Resilience officer, Kenya Programme

Background

Oxfam’s Kenya Programme is a complex programme that incorporates both rapid and slow onset emergencies as well as longer term development and policy work.

Oxfam Kenya applies a one programme approach which means it has multiple activities that support a holistic approach to humanitarian, development and advocacy for long lasting change in poverty reduction.

Oxfam Kenya is engaging in the great changes taking place in Kenya including the devolution of government, preparation for peaceful elections, the discovery of Oil in the Arid Lands and the expansion of informal urban settlements.

Oxfam in Kenya works in the north, principally in Turkana, Dadaab and Wajir, Nairobi and on national level advocacy and coordination issues in multi stakeholder fora.

To this end, Oxfam is seeking to fill the following position:

Resilience officer

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the ASAL Coordinator, the Resilience Officer will ensure that proper communication from the Project Management Unit (PMU) and Technical Support Unit (TSU) consortium issues and agreements discussed at Nairobi level are transmitted to the project sites.
• You will ensure that the Country Programme and Consortium staff have a good understanding about Community Management Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) methodology and proper application of all partners, as well as develop partnership relations with implementing partners.
• The post holder will coordinate to ensure the development of a project strategy, plans and service agreements between Oxfam, the implementing partners and the donor within the overall programme framework.
• He/she will encourage unique, innovative and experimental solutions to complex problems using judgement to manage risks to the program success, ensuring that gender is fully taken into account in all aspects of the program implementation.
• You will manage project learning processes, produce relevant documentation and liaise effectively as well as maintain an understanding of national, regional and international policy debate and processes related to all components of the project.

Requirements

• To be successful in this role, you will have a degree in social sciences or other development related field coupled with in-depth understanding and experience of programming in humanitarian and/or development sector in particular on DRR, drought management or climate change adaptation.
• You will also need an understanding and experience of working in a consortium and collaborating with the lead roles (i.e water lead) and as a partner, coupled with a proven record of designing, managing and reporting on complex programmes across dispersed locations and various implementing partners with the ability to develop and manage complex relationships and teams across a wide variety of actors, technical areas and cultures towards meeting targets on time and within budget.
• You will also be sensitive to cultural differences and have the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural context.
• Excellent communication skills in English (both spoken and written) are essential for this role.