Programme Coordinator-Nutrition and Gender (based in Nairobi, Kenya)
Company: Self Help Africa
Location: New York
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
Job Title: Programme Coordinator-Nutrition and Gender
Organisation: Self Help Africa
Department: Programmes
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Reports to: Senior Programme Manager & Private Sector Lead
(SPM&PSL)
Benefits: 22 days annual leave, Medical Insurance (self + spouse
and up to 4 children under the age of 18years), 10% Employer
pension contribution and 25% leave allowance
Travel: 70% County level travel
Restrictions: 6 months' probation, 2-year fixed term full time
employment contractAbout Self Help Africa:Self Help Africa (SHA) is
an international NGO -dedicated to the vision of an economically
thriving and resilient rural Africa. We have 50 years of experience
working with smallholder farmers, farmer associations,
cooperatives, and agribusinesses across Africa to help farmers grow
and sell more food, improve diets, diversify incomes and make their
livelihoods more sustainable and resilient to external shocks. SHA
also builds awareness of issues affecting smallholders and
represent their interests at policy and institutional level.SHA is
a core member of The Gorta Group which is composed of a group of
innovative organizations driving sustainable economic and social
change across Africa. Comprising Self Help Africa, Partner Africa
and TruTrade, the Gorta Group combines expertise in market-based
solutions to poverty and rural development; climate change
mitigation and resilience; trade facilitation and farmer and worker
rights; underpinned by an inclusive ethos that specifically targets
women and youth. In August 2021, United Purpose joined the Gorta
Group, which operates as Self Help Africa (SHA), bringing together
two organizations with proud histories of assisting those in
greatest need. United Purpose, formerly Concern Universal, has
worked for more than 40 years as a leader in community-led
development and grassroots innovation. SHA now has over 700 staff
worldwide, because of the merger, and a global turnover of over
---40m. We are currently implementing a portfolio of 80 projects in
Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia
funded by a variety of institutional and private donors including
the European Union, Irish Aid and World Food Programme. In 2020, we
supported close to eight million people in rural communities across
sub-Saharan Africa, Brazil and Bangladesh.Job Purpose:Hunger and
malnutrition remain a major issue worldwide and are of particular
concern in SHA (Self Help Africa) countries of operation.
Nutrition, in the past has been placed within the health sector.
However, there is a recognition that the food and agriculture
sector have a major role to play in ensuring improved food and
nutrition security. Nutrition is a key theme across SHA's
programming: we aim to ensure that increased and diversified
production translates to improved nutrition at household level, so
it is essential that all our programmes have a strong nutrition
focus.Equally, SHA recognises the importance of gender equity to
ensure progress in reducing poverty. Working with smallholder
farmers and recognising that women contribute the bulk of labour on
family farms, there is a need to ensure our programmes have a
strong gender element to improve cohesion within the household with
better resource and power sharing. Development goals cannot be
achieved without explicit consideration being given to all, which
includes women, men, boys and girls, understanding their different
needs and contributions.This role is a key part of SHA's drive to
build technical excellence, improve programme quality across the
organisation and become a leader in innovative development
practice. Promoting nutrition sensitive agriculture will involve
ensuring that all of SHA programmes and projects progressively
integrate explicit nutrition objectives and indicators into
project/programme design and guide its implementation. It also
ensures that gender is mainstreamed within all programmes.This post
will facilitate learning, mentor programme staff and build staff
capacity (both SHA and partner staff) based on best practice from
within the organisation and experiences from other development
actors.Key Responsibilities:Technical Resource:
- This position will be the resource person for Nutrition and
Gender within the SHA Kenya programmes. The role will involve
working with the team throughout project cycle management - from
supporting the development of concept notes ensuring a strong
nutrition and gender element, proposal development, programme
delivery, supporting M &E and evaluation of
projects/programmes.
- Advise, mentor, train, and support programme/partner staff to
effectively integrate nutrition sensitive agriculture and
mainstream gender into programmes and projects including setting
objectives and measuring results.Networking:
- This role will ensure SHA engagement in relevant networks to
strengthen SHA's visibility in nutrition and gender, remain
current/up to date within this sector and where possible capitalise
on relevant opportunities that arise in terms of funding, and
dissemination of SHA work.
- Networking with relevant stakeholders will include the various
ministries at national and county levels, UN agencies such as
UNICEF, FAO and WHO and other relevant NGO's involved in nutrition
and gender sectors.DETAIL OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support the Senior Programme Manager & Private Sector Lead in
planning and designing programmes; ensuring that nutrition and
gender are specifically addressed with effective implementation
strategies in line with SHA Kenya's programme strategy.
- Support SHA staff and partners in developing nutrition and
gender components of projects/programmes through establishing
knowledge gaps and conducting capacity building/training and
conducting project/programme monitoring visits.
- Support the SHA programme team/technical staff/partner staff in
rolling out of project interventions to ensure that the
project/programme interventions are both gender transformative and
nutrition sensitive.
- Develop and carryout reviews of SHA nutrition and gender
policies/guidelines and strategies that provide strategic direction
keeping abreast of resources already available in country or
regionally/internationally.
- Together with the SHA Monitoring and Evaluation Officer be
responsible for designing, collecting, processing, analysing
nutrition and gender data within SHA programmes.
- Identify and support the development of tools for programme and
partner staff, such as IEC material, to use for gender and
nutrition throughout SHA programmes/projects.
- Contribute and share knowledge, information, best practices and
lessons learnt on gender and nutrition to ensure high quality
programming throughout SHA programmes/projects for internal and
external use.
- Liaise regularly with the Nutrition Advisor and Social
Inclusion Advisor at Head Office for support and share learning
with other SHA country programmes and head office.
- Guide processes of identifying and participating in nutrition
and/or gender research as required.
- Facilitate and assist the timely submission of regular reports
(monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual) or special reports as
deemed necessary.
- Organise and facilitate workshop SPM&PSL/trainings to share
information/learning.
- Strengthen strategic partnerships with civil society
organisations and the private sector to influence nutrition and
gender responsive policies and laws.
- Keep updated on technical aspects of nutrition and gender with
specific focus on vulnerable groups.
- Active networking and advocacy profiling of SHA country
programme with external stakeholders implementing similar
programmes at local, national and/or international level.Key
Relationships:Internal
- Country Director
- Partner Organisation Staff
- Head Office Technical Advisers
- Other SHA Country Nutrition & Gender AdvisersExternal
- Key Ministry Stakeholders (Ministry of Health, Gender and
Agriculture as relevant)
- UN agencies, in particular; UNICEF, WHO, FAO and UNFPA
- Relevant National Food and Nutrition Organizations
- Research institutions and Universities as
relevantQualifications/Knowledge and Experience
- Minimum of bachelor's degree in Nutrition, Public Health or
related discipline
- At least five years' experience in the design and
implementation of nutrition and gender projects/programmes
- Extensive knowledge and experience of sector thinking on
nutrition, gender and inclusion, value chain approaches in
Kenya.
- Experience working with multiple stake holders including civil
society organization, public and private sectors and development
agencies
- A good understanding of project cycle management approaches and
tools including knowledge of M&E principles with a bias on
Nutrition sensitive and gender focus development.
- Experience in facilitation of learning process and
networking
- Experience in research and report writing
- Experience in developing and delivering training or general
capacity building skills
- Excellent level of spoken and written English
- Very good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint) and general IT skills
- Commitment to working with a value-based organisation
- Self-motivated with good interpersonal and communication
skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Experience in teamwork and coordination
- Willingness to travel in country and overseas to support
nutrition and gender activities in other SHA country
programmes
- Experience in gender and social inclusion in an Agricultural
development environment
- Demonstrated experience in integrating/mainstreaming gender in
development and humanitarian projects focused on food, nutrition,
and livelihoods sectors
- Ability to communicate effectively in more than one national
language
- Ability to work as part of team across different cultures.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and take
initiative.
- Ability to solve problems and take appropriate corrective
action.
- Ability to spend up to 70% of time in field travels.This Job
Description only serves as a guide for the position available and
SHA reserves the right to make necessary changes.How to apply:If
you are interested in the position and have the right skills and
attributes, please download the Application Form and fill it in.
Upload this form along with your CV and covering letter to our
Online Recruitment Platform .Please note incomplete applications
will not be considered for shortlisting.Closing date is Friday 29th
April 2022 Please note that Self Help Africa Kenya advocates for
equal opportunity and does not require applicants to pay any fee at
whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process. Canvassing
will lead to automatic disqualification.Self Help Africa is
committed to the highest possible standards of openness,
transparency, and accountability in all its affairs and is
completely against fraud, bribery, and corruption. All employees
are bound by code of conduct, child protection and conflict of
interest policies.Any candidate offered a job with Self Help Africa
will be expected to sign Self Help Africa's Safeguarding Policies
and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment
and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions
of these documents.Police vetting is required.All applicants are
encouraged to read through the following safeguarding policies as
you make your applications:Women applicants are highly encouraged;
Self Help Africa is an Equal Opportunities EmployerSelf Help
Africa,
Kingsbridge House,
17-22 Parkgate Street,
Dublin 8, D08 NRP2,
Co. Dublin, Ireland
Tel. +353 (0)1 677 8880
Tel. +353 (0)1 661 5522
Self Help Africa,
41 University Street
Belfast, NI, BT7 1FY
Tel: +44 (0)28 90232064Our Policy
Self Help Africa does not ask or accept money for bids. If
approached for money or other favours, or if you have any
suspicions of attempted fraud, bribery or corruption while
tendering please report immediately to our confidential email:
selfhelpafrica@expolink.co.uk Please provide as much detail as
possible with any reports. Further information on Confidential
Reporting here.
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