World Vision Humanitarian Emergency Affairs Program Officer Job in Nairobi Kenya

World Vision is an International Christian Relief and Development organization, whose goal is to achieve long-lasting benefits in the quality of life for vulnerable children and their families, displaced persons and communities. 

The Somalia program wishes to invite applications from highly competent dynamic, self-driven and results oriented candidate to fill the following vacancy in the organization.

Humanitarian Emergency Affairs (HEA) - Program Officer - Nairobi
 

The HEA Program Officer will be expected to develop and deliver a wide range of organizational development and technical assistance including: capacity building, project and program planning, mentoring and compliance to WVS staff and LNGO/INGO partners in South Central, Puntland and Somaliland

Major Responsibilities:

Programming Support

• Support the HEA Manager with HEA project design and in the production of well-designed HEA and Food programming proposals that are LEAP compliant.
• Represent WV Somalia in various donor and coordination forums at national and field level and updating and providing programmatic information as required
• Participate in ensuring continuous learning through progress reviews, applied research, documentation of lessons learned and best practice for program design and frameworks related to food assistance project implementation
• Facilitate good understanding of the impact of WV policies on project-service delivery and operations
• Work closely with Program Development Unit (PDU) team to ensure WV and LNGO - partnering process for food programming is in close alignment with existing best practice partnering, especially with regards to vetting of LNGO’s, capacity/institution building, monitoring etc.
• Actively identify credible potential local Somali NGOs that have the potential to implement food assistance and non-food assistance programming through the sub-granting process.
• Regularly asses the capacity of existing and potential partners to ensure transparent and accountable program implementation, reporting and financial management of WVS funded programmes

Reporting

• Provide support in the preparation of consolidated progress reports: monthly, quarterly narrative progress reports and other periodic reports with analysis and recommendations to response management on LEAP alignment
• Regularly update information-sharing tools to facilitate internal and external information sharing tools (4Ws, Grant Matrix etc.)

Capacity Building

• Conduct organizational capacity assessments and training needs for local implementing partners and develop training and institutional strengthening plans to guide the capacity building process
• Actively identify capacity building opportunities for field teams and LNGOs
• Provide on-site organizational capacity building support, training and mentoring to address gaps in organizational systems and process for partners (local CBOs, NGOs and key stakeholders)
• Support the HEA manager in coordinating emergency responses and in logistical arrangements for deployments for local National Disaster Management (NDMT) staff.
• Technical backstopping for HEA manager in developing capacity for NDMT, Regional Rapid response Teams
• Support with updating for RDPP for Sornaliland, Puntland and South Central Somalia.

Compliance

• Participate in progress monitoring food of assistance projects ensuring goals and objectives are achieved and that financial and non-financial grant requirements are adhered.
• Monitor program implementation progress to ensure that the program is meeting humanitarian accountability standards, goals and objectives.
• Conducting compliance reviews for USAID; UN WFP and other donor funded aid programs ensuring compliance with other donor regulations and WV Food Assistance standards
• Work with the senior Commodity Accounting and Reporting Officer (CARO) in reviewing CTS, CSR and other field based reports.
• Responsible to the Food Assistance Manager (FAM) for follow up on the in the implementation of audit recommendations from internal and external auditors (or internal and external reviews)
• Responsible to the FAM for execution of audit assignments or Compliance Review Team reports as and when necessary.
• Discussing and presenting audit reports of our findings to Food Resources Team leader.
• Ensure compliance and adherence by INGO/LNGO partners to WVS sub-guarantee process and monitoring mechanisms which allow transparent and accountable implementation of projects

Qualifications: Education / Knowledge / Technical Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Development, Accounting, Social sciences, international development/International Relations)
• Professional technical training in humanitarian Standards (SPHERE) and specific trainings on donor requirements e.g. WFP, 62G training, GoG training etc. is desired
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience in Developmental Issues/Compliance Management/Auditing, Humanitarian Emergency Affairs preferably with experience in developing countries
• Experience in program reviews and provision of support to WFP or any UN Partners (or direct undertaking of implementation through partners) is an added advantage.
• Self-guided, strong organizational and planning skills
• Good written, oral communication in English. Somali language is an added advantage
• Able to work in a cross-cultural environment with a multi-national staff.

This position will be Nairobi based with frequent travel to South Central, Somaliland and Puntland.

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their detailed CV’S together with names and addresses of three referees to the email address below clearly indicating ‘HEA - Program Officer’ on the e-mail subject.

All applications should be received by June 18, 2014. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

People and Culture Manager
World Vision International - Somalia Program
Email: recruitsomo@wvi.org