Field Coordinator – North Eastern Province

Responsible to: Program Director

Location: Dadaab Closing date : 6th September , 2011

The Organization

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international Humanitarian organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.

Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

The rehabilitation project in Dadaab aims to provide and secure tangible and measurable improvement of independency in activities of daily living and quality of life of refugees living with physical impairment or disability.

The Position

Under the responsibility of the Program Director (PD) and in collaboration with the Technical Coordination unit and the Support Services hosted in the regional office, the Field Coordinator (FC) has the overall responsibility of implementing Handicap International’s (HI) mandate in North Eastern Province of Kenya.

He/She will be ensuring the overall oversight and leadership of the different projects as well as ensuring proper representation of the organisation vis-à-vis external stakeholders.

He/she will be responsible for :-

1. Ensuring a proper representation of the organisation in-country, the FC will:

• Ensure that HI operates within the existing national legal and informal frameworks hence promoting/sustaining close and coordinated cooperation with the local authorities and other non-state actors
• Make sure that HI interventions are adapted to the local context, with due respect to HI mandate, ethical principles and values;
  

2. Participating in the preparation/review/evaluation of the Kenya/Somalia programme’s multiannual strategy and be responsible for the implementation of the projects in North Eastern Province

3. Ensuring smooth running of the area interventions and to make sure the set objectives are achieved and services delivered to the beneficiaries in a timely and efficient manner, the Field Coordinator will:

• Foster the resource mobilization efforts
• Coordinate the optimal allocation and utilization of all necessary resources within a structured framework
  

4. Ensuring accountability and knowledge management are considered at all stages of the project cycle with a particular attention to project implementation, the Country Coordinator will:

• Ensure adequate M&E processes are in place with due consideration to reporting requirements
• Promote the projects interventions and key findings within and outside HI

5. Spearheading Human Resource Management towards staff empowerment by

• Providing constructive supervision to staff under direct management (especially supporting them for staff management, quality assurance in project implementation; proposal developments; partnership management; reporting) be attentive to their individual and collective progress; validate IAPs, conduct annual appraisals, provide guidance and support, maintain their ownership of JDs and IAPs

6. Maintaining quality communication and reporting by

• Ensuring documentation and knowledge management systems are in place and used to inform project planning, implementation and strategic development

7. Ensuring security at field level of personnel and assets by

• Contributing to the periodic review and update the security plan
• Enforcing the security plan at field level: ensure all staff are aware of it and fall in line with it

8. Ensuring overall financial management at station level by

• Optimizing the utilization of funds geared towards running cost for the station
• Contributing to resource mobilization efforts through support to project teams in proposal writing

Conditions

Living conditions in Dadaab camp (NGO/UNHCR compound) may be challenging (remote area, climate very hot), although facilities are offering minimum of comfort.

R&R leave of 7 days will be provided every 8 weeks of continuous accommodation within Dadaab.

Qualifications and experience required :-

• At least a Masters Degree in a Social Sciences or a related field
• Knowledge of financial and logistics procedures and/or systems.
• At least 5 years working experience in a humanitarian/development project or set up
• Should have experience working with persons with disability and community initiatives
• Good report writing and presentation skills
• Good communication, interpersonal and project management skills.
• Computer literate with knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet.
• Experience with International NGO is an added advantage.
• People management skills.
• Have the capacity to network and partner with other organizations.

If you feel you are the right candidate, kindly send your application along with an up-to-date CV indicating your salary history and including 3 (three) referees with their current contacts by email to : recruit01@handicap-international.or.ke

The email subject line should be marked: “Application for Field Coordinator - NEP position”

Only short listed candidates with the above qualifications and skills will be contacted.

Any kind of lobbying on behalf of applicants or canvassing will lead to immediate disqualification.

Important Notice

It has come to our attention that there are some fraudulent advertisements circulating on behalf of Handicap International. Be fully aware that Handicap International Does Not request for any fees from applicants during the application and/or induction process. Any occurrence of this kind is to be reported without delay to hrmanager@handicap-international.or.ke for further action.

Handicap International is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply