USTADI
Board Recruitment
USTADI is the brand name for the Kenya Local Capacity Development Facility – K-LCDF, which is a joint initiative of SNV and a Consortium of 20 other capacity development (CD) organizations in Kenya that seeks to improve the capacity development service environment though a market-embedded approach as a means of supporting the localization agenda and enhancing sustainability of capacity development services (CDS).
USTADI is the brand name for the Kenya Local Capacity Development Facility – K-LCDF, which is a joint initiative of SNV and a Consortium of 20 other capacity development (CD) organizations in Kenya that seeks to improve the capacity development service environment though a market-embedded approach as a means of supporting the localization agenda and enhancing sustainability of capacity development services (CDS).
The broad roles of USTADI are to:
- Promote
CDS Market facilitation activities
- Create
Service Provider Directories and Tendering Platforms
- Award
CDS grants to projects that will help local organizations in capacity
development
- Promote
CD Investments as well as stimulate growth of a Kenyan CD Fund
- Link
Civil Society Organizations’ to relevant capacity development services/
providers
- Develop
and manage linkages within the capacity development sector
USTADI intends to strengthen its governance structure by
recruiting additional board members to its board.
USTADI
believes that governance and organizational development are critical in
ensuring accountability and its sustainability.
The
board will be expected to perform the following duties:
- To
ensure the overall direction, effectiveness and accountability of USTADI,
is, well run and delivering the outcomes it was set up for
- To
provide strategic direction and establish policy and procedures for USTADI
- To
undertake Resource Mobilization activities for USTADI
- To
represent USTADI in relevant forums
- Provide
oversight support to the secretariat
- To
offer specific technical advice in areas such finance, development,
marketing and proactively publicize and promote USTADI
- To
undertake monitoring visits to selected funded projects
- To
review the board and organizational performance on a regular basis
We are looking for Kenyan nationals of good repute and standing,
people of integrity who have broad national and international linkages,
exceptional leadership and drive and those that will uphold the ideals of
USTADI.
Interested
persons must also be willing to commit their time and be available for at least
8-10 days a year for quarterly board and committee meetings, board development
processes and Annual General Meetings. Board membership will be voluntary and
not a salaried position.
We
would like to hear from people with the following backgrounds:
1.
Finance, administration and investments
2.
Marketing, Communications and Media
Prior
experience as a board member would be an added advantage, but not
essential.
Qualified
persons willing to join the USTADI board are invited to send their applications
indicating their motivation and CVs electronically to: hr.admin@act.or.ke
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
If
you will not have been contacted by end of June 2012, please consider your
application unsuccessful.
The deadline for applications
submission is 5:00 pm Thursday 31st May 2012.