The BOMA Project Careers

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

• BOMA is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Program Coordinator on the anticipated Kuza Jamii project. Kuza Jamii will support the Government of Kenyato progressively assume responsibility for the national Economic Inclusion Programme in Garissa, Isiolo, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Tana River, Turkana and Wajir. Our streamlined, County-adapted, gender-sensitive, and community-led model builds the capacity of village savings and loan associations and Ward-level producer cooperatives to coordinate service provision and market and financial linkages for the extreme poor, and in particular women and people living with disabilities, thereby offering a sustainable support platform after project end. We will reach 17,000 direct participants and 96,900 direct-indirect participants (household members) for a total of 113,900 total population reached, demonstrating exceptional value for money.

POSITION SUMMARY

• The Program Coordinator is responsible for providing effective and efficient coordination of BOMA project activities in Turkana.
• Under the supervision of the Portfolio Director, the PC will coordinate implementation of Kuza Jamii while representing BOMA in county-level engagements. S/he will coordinate with the entire Kuza Jamii team and keep leadership informed regarding county-level progress, results, and challenges under the Project.
• The ideal candidate is experienced in delivery of community development activities. S/he is effective at planning and overseeing field activities in line with work plans and quality standards, managing relationships with county-level collaborators (state and non-state), providing reports on activities and promoting learning. S/he provides support and supervision to field-based staff to ensure that Kuza Jamii activities are implemented according to plan and with the highest integrity, proactively collaborating, learning, and adapting with BOMA colleagues.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership and Planning Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the advancement and execution of BOMA’s Vision, Mission, and Values; ensuring that the same are clearly and well-articulated in BOMA’s daily work and among staff, partners, collaborators and participants/targets.
• Lead the planning and coordinate implementation Kuza Jamii activities at the county level, including BOMA’s and county-level partners’ activities in the consortium.
• Collaborate with the Turkana Cluster Office Administrator to ensure timely and adequate logistical arrangements for field travel on Project activities.
• Represent BOMA at county level meetings with stakeholder, including Government, where requested.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Facilitate collection and analysis of program data; capture and share lessons learned, case studies and success stories and best practices for project interventions.
• Support development, review and dissemination of project documents that capture best practices and lessons learned from the Kuza Jamii project to inform future project design.
• Support development and review of internal project reports.

Program Responsibilities:

• Engage with and securing acceptance of local leaders and the community about project roll out in Turkana.
• Oversee community entry and participatory targeting processes in each targeted community to identify and verify a pool of qualifying Kuza Jamii participants.
• Oversee, coordinate, and participate in implementation of project activities including grant distributions, trainings, and the establishment of savings groups.
• In coordination with the Portfolio Director, and with support from the People Department & Training Department, oversee training and performance of Field officers and Mentors delivering under the project.

Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting

• Coordinate with the Portfolio Director and M&E team to ensure timely and quality targeting verification, collection of baselines and end-line data and monitoring activities via digital technology.
• Carry out regular field visits and spot checking and oversight to project sites to support Field Officers and Mentors, trouble shoot and communicate to Program Manager on any emerging issues for effective response.
• Ensure timely, realistic, and high-quality project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and learnings are captured.
• Ensure that all reports, both internal and external, are prepared and submitted in a timely manner

Compliance and Logistics

• Ensuring timely and accurate timesheet submissions by Turkana staff spending time on the Project.
• Collaborate with the County Cluster Office Admins on ensuring proper compliance with BOMA policies and procedures.
• In Liaison with the Portfolio Director, and with support from operations staff, oversee procurements, deliveries, and other logistical coordination in Turkana
• Support other program activities in Turkana based on requests by Program Manager.

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Program Coordinator reports to the Portfolio Director
• Program Coordinator works collaboratively with other members of the Kuza Jamii team, across BOMA.
• He/she will work collaboratively with other implementing partner staff from Kuza Jamii partners in the consortium.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in International Development, Economics, Business, Community Development, Project Management or a related field required from a recognized institution. Master’s degree in a relevant field desired.

MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• A minimum of 5 Years of experience for Degree holders and relevant experience (in a similar role in ASAL Areas).

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES:

• Commitment to the mission of BOMA.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate field activities.
• Prior experience in coordination and remote management, including coordination of teams of staff working in remote field locations with intermittent or limited connectivity.
• Proven competency/experience in data collection and basic analysis.
• Strong project management skills including the ability to anticipate demand and manage multiple tasks and projects while meeting tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication and negotiation skills, in English, Swahili, and one of the languages spoken in Turkana.
• Knowledge of poverty graduation approaches, livelihoods, women’s empowerment programs and experience in working in Northern Kenya highly desirable.
• Excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, remote conferencing applications. Experience using Salesforce a plus.
• Good report writing skills
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

• BOMA is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of County Coordinator on the anticipated Kuza Jamii project. Kuza Jamii will support the Government of Kenyato progressively assume responsibility for the national Economic Inclusion Programme in Garissa, Isiolo, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Tana River, Turkana and Wajir. Our streamlined, County-adapted, gender-sensitive, and community-led model builds the capacity of village savings and loan associations and Ward-level producer cooperatives to coordinate service provision and market and financial linkages for the extreme poor, and in particular women and people living with disabilities, thereby offering a sustainable support platform after project end. We will reach 17,000 direct participants and 96,900 direct-indirect participants (household members) for a total of 113,900 total population reached, demonstrating exceptional value for money.

POSITION SUMMARY

• The County Coordinator is responsible for providing effective and efficient coordination of Kuza Jamii activities in Isiolo and Marsabit.
• Under the supervision of Portfolio Director - REAP for Government, the County Coordinator will coordinate the Kuza Jamii Consortium’s activities in Isiolo and Marsabit. The County Coordinator will represent BOMA in county-level engagements. S/he will coordinate activities of the Kuza Jamii partners and keep leadership informed regarding county-level progress, results, and challenges under the Project.
• The ideal candidate is highly effective at planning and coordination of multi-stakeholder efforts. S/he is an expert and developing and tracking multi-stakeholder work plans, maintaining quality standards, and managing relationships with county-level collaborators (state and non-state), providing reports on activities and promoting learning. S/he provides support and oversight of partners to ensure Kuza Jamii activities are implemented according to plan and with the highest integrity, proactively collaborating, learning, and adapting.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership and Planning Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the advancement and execution of BOMA’s Vision, Mission, and Values; ensuring that the same are clearly and well-articulated in BOMA’s daily work and among staff, partners, collaborators and participants/targets.
• Lead the planning and coordinating of all Kuza Jamii activities at the county level, especially with sub-grantees and government partners
• Represent BOMA in all Kuza Jamii activities at the county level, including meetings with government, stakeholders, and media.
• Collaborate with the BOMA’s Operations team to ensure timely and adequate logistical arrangements for field travel on Project activities.

Partnership Coordination

• Work with partners to coordinate develop county-level workplans and track the implementation of the workplans.
• Track any adjustment in timelines and ensure communication of any changes in project plan, scope and timeline.
• In coordination with BOMA teams, oversee training and capacity development efforts for the Government of Kenya and consortium partners
• Ensure that the partners receive adequate support on finance, logistics, HR, reporting and other organizational requirements.
• Coordinate program, technical, finance and other functional units at BOMA to ensure project timeline and deliverables are on track.
• Ensure clear communication is maintained between BOMA and partners.
• Support a close, two-way or multi-party working relationship where partners are respected, listened to and supported and creates an open channel to discuss challenges and constraints as they arise.
• Visit partners in the field to support delivery of training, design and adaptation workshops, and project monitoring and evaluation process.

Program Responsibilities:

• Ensure BOMA delivers on commitments laid out in the project and partnership frameworks and agreements.
• Lead the monitoring of partners’ progress in the implementation of program activities and expenditure.
• Ensure BOMA has the appropriate tools and systems to enhance coordination, track commitments and opportunities with partners, and strengthen coherence and cohesion of overall positioning of BOMA in the partnership framework.
• Oversee partners’ implementation: community entry, participatory targeting processes, implementation of project activities including grant distributions, trainings, establishment of savings groups, work with cooperatives, etc.

Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting

• Ensure the Kuza Jamii project M&E plan is understood by all partners operating in the counties, and responsibilities are clear for data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Coordinate with the M&E team to ensure timely and quality targeting verification, collection of baselines and end-line data and monitoring activities via digital technology.
• Carry out regular field visits and spot checking and oversight to project sites communicate any emerging issues for effective response.
• Ensure timely, realistic, and high-quality project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and learnings are captured.
• Ensure that all reports, both internal and external, are prepared and submitted in a timely manner, including county-level data.
• Contribute to donor deliverables for ongoing projects to ensure timely and quality delivery of products and services as agreed on by BOMA, including donor reports which should be timely and high quality.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Facilitate collection and analysis of program data; capture and share lessons learned, case studies and success stories and best practices for project interventions.
• Support development, review and dissemination of project documents that capture best practices and lessons learned from the Kuza Jamii project to inform future project design.

Compliance and Logistics

• Collaborate with the County Cluster Office Admins on ensuring proper compliance with BOMA policies and procedures.
• In Liaison with the county staff, and with support from operations staff, oversee procurements, deliveries, and other logistical coordination in Isiolo and Marsabit.
• Support other program activities in Isiolo and Marsabit based on requests by the Portfolio Director – REAP for Government

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

• County Coordinator reports to the Portfolio Director – REAP for Government for Kuza Jamii
• Program Coordinator works collaboratively with other members of the Kuza Jamii team, across BOMA.
• He/she will work collaboratively with other implementing partner staff from Kuza Jamii partners in the consortium.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in International Development, Economics, Business, Community Development, Project Management or a related field required from a recognized institution. Master’s degree in a relevant field desired.

MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 5 years managing livelihood and community development projects with experience in ASAL areas.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES:

• Commitment to the mission of BOMA.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate field activities.
• Prior experience in coordination and remote management, including coordination of teams of staff working in remote field locations with intermittent or limited connectivity.
• Proven competency/experience in data collection and basic analysis.
• Strong project management skills including the ability to anticipate demand and manage multiple tasks and projects while meeting tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication and negotiation skills, in English, Swahili, and one of the languages spoken in Isiolo and Marsabit.
• Knowledge of poverty graduation approaches, livelihoods, women’s empowerment programs and experience in working in Northern Kenya highly desirable.
• Excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, remote conferencing applications. Experience using Salesforce a plus.
• Good report writing skills
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

• BOMA is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of County Coordinator on the anticipated Kuza Jamii project. Kuza Jamii will support the Government of Kenyato progressively assume responsibility for the national Economic Inclusion Programme in Garissa, Isiolo, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Tana River, Turkana and Wajir. Our streamlined, County-adapted, gender-sensitive, and community-led model builds the capacity of village savings and loan associations and Ward-level producer cooperatives to coordinate service provision and market and financial linkages for the extreme poor, and in particular women and people living with disabilities, thereby offering a sustainable support platform after project end. We will reach 17,000 direct participants and 96,900 direct-indirect participants (household members) for a total of 113,900 total population reached, demonstrating exceptional value for money.

POSITION SUMMARY

• The County Coordinator is responsible for providing effective and efficient coordination of Kuza Jamii activities in Isiolo and Marsabit.
• Under the supervision of Portfolio Director - REAP for Government, the County Coordinator will coordinate the Kuza Jamii Consortium’s activities in Isiolo and Marsabit. The County Coordinator will represent BOMA in county-level engagements. S/he will coordinate activities of the Kuza Jamii partners and keep leadership informed regarding county-level progress, results, and challenges under the Project.
• The ideal candidate is highly effective at planning and coordination of multi-stakeholder efforts. S/he is an expert and developing and tracking multi-stakeholder work plans, maintaining quality standards, and managing relationships with county-level collaborators (state and non-state), providing reports on activities and promoting learning. S/he provides support and oversight of partners to ensure Kuza Jamii activities are implemented according to plan and with the highest integrity, proactively collaborating, learning, and adapting.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership and Planning Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the advancement and execution of BOMA’s Vision, Mission, and Values; ensuring that the same are clearly and well-articulated in BOMA’s daily work and among staff, partners, collaborators and participants/targets.
• Lead the planning and coordinating of all Kuza Jamii activities at the county level, especially with sub-grantees and government partners
• Represent BOMA in all Kuza Jamii activities at the county level, including meetings with government, stakeholders, and media.
• Collaborate with the BOMA’s Operations team to ensure timely and adequate logistical arrangements for field travel on Project activities.

Partnership Coordination

• Work with partners to coordinate develop county-level workplans and track the implementation of the workplans.
• Track any adjustment in timelines and ensure communication of any changes in project plan, scope and timeline.
• In coordination with BOMA teams, oversee training and capacity development efforts for the Government of Kenya and consortium partners
• Ensure that the partners receive adequate support on finance, logistics, HR, reporting and other organizational requirements.
• Coordinate program, technical, finance and other functional units at BOMA to ensure project timeline and deliverables are on track.
• Ensure clear communication is maintained between BOMA and partners.
• Support a close, two-way or multi-party working relationship where partners are respected, listened to and supported and creates an open channel to discuss challenges and constraints as they arise.
• Visit partners in the field to support delivery of training, design and adaptation workshops, and project monitoring and evaluation process.

Program Responsibilities:

• Ensure BOMA delivers on commitments laid out in the project and partnership frameworks and agreements.
• Lead the monitoring of partners’ progress in the implementation of program activities and expenditure.
• Ensure BOMA has the appropriate tools and systems to enhance coordination, track commitments and opportunities with partners, and strengthen coherence and cohesion of overall positioning of BOMA in the partnership framework.
• Oversee partners’ implementation: community entry, participatory targeting processes, implementation of project activities including grant distributions, trainings, establishment of savings groups, work with cooperatives, etc.

Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting

• Ensure the Kuza Jamii project M&E plan is understood by all partners operating in the counties, and responsibilities are clear for data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Coordinate with the M&E team to ensure timely and quality targeting verification, collection of baselines and end-line data and monitoring activities via digital technology.
• Carry out regular field visits and spot checking and oversight to project sites communicate any emerging issues for effective response.
• Ensure timely, realistic, and high-quality project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and learnings are captured.
• Ensure that all reports, both internal and external, are prepared and submitted in a timely manner, including county-level data.
• Contribute to donor deliverables for ongoing projects to ensure timely and quality delivery of products and services as agreed on by BOMA, including donor reports which should be timely and high quality.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Facilitate collection and analysis of program data; capture and share lessons learned, case studies and success stories and best practices for project interventions.
• Support development, review and dissemination of project documents that capture best practices and lessons learned from the Kuza Jamii project to inform future project design.

Compliance and Logistics

• Collaborate with the County Cluster Office Admins on ensuring proper compliance with BOMA policies and procedures.
• In Liaison with the county staff, and with support from operations staff, oversee procurements, deliveries, and other logistical coordination in Isiolo and Marsabit.
• Support other program activities in Isiolo and Marsabit based on requests by the Portfolio Director – REAP for Government

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

• County Coordinator reports to the Portfolio Director – REAP for Government for Kuza Jamii
• Program Coordinator works collaboratively with other members of the Kuza Jamii team, across BOMA.
• He/she will work collaboratively with other implementing partner staff from Kuza Jamii partners in the consortium.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in International Development, Economics, Business, Community Development, Project Management or a related field required from a recognized institution. Master’s degree in a relevant field desired.

MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 5 years managing livelihood and community development projects with experience in ASAL areas.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES:

• Commitment to the mission of BOMA.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate field activities.
• Prior experience in coordination and remote management, including coordination of teams of staff working in remote field locations with intermittent or limited connectivity.
• Proven competency/experience in data collection and basic analysis.
• Strong project management skills including the ability to anticipate demand and manage multiple tasks and projects while meeting tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication and negotiation skills, in English, Swahili, and one of the languages spoken in Isiolo and Marsabit.
• Knowledge of poverty graduation approaches, livelihoods, women’s empowerment programs and experience in working in Northern Kenya highly desirable.
• Excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, remote conferencing applications. Experience using Salesforce a plus.
• Good report writing skills
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Consistently build the capacity of the implementing team, Government and partner staff using a Trainer of Trainers approach to effectively deliver and implement the Kuza Jamii Project. REAP For Government Project.
• Support development, roll-out, and continuous improvement of BOMA’s core curricula on entrepreneurship, Climate Change, Gender and Green Enterprises and Agri-Nutrition among others.
• Support initiatives to deliver training in innovative and efficient ways, including but not limited to using technologies such as Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) and radio, Visual Aids and Dialogue Cards.
• Maintain schedule and track delivery of training for the BOMA, Government and partner staff plus program participants.
• Facilitate and co-facilitate training sessions for the BOMA, Government and partner staff.
• Organize and coordinate logistics for training activities in collaboration with the Government and implementation partners.
• Document training outcomes through post-tests, evaluations, and other feedback and accountability mechanisms to inform continuous improvement.
• Strengthen and enhance the capacity of Government and partner’s staff working directly with the Kuza Jamii Project, to apply best practices and methodologies in training for scale and sustainability of the EIP/graduation programs.
• Support training resource and needs assessments that identify strengths to leverage and gaps to be addressed through training.
• Maintain an organized digital (SharePoint) and hard copy directory of training/learning materials, curricula, content etc

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business studies, Sociology, Community Development Studies, or similar
• At least three (3) years of training experience, with preference for adult education, social and behavior change, and/or community development work within the Country and the Counties in the Dry Lands in Kenya.
• Commitment to the mission of BOMA
• Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Proven expertise in delivering collaborative and engaging training that responds to learning needs of individuals, teams, and/or partners.
• Experience working in Graduation, livelihood or Economic Inclusion programming.
• Experience with agribusiness, climate change, gender, savings groups, and/or market systems and access to finance programs is an added advantage.
• Ability to work respectfully and maintain productive relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Creative thinker with proven examples of using inventive local materials and/or limited resources to design and deliver effective trainings and/or behavior change activities
• Results oriented, with the ability to identify problems, design interventions and oversee their implementation.
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in computer skills. Experience using Microsoft 365 and Salesforce a plus.
• Excellent time management skills, ability to juggle competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Programmatic:

• Oversee and coordinate the implementation of program activities by Mentors under your supervision.
• Plan and execute community entry and engagement activities within your areas of supervision.
• Plan and execute participant selection and enrollment activities including community integrated assessment, action planning, participatory wealth ranking, PTT, business group formation and market assessment ensuring alignment with USAID Nawiri’s nutrition framework.
• Coordinate and back stop mentors to undertake monthly market linkages and referrals and reporting.
• Facilitate formation and registration of savings groups/Village savings and loaning associations as per guidelines to enable the R4N Participants access to credit for long-term expenses, business growth, and nutrition security.
• Coordinate and backstop monthly financial and lifeskills training for participants through savings groups meetings.
• Coordinate monthly case management for nutrition resilience activities for groups and mentors under your supervision including nutritional screening, nutritional education and training (Agri nutrition and MIYCN), nutritional counselling, referral and treatment, HHs dialogues, HHs visioning and action planning, HH self reflection using progress markets as jointly agreed in the consortium.
• Coordinate completeness of primary source data – Business Record books, Savings group record books, Child and Group registers under your supervision.
• Conduct monthly data quality checks and physical verification for all primary source data ensuring data quality and completeness and validation through signing of the Registers.
• Coordinate with mentors to achieve 100% data abstraction monthly for all primary source data (BGs, SGs and Child and group registers) before 10th of every month.
• Conduct monthly spot checks and technical backstopping of mentors using approved monitoring tools at BGs and SG level with evidence of physical verification of SGs, BGs and group registers data.
• In consultation with Program coordinator, conduct monthly mentor’s review, planning and reporting meeting.
• Provide accurate and comprehensive monthly reports on SG and BG performance, CMNR activities, case management and nutrition assessments, data abstraction to the Program Coordinators within set deadlines.
• Coordinate with Monitoring and Evaluation team to ensure timely and quality targeting verification, collection of baselines and end-line data and monitoring activities via digital technology.
• Use Performance Insights and FO online tools to monitor Program Effectiveness and address any outliers.
• Facilitate registration of graduated cohorts with department of social service, market and financial linkages with system actors.
• Participate in USAID NAWIRI Field level partner coordination meetings including donor visits.
• Provide program documentation on successes/impact (Success stories in collaboration with the mentors).
• Participant in Sub county/Zonal review and planning meetings and aligning monthly work plans with joint and integrated zonal work plans.

Administrative:

• Supervision of mentors to deliver their expected roles and responsibilities in line with program deliverable goals, monthly targets and performance goals.
• Assist in the overall recruitment process as guided by the People Department for mentor positions.
• Support all operational issues experienced by Mentors under your jurisdiction.
• Ensure timely and accurate timesheet submissions and mileage logs by the mentors supervised.
• Support in conducting exit interviews when called upon and assist in managing the exit process/offboarding including employee clearance for respective mentors.
• Perform performance reviews for Mentors and implement the outcomes such as Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) where need be as guided by the People Department
• Handle any discipline issues for the Mentors and escalate such matters beyond your scope to the Program coordinator and/or People Department.
• Timely reporting of any people matters relating to the Mentors to the Program Coordinator and People Department i.e Leave planning, Welfare issues affecting mentors.
• Perform any other relevant duty as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Community health and nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics, community health and development, food nutrition and Dietetics , Social Sciences, , Project Management, or any other relevant field from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience for Degree holders and at least 4 years of relevant experience (in a similar role in the Northern Kenya) for the Diploma holders preferably in a nutrition program.
• Demonstrable ability to coordinate field activities.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Proven competency/experience in data collection and basic analysis.
• Possession of self-drive; able to work with minimal supervision.
• Good report writing and computer skills.
• Fluent in English, Kiswahili, and the local dialect of Turkana County

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Consistently build the capacity of the implementing team, Government and partner staff using a Trainer of Trainers approach to effectively deliver and implement the Kuza Jamii Project. REAP For Government Project.
• Support development, roll-out, and continuous improvement of BOMA’s core curricula on entrepreneurship, Climate Change, Gender and Green Enterprises and Agri-Nutrition among others.
• Support initiatives to deliver training in innovative and efficient ways, including but not limited to using technologies such as Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) and radio, Visual Aids and Dialogue Cards.
• Maintain schedule and track delivery of training for the BOMA, Government and partner staff plus program participants.
• Facilitate and co-facilitate training sessions for the BOMA, Government and partner staff.
• Organize and coordinate logistics for training activities in collaboration with the Government and implementation partners.
• Document training outcomes through post-tests, evaluations, and other feedback and accountability mechanisms to inform continuous improvement.
• Strengthen and enhance the capacity of Government and partner’s staff working directly with the Kuza Jamii Project, to apply best practices and methodologies in training for scale and sustainability of the EIP/graduation programs.
• Support training resource and needs assessments that identify strengths to leverage and gaps to be addressed through training.
• Maintain an organized digital (SharePoint) and hard copy directory of training/learning materials, curricula, content etc

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business studies, Sociology, Community Development Studies, or similar
• At least three (3) years of training experience, with preference for adult education, social and behavior change, and/or community development work within the Country and the Counties in the Dry Lands in Kenya.
• Commitment to the mission of BOMA
• Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Proven expertise in delivering collaborative and engaging training that responds to learning needs of individuals, teams, and/or partners.
• Experience working in Graduation, livelihood or Economic Inclusion programming.
• Experience with agribusiness, climate change, gender, savings groups, and/or market systems and access to finance programs is an added advantage.
• Ability to work respectfully and maintain productive relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Creative thinker with proven examples of using inventive local materials and/or limited resources to design and deliver effective trainings and/or behavior change activities
• Results oriented, with the ability to identify problems, design interventions and oversee their implementation.
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in computer skills. Experience using Microsoft 365 and Salesforce a plus.
• Excellent time management skills, ability to juggle competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

JOB SUMMARY - PURPOSE

• The research and learning coordinator will manage research and learning agenda and outputs for REAP for Nutrition. She/he will closely with BOMA Research and Learning team, REAP for Nutrition Program Manager(s), and the USAID Nawiri CLA team in the development and pursuit of learning agendas, ensuring adherence to research protocols and processes, identification and documentation of lessons learned, after action reviews, collaborate with the M&E team in baseline, midterm reviews and endline evaluations and conduct in-depth analysis of mixed method datasets for research and learning.
• The ideal candidate is a curious individual, who has a strong commitment and capacity to promote a culture of critical inquiry and learning. The individual is dynamic, has good planning, organizational, and coordination skills, and analytical skills. He/she is a team player, highly collaborative, and with great work ethics. He/she is flexible and able to work in the ASAL areas.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Research & Impact

• Support the implementation of the REAP for Nutrition research and learning Plan in alignment with the overall goals.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative program impact surveys and assessments to capture the impacts, lessons learned and best practises of the program.
• Collaborate with M&E to ensure the completion of baseline, midline, and endline surveys
• Leverage informational sources and innovative and well-established research methods including observations, desk reviews, assessments, surveys, and reports to drive learning and adaptive management.
• Oversee research and learning related data collection activities, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and ethical standards are maintained.
• Documentation of critical research protocols, procedures, processes, for reference.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, using appropriate statistical and analytical tools.

Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation (CLA)

• Actively support internal and external learning processes, including activity implementation (and events) debriefing, identifying, and analysing lessons learned from technical activities.
• Lead the collection, analysis, and synthesis of context information across the REAP for Nutrition implementation areas in collaboration with program and M&E field staff.
• Document key findings, learning and update the research and learning agenda.
• Inform the Implementation of learning and adaptive management approaches and interventions in REAP for Nutrition.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing sessions and contribute to a culture of adaptive learning.

Research Communication, Reporting and Dissemination

• Drafting draft research reports and soliciting and incorporating input from review team members within BOMA and the USAID Nawiri consortium.
• Contribute to development of research and learning briefs and/or other accessible summaries of studies.
• Coordinate the preparation of REAP for Nutrition case studies and best practices.
• Actively support the preparation and implementation of learning events, forums, platforms, conferences, and workshops. 

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor of Arts/Science or equivalent in statistics, Research Methods, monitoring and evaluation, development economics, international development, sociology, Nutrition, or similar. A Masters degree is an added advantage.
• A minimum of three years’ experience working on research projects on nutrition, including coordinating quantitative and qualitative data collection, and using participatory research methods.
• Ability to sort analysis through extensive qualitative and quantitative data and craft insight from the findings.
• Familiarity with collaborative learning and adaptation approaches.
• Strong computer skills and high proficiency in Microsoft applications: Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• Strong communication, presentation, and report writing skills, and good spoken and written English and Kiswahili.
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, highly collaborative, and adaptable consortium environment.
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research techniques and tools such as SPSS, STATA, R (Quantitative) and NVivo, MAXQDA (Qualitative).
• Ability to draft preliminary reports from analysis of findings and lessons learned.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Receive and process documentation for new staff and ensure all placement documents are submitted for compliance.
• Maintain and update employee records/files; both on hard and soft copies and ensure information in the HRMIS (Flair) is always accurate and updated.
• Performs periodic audits of HR files and records to ensure that all required documents are collected and filed appropriately.
• Support pre-boarding & onboarding of new staff by ensuring they are properly set up as per the onboarding checklist i.e. Flair, work tools and internal systems, branded welcome kit etc.
• Support in coordinating onboarding sessions for new staff including the 60-90 days onboarding feedback check-ins.
• Support in coordinating employee confirmations and renewal of contracts ensuring they are up to date.
• Support in ensuring timely inclusion and removal of employees in various employee benefits.
• Assist with the recruitment process by scheduling interviews & performing reference checks as guided.
• Assist in addressing employees’ concerns and escalate where need be.
• Assists in the co-ordination of staff welfare initiatives and HR Projects as guided.
• Support in the offboarding process by ensuring staff have successfully cleared and all exit documents are properly filed.
• Provide assistance in organizing and coordinating HR related events.
• Assist with the day-to-day HR operations.

Requirements

• Higher Diploma in HR or CHRP (Bachelor’s Degree in Business with a focus on HR is an added advantage)
• Member of IHRM

Qualifications

• At least two (3) years’ experience in similar work.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism, and diplomacy.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Sound core knowledge of applicable labour laws legislation
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and work in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to travel from time to time

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage the LIFT Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), that will help participants start businesses to uplift their living standards and ensure environmental conservation.
• Provide mentoring to the agreed number of small business enterprises under the REAP – LIFT Programme.
• In a collaborative process with the community and BOMA Location Committees, target and identify eligible women for the REAP – LIFT Programme, based on BOMA’s criteria – (using the Participatory Wealth Ranking and Participatory Rural Appraisal Tools)
• Meet with established Business Groups (BGs) as required, help them make decisions about their business and provide mentorship and guidance as needed.
• Conduct/deliver business and savings skills trainings including financial management to the businesses in the designated locations and surrounding manyattas.
• Train and mentor, the Business Groups, green entrepreneurship, climate change adaptation, climate-smart technologies.
• Support the mentors to ensure entrepreneurs succeed in production, trade, and value addition based on the green enterprises.
• Perform a minimum of agreed visits per week to the business groups and savings groups for which you are responsible.
• Collect data and information for individuals, business group performance, participation of BG members in savings groups, savings group performance, participants living standards, participation in climate change adaptations, and other relevant information.
• Upload quality data and information on groups performance using the BOMA taroworks system (information management technology) as required.
• Report on the businesses and savings groups’ performances to the Field Officer.
• Represent BOMA in the designated location, including as a representative for the organization in local development committees.

Qualifications

• At least a Diploma in community development, social work or another related discipline.
• At least two (2) years’ experience in similar work.
• Proven experience in data collection and or mentorship is an added advantage.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills; candidates should be able to relate well to both the women with whom we work, and the BOMA Field Officer.
• Be self-driven, and able to work with minimal staff supervision.
• Must be a native of the respective location you are applying for with working knowledge of English, Swahili and the local language.
• Strongly encouraged – Have a valid motorcycle license and experience on how to ride a motorcycle or (at least willingness to present a motorcycle license within the first 3 months of employment).