Vacancies:
1. Program Officer - ECD & Primary
2. Program Officer - Youth Development
About Us: Kesho is an award winning, dynamic, medium sized
and growing Community Based Organisation currently helping nearly 400 children
access school and university and also supporting around 1,000 of their
siblings, peers, parents and teachers.
The Positions: Two exciting opportunities have arisen within Kesho
for innovative, effective, self-driven Programme Officers to design, implement
and evaluate their programmes to meet the strategic objectives of Kesho and to
ensure the specific needs of the children we support are met.
Early Childhood Development (ECD) &
Primary: The position involves meeting
the individual needs of the ~130 primary and nursery children in the
programme.
This includes, providing financial
support to children to attend school, engaging parents and partners, and
working directly with teachers in schools and in our resource centre to
generate a passion for reading and improve literacy levels.
S/he would be supported by a small
team of ~3 volunteers.
Youth Development: This
is a new position to develop a program to supporting the ~110 Kesho school
leavers on their journey through tertiary education, employment or in
enterprise.
Specifically it will include
providing financial support for education, academic and career advice, support
in job, scholarship and internship applications, setting up a mentorship
programme and strengthening the Kesho Alumni.
Contract Periods: 12 months initially – dependent on funding.
Essential Requirements
- A Bachelors Degree (Upper Second or First) or
Higher Diploma
- At least 2 years of relevant experience
- Experience of working with children or young
people
- Community engagement, facilitation and
training skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
skills
- Computer literate
How to Apply
Obtain the detailed Job Description
from our website and apply using the on line application form: http://keshokenya.org/Recruitment/Vacancies.html
Deadline: Applications must be submitted by Monday 27th October, 2014 at 5pm.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
Recruitment is in accordance with Kesho’s Child Protection Policy