NGO Jobs in Kenya – Action Africa Help International

Action Africa Help International

(AAH-I) is an African-led, regional organisation, working in Kenya, Somalia,

South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia.

It brings over 25 years’ experience

working with communities in conflict and post-conflict situations, including

refugees, internally displaced people, host communities and communities in

urban slums. 

The AAH Kenya, Kakuma Refugee Assistance Programme (KRAP) aims to enhance

self-reliance and sustainable livelihoods of 4,080 refugees in Kakuma Camp,

Turkana County, through development of models that will address resilience,

safety net and consumption; skills enhancement, employment opportunities and

enterprise development.  

AAH-Kenya is looking for a suitable

candidate to fill the following position to be based in Kakuma refugee

camp: 

Job Title: Business Development Officer 
 

Department / Section: Livelihoods
 

Reports to: Project

Manager
 

Liaises with: UNHCR

and other Partners on ground
 

Duty Station: Kakuma

Refugee Camp with field visits to Kalobeyei Settlement Site
 

Job Summary: To

play a central role in supporting innovative livelihoods initiatives to

facilitate a broad based entrepreneurial mind-set and a new set of business

development ideas among the PoCs in Kakuma Refugee Camp. 

This will involve working with other

project officers, UNHCR, partner organizations and PoC community in the camp.

Duties & Responsibilities

Key activities will involve the coordination and mainstreaming of business

development activities in the refugee camp. 

He/she will be tasked with managing

and coordinating the implementation of livelihood activities in the refugee

camp, within the framework of the UNHCR Livelihood Resilience programme being

implemented by AAHI. 

The business development officer will provide administrative and technical

support to the overall institutional business plan and support individuals and

business groups in the camp:

• Coordinate and grow the revolving fund within
  
  the context of the micro finance model, using best case studies


• Support with the establishment of a business
  
  centre model; complete with incubation unit.


• Develop and nurture appropriate documentation
  
  in respect of good case studies in collaboration with the Communications
  
  team in Nairobi and UNHCR


• Work in collaboration with and support the
  
  Project Officers: Community Mobilisation and Agriculture in their
  
  respective areas of activity implementation (e.g. training and
  
  mainstreaming)


• Coordinate the socio economic profiling of the
  
  new and existing PoCs.


• Serve as the primary link to the refugee
  
  community and play facilitative role in organizing community dialogue
  
  meetings.


• Establish and build AAHI relationships with
  
  PoC community in Kakuma and other stakeholders


• Identify linkages and areas of collaboration
  
  and synergy with other organizations implementing Livelihood-business
  
  related activities (e.g. LWF with VSLAs, NCCK etc)


• Actively promote the AAHI approach to
  
  livelihoods’ business segment with emphasis on promoting group development
  
  through support, coaching, mentoring, feedback and identification of
  
  investment needs and opportunities.


• Directly supervise the incentive workers.


• Identifying opportunities and innovative
  
  approaches to support livelihood business activities in the refugee camp.


• Enable individuals, groups and business
  
  associations and communities to identify needs and encourage involvement
  
  in livelihood business activities.


•  Support the development of existing
  
  businesses, the establishment of business groups and the formation of
  
  community focused networks.


• Ensure that targets and work schedules are
  
  adhered to in order to achieve objectives, maintain appropriate
  
  documentation and prepare monthly activity and achievement reports.


• Carry out evaluation of initiatives and
  
  actions in a systematic way with UNHCR and staff teams


• Perform any other functions deemed necessary
  
  or as delegated by the supervisor in order to meet the level of 
  
  services in the organization

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Microfinance or
  
  Entrepreneurship, or relevant tertiary qualification in cooperative and
  
  Economic Development studies, and/or experience in related fields,


• Experience in community policy development
  
  & advice; facilitating, coordinating, and managing project plans.


• At least 3 years of progressive programming
  
  experience  including understanding of and ability to promote
  
  empowering and developmental models in community work through highly
  
  effective communication skills


• Proven credibility, integrity and
  
  professionalism – demonstrates these characteristics at all times.


• Ability to assist groups to formulate their
  
  ideas into constructive actions, ability to undertake community based
  
  research, and to effectively complete projects.


• Exercises sound judgment and political
  
  sensitivity – especially in relation to the community organisation, local
  
  governments etc.

• UNHCR Field experience.


• Knowledge and exposure to the social and
  
  cultural values of the region concerned.


• Proficiency in local language(s).


• Experience in formulating funding
  
  applications.


• A proven track record working well with the
  
  local community.


• Welcomes and values diversity, and contributes
  
  to an inclusive working environment where differences are acknowledged and
  
  respected.

• Excellent communicational skills (written and
  
  spoken)


• Skilled in influencing and obtaining
  
  cooperation of individuals;


• Able to manage relationships to achieve
  
  results.


• Organisational and mobilization skills


• ICT speciality (email, Spread-sheets, MS-word,
  
  Databases, job-related software, etc.)


• Team-work and participation


• Level of self-supervision and ability to take
  
  initiative


• Degree of accuracy and attention to detail


• Good report-writing writing and reporting
  
  skill


• INGO experience and understanding of
  
  humanitarian sector


• Commitment to and understanding of AAH-I’s
  
  vision, mission, and values.

Job Title: Community Mobiliser 
 

Department / Section: Livelihoods
 

Reports to: Project

Manager 
 

Duty Station: Kakuma

Refugee Camp and field visits to Kalobeyei Settlement Site

Job Summary:

 To play a central role in supporting livelihood

programming – to facilitate a broad based participation of the PoCs and host

community in Kakuma Refugee Camp and the Kalobeyei Settlement Site to promote

livelihood activities. 

This will involve working with other

project officers, partner organizations and PoC/host community in the camp.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Key activities will involve the coordination
  
  of community mobilisation in the refugee camp and the Kalobeyei Settlement
  
  Site. 


• He/she will be tasked with managing and
  
  coordinating the PoC and host community participation livelihood
  
  activities in the refugee camp and Kalobeyei Settlement Site, within the
  
  framework of the UNHCR Livelihood Resilience programme being implemented
  
  by AAHI.


• The community mobiliser will provide
  
  mobilisation technical support to agriculture


• and business project officers in respect of:


• Work in collaboration with and support the
  
  Project Officers – i) Business Development, Agriculture ii) Business
  
  Development Officer in their respective areas of activity implementation
  
  (e.g. trainings)


• Coordinate the social relationships between
  
  the PoCs and the host community.


• Serve as the primary link between the refugee
  
  community and the host community while developing an infrastructure for
  
  both dialogue and conflict resolution


• Establish and build AAHI relationships with
  
  PoC community in Kakuma and other stakeholders


• Develop and support the joint participation of
  
  both refugee and host community on matters of integration and social
  
  cohesion – developing early warning and early response systems.


• Actively promote the AAHI approach to
  
  livelihoods with emphasis on promoting group development through support,
  
  coaching, mentoring, feedback and identification of investment needs and
  
  opportunities.


• Perform any other functions deemed necessary
  
  or as delegated by the supervisor in order to meet the level of 
  
  services in the organization

Personal Specifications
 

• Bachelor’s degree in Community Development or
  
  relevant tertiary qualification in social and community studies, and/or
  
  experience in related fields


• Possess proven practical knowledge of the
  
  program development cycle and design and management qualities.


• At least 3 years of progressive responsible
  
  programme including understanding of and ability to promote empowering and
  
  developmental models in community work through highly effective
  
  communication skills – in all forms, especially written and verbal.


• Proven credibility, integrity and
  
  professionalism – demonstrates these characteristics at all times.


• The ability to assist groups to formulate
  
  their ideas into constructive actions, ability to undertake community
  
  based research, and to effectively complete projects.


• Exercises sound judgment and political
  
  sensitivity – especially in relation to the community organisation, local
  
  governments etc.

• UNHCR Field experience.


• Knowledge and exposure to the social and
  
  cultural values of the region concerned.


• Proficiency in local language(s).


• Experience in formulating funding
  
  applications.


• A proven track record working well with the
  
  local community.


• Welcomes and values diversity, and contributes
  
  to an inclusive working environment where differences are acknowledged and
  
  respected.

Additional Skills & Competences

• Skilled in influencing and obtaining
  
  cooperation of individuals;


• Able to manage relationships to achieve
  
  results.


• Communicational skills (written and spoken)


• Organisational and mobilization skills



• ICT speciality (email, Spread-sheets, MS-word,
  
  Databases, job-related software, etc.)


• Team-work and participation


• Level of self-supervision and ability to take
  
  initiative


• Degree of accuracy and attention to detail


• Technical side of the job (numeracy,
  
  report-writing, critical thinking, leadership, etc.)


• INGO experience and understanding of
  
  humanitarian sector


• Commitment to and understanding of AAH-I’s
  
  vision, mission, and values.

Job Title: Finance & Admin Officer, Kakuma
 

Department / Section: Finance
 

Reports to: Project

Manager
 

Liaises with: Finance

Manager AAH-I, Senior Program Officer, Administration Officer AAH-I, Admin

Assistant AAH Kenya
 

Duty Station: Kakuma

Refugee Camp

Job Summary:

 To ensure all financial and admin processes are

functioning effectively and efficiently.  

S/he will plan, execute and evaluate

all activities of financial management of the logistics’ project financial and

accounting processes in the field location and be responsible for creating, reviewing,

updating and enforcing compliance of the project’s financial policies and

procedures.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting
  
  records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess
  
  accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting, cost control and
  
  procedural standards.


• Oversee all admin and procurement duties of
  
  the programme


• Support the development and analysis of
  
  budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual
  
  costs.


• Advise management about issues such as
  
  resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying
  
  budget forecasts.


• Support the internal and external auditing
  
  processes with an aim to close identified gaps.


• Ensure that project finance policies and procedures
  
  are in harmony with the country financial and admin policies and
  
  procedures; and are make sure they are understood by staff.


• Ensure effective, timely and accurate
  
  functioning and monitoring of the financial software system including
  
  maintaining the completeness and integrity of data within the system,
  
  compliance, generating necessary reports and authorising monthly data
  
  compilation in the system.


• Undertake banking duties as needed.


• Cash planning through preparation of weekly
  
  and monthly cash flow forecasts and generation of the cash flow statements
  
  as required


• Reconcile bank statements on a monthly basis


• Ensure that donor and institutional accounting
  
  requirements are adhered to and financial reports are submitted on time


• Prepare income and expenditure narrative and
  
  financial reports for the FAD.


• Support the budget preparation and proposal
  
  writing efforts through provision of information and advice during the
  
  budget preparation and proposal writing processes.


• Collaborate with the Administration/Operations
  
  to ensure that all AAH assets at the field base are recorded and properly
  
  maintained with adequate security.


• Development and monitoring of the field base
  
  recharge mechanisms and advise management on cost effective proposal
  
  reviews


• Ensure compliance with necessary legal and
  
  statutory financial reporting in country, recommending change to
  
  procedures where required.


• Lead on field base audits and follow up on
  
  recommendations. Ensure information is provided to the external and/or
  
  internal auditors as required during the audit process and follow up to
  
  close any identified audit gaps.


• Contribute to the design of and oversee the
  
  preparation of regular (weekly/monthly/quarterly) management reports to
  
  meet the needs of FAD, country programme, and also meet the requirements
  
  for regular reporting set by the Donor, ensuring timeliness and accuracy.


• Oversee preparation and consolidation of UNHCR
  
  financial report for the location.


• Assess finance staff gaps within the team and
  
  advice the Project Manager.

Personal Specifications

Qualifications and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance or
  
  Business Administration.


• Certified or Chartered Public Accountant with
  
  a valid professional membership.


• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role
  
  preferably in a camp setting


• At least 3 years’ experience in an NGO

• UNHCR Field experience.


• Knowledge and exposure to the social and
  
  cultural values of the region concerned.


• Proficiency in local language(s).


• Skilled in influencing and obtaining
  
  cooperation of individuals not under supervisory control; able to manage
  
  long-distance relationships to achieve results

Additional Skills & Competences

• Able to follow set procedures and instructions
  
  under limited supervision.


• Ability to formulate recommendations to
  
  improve accounting systems.


• Good familiarity with Microsoft Office
  
  packages and PASTEL accounting software


• Good communication and interpersonal skills.


• Good analytical skills with good attention to
  
  detail


• Excellent team-player, resilient and
  
  self-energizing for the field posting.


• Commitment to and understanding of AAH-I’s
  
  vision, mission, and values.

Job Title: Project Officer, Agriculture  

Department / Section: Livelihoods
 

Reports to: Kakuma

Project Manager
 

Responsible to: Area

Project Manager
 

Liaises with: UNHCR

and other Partners on ground

Duty Station:

 Kakuma Refugee Camp with field visits to the

Kalobeyei Settlement Site

Job Summary:

 To build the capacity of AAHI livelihood project

staff by providing agricultural technical advice. 

S/He will be responsible to ensure

that the approaches used during implementation are accurate and effective,

conforming to the global best practice while staying relevant to the context of

the project. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• To provide advice regarding Livelihood
  
  programme issues and enhance program strategy & policy development and
  
  compliance so that AAHI and UNHCR mission and vision is enhanced at both
  
  Kakuma Refugee Camp and the Kalobeyei Settlement Site.


• Be directly involved in the implementation of
  
  proposed initiatives.


• Keep the Program Manager (PM) informed on
  
  progress of the various initiatives, monitoring their progress and
  
  ensuring that they remain relevant and appreciated by the beneficiaries.


• Be responsible for ensuring that the
  
  livelihoods’


• Interventions are effective in terms of
  
  creating self-reliance in the PoC mind set and that activities undertaken
  
  are profitable and sustainable in the life of PoC.


• Ensure that the social economic and skills of
  
  new PoC are captured in basic PoC data.


• Ensure that new PoC receive life skills and
  
  financial literacy induction process that prepares them for self-reliance
  
  during their stay in the camp.


• Plan for a target number of PoC to receive
  
  relevant training to deepen their involvement in livelihood activities in
  
  the camp.


• Be responsible for proper collection, storage
  
  and dissemination of data on PoC economic activities, clearly identifying
  
  gaps and instituting interventions to fill the gaps in PoC knowledge,
  
  attitude and practice in livelihoods and self-reliance.


• Develop and supervise the implementation of a
  
  capacity building program to meet the identified PoC gaps.


• Ensure that UNHCR and other partners stay
  
  informed about progress and ensure continued support and buy-in from all
  
  stakeholders if any changes are envisaged.


• The Project Officer, Agriculture, will
  
  supervise, liaise closely with and ensure effectiveness of the officer in
  
  charge of Kalobeyei agricultural field operations to ensure that all the
  
  activities are coordinated and in sync with each other to ensure alignment
  
  with the overall goal of the project.


• As an expert in his/her field, the Project
  
  Officer, Agriculture will ensure that the Kalobeyei field officers have
  
  the space and freedom to operate and that they keep to the agreed targets
  
  over the project period.

• Conceptualization, innovation, planning and
  
  management of the livelihood project as well as the transfer of knowledge
  
  and skills.


• Prepare the necessary reports as per UNHCR
  
  guidelines and handle reporting requirement in a timely manner.


• Formulation, development and planning of
  
  programme goals and objectives of the livelihoods program.


• Work closely with the Business Development
  
  Officer on material and strategies to support the programme.


• Provide information and support to the Livelihood
  
  Community Mobiliser.


• Monthly work (action) plans for the program,
  
  ensuring objectives and targets are achieved.


• To promote communication between all the
  
  stakeholders in order to encourage the sharing of information and
  
  continual development and improvement of the livelihoods service 
  
  i.e. promoting professional learning and development as well as seeking to
  
  encourage a unity of vision and purpose among the PoC.


• To provide input to proposals and reporting
  
  that relates to livelihoods as and when requested by the Project Manager
  
  and the Kenya Country Program Director.


• Offer of advice and support to livelihoods
  
  program in line with the vision and mission of AAHI and UNHCR.


• Perform any other functions deemed necessary
  
  or as delegated by the supervisor in order to meet the level of 
  
  services in the organization

Personal Specifications
 

• University degree preferred in Agricultural
  
  Economics, Agro-Enterprise, Rural Development, Business Administration, or
  
  a closely related field.


• Possess proven practical knowledge of the
  
  program development cycle and design and management qualities.


• Demonstrated strengths in relationship
  
  management; able to work with diverse groups of people in multicultural,
  
  team-oriented environment;


• Skilled in influencing and obtaining
  
  cooperation of individuals;


• Able to manage relationships to achieve
  
  results.

• UNHCR Field experience.


• Knowledge and exposure to the social and
  
  cultural values of the region concerned.


• Proficiency in local language(s).


• Skilled in influencing and obtaining
  
  cooperation of individuals not under supervisory control; able to manage
  
  long-distance relationships to achieve results

Additional Skills & Competences

• Communication skills (written and spoken)


• Organisational and managerial skills


• ICT speciality (email, Spread-sheets, MS-word,
  
  Databases, job-related software, etc.)


• Team-work and participation


• Level of self-supervision and ability to take
  
  initiative


• Degree of accuracy and attention to detail


• Technical side of the job (numeracy, report-writing,
  
  critical thinking, leadership, etc.)


• INGO experience and understanding of
  
  humanitarian sector


• Commitment to and understanding of AAH-I’s
  
  vision, mission, and values.

 
Interested candidates should email application letters and CVs (with 3

referees) addressed to recruitke@actionafricahelp.org

Shortlisting and interviews will be

done on a rolling basis. 

The email Subject Line must show the

job title of the position applied for. 

AAH-I is an equal-opportunity

employer.

Only those selected for the

interviews will be contacted