Key areas of responsibility
- Support the execution of agreements with partners and ensure compliance with requirements for the delivery of results.
- Provide project coordination and support for planning, monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance, in accordance with policies and guidelines, and donor requirements.
- Ensure that the actions are planned, implemented, and managed with special consideration for gender, environment, and conflict sensitivity.
- Perform visits for monitoring and evaluation of the project activities.
- Support relationship building, collaboration and support to partner organizations in line with Diakonia’s partnership policy.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate project implementation.
- Contribute to context analysis, program development and resource mobilization.
- Contribute to learning, knowledge management, and continuous improvements.
Required qualifications
- University degree or equivalent within relevant area
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in international development work
- Experience of project management using the human rights-based approach, gender justice programming, conflict and environmental mainstreaming. Proven experience and skills in; Planning, Evaluation and Monitoring (Theory of Change, Result Based Management, Adaptive management or other).
- Experience of managing donor requirements, applications and report writing.
- Ability to understand and speak English.
- Analytic, creative and solution oriented.
- Ability to work and prioritize independently, while being a good team player.
- Relevant communication and IT-skills
Desired qualifications
- Thematic expertise within gender justice, tax justice, public debt management, natural resource management and business and human rights.
- Experience of advocacy, communication and resource mobilization.
- Fluency in Kiswahili and French would be an added advantage.
