Jobs at Save the Children

Essential

• 5+ years demonstrated experience identifying and securing funding directly from major government donors, multilateral agencies, corporate donors and/or foundations. (eg USAID, FDCO, INTPA/ECHO, UNICEF, etc)
• Specific experience of successful WFP and/or UNHCR proposal development is essential
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating and facilitating the development of major proposals to institutional, trust, foundations and corporate philanthropic donors.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex issues through critical thinking, analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
• A high degree of attention to detail and the ability to lead key tasks (eg proposal development) to on-time completion under significant pressure.
• Highly developed networking skills and ability to form productive working relationships with a wide range of internal colleagues and stakeholders (eg program technical, awards compliance, finance, program operations).
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills including communicating with impact, influencing, negotiation, and coaching.
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability in order to respond to changing needs. Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours in the event of major emergencies including travelling at short notice and for extended periods of time.
• Experience in project and change management related to organisational development projects and international, cross-functional teams with a proven history of delivering results.
• Fluency in English and/or French and/or Spanish is a must.

Desired

• Previous experience with capacity building, learning, or training initiatives, ideally in the BD sector.
• Proven ability to write persuasive, competitive, and compliant narrative proposals for institutional donors.
• A detailed understanding on funding mechanisms for development work such as Save the Children's.

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The Opportunity

Save the Children International Kenya- Turkana Office, has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Household Economic Strengthening Advisor - Turkana. The post holder will provide technical implementation and support of all livelihoods or household economic strengthening work at field level. S/he will develop, lead, provide inputs for research and learning, monitor and evaluate the livelihoods aspects of the NAWIRI project. S/he will coordinate and network with NAWIRI consortium partners led by Mercy Corps, County departments responsible for agriculture, livestock, nutrition, trade and other NGOs. S/he will lead on all household economic strengthening elements of the project and reports, providing capacity building for the county staff. S/he will promote best practice in the livelihoods programmes and contribute to the overall success of the NAWIRI programme. S/he will oversee the implementation of livelihoods or household economic strengthening activities in Turkana and /Samburu County.

Contract Duration: 12 Months

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor degree in Agriculture, Social Sciences, Community Development or other discipline relevant to rural livelihoods.
• At least 5 years demonstrated experience designing and implementing livelihoods programmes.
• Excellent understanding of Household Economy Approach (HEA).
• Excellent technical knowledge of policy and practice in the field of livelihoods, crop and livestock production as well as other cross cutting issues.
• Understanding and experience in implementing nutrition security food security and livelihoods programmes.
• Excellent understanding of system approach to ending persistent acute malnutrition.
• Clear understanding of and proactive approach to nutrition resilience, hunger and food security issues in Kenya, particularly in the context of Turkana and Samburu counties.
• Understanding and experience in child rights programming.
• Proven representation and advocacy skills.
• Strong commitment to capacity building of county staff and partners with willingness to adopt participatory and consultative approaches.
• Experience with livelihoods programming in arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) settings preferred.
• Experience writing donor reports especially USAID.
• Strong writing skills, including experience in writing, capacity statements and position papers.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural and language difficulties.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets.
• Experience solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in.
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
• Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English. Knowledge of the local language and context will be a distinct advantage.
• Comply with the requirements of Save the Children’s Safeguarding Policy and other Global Policies.
• A commitment to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity in employment and empathy with
• SC values and objectives
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children International’s aims, values and principles.