SAPCONE PACT & Mercy Corps Peace Monitors Jobs Vacancies in Kenya

 

Empowering communities for sustainable development in Turkana County
 

Position: Peace Monitors

4 Positions

Duty Station: Todonyang, Kokuro, Lorumor and Kibish

Supervised By: Project Peace Coordinator

Supervises: N/A

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 positions

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

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• The mobilization of communities towards the achievement of goals, objectives and activities planned for their designated areas,
• Organizing, facilitating and overseeing all peace building activities organized by SAPCONE  in their designated stations,
• Taking charge of all arrangements and preparations of planned peace building activities for their specified stations,
• Linking SAPCONE and the Ward  Peace and Development Committees and the respective Adakar/kraal  Peace and Development Committees through regular information sharing,
• The PM shall  maintain Conflict  corridors’ Daily Peace/Conflict Incident  Diary,
• Interpret  to the communities, the various  SAPCONE programmes and activities and their implications and responsibilities,
• Interpret  to the communities any resource material, data or reports produced by SAPCONE  or any of its agents for the purposes of public consumption within that locality,
• Taking all measures deemed appropriate and necessary for the maintaining the vibrancy and cohesion of the Divisional Peace and Development Committees and the Adakar  Peace and Development Committees,
• Developing Community Peace building Plans (CPBPs) using tools developed by SAPCONE from time to time,
• Taking due care of SAPCONE properties (computers, HF radio sets),
• The passage of regular early warning information through all means deemed acceptable by SAPCONE and its partners,
• Writing regular field, activity and security reports,
• Developing and nurturing cross border linkages with other SAPCONE partners,
• Advising the respective SPCs  and  local peace committees on relevant matters,
• Performing any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Academic qualifications and technical experience

• Diploma in peace studies or development studies or relevant social science
• Certificate 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.