Background information about the job or company

Helping Women Graduate from Extreme Poverty The BOMA Project is a U.S. nonprofit and Kenyan NGO with a proven track record, measurable results and a transformative approach to alleviating poverty and building resiliency in the drylands of Africa. Our Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP) replaces aid with sustainable income and helps women to gradua...

Responsibilities or duties

BOMA is seeking to recruit three Field Officers to support SOIL program implementation in Marsabit County. Reporting to the SOIL Program Manager, the Field Officer will provide field-level technical leadership, planning, coordination, supervision, and quality assurance, to ensure program activities are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed standards and targets.

The role will supervise Mentors, lead participant targeting activities, plan and coordinate program implementation, support Mentor capacity strengthening and train participants on technical topics, facilitate market and financial linkages, and use technology tools and program data to monitor participant progress and inform adaptive program management. The Field Officer will work with key stakeholders including participants, community leaders and members, government officials, market actors, sub-grantees, and service providers to strengthen livelihoods, enterprise development, incomes, savings, food and nutrition security, and household resilience.

The role will ensure Mentors discharge planned program activities with quality ensure quality monitoring data is collected as prescribed for the program and Technology tools are used where provided and for the defined work. It will also be responsible for reporting, stakeholder coordination, safeguarding, male engagement, accountability, and timely resolution of implementation challenges, while ensuring effective application of SOIL’s nutrition-sensitive livelihoods model.

Qualifications or requirements

Education and Professional Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Agribusiness, Economics, Community Health and Nutrition, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Social Sciences, or another relevant field.

A professional qualification or postgraduate training in livelihoods, economic inclusion, nutrition, agriculture, climate resilience, market systems development, or project management will be an added advantage.

Training or certification in Training of Trainers (ToT), adult learning, facilitation, or community-based programming is highly desirable.

Experience needed

Professional Experience

At least 4–5 years of relevant experience in program/project implementation, preferably in livelihoods, economic inclusion, graduation programming, food and nutrition security, agriculture/livestock, or resilience programming.

Demonstrated experience in direct supervision and coaching of field teams, Mentors, or similar frontline staff.

Strong experience in designing and delivering technical training to both field staff and program participants using adult-learning approaches.

Demonstrated experience establishing and managing market, financial, government, community, education, health, and other service linkages for program participants.

Experience working with government, private-sector actors, financial service providers, community structures, and development partners.

Demonstrated experience using program data to monitor performance, identify implementation gaps, and inform adaptive management and decision-making.

Experience working in ASAL, rural, pastoralist, or other resource-constrained contexts is highly desirable.

Experience integrating nutrition, livelihoods, gender, resilience, and social inclusion into program delivery.

• Supervise Mentors
• Lead participant targeting activities
• Plan and coordinate program implementation
• Support Mentor capacity strengthening
• Train participants on technical topics
• Facilitate market and financial linkages
• Use technology tools and program data to monitor participant progress and inform adaptive program management
• Work with key stakeholders including participants, community leaders and members, government officials, market actors, sub-grantees, and service providers to strengthen livelihoods, enterprise development, incomes, savings, food and nutrition security, and household resilience
• Ensure Mentors discharge planned program activities with quality
• Ensure quality monitoring data is collected as prescribed for the program
• Ensure Technology tools are used where provided and for the defined work
• Reporting
• Stakeholder coordination
• Safeguarding
• Male engagement
• Accountability
• Timely resolution of implementation challenges
• Ensure effective application of SOIL’s nutrition-sensitive livelihoods model

• Technical leadership
• Planning
• Coordination
• Supervision
• Quality assurance
• Capacity strengthening
• Training delivery
• Market and financial linkages facilitation
• Technology tool utilization
• Data monitoring and analysis
• Adaptive program management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Reporting
• Safeguarding principles
• Accountability mechanisms
• Problem-solving
• Nutrition-sensitive livelihoods model application

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Agribusiness, Economics, Community Health and Nutrition, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Social Sciences, or another relevant field.
• Professional qualification or postgraduate training in livelihoods, economic inclusion, nutrition, agriculture, climate resilience, market systems development, or project management (added advantage).
• Training or certification in Training of Trainers (ToT), adult learning, facilitation, or community-based programming (highly desirable).