ACTED Country AME Manager (Kenya & Somalia) Job Vacancy

Department: AME/Reporting
 

Position: Country AME Manager
 

Contract duration: 6 months
 

Location: Kenya & Somalia
 

Starting Date: ASAP
 

I. Background on ACTED: 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. 

Our 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. Our 3,300 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.
 

Our teams in the field implement some 340 projects in 34 countries covering the following sectors emergency relief, food security, access to health, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support, and regional dialogue, cultural promotion.
 

Based on considerable experience addressing the needs and situations of vulnerable communities, ACTED contributes to the international agenda towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals, through a wide range of partnerships, innovative initiatives, and campaigns.
 

II. Country Profile
 

Capital Office: Nairobi
 

National Staff: 76
 

Areas: 2 (Pokot, Middle Juba)
 

On-going programmes: 10
 

Budget: 10 M
 

Since 2008, ACTED has been implementing projects in South Central Somalia focusing on emergency WASH support, food security, information management and humanitarian coordination to help the population transition into early recovery.
 

Despite recent gains in parts of Somalia, including relative political stability and economic progress, large parts of the country remain in humanitarian crisis with most rural areas still under Al Shabaab control and with many people unable to meet their essential needs. ACTED’s current programming focuses on early recovery, specifically in South Central Somalia. 

Its on-going projects include resilience, social safety nets, livelihood and WASH activities. ACTED also carries out emergency programming when necessary, just recently it implemented water trucking to 5,000 homes across two districts of South Gedo region who were experiencing drought.
 

Lastly, ACTED partners with IMPACT Initiatives to implement the REACH programme in Somalia. REACH, which is an IDP assessment tool, aims to provide information management services to the WASH, Education and Shelter Clusters in Somalia and is used to improve humanitarian coordination in the country.
 

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/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 http://www.acted.org