126 Field Officer - SOIL Marsabit

4. Key Roles and Responsibilities

4.1 Program Implementation and Quality Assurance

4.1.1 Lead day-to-day implementation of SOIL activities within the assigned geographic area, ensuring delivery against approved workplans, budgets, targets, and quality standards. 

4.1.2 Translate program strategies and technical approaches into effective field-level implementation activities in accordance with the SOIL model, Program guidelines and implementation plans

4.1.3 Ensure the implementation activities are set in the system Salesforce PMT or any other system provided for tracking of implementation

4.1.4 Coordinate and monitor all activities delivered through Mentors and ensure timely coverage of assigned participants and groups. 

4.1.5 Conduct regular field visits to monitor implementation quality, identify bottlenecks, and take corrective action. 

4.1.6 Use the technology tools provided to record field visits and actions to ensure tracking of resolution.

4.1.7 Monitor implementation of business training, enterprise start-up, savings, financial literacy, business development, and mentorship activities.

4.1.8 Identify implementation gaps and work with Mentors and Program management to develop and implement corrective actions.

4.1.9 Ensure that Program activities are implemented according to approved workplans, budgets, and timelines.

4.2 Mentor Supervision, Mentorship and Performance Management

4.2.1 Directly supervise, coach, and provide ongoing technical support to Mentors to verify the quality and consistency of Program delivery.

4.2.2 Use available technology to monitor and review field schedules, attendance, activity reports, mentorship records, participant engagement data and performance

4.2.3 Conduct joint field visits and observation of Mentor sessions to assess quality and to provide constructive feedback. 

4.2.4 Support Mentors to provide effective and structured mentorship to participants and monitor participant progress against agreed milestones.

4.2.5 Use data and systems to conduct regular performance reviews and coaching of field teams.

4.2.6 Ensure field staff adhere to approved Program procedures, safeguarding standards, and consistent application of the approved program methodologies, trainings, IT system utilization and data tools application 

4.2.7 Identify mentor capacity gaps among field staff and recommend or facilitate targeted coaching and training.

4.2.8 Promote teamwork, accountability, professionalism, and effective communication within the field team

4.2.9 Promote enterprise diversification, profitability, savings, asset accumulation, and sustainable business practices.

4.3 Training and Capacity Strengthening

4.3.1 Lead the planning and delivery of technical training for Mentors to ensure they have the knowledge, skills, and tools required for effective program delivery. 

4.3.2 Directly deliver selected technical sessions to participants, particularly on livelihoods, enterprise development, financial literacy, savings, nutrition, food security, climate resilience, and other priority topics. 

4.3.3 Collaborate with Curriculum and Training Coordinator to adapt training approaches and materials to the local context and participant needs. 

4.3.4 Assess the effectiveness of training and follow up to ensure knowledge and skills are translated into practice. 

4.3.5 Document emerging learning and recommend improvements to training content and delivery approaches. 

4.4 Participant Engagement and Progress Monitoring

4.4.1 Support participant targeting, mobilization, verification, onboarding, and group formation in accordance with program criteria. 

4.4.2 Monitor participant participation, adoption of practices, enterprise performance, savings, income, nutrition outcomes, and overall progress. 

4.4.3 Work with Mentors to identify participants requiring additional support and facilitate appropriate referrals and linkages. 

4.4.4 Ensure participant feedback is incorporated into program delivery and adaptive management. 

4.5 Market, Financial and Service Linkages

4.5.1 Support revision/development and implementation of participant linkage strategies to ensure participants can access relevant markets, financial services, government support, technical services, and other opportunities. 

4.5.2 Build and maintain relationships with buyers, aggregators, financial institutions, business development service providers, input suppliers, government extension services, and other market actors. 

4.5.3 Facilitate linkages to appropriate government services and social protection programs  

4.5.4 Strengthen linkages between participants and schools, health and nutrition services, community structures, and other institutions that contribute to household and child wellbeing. 

4.5.5 Support collective approaches, including conservation groups, VSLAs, producer organizations, and other community structures, to improve participants’ bargaining power and access to services and markets. 

4.6 Government, Community and Stakeholder Engagement

4.6.1 Establish and maintain effective working relationships with county and ward-level government departments, community structures, schools, health and nutrition actors, private-sector partners, sub-grantees, and other stakeholders. 

4.6.2 Represent the program at relevant community and stakeholder forums within the assigned area. 

4.6.3 Promote government and community ownership of program interventions to strengthen sustainability beyond project support especially the regenerative resilience designs and interventions at community level

4.6.4 Coordinate stakeholder activities to minimize duplication and maximize complementarity of services available to participants. 

4.7 Nutrition-Sensitive Livelihoods and Household Resilience

4.7.1 Ensure effective application of SOIL’s nutrition-sensitive livelihoods model across all program activities. 

4.7.2 Support participants to strengthen livelihoods and enterprises while improving household food security, dietary practices, savings, income, and resilience. 

4.7.3 Promote linkages between livelihood activities and improved child nutrition and household wellbeing. 

4.7.4 Support participants and communities to identify and respond to shocks and strengthen their capacity to withstand future shocks.

4.8 Data, Monitoring, Learning and Adaptive Management

4.8.1 Champion technology and data use for all program activities and ensure all the training and support is provided to the team at optimal level by other support departments

4.8.2 Proactively provide feedback to help improve systems and technologies and their utility for program activities. 

4.8.3 Ensure timely and accurate collection, verification, and submission of Program data by mentors using the provided tools and technologies

4.8.4 Review data collected by field teams for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and compliance with Program requirements.

4.8.5 Analyze participant and program data to track performance, identify trends, gaps, and emerging risks, and inform adaptive management. 

4.8.6 Use Program management information systems and data collection tools to plan program activities, monitor implementation, participant progress and track key Program indicators, including participant enrolment, enterprise establishment, savings, business performance, income, asset accumulation, and graduation outcomes.

4.8.7 Conduct routine data quality checks, field-level verification and ensure correction of errors through the prescribed process.

4.8.8 Prepare regular implementation updates and contribute to program reports, reviews, and learning events. 

4.8.9 Document Program achievements, challenges, lessons learned, innovations, success stories, evidence of change emerging from field implementation and emerging risks.

4.8.10 Prepare timely weekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc Program reports as required.

4.8.11 Support Program evaluations, assessments, outcome harvesting, and learning exercises.

4.9 Quality Assurance, Accountability and Safeguarding

4.9.1 Ensure all program activities comply with BOMA’s policies, program standards, safeguarding requirements, and donor commitments. 

4.9.2 Promote gender, equity and social inclusion, including meaningful male engagement in household nutrition, care, livelihoods, and decision-making. 

4.9.3 Ensure participants understand available feedback and complaints mechanisms and that issues are appropriately followed up. 

4.9.4 Identify and promptly escalate safeguarding, protection, fraud, data quality, or other significant program risks. 

4.9.5 Maintain high standards of participant accountability and ethical program delivery. 

4.9.6 Hold mentors accountable for program quality delivery of activities to the participants and communities

4.10 Planning, Reporting and Resource Management

4.10.1 Use the program management tools to develop field implementation plans and budgets in collaboration with the Program Manager and ensure effective execution. 

4.10.2 Monitor use of program resources and ensure activities are implemented within approved budgets, scope and timelines. 

4.10.3 Provide timely and accurate program reports, including progress against targets, challenges, corrective actions, and recommendations. 

4.10.4 Contribute to program planning, review, budgeting, redesign, and continuous improvement processes.

4.10.5 Document key learnings, adaptations, innovations and success stories 

4.10.6 Identify successful enterprise practices and approaches that can be replicated or scaled.

4.11 Financial and Operational Accountability

4.11.1 Support effective planning and implementation of field activities within approved budgets.

4.11.2 Monitor appropriate use of Program resources at field level and ensure timely submission of field activity budgets, liquidations, supporting documents, and other financial records as required.

4.11.3 Promote value for money, cost-effective implementation and ensure Program assets and materials are appropriately managed and accounted for.

4.11.4 Coordinate logistical arrangements for field activities in collaboration with relevant support functions.

5. Qualifications and Experience

5.1   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. 

5.2 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. 

5.3 Core Competencies

5.3.1 Technical and Program Delivery

• Strong understanding of nutrition-sensitive livelihoods, economic inclusion, enterprise development, savings, market systems, and household resilience. 

• Strong program planning, implementation, monitoring, and quality assurance skills. 

• Ability to translate program models and technical approaches into practical field-level activities. 

• Strong understanding of poverty Graduation Approach models.

5.3.2 Training and Facilitation

• Excellent training, facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills. 

• Ability to develop and deliver engaging technical sessions for Mentors and adult learners. 

• Strong understanding of adult learning principles and participatory training methodologies. 

• Ability to assess learning needs and adapt training approaches to different audiences and contexts. 

5.3.3 Linkages and Partnership Development

• Strong relationship-building and networking skills, with the ability to establish effective partnerships with markets, financial institutions, government services, schools, community structures, and other service providers. 

• Strong stakeholder coordination and negotiation skills. 

5.4 Data and Adaptive Management

• Strong analytical skills and ability to use program data to assess performance and participant progress. 

• Ability to translate data and field observations into actionable recommendations and program adaptations. 

• Strong IT skills, data collection and analysis tools, report writing and documentation skills. 

5.4.1 Leadership and Interpersonal Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead, supervise, motivate, and develop field teams. 

• Strong communication, interpersonal, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills. 

• High level of initiative, accountability, problem-solving, and attention to detail. 

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams and partners. 

• Strong commitment to safeguarding, accountability, gender equality, social inclusion, and participant-centred programming. 

5.5 Other Requirements

• Willingness and ability to undertake extensive field travel within Marsabit County and assigned program areas. 

• Ability to work effectively in remote and challenging field environments. 

• Fluency in English and Kiswahili; knowledge of relevant local languages spoken in Marsabit County is an advantage. 

• Strong computer literacy, including proficiency in MS Office and digital data collection/reporting platforms.

• Hold a valid Motor-Cyle riding license (Mandatory) Class A1/A2 – the Field Officer is required to ride a motorcycle daily in the field

6. How to Apply:

This is a full-time position with BOMA Project based in Laisamis, Maikona or South Horr in Marsabit County in with frequent travels to our operations offices in the field.

Interested and suitable qualified candidates to submit their application, through BOMA’s recruitment portal on FlairHR

Applications must be received by 23rd August 2026. Late applications will not be considered.

While we thank all applicants for expressing interest in the role, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.