Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, July 04, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
  AAH Kenya is a country programme of Action Africa Help International (AAH-I), an African-led non-governmental organisation that supports livelihood-challenged communities in East and Southern Africa to sustainably improve their well-being and standard of living. With Country Programmes in South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia and recently in Djibouti, AAH-I has over 25 years’ experience working with communities in conflict and post-conflict situations, including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities. More recently AAH-I has expanded its activities to work with other marginalised communities, including pastoralists and people living in informal urban settlements.
Reports to: Area Manager
Duty Station: Kakuma, Kenya
Job Summary
To oversee all agriculture related activities from planning to implementation and monitoring that will ensure improved food security and increased economic opportunities in Kakuma. 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..

  Job Responsibilities:
• To provide advice on Agriculture 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 ensuring to adopt modern and climate smart interventions.
• Support the farmer cooperatives to analyse and develop marketing strategies looking at aspects such as planning where and how much to sell the farm produce.
• Develop and supervise implementation of a capacity building program that will strengthen the agricultural value chain.
• 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 agriculture 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 agriculture and 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.
• 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 Agri-business Specialist 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 Agri-business Specialist 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

  Job Skills:
• Project management 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
• Communicational skills (written and spoken)
• Organisational and managerial skills
• ICT specialty (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 Qualifications:
• University degree preferred in Agricultural Economics, Agro-Enterprise, Rural Development, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• Minimum five (5) years’ work experience three (3) of which must be in a similar role
• 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

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified
Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
  Interested candidates should email application letters and CVs (with 3 referees) addressed to recruitkenya@actionafricahelp.org  to be received by 12th July, 2019. The email Subject Line must show the job title of the position applied for. AAH-K is an equal-opportunity employer. We thank candidates for their high interest in the opportunities we publish on our website. Due to the high number of applications we receive, we will only get back to shortlisted candidates. AAH-K does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process nor does it use recruitment agents.

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