INTERSOS Project Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya-(Family Tracing)

Position: Project Manager (Family Tracing)

Job site: Nairobi, Kenya

Duration: 5 months (Immediate)

Report to:Protection/Livelihood Expert

Status: Collaborator/ Full-time

Purpose / Objectives:

INTERSOS is an independent non-profit humanitarian organization committed to assist the victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts and has been working in South Central Somalia since 1993.

Based in Nairobi Intersos office, the candidate will be involved in coordinating, implementing and monitoring all of the activities planned for Intersos Somali Family Tracing and Reunification Project.

In particular: 

• Maintaining contact with all the stakeholders involved, (including the donors of the project) in connection with, and on the instructions of the Mission Head
• Contributing, elaborating and setting up INTERSOS strategies, and contributing to the elaboration of possible new intervention projects.
• Management of human resources assigned to the project.
• Financial planning and the execution of the procedures as planned by INTERSOS and the donors, from the point of view of the administrational management and of the intermediate and final accountability reports of the project.
• Plan, schedule and track project timelines, milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations.

Qualifications required: 

• Bachelors degree in any one of the following or a related field from a recognized university: Social Sciences, MBA, or Development studies.
• Demonstrated ability to design and conduct baseline surveys, develop work plans, design monitoring tools and prepare regular project reports.
• Experience with International organizations workingin Monitoring and Evaluation of programmes, budgeting, and working in bilateral or multilateral programmes.
• Experience in family tracing and reunification programs.
• Fluency in spoken and written English (Fluency in Somali an added advantage.)
• Computer skills, deep knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Must have working permit to work in Kenya

This is a local position with local (Kenyan) salary.

If you are interested, please, send your CV on email address: recruitment.somalia@yahoo.com with “ Project Manager (Family Tracing) ” as a subject not later than 26th August 2011.