
- Postgraduate diploma in Journalism, International Relations or a relevant field
- Previous related work experience, preferably in the humanitarian field w/knowledge of donor relations
- Experience in appraisal, monitoring and evaluation in the Humanitarian sector
- Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English
- Excellent analystic, writing and communication skills
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure
V. Conditions:
- Salary defined by the ACTED salary grid; educational level, expertise, hardship, security, and performance are considered for pay bonus
- Additional monthly living allowance
- Free food and lodging provided at the organisation’s guesthouse/or housing allowance (depending on contract length and country of assignment)
- Transportation costs covered, including additional return ticket + luggage allowance
- Provision of medical, life, and repatriation insurance + retirement package
VI. Submission of applications:
Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to jobs@acted.org Ref: AMEM/KEN/RW
ACTED Att: Human Resources Department 33, rue Godot de Mauroy 75009 Paris FRANCE
Fax. + 33 (0) 1 42 65 33 46
For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org
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