ACTED Assessment Specialist Job in Kenya

Position: Assessment Specialist 

Department: Programme

Contract duration: 6 months 

Location: Nairobi, Kenya 

Starting Date: ASAP 

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 32 countries worldwide, with over 200 international and 4000 national staff. 

ACTED has a 110 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.

Country Profile

Capital Office: Nairobi 

National Staff: 64 

International Staff: 14 

Areas: 3 (West Pokot, East Pokot, Maralal) 

On-going programmes: 8 

Budget: 1.8 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 also been the home base of ACTED’s relief operation in Southern Somalia. 

In 2011, ACTED responded to the worst drought in Kenya in the past sixty years, providing vulnerable agro-pastoralists in Northern Kenya with emergency water and sanitation assistance, cash injections and destocking. 

ACTED facilitated dialogue and peace negotiations among and between conflicting communities, enabling pastoralists to peaceably access and share scarce water resources and pasture at the height of the crisis. 

Capacity-building and input support for agro-pastoralists in the beginning of the year sought to improve animal health and marketing, strengthen income-generating activities and aid in sustainable management of resources, protecting livelihoods from the impact of the drought and building community resilience.

In 2012, ACTED remains poised to respond to emergency needs in Northern Kenya.

ACTED also continues enhancing community and government capacity to prepare for and manage drought, building stronger, more resilient livelihoods in Samburu county and East Pokot district.

Position Profile

REACH is an online global portal that provides geographical and other information on countries that are in crisis or at-risk of crisis, for the benefit of international and national aid actors. 

REACH facilitates information-management for aid actors through three complementary services: 

(a) need- and situation-assessments facilitated by REACH field teams; 

(b) situation-analysis using satellite imagery; 

(c) provision of related Geo-Database and web-mapping facilities. 

The REACH Assessment officer, in close cooperation with the Program Coordinator and Country Director, will develop and manage the Assessment strategy for the project, improving program quality, monitoring performance and facilitating the transmission of best practices. 

He/she will contribute to building ACTED overall M&E capacity, enhancing the overall use of clear program logic, sound data collection and analysis methods; and facilitating assessments that are integrally linked to program design.

Functions

Data collection 

• In coordination with IMPACT HQ and Country Director, design and implement assessment methodology 
• Follow up the day-to-day workings of the assessment team 
• Coordinate and ensure timely data collection and analysis; 
• Ensure the writing of timely and accurate assessment reports 
• Ensure that assessment 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; 
• Facilitate the project design process with expertise on the log frame approach; 
• Store, organize and disseminate assessments, project documents and best practices among ACTED and IPs.
• Keep track of all projects and programmes assessment schedules and work with field staff to design and implement REACH assessment procedures; 

Information system 

• Work with all departments to follow up project and programmes databases incl. work on the nomenclature used (official names etc.);
• Ensure that all collected data are geo-referenced (GPS coordinates or geographic layer) 
• Set and follow up a data management system for all project related and programmatic data

Other tasks 

• Oversee the development and updating of informational materials such as fact sheets, articles, and audio-visual materials to promote the work of REACH program externally and within ACTED;
• Represent the REACH program during donor and other guest visits 
• Coordinate timely and accurate reporting to IMPACT headquarters;
• Build national staff capacity through the training provision on record keeping, drafting concise and accurate assessment report, and project monitoring.

Qualifications:

• Masters degree;
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting on programme financial performance;
• Ability to monitor and evaluate financial and monitoring skills of communities through capacity-building efforts;
• Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility;
• Familiarity with the aid system, and understanding of donor and governmental requirements;
• Prior knowledge of the region an asset;
• Fluency in English required
• Ability to operate Microsoft Word, Excel and Project Management software

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
• Transportation costs covered, including additional return ticket + luggage allowance
• Provision of medical, life, and repatriation insurance + retirement package

Submission of applications:

Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to jobs@acted.org Ref: AS/KEN/SA

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 www.acted.org