Project Officer (PRO) - Climate, Livelihoods and Conservation

About the role

Save the Children (Kenya) is recruiting a Project Officer (PRO) in Nairobi, Westlands. The officer plans and implements project activities under the guidance of the Project Manager and technical support from the Technical Advisor and Project Director, covering community assessments, beneficiary selection, livelihoods, climate adaptation and monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct community assessments (HEA, market, climate health) and develop community profiles and recommendations for programming.
• Ensure transparent, accountable and gender-equitable beneficiary selection and work with local partners to set up community adaptation, mangrove stewardship, coastal livelihoods and WASH maintenance committees.
• Train communities on planning for and responding to climate hazards, and support teacher and pupil training and school-based resilience approaches.
• Establish and train VSLA groups, train members on financial literacy and entrepreneurship, and train lead farmers and fishers on peer-to-peer extension.
• Facilitate construction of fish smoking ovens and solar dryers in line with project design, and help raise public awareness on climate change.
• Plan and implement all activities within the project's design, results framework and budget, and maintain a quarterly planning cycle.
• Work with the MEAL team on data collection, reporting, case studies, accountability and feedback mechanisms, and support donor visits and project reviews.

Required profile

• BSc, HND, certificate or diploma in development studies, social work, sociology, agriculture or environment, with at least 2 years' experience in food security/livelihoods, agricultural extension or rural development.
• Experience implementing community development programmes in rural settings, with a food security and livelihoods component.
• Good written and spoken English, including report writing, and good facilitation and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to live in project communities, including riverine communities, and to hold a motorbike rider's licence or learn one.

Required skills

• MS Word, MS PowerPoint and Excel.
• Experience developing activity budgets.
• Advantages: experience in conservation, education, community-based adaptation and multi-sectoral programmes, and experience with government and NGOs.