Area Coordinator at Concern Worldwide in Kenya
Closing date: 12 Oct 2012
The Area Coordinator is the focal person in coordinating and overseeing Concern’s operations in Marsabit County and the point of contact for the County Administration. More specifically, the person is responsible for representing Concern in the County, coordination and networking, liaison with Nairobi, and systems management both within Concern and in building the system capacity of County Government and partner organisations.
Representation:
- Represent Concern in Key meetings with the UN, donors, local government, partners, civil society and community groups
- Liaise with relevant UN and Government bodies
- Actively participate and represent the Marsabit team at senior management meetings and in different forums in Marsabit.
Systems:
- Put in place functional and efficient systems (financial, logistics, procurement) to support programme delivery
- Coordinate the programme budget regionally, administration of partner grants whenever necessary, preparation/consolidation of programme budgets, monthly cash flow projections, monitor and account for expenditure, and ensure timely submission of financial reports.
- Ensure transparency and accountability is maintained in compliance with Concern’s systems and procedures and support partners in ensuring the same.
- Manage administrative systems and programme staff in the county.
- Ensure compliance with Concern’s donor requirements & government policies.
Information sharing and coordination:
- Maintain regular communication with the Country Director and technical staff in Nairobi.
- Ensure sharing of information regularly with all relevant departments to facilitate the decision making process.
- Ensure implementation of Concern’s programmes in Marsabit County is well coordinated and programmes are integrated.
- Monitor and oversee reporting according to deadlines.
Capacity Building
- Support organisational capacity building process including Strategic Plan Development of partners as and when required.
- Facilitate/build the capacity of partners in rolling out compliant systems.
- Design and implement a programme of strengthening capacity of local government (county) systems both generally and within specific sectors (health, education, agriculture, livestock etc). In particular, strengthen systems around social audit, budgeting, transparency and accountability.
Coordination
- Hold coordination meetings with programme and systems teams throughout the county at least once a month.
- Compile quarterly costed work plans for approval by the Country Director.
- Recommend cash requirements within stipulated deadlines
- Mobilise technical staff from Nairobi office to ensure the quality of the programme.
Security
- Continuously assess security situation in the County and its environs
- Provide immediate updates of any change in situation
- Advise on travel, both within the country and road travel to and from the county
- Liaise with County security authorities, NGOs and others on issues of security.
- Manage the security and safety of Concern staff
- Lead Concern’s Emergency response in Marsabit as and when necessary
- Comply with Concern’s health, safety and security guidelines during emergencies
How to apply:
Interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should apply by sending a CV and a covering letter addressed to:
The Human Resource Manager,
Concern Worldwide,
P.O. Box 13850-00800,
Nairobi,
to the following email address: nairobi.hr@concern.net
Each application should include three referees who can validate technical expertise. Telephone contacts must be submitted with the application. The closing date for applications is Friday, 12th October 2012.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview. Those who had applied earlier need not re-apply.
Concern has a Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from abuse and exploitation. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions in these two documents.
Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer
