Project
Officer, Livelihood
This position reports to the Program Coordinator, Livelihood.
The job holder will be responsible for implementing Child Centered Community Development strategies in line with the Program Unit Long Term Plans Strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
This position reports to the Program Coordinator, Livelihood.
The job holder will be responsible for implementing Child Centered Community Development strategies in line with the Program Unit Long Term Plans Strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Timely
and quality project implementation
- Deliver
quality, timely and accurate project documents including project outlines
and project completion reports
- Ensure
availability of accurate and timely program management information using
the corporate systems
- Implement
enhanced capacity of children, communities and partners to take up active
participation in program delivery and ownership of community development
initiatives within the program unit
- Provide
good linkages and relations between communities and key partners within
the program unit
- Implement
strengthened CBO capacity in development and resource mobilization
- Facilitate
participation of children and youth in program forums
Qualifications, Experience and Skills:
- Diploma
in community development
- At
least 2 years experience in an NGO at community level
- A
bias in agronomy and/or animal production work experience
- Understanding
of rights based approach to development and participatory development
- Good
communication skills
- Demonstrated
experience in gender integration in projects
- Ability
to work in a multi-disciplinary and multicultural environment
- Ability
to work with communities at all levels
- Fluency
in written and oral English and Kiswahili
- Team
building and motivational skills
- Strong
facilitating and influencing skills
If you meet the requirements for any of the above positions and would like to be a part of it in our commitment to children, please send a detailed and updated curriculum vitae, current remuneration and contacts of three professional references, including you current/latest line manager to jobs.plankenya@plan–international.org, to be received by latest 25th January 2012.
Your email should bear the job title of the position you are applying for as the subject.
You are invited to read more about Plan in our website www.plan-international.org.
We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Closing date: 25 Jan 2012
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