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Now, and for the future.

Responsibilities:

STRATEGY AND VISION

• Lead development of the program’s policy and advocacy strategy by leading a deep political and policy assessment of each target country and identifying key legislative and policy interventions that could strengthen the government’s capacity to prevent and respond to VE at the local and national level.


• Contribute to shaping the project’s research and influencing agenda, working with the Research Lead to integrate and advance research, learning and advocacy in order to deepen the contextual understanding of VE drivers in the target countries and effective strategies to prevent the recruitment of vulnerable individuals into violent extremist organizations.


• Stay abreast of the policy and political environment and emerging challenges, and be ready to engage with policymakers in each context to represent the program’s recommendations on how to tackle evolving dynamics.


• Ensure that team members in the region are on message with our vision and position.

POLICY AND REPRESENTATION WORK

• Provide leadership and strategic vision to the policy team including work plan development, partnership selection and management, and stakeholder engagement around policy and advocacy issues.


• Represent the program in advancing policy issues related to CVE and violence mitigation and prevention including by building strategic partnerships, holding influencing meetings with government and other stakeholders, and by presenting policy and research at external events.


• Build a network in each of the target countries and establish and maintain strategic relationships with relevant local and international stakeholders, to continually inform, challenge, and improve Mercy Corps’ advocacy, strategy, and program development.


• Engage stakeholders at the community level to inform advocacy action planning, ensuring that program strategies and policy advocacy are driven by and aligned with community priorities.

TEAM MANAGEMENT

• Lead in the structuring of partner roles and responsibilities for policy and advocacy work, oversee their activities and provide continuous technical support and capacity building as required.


• Build a network of local organizations to engage in policy initiatives at the sub-national and County level.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

• Track global policy developments affecting VE in the East/Horn of Africa Region, including policies of regional states, donor policies, and UN policy.


• Work with the field teams and global P&A team to plan and produce effective, thoughtful and timely written products that advance policy perspectives important to our mission.

TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

• Enhance the project team’s capacity on policy and advocacy by designing and leading technical training sessions for


• Mercy Corps staff and local partners and providing ongoing coaching and mentoring.


• Promote active learning and adaptive management, and contribute to agency-level networks and working groups, through documentation and knowledge sharing around best practices and lessons learned in CVE programming.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution or related discipline.


• At least 5 years experience working on countering violent extremism programming, conflict mitigation and resolution, and/or violence reduction and prevention programs.


• Demonstrated experience working to influence local and national government policies to promote peace-building and development outcomes.


• Solutions-oriented individual, with strong strategic thinking capabilities.


• Demonstrated effectiveness managing a diverse team of staff, consortium partners and local implementing partners, building a cohesive and results-oriented team to deliver on complex programming result.


• Experience working with a diverse range of community members to discuss sensitive and delicate topics in a conflict-sensitive manner.


• Excellent writing and reporting skills.


• Excellent verbal and inter-personal communications skills.


• Demonstrated sensitivity, skill, and experience working within different cultural settings and navigating public affairs and communications on sensitive issues.

How To Apply:

To apply for the position, kindly follow this link.

VALID THROUGH: 01/21/2019
LOCATION: Nairobi, Kenya

Proposal Development (40%)

· Identify specific funding opportunities (Institutional donors including, US, UN, EU and other Government funding) through necessary mapping and research in the 3 country programs/emergency operations and then provide proposal development support according to agreed priorities (preparedness and readiness to respond)

· Lead and/or coordinate the timely submission/response to calls including writing high quality concept notes and proposals

· Assist remotely as well as provide in-country support for the proposal development and writing process (including log frames, work plans, budgets and monitoring templates)

· Conduct the necessary research to support the technical content of concept notes and proposals (including liaison with relevant technical staff in country)

· Maintain proper records and electronic filing systems of all drafts and final submissions and approved proposals

· Ensure that all rules and regulations required by the donor are adhered to and included in the proposal. This can include donor liaison when in the country

· Finalize, package and submit proposals in collaboration with the GFT in Geneva according to donor specifications and deadlines and LWF quality standards

Monitoring and Evaluation (15%)

• Work closely with the M&E focal points in country and the Regional M&E Advisor to develop and maintain program monitoring and evaluation tracking tools to ensure all project indicators report clear linkage of activity outputs to intended outcomes and that the progress of change is clearly tracked


• Carry out regular and continuous site visits to track project progress, measure performance, and ensure accountability to the targeted communities as well as compliance with donor rules and regulations

Capacity Building (10%)

• Provide training support and build capacity of the implementing project officers in the country programs. This will include internal workshops as well as identifying external training opportunities


• Liaise with the GFT in Geneva to develop and conduct training modules with key staff in country programs (eg. ECHO, EuropeAid, USG etc).

Grants Management (30%)

• Manage assigned grants’ proposal development, monitoring, timely reporting and close out of grants.


• Ensure that the approved grants are in compliance with donor requirements


• Maintain the relations with respective donors in country


• Identify sources of co funding for new funding opportunities (including timely discussions with potential co funding agencies)

Other (5%)

· Carry out any other tasks as needed and requested by the LWF Kenya-Djibouti-Somalia Country Representative (e.g. screening reports, training workshops, exchange visits, other).

· Participate in exchange visits to LWF Country Programs in the region/country with a focus on peer exchange of experience in capacity building, grants management and successful project implementation

Qualifications, Experience and Competencies

· Master’s degree in humanitarian or development work, and/or other related social science field

· Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in International humanitarian and development programs. Experience in project plan donor networks. Work experience with institutional donors including ECHO & Europe aid is required.

· Cultural sensitivity and adaptability. High degree of integrity and professional responsibility

· Working experience in African countries is an asset

· Flexibility, patience and ability to work under pressure in challenging contextual circumstances and working with very tight deadlines.

· Ability to work independently and at times with little supervision

· Ability to travel within the region

· Strong organizational, interpersonal, verbal and written communication

· Strong computer literacy

· Fluent in spoken and written English.

How to apply:

Applications should reach the undersigned by close of business on 10^th January 2019, with reference Grants Manager-Nairobi and must include full contact details of 3 referees.

The Human Resource Manager, Lutheran World Federation Kenya-Djibouti-Somalia

Email: lwf.nbi.kenya@gmail.com

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

“LWF World Service is an equal opportunity employer, irrespective of gender, race or religious affiliation.

LWF World Service is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for humanitarian agencies.

Our recruitment and selection procedures reflect the organization’s commitment to the prevention of abuse and exploitation of beneficiaries.

LWF is a Child Safe Organization.”