Start Date: August 2010
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Background:
Creative Associates International, Inc. (Creative) is seeking an Program Development Officer for an anticipated USAID-funded grants-based project to support the government and people of Somalia by promoting stabilizing influences through the implementation of small activities and grants.
Position Summary:
Program Development Officers (PDOs) will identify potential grantees, develop, design, monitor, and evaluate grant activities.
It is particularly important that the PDOs identify potential grants and grantees that are appropriate to respond to the current political transition as reflected in contract goals and objectives.
The PDOs complete the grant description, background, justification, and implementation fields in the Activity Database and coordinate with Contractor procurement and grants management staff on grants activity implementation.
The PDOs share responsibility for monitoring and evaluatidn with other grant staff, and they may also provide grant management/implementation assistance to grantees.
These positions may require extensive travel throughout Somalia.
The Contractor will hire sufficient numbers of PDOs to meet overall program requirements.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Three years of experience with project design, development, management, and monitoring and evaluation of development-type projects;
- Familiar with or have considerable experience in community participation-type projects or those that are political in focus;
- Hands-on and able to work closely with all types of grantees;
- Understand and analyze national, regional, and local Somali politics, and the creativity and analytical capacity to design grants that relate to current political events and within the framework of the program goals and objectives;
- Fluency in Somalia;
- And professional fluency in English.
Application Instructions
To apply for this position, please complete and submit our simple on-line form, where you can upload your resume and other documents.
Only if you are unable to use the on-line form, please email your resume, along with an expression of interest, to: recruitment@crea-ch.com and be sure to include Program Development Officer- Somalia/Kenya Code in the subject line of your email.
Please note only finalists will be contacted.
No phone calls please.
Creative Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
