Immediate Impact Projects ERI Implementation Adviser
Aktis Strategy
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Somalia
Description :
Organization: Aktis Strategy
Country: Somalia
Closing date: 10 Mar 2017
Immediate Impact Projects ERI Implementation Adviser
Location: Mogadishu, with frequent travel to remote areas in Kismayo and Baidoa
Contract type: Associate / fixed term employee
Input: 200 days (April 2017 to Aug 2018)
Languages: English
To apply: Please email recruitment@aktisstrategy.com with your CV and cover letter in English. In the cover letter please state the job you are applying for (ERI Implementation Analyst), where you saw the job advertised (Relief Web), and job reference (CET001 – RW)
The Organisation
Aktis Strategy is an organisation led by some of the world’s foremost consultant practitioners in problem-solving for fragile and conflict-affected countries. With knowledge and expertiseacross the spectrum of security sector reform and transitions, political governance andjustice/rule of law, Aktis specialises in devising, managing and evaluating complexprogrammes to address challenging political and institutional problems. More information isavailable at the Aktis website, www.aktisstrategy.com.
The role
The Project Manager/Early Recovery Initiative Implementation Adviser will be based in-country to support the operationalisation of the ERI at MHQ and critically at sector level. The PM/Adviser will be accountable to BEM and operate in collaboration with AMISOM military and civilian units and other stakeholders to manage and monitor the implementation of the ERI in Mogadishu at FHQ/MHQ and on the ground, spending two to three days a month in Kismayo and Baidoa.
Duties and Responsibilities:
In particular, the successful candidate is required to undertake the following requirements to:
- Mentor and advise AMISOM civilian and military units on the implementation of the ERI;
- Lead the joint management of Community Outreach Officers (COOs) and AMISOM Community Based Liaison Officers (CBLOs);
- Provide reporting and develop documentation on behalf of AMISOM;
- Oversee field work conducted by CBLOs;
- In coordination with the BEM Early Recovery and Stabilisation Adviser support joint ERI planning at MHQ and sector level;
- Work with the AMISOM Senior Humanitarian Liaison Officer and AMISOM Senior Civil Affairs Officer to help develop AMISOM implementation capacity for the Early Recovery Initiative;
- Work with the AMISOM Senior Humanitarian Liaison Officer and AMISOM Senior Civil Affairs Officer to jointly provide oversight and technical inputs on the ERI at both Force HQ and at sector level;
- Ensure that there is consistent information flow between MHQ/ FHQ and sectors as a means of encouraging joint planning and faster dissemination of the contextual analysis information.
Essential skills and experience:
- Minimum 5 – 10 years experience working in fragile-affected environments, preferably in Somalia/East Africa;
- Strong and proven team and project management, communication and inter-personal skills, with a track record of managing complex projects in fragile environments;
- Proven project management expertise, with demonstrated familiarity with every element of the project lifecycle, and training in the relevant PM tools;
- Demonstrated understanding of stabilisation and/or early recovery activity;
- Verbal and written fluency in English;
- Excellent writing and reporting skills;
- Well-developed cultural and political sensitivity.
How to apply :
To apply: Please email recruitment@aktisstrategy.com with your CV and cover letter in English. In the cover letter please state the job you are applying for (ERI Implementation Analyst), where you saw the job advertised (Relief Web), and job reference (CET001 – RW)