CBM Humanitarian and Transitional Aid Coordinator Jobs in Kenya

CBM Humanitarian and Transitional Aid Coordinator Jobs in Kenya


Main objective of the role:

  • To support sound project implementation and portfolio development, ensuring high quality and timely donor reporting for humanitarian and transitional aid projects.

    We are looking for someone who will…

  • Support CBM country offices in managing, monitoring and evaluating projects according to respective donors’ guidelines;

  • Undertake joint project monitoring visits with country offices and/or other relevant CBM teams;

  • In collaboration with country offices, ensure timely, high quality financial and narrative reporting to various institutional donors, such as the German FFO as well as German BMZ, in the respective donor formats and systems;

  • Ensure that proposals for project changes are in line with institutional donors’ regulations;

  • Ensure that financial and administrative processes comply with respective institutional co-funding regulations;

  • Build up humanitarian and transitional aid expertise at partner and country office level and incorporate and anchor this knowledge into CBM’s project work and staff members;

  • Liaise closely with donor contact persons in charge of projects and keep abreast with current updates on donors’ guidelines;

  • Whenever required, make presentations at donor events and coordinate project visits with donor representatives;

  • Support CBM country offices to keep regular contact with in-country institutional representatives of current and potential donors (e.g. German Embassy, EU Delegation, ECHO, UN-OCHA);

  • Represent CBM externally at regional level in the humanitarian field with selected key stakeholders, fora, partners and donors.

  • Support project development (e.g. through elaboration of project proposals and planning documents);

    We are looking for someone who has…

  • Relevant academic degree and qualifications (project management, social sciences, humanitarian action);

  • 5 years of proven professional
    experience in humanitarian programme and /or transitional aid management;

  • Knowledge and/or experience with various governments/funders/donors;

  • Excellent knowledge and experience in PCM, including mainstreaming gender, age and disability in the programme cycle;

  • Experience in monitoring and evaluation;

  • Sound financial and administrative management skills in the non-governmental organisation (NGO) context, especially on compliance and prevention of fraud and corruption in humanitarian aid interventions;

  • Experience in working together with regional and local partner organisations;

  • Track record of successful and empowering capacity building of regional and local partner organisations;

  • Knowledge of Disability Inclusive Development, humanitarian and transitional aid;

  • Familiarity with the regional humanitarian context and related emerging trends, including policy developments at national, regional and global levels;

  • Previous experience engaging with the German Federal Foreign Office (FFO) and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ);

  • Commitment to CBM’s Code of Conduct including organisational policies;

  • Flexibility to travel to the field on short notice.

  • The future job holder will adhere to CBM’s values and commits to CBM’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Policy.

    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; CBM Humanitarian and Transitional Aid Coordinator Jobs in Kenya

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