Emergency Programme Officer, EA

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Based: Nairobi, Kenya
Terms: Fixed Term Contract (upto March 2014)
Closing date: 30 June 2012
Job reference: EAP/056/JG

The Country Emergency Program officer is part of the East Africa country team but also works closely with the Humanitarian Division. The role works across the country programme with a specific focus on the delivery of the work identified in the East Africa and DEC emergency appeals. The role will support learning and experience from country emergency response and DRR work and ensure that it is shared across all Christian Aid country programmes. The post holder works closely with other country based staff especially in the livelihoods programme to ensure the effective implementation and reporting of the Emergency and DRR programmes developing new initiatives where possible. The post holder will actively participate in corporate discussions about best practice in emergency response, recovery and DRR work. The role will be based in Nairobi. Regular travel to remote and insecure places for long periods is required. You will manage the East Africa Emergency Appeal and DEC Appeal funded programmes in Kenya and Somalia in line with the agreed country programme strategy. You will primarily focus on the delivery of the DEC and Christian Aid Appeal funded programmes but will also play a key role working with the Programme Officer livelihoods and the Resilience projects officer in the implementation of high quality emergency response, DRR and resilience programmes across the two countries. You will maintain project financial records and financial and narrative report to DEC and Christian Aid, keep partners and country colleagues informed about contract and compliance procedures, provide support to partners based on frameworks agreed with country
team, present case studies of work undertaken to a variety of audiences, represents Christian Aid externally with partners, donors other NGOs, and other agencies. You will appraise, monitor and review programmes in line with CA and external requirements, develop new initiatives and recommend actions to be taken to further emergency response work in country. Liaise with relevant stake holders to improve accountability, participation in decision making, information sharing. You will actively seek back donor funding to build on the work funded by the two appeals.


You will have a good understanding of emergency relief, preparedness and humanitarian aid and their link to development work, experience of disaster risk reduction work. You will have a good understanding of program cycle management approaches and tools – including Participatory Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment, and Planning. You will be familiar with issues of governance, power and rights, financial controls and procedures. Able to work independently, you will have a good knowledge of approaches to livelihoods and resilience, direct experience of programme appraisal, monitoring and evaluation and of developing
partners’ capacity, understanding of advocacy, campaigning and lobbying, experience of facilitation and training and project reporting to major institutional donors preferably on a large scale. You will also need skills in network and alliance building, understanding of partnership approach to international development, gender and exclusion. You will have a good working knowledge of institutional donors, particularly DFID, EU, ECHO policies and funding modalities and rules.


This role requires a university degree in development studies, social work/ sociology or similar; experience in emergency response, DRR, monitoring & Evaluation, understanding of financial controls and procedures. To apply for this post, please download an application pack from www.christianaid.org.uk/jobs and email your completed International application form to: nairobi@christian-aid.org (quoting the reference number). Please note that CVs will not be accepted and that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
You will require current and valid permit to work in Kenya.

Job reference: EAP/056/JG
Closing date for applications: 30 June 2012
Interview date: Week starting 9 July 2012

Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

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