The Program Officer is a key member of the program team and will report to the County Coordinator in their respective counties of operation. Program Officer will support the program team in the day-to-day implementation of activities in pursuit of program goals.

Essential Responsibilities

PROGRAM SUPPORT

Work with the County Coordinator, consortium and Local Implementing partners to support all relevant aspects of RANGE implementation in pursuit of the program goals and outcomes.

Undertake market actor mapping and implement market system development strategy through facilitating and working with select market actors to deliver sustainable large-scale impact

Provide updates and analysis of key developments in targeted thematic areas or geographies.

Identify needs and opportunities and provide relevant information to facilitate the program team’s ability to develop and implement activities.

Collaborate and synergize implementation with other Mercy Corps programmes in the respective counties

Under the direction of the County Coordinator, develop and maintain relationships with organizations/ actors in key target sectors (e.g. faith organizations, youth groups, women’s organizations, CBOs/local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), local government officials, etc.).

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Work with the monitoring and evaluation team and partners in program monitoring, evaluation and learning with:

Support with tracking partners’ activities – attending all events in the targeted counties, as relevant.

Support partners on activity-level M&E efforts, ensuring quality, reliability, and consistency in data collection efforts using program M&E templates.

Help identify lessons learned from project implementation and facilitate the incorporation of those lessons into the activity development cycle.

Meet regularly with the program team to evaluate project progress, identify successes, challenges and lessons-learned; and adjust practices as necessary to improve performance.

Prepare and submit to the program team reports of specific events, field trips and meetings attended.

Support the team in effectively utilizing established monitoring and evaluation formats and provide feedback for their improvement.

Any other duties as assigned by your supervisor.

SAFEGUARDING

Actively learns about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work

Practices the values of Mercy Corps including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members

Encourages openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., Integrity Hotline and other options.

Supervisory Responsibility

Program Assistants

Accountability

Reports Directly to: County Coordinator

Works Directly with: RANGE Program Director, Director of Programs, PAQ Department, Partner Staff, Technical Advisors

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills

Bachelor’s degree in livestock market systems, natural resource management, community development or appropriate social science discipline or related field, preferred

Minimum of 3 years’ professional experience in implementing natural resource management, livestock market systems and/or related projects.

Highly developed analytical and market systems development facilitation skills.

Ability to interact effectively with the diverse project stakeholders, including government officials, private sector actors, and community members

Experience in project monitoring and evaluation.

Strong analytical and report writing skills

Previous experience living/working in Kenya’s ASAL counties required

Good knowledge and skills with the of MS Office applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access

Fluency in Swahili and other relevant languages necessary