ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The ICD officer will be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of the ‘Bahari Yetu’ project institutional development needs for target organizations including organization capacity/needs assessments, organizational development planning, enterprise development, training, coaching and reporting. He/she will ensure that the institutional development focus is gender and youth responsive and integrates gender considerations in all action areas and necessary inputs for implementing actions are delivered in a timely manner
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Organizational development planning and implementation;
Facilitate organizational capacity assessments for local CSOs development;
Conduct assessments for targeted national conservation/research/education institutions;
Improve CBOs governance with focus on reinforcing the skills and attitudes needed for leaders such as Board Members to envision and enact strategic and sustainability plans, embrace transparency, accountability, sound management;
Support the collaborative implementation of Gender Audits within CBOs;
Oversee delivery of interventions to build organizational capacity;
Develop tailored capacity-building plans based on the assessments to address specific needs and gaps;
Enterprise development and improvement;
Conduct participatory assessments to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of targeted blue and green economy enterprises in the project sites ;
Support the adoption of market-led approaches to improve conservation focused businesses;
Provide ongoing technical support and advisory services to BEIs and GEIs on best practices, new technologies, and innovative approaches in conservation;
Strengthen BEIs and GEIs governance structures and processes to ensure transparency, accountability, and effective decision-making;
Assist selected Institutions, BEIs and GEIs in developing and implementing strategic plans that align with their institutional and conservation goals and objectives;
Mentorship and coaching;
Design and deliver training programs on various topics such as project management, financial management, monitoring and evaluation, fundraising, and advocacy especially for the BEIs and GEIs;
Organize workshops, seminars, and conferences to enhance knowledge sharing and skill development among stakeholders;
Offer mentorship and coaching to institutions key personnel to build their leadership and management skills;
Policy integration and networking;
Develop a community of practice for shared experience and skills exchange;
Facilitate local policy advocacy and awareness exchange sessions;
Develop technical capacity of CBOs to effectively manage the policy change process from inception through implementation;
Align CBOs with the broader GOT conservation priorities and policies and ensure that they are consistent with the sector-wide reforms at the national level;
Facilitate CBO working groups to improve by-laws governing various resources in community lands;
Programme Development and Resource Mobilization;
As appropriate contribute in the fundraising activities including development of concepts and projects documents. This will involve establishing, maintaining and nurturing good relationships with donors, funding agencies and other technical partners so as to ensure the financial viability of the COR programme;
Monitoring and Evaluation;
Contribute to the development of the project Monitoring and Evaluation Framework;
Monitor and report on project progress by regularly informing the results monitoring matrix;
In collaboration with the Project Technical Manager ensure IUCN work is accountable to donors and other stakeholders through the establishment and management of effective accountability mechanisms and processes;
Provide leadership to use data for project decision making, for the implementation of management actions based on the findings of monitoring, and to ensure that feedback from stakeholders inform programme development;
Other responsibilities;
Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
REQUIREMENTS
- POSITION REQUIREMENTS: Education;
A university degree preferably in Project Management, Natural Resources Management, Business administration, Anthropology, Sociology, Community Development, Organizational Development or related fields;
Computer literacy in relation to office applications (word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint) use of internet and online communication tools.
Masters degree will be an added advantage.
Work Experience;
We’re looking for an outstanding, hands-on, highly motivated, autonomous, innovative, solution oriented, results driven and resourceful individual with at least five years of proven experience in: Sound expertise in the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of environmental projects;
Experience in supporting Institutional Capacity Development for National Institutions and grassroots organizations;
Experienced in network development and alliance building for synergistic action;
Must be a proactive individual committed to continuous learning and attitude towards self-development;
Language requirement;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Swahili.
Core Competencies;
Transparency: Able to build trust and contribute to informed and responsible decision-making by carrying out the work of IUCN in a transparent manner; provides clear guidance to ensure that objectives and desired measurable results are understood by members of the team.
Inclusiveness: Understands and accepts cultural diversity, and provide a tolerant, positive and supportive working environment that fosters respect for diversity, demonstrates ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.
Professionalism: Promote the organization’s interests, objectives and values in a diligent and professional manner.
Accountability: Takes responsibility of individual and collective actions, promotes the IUCN One Programme approach.
Functional competencies;
Adheres to IUCN core values of Transparency, Inclusiveness, Professionalism and Accountability.
Demonstrated computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite applications.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Good organizational, administrative, reporting and communication skills.
A motivated self-starter with ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines without compromising the quality of outputs.
A team player with a strong interest to work in an international environment.
Be willing to undertake frequent travel and interact with different stakeholders at national/sub-national levels.