The BOMA Project Careers

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee and coordinate implementation of programme activities by Mentors including grant distributions, trainings, with support from the Program Manager.
• Target and identify eligible households for the REAP – LIFT Programme through Participatory methodologies and adapted participants targeting tools (including sustainable business screening and guideline) based on the set criteria.
• Orient Locational Committees members in the REAP – LIFT Programme locations andcollaborate with them on targeting and implementation.
• Facilitate formation of the business groups and support community-based market assessments/or boot camps activities during business idea generation and incubation process to help the program participants identify viable and feasible green /environmental neutral businesses opportunities to run.
• Support market linkages by collaborating with the Markets and Linkages Officer, including value chain development for REAP – LIFT Programme businesses, the registration of savings groups with social services and linking REAP – LIFT businesses to markets, financial institutions, among others.
• Facilitate business groups to form savings associations that meet monthly to deposit savings which will enable members and village residents access credit for long term business growth.
• Train women on various business skills, green entrepreneurship, climate change adaptation and climate-smart technologies.
• Assist in the overall recruitment process as guided by the People Department for mentor positions.
• Assist in conducting new staff onboarding, working closely with the People Department and various departmental heads/representatives.
• Assists the People Department and Training Department in identifying training needs of mentors who are his/her direct reportees.
• Support in conducting exit interviews when called upon and assist in managing the exit process/offboarding including employee clearance for respective mentors.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree or Diploma in Community Development, Social Sciences, Business Management, Project Management or any other relevant field from a recognized institution
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience for Degree holders and at least 5 years of relevant experience (in a similar role in the Northern Kenya) for the Diploma holders.
• Demonstrable ability to coordinate field activities.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Proven competency/experience in data collection and basic analysis.
• Possession of self-drive; able to work with minimal supervision.
• Good report writing and computer skills.
• Fluent in English, Kiswahili, and the local dialects of the Counties of support.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Administration Responsibilities

• Responsible for the safety, look and feel of the office including office maintenance/repairs.
• Manages all office supplies and stationery at the Cluster Office.
• Manages all front office services at the Cluster Office.
• Assign/allocate office sitting and working spaces to staff at Cluster Office.
• Responsible for allocation of vehicles to program teams for field travel and follow ups.
• Manages all logistics for the programs including drivers’ schedules, vehicle repairs and services
• Maintain car fuel logs, maintenance and service schedules for all vehicles and motorbikes for the Cluster Office.
• Responsible for ensuring that BOMA cars allocated at the Cluster Office are parked by stipulated time.
• Ensure safety and security of BOMA assets in the Cluster Office and the field.
• Manages and controls petty cash at the Cluster Office.
• Responsible for cash reconciliation and replenishment at the Cluster Office.
• Support budgeting procedures at the Cluster office level.
• Organize travel arrangements for staff within the Cluster office and visiting teams by making necessary bookings.
• Receive and review payment documents submitted at the Cluster office for transmission to Head Office for payment.

Procurement Responsibilities

• Responsible for procurement matters within the assigned office cluster collaborating closely with the Procurement and Logistics Manager
• Maintain supplier’s database, contracts, contacts at the Cluster Office Level
• Assist the Head Office procurement team during prequalification of service providers.
• Occasionally review procurement opportunities available at the Cluster level and advice the Procurement and Logistics Manager to ensure value for money.
• Assist in compiling bid analysis for the procurement committee.
• Responsible for submission of procurement documents for payment from the Cluster Office.
• Maintain records and file Requisition and Local Purchase Order.
   

People (HR) Responsibilities

• Responsible for regularly processing of leave applications and updating the leave register for your Cluster office and forwarding the same to the People and Culture Manager for filing
• Receives documentation for new staff/joiners in your Cluster office and ensure it is processed within the set timelines. The same documentation to be sent to the People Operations Assistant.
• Ensure the new staff in your office are onboarded properly by ensuring the staff are properly set up in terms of work tools, e-mails etc.
• Maintaining and updating employee records on soft copies for the staff in your cluster office while maintaining an accurate and updated employee register.
• Support in conducting exit interviews when called upon and assist in managing the exit process/offboarding including employee clearance.
• Assists in the overall recruitment process as guided by the People Operations Coordinator e.g. contacting candidates when recruiting staff at the Cluster office.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Business Administration/Management or a related field required from a recognized institution.
• Minimum at least three (3) years in administration experience in a busy organization in Northern Kenya preferably Marsabit.
• Excellence interpersonal, oral and written communication and negotiation skills, including expert command of English grammar and AP style.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, remote conferencing applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement poverty graduation for nutrition (R4N) interventions and activities (graduation components) at the mentor location level as guided by the field officer and program coordinator.
• Implement nutrition specific nutrition and nutrition sensitive interventions enshrined within poverty graduation for nutrition technical approach and USAID Nawiri overall implementation framework
• Coordinate with USAID Nawiri and community frontline workers including GIRL H mentors, BOY Group mentors, Male champions, CHPs, CHA, AM2MSG lead mothers, Producer group lead farmers at location level to drive one Nawiri approach in addressing Persistent Acute Malnutrition.
• Implement monthly case management for nutrition resilience package of interventions at HH, and savings group level including timely detection and treatment of acute malnutrition and minor illnesses, supporting household level interventions for nutrition resilience.
• Facilitate Households to develop household vision and action plans and tracking of progress on monthly basis.
• Coordinate with Community Health Promoters to facilitate completion of linkages and referral of Severe acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition cases every month.
• Facilitate quarterly household dialogues to transfer skills and knowledge that HHs will utilize to sustain positive behaviors and practices for nutrition resilience even after graduation.
• Facilitate growth of allocated businesses (Business groups) to profitability by conducting monthly business coaching and mentorship transferring relevant business and entrepreneurship skills including numeracy and literacy skills as enshrined in the business mentorship guide.
• Conduct 100% coaching, mentorship, training and monitoring of allocated business groups and savings groups on monthly basis.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least a Diploma in community health and nutrition, public health, community development, social work, or another related discipline.
• At least two years’ experience in similar work; with proven experience in data collection
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills; candidates should be able to relate well to both the women with whom we work.
• Have basic experience in mobile data collection, Microsoft office, self-driven, and able to work with minimum supervision
• MUST be a resident where of respective ward or village in which R4N interventions will be implemented.
• Good command of English, Swahili and local language
• Have a valid motorcycle license and has experience on how to ride a motorcycle

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement poverty graduation for nutrition (R4N) interventions and activities (graduation components) at the mentor location level as guided by the field officer and program coordinator.
• Implement nutrition specific nutrition and nutrition sensitive interventions enshrined within poverty graduation for nutrition technical approach and USAID Nawiri overall implementation framework
• Coordinate with USAID Nawiri and community frontline workers including GIRL H mentors, BOY Group mentors, Male champions, CHPs, CHA, AM2MSG lead mothers, Producer group lead farmers at location level to drive one Nawiri approach in addressing Persistent Acute Malnutrition.
• Implement monthly case management for nutrition resilience package of interventions at HH, and savings group level including timely detection and treatment of acute malnutrition and minor illnesses, supporting household level interventions for nutrition resilience.
• Facilitate Households to develop household vision and action plans and tracking of progress on monthly basis.
• Coordinate with Community Health Promoters to facilitate completion of linkages and referral of Severe acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition cases every month.
• Facilitate quarterly household dialogues to transfer skills and knowledge that HHs will utilize to sustain positive behaviors and practices for nutrition resilience even after graduation.
• Facilitate growth of allocated businesses (Business groups) to profitability by conducting monthly business coaching and mentorship transferring relevant business and entrepreneurship skills including numeracy and literacy skills as enshrined in the business mentorship guide.
• Conduct 100% coaching, mentorship, training and monitoring of allocated business groups and savings groups on monthly basis.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least a Diploma in community health and nutrition, public health, community development, social work, or another related discipline.
• At least two years’ experience in similar work; with proven experience in data collection
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills; candidates should be able to relate well to both the women with whom we work.
• Have basic experience in mobile data collection, Microsoft office, self-driven, and able to work with minimum supervision
• MUST be a resident where of respective ward or village in which R4N interventions will be implemented.
• Good command of English, Swahili and local language
• Have a valid motorcycle license and has experience on how to ride a motorcycle

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement poverty graduation for nutrition (R4N) interventions and activities (graduation components) at the mentor location level as guided by the field officer and program coordinator.
• Implement nutrition specific nutrition and nutrition sensitive interventions enshrined within poverty graduation for nutrition technical approach and USAID Nawiri overall implementation framework
• Coordinate with USAID Nawiri and community frontline workers including GIRL H mentors, BOY Group mentors, Male champions, CHPs, CHA, AM2MSG lead mothers, Producer group lead farmers at location level to drive one Nawiri approach in addressing Persistent Acute Malnutrition.
• Implement monthly case management for nutrition resilience package of interventions at HH, and savings group level including timely detection and treatment of acute malnutrition and minor illnesses, supporting household level interventions for nutrition resilience.
• Facilitate Households to develop household vision and action plans and tracking of progress on monthly basis.
• Coordinate with Community Health Promoters to facilitate completion of linkages and referral of Severe acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition cases every month.
• Facilitate quarterly household dialogues to transfer skills and knowledge that HHs will utilize to sustain positive behaviors and practices for nutrition resilience even after graduation.
• Facilitate growth of allocated businesses (Business groups) to profitability by conducting monthly business coaching and mentorship transferring relevant business and entrepreneurship skills including numeracy and literacy skills as enshrined in the business mentorship guide.
• Conduct 100% coaching, mentorship, training and monitoring of allocated business groups and savings groups on monthly basis.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least a Diploma in community health and nutrition, public health, community development, social work, or another related discipline.
• At least two years’ experience in similar work; with proven experience in data collection
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills; candidates should be able to relate well to both the women with whom we work.
• Have basic experience in mobile data collection, Microsoft office, self-driven, and able to work with minimum supervision
• MUST be a resident where of respective ward or village in which R4N interventions will be implemented.
• Good command of English, Swahili and local language
• Have a valid motorcycle license and has experience on how to ride a motorcycle

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement poverty graduation for nutrition (R4N) interventions and activities (graduation components) at the mentor location level as guided by the field officer and program coordinator.
• Implement nutrition specific nutrition and nutrition sensitive interventions enshrined within poverty graduation for nutrition technical approach and USAID Nawiri overall implementation framework
• Coordinate with USAID Nawiri and community frontline workers including GIRL H mentors, BOY Group mentors, Male champions, CHPs, CHA, AM2MSG lead mothers, Producer group lead farmers at location level to drive one Nawiri approach in addressing Persistent Acute Malnutrition.
• Implement monthly case management for nutrition resilience package of interventions at HH, and savings group level including timely detection and treatment of acute malnutrition and minor illnesses, supporting household level interventions for nutrition resilience.
• Facilitate Households to develop household vision and action plans and tracking of progress on monthly basis.
• Coordinate with Community Health Promoters to facilitate completion of linkages and referral of Severe acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition cases every month.
• Facilitate quarterly household dialogues to transfer skills and knowledge that HHs will utilize to sustain positive behaviors and practices for nutrition resilience even after graduation.
• Facilitate growth of allocated businesses (Business groups) to profitability by conducting monthly business coaching and mentorship transferring relevant business and entrepreneurship skills including numeracy and literacy skills as enshrined in the business mentorship guide.
• Conduct 100% coaching, mentorship, training and monitoring of allocated business groups and savings groups on monthly basis.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least a Diploma in community health and nutrition, public health, community development, social work, or another related discipline.
• At least two years’ experience in similar work; with proven experience in data collection
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills; candidates should be able to relate well to both the women with whom we work.
• Have basic experience in mobile data collection, Microsoft office, self-driven, and able to work with minimum supervision
• MUST be a resident where of respective ward or village in which R4N interventions will be implemented.
• Good command of English, Swahili and local language
• Have a valid motorcycle license and has experience on how to ride a motorcycle

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the LIFT Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP), that will help participants start businesses to uplift their living standards and ensure environmental conservation.
• Provide mentoring to the agreed number of small business enterprises under the REAP – LIFT Programme.
• In a collaborative process with the community and BOMA Location Committees, target and identify eligible women for the REAP – LIFT Programme, based on BOMA’s criteria – (using the Participatory Wealth Ranking and Participatory Rural Appraisal Tools)
• Meet with established Business Groups (BGs) as required, help them make decisions about their business and provide mentorship and guidance as needed.
• Conduct/deliver business and savings skills trainings including financial management to the businesses in the designated locations and surrounding manyattas.
• Train and mentor, the Business Groups, green entrepreneurship, climate change adaptation, climate-smart technologies.
• Support the mentors to ensure entrepreneurs succeed in production, trade, and value addition based on the green enterprises.
• Perform a minimum of agreed visits per week to the business groups and savings groups for which you are responsible.
• Collect data and information for individuals, business group performance, participation of BG members in savings groups, savings group performance, participants living standards, participation in climate change adaptations, and other relevant information.
• Upload quality data and information on groups performance using the BOMA taroworks system (information management technology) as required.
• Report on the businesses and savings groups’ performances to the Field Officer.
• Represent BOMA in the designated location, including as a representative for the organization in local development committees.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least a Diploma in community health and nutrition, public health, community development, social work, or another related discipline.
• At least two years’ experience in similar work; with proven experience in data collection
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills; candidates should be able to relate well to both the women with whom we work.
• Have basic experience in mobile data collection, Microsoft office, self-driven, and able to work with minimum supervision
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills; candidates should be able to relate well to both the women with whom we work, and the BOMA Field Officer.
• Be self-driven, and able to work with minimal staff supervision.
• Must be a native of the respective location you are applying for with working knowledge of English, Swahili and the local language.
• Strongly encouraged – Have a valid motorcycle license and experience on how to ride a motorcycle or (at least willingness to present a motorcycle license within the first 3 months of employment).

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop a deeper understanding of the Nutrition sensitive poverty graduation model and the SOIL program components especially on nutrition, entrepreneurship and natural resource management.
• Ensure quality program delivery of the scope, within time and on budget with a strong focus on individual accountability.
• Ensure the program delivery meets BOMA’s standards for operational excellence and donor expectations.
• Collaborate with the program partners including schools, health facilities and county government departments.
• Play a key role in participant selection, training, mentorship and coaching, household dialogues, grants transfer, business startup and linkages to markets
• Support participants to form Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) and link them to other formal financial institutions
• Implement monthly Agri-nutrition training and Nutrition sensitive adaptations for nutrition resilience package for HHs and Groups under your mentorship including nutritional screening/Assessment, nutritional education and training (Agri nutrition), nutritional counselling, referral, HHs dialogues, HHs visioning and action planning.
• Coordinate with Community Health Promoters to facilitate completion of linkages and referral of Severe acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition cases every month.
• In a collaborative process with the community (Participatory Wealth Ranking) and BOMA Location Committees, target and identify eligible women and children for the program, based on BOMA’s participant selection criteria.
• Ensure data in BGs, SG record books is accurate and represent the true picture/performance of Businesses, savings and individual HH members.
• Utilize all assigned monitoring tools and data collection tools as guided by Field Officer, M&E and IT departments.
• Maintain all working tools, tablets and motorcycles in good working condition at all times, fuel logs and other repairs are submitted on time.
• Sensitize participants on R4N interventions, graduation metrics and facilitate participants access to market, financial, Community Health Systems, production, weather, context information.
• Work very closely with Community Health Promoters (CHPs), REAP Location Committees and other stakeholders in their locations to promote improved nutrition outcomes
• Any other assignments as guided by your supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least a Diploma in community health and nutrition, public health, nutrition, community development, social work, or another related discipline.
• At least two years’ experience in similar work; with proven experience in business coaching and data collection
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills; candidates should be able to relate well to both the women with whom we work.
• Have basic experience in mobile data collection and Microsoft office
• Motivated, self-driven, and able to work with minimum supervision.
• MUST be a resident, where of respective ward or village in which SOIL interventions will be implemented.
• Good command of English, Swahili and local language.
• Have a valid motorcycle license and experience of how to ride a motorcycle.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Make data entry into the accounting system daily, ensuring that all expenditure incurred is entered in Business Central in a timely manner and reviewed with the Finance Manager on a weekly basis.
• In coordination with Project Management Team and the Grants Manager help in budget preparation.
• Ensure accurate identification, posting, tracking and allocation of grant-specific expenses within the general ledger.
• Prepare bank reconciliation and submit for review monthly.
• Extract, on request, grant/donor specific reports as requested; and ensure the same is reconciled with the appropriate grant budgets and contracts.
• Ensure adequate support documentation and approval for all expenses.
• Ensure all supplies, bills and costs incurred are approved by the appropriate staff and are paid for within a reasonable time – taking into consideration monthly cash flows.
• Ensure compliance with BOMA’s financial policies and procedures.
• Prepare and make journal entries necessary for adjustments, ensuring that the final audit report corresponds with the accounts as maintained in the accounting system.
• Act as BOMA agent to the bank; make cash deposits and withdrawals and deliver instructions.
• Initiate online bank payments and notify bank signatories for approval.
• Ensure financial documentation, including expenditure back-ups from field offices are accurate and submitted in a timely manner.
• Provide any other financial information, as requested, and respond to any other financial queries during audits.
• Verify all field expenditure requests, including petty cash, per diems, grant disbursements, fuel and communication allowances before making payments.
• Process all staff travel advance requests and liquidations in in the financial system (Business Central).
• Participate in annual budget-making processes; monitor budgets and produce Actual vs. Budget reports for review monthly basis.
• Provide support to Cluster Office staff and work closely with them to ensure that financial information is accurate and up to date.
• Ensure timely remittance of all statutory deductions monthly.
• Ensure timely preparation of management and donor reports.
• Support BOMA annual audits.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Commerce Degree with at least CPA II.
• At least three (3) years of Finance and accounting experience.
• Commitment to the mission of BOMA.
• Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills for both in English.
• Accurate and diligent financial reporting and monitoring skills
• Ability to work respectfully and maintain productive relationships with people from different departments.
• Results oriented, with the ability to identify problems, design interventions and oversee their implementation.
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in computer skills including Excel and Word. Experience using Business Central is an added advantage.
• Excellent time management skills, ability to juggle competing priorities and meet deadlines.

This is a full-time position with BOMA based in Nairobi. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.