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is a UK-based international humanitarian and development non-governmental organisations. It is currently working in more than 50 countries, and has been working in Kenya since 1997. The Kenya Country Programme presently focuses on community health, inclusive markets and climate change resilience delivery interventions that influence shifts in power relations in favour of poor and marginalised communities and groups as a means to ending poverty cycles.

Christian Aid requires a Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Specialist for a USAID funded CASE-OVC programme to lead the project’s HES stream of work and manage HES staff on the programme to ensure quality and excellence in Technical Assistance given to partners and in the delivery of project at household level.

About Role

The Household Economic Strengthening Specialist is responsible for the technical aspects of activity implementation that relate to economic strengthening/livelihoods for OVC households within their communities. The role holder will work within the project management unit and support the regional teams in delivery of this aspect of the CASE OVC project.

Doing this will ensure the following three key results are delivered: –

1. Effective articulation of the CASE-OVC technical strategies and Christian Aid Inclusive Markets Development Strategies into partner workplans, budgets, and operating procedures.
2. Effective delivery of results at household level in terms of economic strengthening, sustainable livelihoods and OVC thriving and wellbeing.
3. Effective evidencing, documentation, reporting and communication of outputs, outcomes and impact while ensuring learning and improvement of project strategies and approaches.

About you

With line management from the Chief of Party and close collaboration with the CASE-OVC Senior Technical Advisor, you will work with other team members to coordinate support to regional team leadership of the household economic strengthening aspects of the CASE OVC project to deliver results. You have high qualifications related to economic strengthening/livelihoods with 5 years of experience in managing complex economic strengthening interventions. You will model and promote in your role integrity, self-leadership, teamwork and decisiveness. You are proactive and able to work under pressure with minimal supervision to deliver quality and excellence in related results outlined above. This is about you leading effectively individually and collaboratively in teams to deliver key outputs while exercising passion, autonomy and mutual accountability. You will challenge status quo, embrace and respect diversity of views, enable others to co-lead with you, and take action to make contributions toward achievement of the shared team goals.

You will have the ability to think creatively to navigate the complexities and uncertainties and the ever faster pace of change in the workplace, in people management, and in the operating context in Kenya. You will also demonstrate adaptive programming with ability to translate thinking and decisions into results in a timely manner.

In doing so, you will facilitate your team’s collaboration with the donor, partners, internal and external teams and service providers including programmes, finance, regional teams, and London teams.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards,benefits and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

BUIDLING PARTNERSHIPS

This supports our values of cooperation and partnership and our commitment to building partnerships. It is about working with others in a spirit of cooperation, recognising that change is brought about through partnership with others. It covers building internal and external relationships and networks – and means working collaboratively and overcoming obstacles to achieve mutual aims.

Please tell us about a time when you sought out and created opportunities to establish new high-impact relationships, partnerships and collaborations to advance organisational/project goals.

DELIVER RESULTS

This is about being accountable for our actions and ensuring that they contribute to Christian Aid’s work to end poverty. It includes organising and planning work, goal-setting, applying judgement, taking responsibility and decision-making.

Please tell us about a time when you respond quickly and decisively under pressure to problems that affected others, making decisions that are evidence-based, realistic and balanced short- and long-term impacts in a way that delivers expected results?

COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY

These are the skills and behaviours linked to communicating with others.They are founded on our respect for others and belief in the innate dignity of every person.  This means communicating clearly and honestly and being aware of how our communications impact on others.

Give us an example of a time when you communicated a complex concept in a way that could be easily understood by others leading to change in actions and improvement of results?

• Salary (full time): Kes405,814 – Kes441,387
• Type of contract: Fixed Term
• Contracted hours: 35
• Contract length: 2
• Location: Nairobi, Kenya
• Closing date:  27 August 2018