Job Description
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Responsibilities
Mission 1: Providing specialized expertise in the form of policy guidance and technical support to projects, partners and/or programs in accordance with the technical frameworks and general standards of his/her sectoral or cross-cutting scope
- Provide appropriate technical guidance and support to project leaders, partners and/or specialists.
- Performs technical activities or ensures that project(s) activities are implemented in accordance with internal quality and technical standards and suggests improvements as necessary.
- Adapt the project’s technical documentation as required, in accordance with global technical standards.
- Coordinate and collaborate with the project’s technical partners, as delegated by the specialist or project manager.
- Propose research and study topics, conduct research if necessary and supervise data collection.
- Contribute to the writing of new proposals for new opportunities within its technical scope.
- Produce policy guidance for the countries to participate to the design.
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Mission 2: Providing project-based technical learning with a global impact
- Ensure Global and Field Technical Specialists get the information they need and collaborate with technical divisions as needed.
- Coordinate with headquarters to ensure adequate capitalization to improve sectoral method globally and collect scientific evidence; initiate or test new innovative solutions to address the main challenges of the sector.
- Contribute to technical learning under the responsibility of the Specialist or Project Manager, based on best practices.
- Anticipate and prepare for nexus adjustments in your sector.
- Contribute to the terms of reference for evaluations.
Mission 3: Ensuring the internal technical training of his/her sector or on cross-cutting themes
- Contribute to technical recruitments, in cooperation with the Field Specialist.
- Carry out the necessary technical training in his/her field.
- Contribute to the skills upgrading plan for professionals in its sector and may be a third-party assessor.
- Contribute to the development of a local talent pool within his/her sector (conducts technical interviews of candidates and makes recommendations, identifies training and coaching needs).
- Assist in coordinating technical professional development and facilitating a community of practice, in collaboration with the technical division.
Mission 4: Contributing to ensure the external technical influence of HI on his/her perimeter, in close collaboration with the technical program team
- Contribute to the outreach of HI expertise: can represent HI technical expertise by delegation in relevant local, regional and international networks and with local partners.
- Ensure coordination and collaboration with the project’s technical partners, in cooperation with the Field Specialist.
- Relay and contribute to advocacy messages within its scope of work.
- Support writing for new project content for the continuity or expansion of the project within its technical scope.
Mission 5: Emergency Preparedness and Response Responsibilities
- Contribute to the support or implementation of emergency preparedness actions of the program(s) and, during an emergency, adapts his/her work modality in order to contribute to an effective HI humanitarian response.
Educational background and experience
- At least a Bachelor Degree in the following fields; Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, Statistics, Humanitarian Affairs, or related fields.
- Experience: Over five years of practical experience within an NGO, preferably in humanitarian or development settings.
Skills required:-
- Professional capacity building
- Technical skills
Shared skills
- Proactiveness
- Teamwork/networking and cooperation.
- Respectful of other people’s opinions and valuing other’s skills for joint action.
- Giving and receiving constructive feedback, exchanging in multidisciplinary teams, networking and collaborating.
- Have an empathetic attitude. Showing interest in what each person experiences and feels, “putting oneself in the other’s shoes” and listening to their needs
- Adopting an attitude of acceptance and nonjudgement of the person. Resilience to stress and uncertainty
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How to Apply
If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, kindly send your application along with an upto-date CV by email to :- jobs.kenya@hi.org The email subject line should be marked: “ Unlocking Opportunities Senior Technical Officer – Livelihoods ”. Please do not send your academic and other testimonials they will be requested at a later stage.
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