Job Reference:EAP/035/JG
Christian Aid is striving for wholesale change to rules that keep people poor. We work wherever the need is greatest, giving people strength to find their own solutions to the problems they face, irrespective of their religion.
So if you’re passionate about helping others, and want to help us drive positive change across the world, join us.
In this role you will be responsible for supporting and managing Christian Aid partnerships and programmes as well as the effective disbursement of funds to East Africa Country programmes including recommending grants to partners.
The post holder will also contribute to the development of Christian Aid policy and strategy, engage with and promote communications and fundraising, including
institutional donors.
The role will be based in Nairobi. Occasional travel is required.Christian Aid is striving for wholesale change to rules that keep people poor. We work wherever the need is greatest, giving people strength to find their own solutions to the problems they face, irrespective of their religion.
So if you’re passionate about helping others, and want to help us drive positive change across the world, join us.
In this role you will be responsible for supporting and managing Christian Aid partnerships and programmes as well as the effective disbursement of funds to East Africa Country programmes including recommending grants to partners.
The post holder will also contribute to the development of Christian Aid policy and strategy, engage with and promote communications and fundraising, including
institutional donors.
You will have strong background knowledge of institutional donors, particularly the EU, ECHO, DFID policies funding modalities and rules.
You will need to have good understanding of international development issues, governance, power and rights, financial controls and procedures and familiarity with programme cycle management, approaches and tools including participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation.
Able to work independently, you will have strong communication and relationship building skills to ensure you are able to contribute to the delivery of information, ideas and opinions within a workgroup.
You will need to have good understanding of conflict transformation work, livelihoods programmes management, good understanding of issues of climate change and adaptation to climate change, solid experience in policy influencing and advocacy relating to agriculture policy, climate change, livelihoods work, and managing humanitarian emergency interventions.
This role requires a university degree in development studies or similar; direct experience of programme appraisal, monitoring and evaluation, and developing partner’s capacity, experience in designing, managing, delivering and evaluating emergency and development projects; knowledge of humanitarian standards and policies; strong communication, training and workshop facilitation, and representation skills. Fluency in English language is mandatory.
Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions:
Using the guidance notes in our pack may help you formulate your answers.
Change initiatives
- Describe a time when it was necessary to change the way a particular task was carried out within a work group. How did you introduce this change? What was the change?
- In what way(s) did the change affect the group? What was the reaction to the change? What actions did you take to help ensure success?
Delivering Goals & Objectives
- Describe a project you supervised that required detailed planning and organization.
- What were the goals and deliverables?
- What was the outcome?
- What benchmarks did you use to monitor the progress of the project?
- How did you ensure that proper quality of work was maintained?
- Tell us about a situation where a drastic and unforeseen change greatly affected the progress and expected completion of a project.
- What was the project?
- What was the drastic change?
- To what extent did this change affect the progress of the project?
- What adjustments were necessary for the completion of the project?)
Communication and interaction
- Give us an example of a time when establishing two-way communication with an individual or group was especially challenging. What was the situation?
- What made it challenging to establish two-way communication?
- What did you do to help ensure that communion was two-way vs one-way?
- To what extent were you successful in communication efforts?
- What leads you to say that? (i.e. on what evidence do you base that evaluation?)
Salary range for this position: Per CA Pay Scale
We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation, so you can expect a range of rewards and benefits that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
To apply for this post, please visit our website on www.christianaid.org.uk to download an application pack and email your completed
International application form to nairobi@christian-aid.org.
The closing date for application is 7th July 2010.
Interviews will be on the week commencing week, 11th July 2010.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Please note that CVs will not be accepted and that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
You will require current and valid permit to work in Kenya.
We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce.
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation, so you can expect a range of rewards and benefits that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
To apply for this post, please visit our website on www.christianaid.org.uk to download an application pack and email your completed
International application form to nairobi@christian-aid.org.
The closing date for application is 7th July 2010.
Interviews will be on the week commencing week, 11th July 2010.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Please note that CVs will not be accepted and that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
You will require current and valid permit to work in Kenya.
We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce.
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
