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    County Coordinator, Isiolo and Marsabit at - Nairobi, Kenya - Boma Projects

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    Helping Women Graduate from Extreme Poverty The BOMA Project is a U.S.

    nonprofit and Kenyan NGO with a proven track record, measurable results and a transformative approach to alleviating poverty and building resiliency in the drylands of Africa.

    Our Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP) replaces aid with sustainable income and helps women to graduate from extreme poverty by giving them the tools they need to start small businesses in their communities.

    With this new and diversified source of income, they can feed their families, pay for school fees and medical care, accumulate savings for long-term stability, survive drought and adapt to a changing climate.


    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.


    REQUIREMENTS

    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.


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