Marie Stopes Kenya Job Vacancies

1.     Youth Peer Educators Coordinator
2.     Administrative Assistant
We are a marketing focused, results oriented, social enterprise which uses modern management techniques to provide quality sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) to poor, marginalised communities in Kenya. We are a senior member of a global partnership which develops effective and sustainable family planning programmes in the UK and overseas. The global partnership supports its partners with technical, financial, management, monitoring and evaluation inputs on a continuing basis.
We exist to improve quality of life and health through high quality affordable family planning and reproductive healthcare services and products thus ensuring the individual’s fundamental right to children by choice not chance.
We are seeking dynamic, proactive and innovative qualified persons to fill the following positions in Kenya;
1. Youth Peer Educators Coordinator
Reporting to the Project Manager the YPE coordinator will coordinate network nationwide youth peer educators in implementing IEC and BCC interventions focussing on HIV & AIDS, targeting the youth. The position will be a fifteen (15) months contract.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:-

The position holder will be charged with the responsibility of managing key portfolios including developing and managing Youth Peer Education initiatives, school-based interventions etc in 38 Districts in Kenya.
S/he will coordinate the development and implementation of activities targeting these portfolios and monitoring them to ensure that activities are implemented in a timely manner, meet program quality criteria, and yield expected results
and liaising closely with related projects and partners to optimize use of project resources and maximize impact.
In addition She / he
  • Develop and implement quarterly work plans and budgets to ensure smooth operation of youth peer education initiatives.
  • Provide BCC technical guidance for schools programs, ensuring that projects have capacity to implement activities.
  • Develop excellent working relationships with all critical stakeholders; share information as relevant, and build synergies between activities, partners and the different components of the project as pertains to youth peer education initiatives
  • Coordinate, monitor, record, and supervise distribution of Peer education IEC/training materials, manuals, and any other educational materials concerning youth; review materials and advise on the contents and relevance
  • Train youth groups on Peer Education ( as peer educator or Trainer of Facilitators) , Theatre-Based techniques in Peer education (i.e. Magnet Theatre skills) and facilitate the development of appropriate messages on HIV and AIDS to be used by the youth from low literate communities
  • Compile monthly progress reports of individual youth groups activities as well as prepare and/or write documents, reports and questions for the record related to the different locations.
Required Skills and Competencies:
  • Demonstrate ability to maintain close counterpart relationships with the partner community and the government ministries
  • Ability to work with youth groups in HIV and AIDS and Adolescent reproductive health programs /issues
  • Evidence of excellent interpersonal, facilitation and teambuilding skills/experience required
  • Possess pleasant personality, with strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills, sociable, approachable, confident flexible, open minded & extrovert personality
  • Role model, mature person who is conversant with current youth and gender related issues
  • Strong organizational and administrative skills with considerable knowledge in computers
  • Experience working with adult and youth behaviour change methodologies and their application to HIV/AIDS.
  • Must have conducted 40 hours training in peer education
Required Qualification and Experience may include:
  • Minimum BA/BSc. degree in social sciences, education, public health/ community health development, international development or related field
  • At least 2 years experience and comprehensive understanding of HIV/AIDS program design implementation and evaluation
Those who meet the above qualifications and possess the desired attributes should submit their applications together with their CVs to ype@mariestopes.or.ke so as to reach us on or before 21st May 2010.
2. Administrative Assistant
Contract duration: 5 months Location: Nairobi Starting date: ASAP
Reporting to the Project Manager the administration assistant will have overall responsibility for the coordination of the general Administrative duties of the EC project.
Specific duties and responsibilities
  • Managing the Project managers dairy.
  • Coordinate travel itinerary for project team.
  • Coordinate training calendar.
  • Coordinate project reports.
  • Responsible for Project information system.
  • General secretarial duties.
Required Skills and competencies
  • 2 years working as administrative assistant, secretary or technical support officer for a public, NGO or international organization with at least 2 years’ supporting senior staff;
  • Fluency in English (both written and oral).
  • Must be competent in Computers.
  • Strong organizational, time management and communication skills
  • Diploma in business administration, Diplôma in project management or other relevant qualifications
Those who meet the above qualifications should submit their applications and CV via e – mail to  admin.assistant@mariestopes.or.ke on or before 21st May, 2010
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
‘Marie Stopes Kenya is an equal opportunity employer’