Vacancy title:
Community Liaison Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Human Services, Category: Management]

Jobs at:
Save the Children

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, October 24 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, October 10 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

ROLE PURPOSE

Save the Children is seeking a stakeholder, operations, and administrative management professional for a 4-year program. This project aims to strengthen agro-economies, climate resilience, and the well-being of smallholder tea farmers, women, and children in Nandi County through:

• Enhanced integration of climate-sensitive sustainable land-management practices.
• Improved access to carbon market finance.

The Community Liaison Officer (CLO) will act as a bridge between the project, the local community, and the county government, ensuring the project's activities are well-understood, supported, and implemented effectively.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Project Implementation & Stakeholder Liaison

• Maintain regular communication with stakeholders to support project transparency and coordination.
• Facilitate inclusive meetings and engagements between project teams, communities, and authorities.
• Support the setup, coordination, and functioning of project governance bodies and serve as their secretariat.
• Disseminate project information to communities and stakeholders in a timely and culturally appropriate manner.
• Receive, organize, and route communications and documents to relevant project personnel.
• Ensure communities are kept informed and that communication channels remain open and responsive.
• Capture and relay community concerns and support resolution processes with timely feedback loops.
• Maintain organized records of consultations, meetings, and stakeholder engagements.
• Document lessons learned and best practices to inform adaptive project management.
• Perform additional community liaison tasks as required by project dynamics.

Procurement and Supply

• Support in managing procurement requirements for the field office, implementing procurement as per approved guidelines and procedures.
• Review procured items to ensure they match the purchase request and are of good quality and quantity.
• Manage stock using TIMs; receive and reconcile items.
• Check the availability and prices of requested items in the local market.
• Prepare a weekly summary of all outstanding purchase requisitions, showing the current status of the items.
• Ensure the office is well-stocked with necessary supplies, stationery, and other consumables.

Transport & Fleet

• Ensure that SCI and hired vehicles are checked daily and that regular service and maintenance is carried out as per the agreed schedule.
• Responsible for tracking all vehicles on the fleet, including movement planning and day-to-day allocation.
• Ensure vehicles have current and lawful documentation.
• Monitor fuel consumption and submit monthly reports.
• Receive travel requests and maintain trip schedules and a Staff Movement Board.
• Coordinate with incoming and outgoing travellers on pick-up and drop times.
• Ensure accommodation is arranged for travellers.
• Provide fleet management support on reports and documentation.

Administration

• Coordinate high-quality and cost-effective arrangements for meetings and conferences.
• Develop shared electronic & manual files to ensure easy access to information.
• Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures concerning child safeguarding, code of conduct, fraud, health and safety, and equal opportunities.

Human Resources

• Collaborate with Human Resources to assist with staff recruitment, onboarding, and development.
• Ensure that staff training needs are identified and that staff are given opportunities for personal development.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

• Accountability: Holds self-accountable for decisions, managing resources efficiently, and achieving goals. Holds partners accountable for their responsibilities.
• Ambition: Sets ambitious goals, takes responsibility for personal development, and thinks strategically.
• Collaboration: Builds effective relationships with colleagues and partners, values diversity, and is approachable.
• Creativity: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions; willing to take disciplined risks.
• Integrity: Honest, encourages openness and transparency, and demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, Development Studies, Economics, or a similar discipline is required.
• A minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience in communication & liaison.
• Local knowledge, language, and understanding of the Nandi context is required.
• Experience working with local government institutions is desirable.
• Competency in using Microsoft Office tools is required.
• Excellent command of both Nandi and English languages (oral & written) is required.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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