Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is US non-governmental organization
headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, that works with partners worldwide
to reduce poverty and injustice by helping communities increase and expand the
resources they need to live productive, healthy, and empowered lives.
LWR has a regional office in Nairobi, Kenya and country offices
in Uganda and Tanzania.
Purpose:
The CD is the leader-manager for the Kenya program. Her/his
primary responsibility is to develop both short-term and long-term strategies
for sustainable development, manage office staff to carry out these strategies,
and coordinate with national and international governmental and
non-governmental counterparts in a manner that comports with LWR’s vision,
values, and strategy.
S/he plays a key role, working with other LWR departments at the
regional and headquarters levels to link programs and partners to donor,
constituent, and advocacy targets.
Key skills, Qualifications and Experience
The successful candidate will demonstrate a deep commitment to
LWR’s core values and an ability to model those values in relationship with
local implementing partners, peer NGOs, and international donors.
The candidate must have a master’s degree in a relevant field
and at least 8 years of experience with progressive levels of responsibility in
the design, management, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of
sustainable development and emergency response programs. Strong skills in value
chain development for agricultural products are preferred.
The candidate will demonstrate experience identifying relevant
partners and developing their organizational capacities as needed. S/he will
have strong skills to manage an office, oversee programmatic and financial
program implementation, and supervise staff.
The successful candidate must have excellent communication
skills in English and Swahili and be available to travel up to 40% of the time.
Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter summarizing
how one’s experience best fits the position as well as one’s minimum salary
requirements and a detailed curriculum vitae by July 2nd, 2012.
E-mail applications
should be sent to the info@lwrearo.org
