SAPCONE PACT MERCY CORPS Project Peace Coordinator Job Vacancy in Kenya

Empowering communities for sustainable development in Turkana County
 

Position: Project Peace Coordinator

Duty Station: Lokitaung

Supervised By: Executive Director

Supervises: NA

SAPCONE is a Kenyan based non-profit making indigenous organization with the head office in Lodwar town and operating in Turkana County, mainly with the provision of clean water and sanitation to the communities, education and child protection. 

We are also involved in other community development interventions such as land rights rights and livelihoods in households in and around Turkana County where we have our project camps. It also deals with civic education and promotes peace initiatives.
 

SAPCONE in collaboration with PACT and Mercy Corps implementing Lake Turkana – South Omo cross border peace Initiatives aims to contribute to creating conditions for durable peace and secure livelihoods among the cross border pastoralist communities under PEACE III a five – year project funded by USAID.

SAPCONE is seeking to recruit dynamic, qualified and experienced individuals to fill the above position

Job Purpose: SAPCONE shall recruit project peace coordinator to support on-the-ground implementation of its various projects and activities; the Project peace coordinator shall be stationed and resident at the designated project sites and shall be responsible for;

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervision of all peace monitors deployed in the Turkana north sub - county by SAPCONE;
• Drawing up sub - county wide strategies, performance targets and timetable and provide technical support to Peace monitors;
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of these strategies and timetables, report on them accordingly and make any necessary adjustments with the agreement of SAPCONE;
• Establishing communications procedures with peace monitors and maintain regular contacts with them;
• Meet regularly with the peace monitors in the sub - county and report on their performance and follow up on any issues arising;
• Liaising with sub - County stakeholders and establishing appropriate relations with state institutions, Non state actors, Civil Societies organizations, and other relevant representatives of civil society at the sub - county level to enhance your work
• Compile and send to SAPCONE weekly summary Sub - county status report;
• Forward the weekly reports from the peace monitors to SAPCONE every Monday of the week;
• Submit Monthly reports to SAPCONE on the progress of the sub - county peace monitors
• Attend to any other duty as may be assigned by SAPCONE.

Academic qualifications and technical experience

• Bachelor in peace studies or development studies or relevant social science
• Diploma in social sciences with rich experience of over three years  professional experience
• Working knowledge of both the government of Kenya and the NGO sectors
• Financial management systems, processes and procedures.
• Excellent knowledge of current political, social and economic development in Turkana County.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office.
• Proficiency in written and spoken Swahili Turkana and English
• Proven excellent analytical and report writing and documentation skills
• Excellent research report writing and documentation skills
• Good interpersonal skills including good coordination and effective working relationships with stakeholder s and colleges
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent presentation oral and written communication skills
• Excellent planning and time management skills
• Creativity in the presentation of information through use of graphical pictorial and other  appropriate communication means
• Confidentiality ,integrity and professionalism in execution of duties and personal conduct

Closing dates & contacts:

Please submit your applications electronically to info@turkanapeople.org  or to

The Executive Director,
SAPCONE – Turkana .
P.O. Box 125 - 30500
Lodwar, Kenya.
 

Hand Delivery to:

• SAPCONE offices Lodwar, Teachers Cooperative Building Opposite IMPACT Offices.
• Chief Office Todonyang or Ward Administrator Lake - zone
• Chief Office Kokuro or Ward Administrator Lapur
• Chief Office Kibish or Ward Administrator Kibish
• Chief Office Lorumor or Ward Administrator Kaleng/Kaikor

Kindly indicates the position you are interested in on the envelope, or in the subject field if electronically submitted.

Deadline for applications submission is 16:00 on Monday 8th June, 2015.
 

Only candidates short-listed for interviews will be contacted.