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GRADE C1REQUISITION No. 000000919

JOB TITLE Programme Assistant, Humanitarian -Somalia

DIVISION East and Central Africa (DFID Somalia

LOCATION !airo"i, #en$a

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS 12 Noon Tuesda 22ndA!"#$ 2%1&

Ba'()"ound%&e 'rimar$ aim of t&e ritis& )o*ernment+s De'artment for InternationalDe*elo'ment (DFID is reducing 'o*ert$, and ac&ie*ement of t&e ot&er illenniumDe*elo'ment )oals DFID Somalia is res'onsi"le for t&e deli*er$ of DFID.sde*elo'ment and &umanitarian assistance and 'olic$ /or across Somalia

DFID Somalia+s 'rogramme is "ased "ot& on our im'erati*e to address dee'&umanitarian and de*elo'ment needs, and on Somalia+s /ider im'ortance to t&e#, /&ic& &as gro/n su"stantiall$ in recent $ears an$ of Somalia+s estimated23m 'eo'le are in &umanitarian crisis and *ulnera"le to conflict, radicalisation anddroug&t %&e im'ortance of Somalia to # inisters is reflected in a tri'ling of t&eo*erall 'rogramme allocation from 456m in 5010711 to 480m in 5017:, and a'otential total of 4530m o*er four $ears focussed on t&e 'riorit$ sectors;&umanitarian, go*ernance and 'eace "uilding, /ealt& creation and &ealt&

DFID Somalia (!airo"i office is 'art of t&e ritis& Em"ass$ ogadis&u and /e /or

closel$ /it& colleagues from t&e Foreign and Common/ealt&

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Des'"#!*#on %&e o*erall role of t&e @o"&older is to 'ro*ide administrati*e su''ort for t&eHumanitarian %eam to a &ig& standard %&is /ill include t&e da$ to da$ managementand im'lementation of t&e 'rogramme 'ortfolio, management of a /ide range ofim'lementing 'artners and contractors /oring closel$ /it& t&e 'rogramme teamand s'ecific res'onsi"ilit$ for a num"er of selected 'ro@ects %&e 'ost &older /illneed to "e moti*ated and a"le to su''ort a /ide range of 'rogrammes S7He /illneed to &a*e good organisation and time management sills to deli*er across a /iderange of 'rogrammes Prior e?'erience of 'ro@ect management is &ig&l$ desira"le

=it&in DFID Somalia, t&e @o"&older is in regular contact /it& staff from C1 to A1 as/ell as staff from HB in ondon and East #il"ride

E?ternall$, t&e @o"&older /ill /or closel$ and "e in regular contact /it& our 'artners,Pro@ect anagers, /&o are res'onsi"le for im'lementing DFID 'ro@ects, ot&er seniormanagers of organisations and !)uests for funding

Assisting /it& management of t&e &umanitarian 'ro@ect 'ortfolio /&ic&

ma$ in*ol*e commenting on 'ro'osals, 'ro*iding in'uts to first drafts ofsu"missions, recommending su''ort in consultation /it& colleagues

Pre'aring initial drafts of7and issuing final 'ro@ect documentation suc& as

emorandums of nderstanding (uests

from 'artners and dra/ing colleagues attention to significant issuesre>uiring attention

Coordinating 'rogramme annual re*ie/s and 'ro@ect com'letion re*ie/s

Processing in*oices and re>uests for funds in line /it& DFID+s 'rinci'les

and guidance and /it&in set time-frames

aintaining accurate financial forecasts on DFID financial s$stems inliaison /it& DFID colleagues and im'lementing 'artners

aintain and u'date 'artners annual audit tracer

aintain and u'date register of DFID assets and carr$ out s'ot c&ecs of

assets &eld "$ 'ro@ects as a''ro'riate

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%&e @o"&older must "e a"le to demonstrate e?cellent /ritten and s'oen Englis& andI% sills, including no/ledge of =indo/s =ord and E?cel a''lications and an a"ilit$to learn DFID s$stems, are a 're-re>uisite

Candidates /ill also "e e?'ected to demonstrate t&e follo/ing at least Lee$ 1com'etenc$ across all 10 areas of t&e Ci*il Ser*ice Core Com'etenc$ Frame/or/it& s'ecial em'&asis on t&e si? com'etencies "elo/;

De$#e"#n) Resu$*s/

Ac&ie*ing Commercial ualit$ and effecti*eness for t&e least cost

Deli*ering at 'ace =ors to agreed goals and acti*ities and deal /it&c&allenges in a res'onsi*e and constructi*e /a$

En)a)#n) Peo!$e/

Colla"orating and 'artnering =ors effecti*el$, s&ares information and

"uilds su''orti*e, res'onsi*e relations&i's /it& colleagues and 'artners

uilding Ca'a"ilit$ for All ual