Opportunities for Rural Youth Employment in Kenya (ORYE Kenya) Programme – (Subject to Project Award)which is an anticipated GIZ-funded programme seeks to improve the overall training and employment situation in rural areas of Western Kenya, especially for young people and women. SNV, in a consortium with Welthungerhilfe, is in the process of designing a youth employment programme that specifically focuses on employment opportunities in the agricultural sector in five counties in Western Kenya, namely: Siaya, Bungoma, Kakamega, Kisumu and Vihiga. The programme is part of a global rural youth employment project that is coordinated by a GIZ steering unit in Germany.
Responsibilities
1.Business environment and improved access to inputs, services and marketswhich aims to ensure that Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), smallholder farmers/cooperatives and start-ups benefit from new or improved access to inputs (including land), services (including financial services) and markets to better start or grow their business.
2.Strengthening the demand for labourwhich aims at identifying and developing employment potentials for the rural youth with reference to the agricultural and food sector (i.e. cross-value chain support, coaching & mentoring, better access to markets, etc.).
Job Description
Reporting to the Country Director, the Team leader will have overall responsibility and accountability of the programme which includes overall programme management i.e. contract implementation according to planning and budgeting agreement, strategic guidance and partnership development with key stakeholders, supervision of human resources, and ensuring quality control and timeliness of all deliverables including reporting as required by the donor. This position will deliver 16 expert months (i.e. 40%) spread across a 44 calendar months’ project and is open to both national international applicants.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Overall responsibility for the advisory package of the project;
Ensuring the coherence and complementarity of the programme of SNV/WHH Kenya with the key project strategy and actions at local and national level;
Promote strategy, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of capacity development among local implementing partners and stakeholders;
Ensuring application of cross-cutting themes (e.g. gender, climate change, social stability);
Personnel management, including the deployment of short-term assignments within the available budget, as well as planning and steering assignments and supporting local and international short-term experts;
Ensuring results-based monitoring is conducted;
Regular reporting in accordance with contract compliance;
Responsibility for the use of funds according to financial planning and budgeting in consultation with GIZ’s officer responsible for the commission;
Supporting the officer responsible for the commission in updating/adapting the project strategy, in evaluations and in preparing a follow-on phase
Job Requirements
Required education
: Bachelor's degree
Required relevant work experience
: 10 years
Required languages:
English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)
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