The Project Officer role is integral to supporting the design phase activities of the Veggies for Planet and People (V4P&P) project. The successful candidate will work within the V4P&P program and report directly to the Project Manager.
SNV, founded in the Netherlands in 1965, maintains a long-term, local presence in many countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Our global team works with local partners to empower communities, businesses, and organisations with the necessary tools, knowledge, and connections to increase their incomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitating county profiling and context analysis discussions with stakeholders, along with documentation.
- Facilitating county and regional workshops to effectively disseminate learnings acquired from the existing V4P&P project.
- Conducting comprehensive stakeholder mapping exercises at the county, regional, and national levels, focusing on the horticulture value chain using a rigorous systems approach.
- Documenting strategic entry points required for developing a robust multi-sectoral program, utilizing horticulture as the initial entry point/catalyst.
- Conducting engagements and awareness building activities, potentially using tools such as Foresight, centered around promoting the need for low-carbon, climate-proof, and safe production of horticultural crops to nourish Kenya's rapidly urbanizing population.
- Co-developing key knowledge products that will be employed in stakeholder convenings.
- Supporting the development of the proposal for the new V4P&P Program, intended for consideration by the IKEA Foundation to commence mid-2026.
- Providing essential support in report writing tasks for the current V4P&P project.
Qualifications and Experience
Education and Background
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, including Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Horticulture, Business Studies, or Entrepreneurship. A Master's degree is considered advantageous.
- Minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible work experience in implementing multi-faceted, multi-sectoral donor-funded development programmes, specifically utilizing a systems approach. This experience must demonstrate professional growth or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.
- Experience working in Kenya, with a deep understanding of the local context, cultural nuances, and development challenges being a significant advantage.
Technical Knowledge and Skills
- Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of academic and donor thinking in relevant thematic fields, including regenerative agriculture/agroecology, women and youth employment and entrepreneurship, and enterprise development.
- Technical knowledge and familiarity in specific topics of value chain development for smallholder farmer’s production, markets, food safety, food losses, and resilience.
- Demonstrable skills in agriculture market systems approaches and value chain development processes, including effective stakeholder engagement with public sector actors, research institutions, the private sector, and consumer organizations.
- Familiarity with the intersection between renewable energy and water security sectors with agri-food systems.
Core Competencies
- Excellent social, networking, and facilitation skills, essential for engaging effectively with the private sector, civil society, and government entities.
- Excellent communication skills in English (both written and oral), reporting, and presentation skills.
- Good documentation and reporting skills.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills and proven experience working effectively in a matrix organization.
- Willingness to travel to all programme locations in Kenya.
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