Deadline: 26 February, 2024
Location: Kenya
ActionAid is seeking to fill the position of Programme Coordinator (Land and Resilient Livelihoods).
ActionAid is an anti-poverty agency that prioritises work with people living in poverty and exclusion, promoting values and commitment in civil society, institutions, and governments with the aim of achieving structural changes in order to eradicate injustices and poverty in the world.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert technical advice and support on land and resilient livelihoods building to staff and partners across the programme, and externally as required, ensuring resilience is mainstreamed across all thematic and programmatic areas of ActionAid Kenya’s programmes
- Support the development and implementation of policy, campaign, and programme frameworks on land and resilient livelihoods linking development-climate change- peace
- Oversee implementation of multi-country programmes and projects, servicing accountabilities across levels
- Supporting partner management; designing of capacity building tools, partner assessments and selection, partner capacity strengthening, overseeing partner programme delivery, building collectives and movements
- Lead in strengthening the resilience of livelihoods and economic empowerment of vulnerable communities through training, coaching, mentoring, and linkage creation to facilitate participation in agricultural and mineral value chains including adoption of sustainable practices such as village savings and loaning associations
- Support coordination of research, studies, evidence gathering, and stories of change on land and resilient livelihoods
- Support in resourcing of the land and resilient livelihoods programme work by leading response to Call for Proposals
- Lead development of plans and budgets on land and resilient livelihoods, facilitate execution, and spending, and tracking of progress
- Management of staff under reporting to the position including appraisals and capacity development
- Support establishment and strengthening of movements to campaign for land rights agenda and adoption of climate resilient sustainable agriculture
- Support with mobilisation and capacity enhancement to the women and young people on land value chain, resilient livelihoods, and climate justice
- Support in gathering and reporting of time critical/information/data/ updates and attend to information requests that can come from different stakeholders (external and internal)
- Participate in the development of context-based concept notes and proposals for fundraising
- Support the fundraising team on developing and maintaining contacts with potential donors, partners, and key technical agencies
- Collect data from the fields that reflect community priorities and government policies for new programming opportunities
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Agriculture, Policy Development or its equivalent from a recognised University
- Five years minimum working experience in the land, and livelihoods sector with at least three years experience in project management
- Experience in corporate accountability and climate justice is desirable
- Demonstrable experience in community mobilisation and engagement with government and other key development players
- Experience working with women groups and persons with disabilities is desirable
- Experience in policy and campaign and local, national, and global levels
To apply and for more information, click here.
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