Founded in 1945, CARE is a leading humanitarian and development organization fighting global poverty. CARE places special focus on working alongside women and girls because, equipped with the proper resources, they have the power to lift whole families and entire communities out of poverty. CARE commenced its humanitarian programme in Kenya in 1968. Since then we have built a substantial development and humanitarian program including refugee operations, emergency response, livelihoods, food security, climate change adaption, sexual reproductive and maternal health, women and girls’ economic empowerment, and youth employability.

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Field Officer-Market Linkage will train Community Based Facilitators (CBFs) on financial inclusion, market development and linkage between different market players and will continuously support the CBFs to meet the project deliverables which includes training, building confidence of beneficiaries, identifying, planning and managing household income generation activities and relevant technical skill development among others.  In addition, the officer will support in monitoring the performance of new and existing VSLA groups in Laisamis Sub County

Education: Bachelor degree in Business/ Commerce related field, Social sciences or Community Development.

AUTHORITY:

1.         Spending Authority:             None                    

2.         Supervision:                            Supervises CBFs and VSLA Groups         

3.         Decision Making:   Limited to and as guided by the Field Officer and Project                                                               Manager

CONTACTS/KEY RELATIONSHIPS (internal & external):

Internally: Financial Inclusion Sector, Graduation Project Manager and Graduation Project Field Officer

Externally: Project stakeholders-Donors, GOK especially the county government, other INGOs/NGOs, private sector – especially Equity Bank, input suppliers, output market points and service providers.

 WORKING CONDITIONS:

The Field Officer - Market Linkage will operate from Laisamis

Competencies

• A grasp of socio cultural economic issues with respect to poverty, savings, and enterprise development in rural settings
• Business Development knowledge
• Sustainable Market and value chain development
• Diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills
• Training/coaching/ Facilitation skills
• The ability to work independently, think innovatively and strategically and work effectively within a team
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Ability to speak the local language of Samburu and Rendille will be an added advantage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and deadlines
• Knowledge of participatory approaches