Transparency International - Kenya
(TI-Kenya) is part of the Transparency International group that is a
non-partisan coalition of individuals with a shared vision of a corruption-free
world.
TI-Kenya is an autonomous chapter in
the Transparency International movement, a global coalition against corruption
with which TI-Kenya shares knowledge and exchanges ideas for the greater good
of Kenya.
Vacancy: Programme Coordinator
Reference: Citizen
Demand
Duty Station: Nairobi with Travel to the Counties
Overall Purpose of the Job: The Programme Coordinator (PC) will lead,
coordinate and oversee its Citizen Demand Programme.
Reporting to the Head of Programmes,
the PC shall be responsible for strategic planning, budgeting, co-ordinating,
developing and implementing the citizen demand programme aimed at building
citizen capacity to enable them influence public policy and provision of public
services, and designing and implementing innovative projects that promote
effective citizen engagement in the promotion of accountable and transparent
governance and efficient service delivery at national and county levels.
The PC shall also be responsible for
the water and education sub-programmes, improved systems and procedures as well
as monitoring and evaluating programme activities and individual performance
against set targets.
Other duties include team building,
providing effective leadership and implementing on-the-job training to improve
employee performance within the Citizen Demand Programme.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
The duty station for this position
shall be at the TI Kenya secretariat, Nairobi.
Duties and responsibilities at this
level include:-
- Designing and implementing strategies and
projects to enhance effective citizen participation in promoting
accountability, transparency and efficient service delivery;
- Designing and implementing appropriate
guidelines for advocacy against and legal advice on corruption;
- Designing and coordinating implementation of
appropriate and innovative projects, strategies and activities to enhance
public awareness on corruption and build their capacity to stand up
against corruption;
- Ensuring effective management of Advocacy and
Legal Advise Centres’ (ALACs) activities in the regions including
developing strategies for the recruitment and induction of volunteer
advocates into the Legal Advisory Committees for the ALACs.
- Developing work schedules, drafting case
pleadings and allocating cases in order to ensure that volunteer advocates
are receiving a continuous flow of court cases for their action.
- Reviewing the effectiveness of legal aid
services offered in the ALACs.
- Establishing and facilitating cross-functional
and multidisciplinary teams of probono advocates to represent qualified
clients in public interest test cases on corruption and integrity.
- Developing citizen driven legislation,
political participation, accountability and transparency projects and
strategies;
- Identify potential public interest cases,
research on them and develop multi-pronged strategies of dealing with
them, including but not limited to public/strategic/impact litigation
- Establish and coordinate sustainable
networks/partnerships with local and international governance institutions
and actors in the administration of justice and promotion of legal and
human rights in Kenya including donors, government agencies, NGOs and
community groups to ensure collaborative strategies and effective support
networks to promote accountability and transparency;
- Developing citizen centred programmes and
strategies to fight against corruption;
- Develop and operationalize effective reporting
mechanisms for the citizen demand programme and ensure periodic, monthly
and annual progress reports of the programme are written in time.
- Reviewing the operations and results of the
programme and providing reports showing achievements against planned
targets as well as justification for performance variances.
- Developing appropriate fundraising strategies
to diversify revenue sources for the organization;
- Managing contracts and monitoring expenditure
;
- Overseeing performance management for the
programme’s staff;
- Coordinating the monitoring and evaluation and
documentation of lessons and best practice in the Citizen Demand
Programme;
- Promoting linkages with government
institutions and other relevant stakeholders in implementing and
monitoring of citizen demand activities, development of national policies
and legislation;
- Promoting mainstreaming of transparency and
accountability in citizen demand policies and programmes;
- Promoting research on citizen demand and good
governance in collaboration with institutions of higher learning;
Job Specification
For appointment to this position, a
candidate must have;
- Managed a governance and or legal aid
programme for at least (3) years;
- At least a bachelors degree in the following
disciplines; Law, Community Development, Development Studies, Public
Administration, Environmental Studies or any other related qualification
from a recognized institution;
- A Masters Degree in any of the above
disciplines will be an added advantage;
- Be proficient in computer applications; and
- Shown merit in work performance and results
Competencies
- A strong commitment to the aims, objectives
and values of TI-Kenya
- High level skills in report writing and
presentation
- Ability and experience to conceptualize,
implement and evaluate governance and policy programmes
- Knowledge of dynamics of partnership and
experience in a role directly involved with such partnerships
- A good appreciation of advocacy and community
engagement
- Excellent verbal, analytical, and
organizational skills
- Experience in proposal writing with a proven
ability to secure donor funding
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Vacancy: Deputy Programme Officer
Reference:Advocacy and Legal Advisory Centre, Mombasa
Duty Station:Mombasa
Job Summary: Transparency International - Kenya (TI-Kenya) is
part of the Transparency International movement that is a non-partisan
coalition of individuals with a shared vision of a corruption free world.
TI-Kenya is an autonomous chapter in
the Transparency International movement, a global coalition against corruption
with which we share knowledge and exchange ideas for the greater good of Kenya.
TI-Kenya, in
collaboration with partners in Nairobi, Coast, Western/Nyanza and North Rift
regions has established Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs) as a strategic
initiative to empower citizens to actively participate in the fight against
corruption.
TI-Kenya through the ALACs – carries out the following functions:
- Promote legal advice and assistance to victims
or witnesses of corruption through provision of free and confidential
advice on corruption cases, advice on formulation, development,
presentation and monitoring of corruption-related complaints and partnership
with legal aid organisations for referrals and follow up.
- Enhance citizen’s access to legal services
through information, education and communication support.
- Undertake advocacy on a broader
anti-corruption reform agenda
- Enhance institutional capacity in complaint
assessment and processing to enable citizens pursue corruption-related
issues.
- Support the work and sustainability of good
governance coalitions in the regions.
In addition, ALACs form the core
business of TI-Kenya’s Citizen Demand Programme that seeks to ssupport citizens
to proactively demand for transparency, accountability and good governance.
Under the supervision of the Programme Officer-ALAC Mombasa, the Deputy Programme Officer will provide support in the implementation of ALAC Mombasa activities towards achievement of the overall Citizen Demand Programme objectives and TI Kenya’s strategic plan.
Duties and Responsibilities
Programme Management
- Take up roles assigned by the Programme
Officer to assist in the coordination, management of ALAC Mombasa
programmes/projects, administration, logistical tasks, documentation and
liaison with other TI Kenya staff.
- Receive & book appointments for clients,
conduct initial interviews and where appropriate provide legal advice,
make records of complaint calls, make referrals and follow up of clients
cases and the overall management of ALAC Mombasa data base.
- Provide support on TI Kenya website updates by
highlighting ALAC Mombasa’s activities
- Assist the Programme Officer in designing and
implementing outreach initiatives on good governance and corruption
prevention targeting communities around the coastal region and its
environs;
- Providing the Programme Officer with technical
support in planning meetings, workshops and seminars including the
preparation of meeting documents, agendas, IEC materials and reports for
the Citizen Demand Programme.
- Develop and implement strategic community
mobilization and empowerment initiatives to enable community groups to
promote transparent and accountable institutions locally and nationally;
- Develop effective local community organization
resources and learning materials and effective strategies to be used in
advocacy work;
Advisory / Strategy Development
- Provide support to the Programme Officer in
defining sub – programmes priorities and objectives advised by the
regional dynamics;
Management of TI-Kenya
Partners/partnerships
- Work with the Programme Officer to raise
awareness of ALAC Mombasa project to the public and stakeholders in the
region
- Build sustainable partnerships with community
groups, county authorities and other development actors in order to ensure
that transparency and accountability issues are mainstreamed into local
and national social-economic and development programmes.
Institutional Learning
- Assist with the development of a participatory
results and impact tracking system for ALAC Mombasa initiative.
- Assist in the documentation of information
based on the CD Programme and ALAC Mombasa.
Resource Mobilization:
- Provide technical support to the Programme
Officer in researching for and developing exceptional proposals and/or
concepts for financial support and sustainability of the sub–programme.
Qualifications
- Bachelors’ Degree in Law (LLB), political
science or other related social science from a recognized university
- At least 2 years relevant work experience with
an emphasis on governance, access to justice, and community engagement
- Experience in project design, implementation
and management.
Competencies
- Proven experience in community mobilization
and an interest in the anti-corruption sector.
- Familiarity with advocacy and communications
strategies and tools
- Result oriented, team player and self
motivated
- Ability to multi-task, with tight
deadlines/schedules and attention to detail.
- Excellent Writing, Research, Communication and
interpersonal and skills
Vacancy: Deputy Programme Officer
Reference: Climate Governance Integrity Programme
Duty Station: Nairobi
Job Summary:Transparency International-Kenya (TI-Kenya) is part
of the Transparency International movement that is a non-partisan coalition of
individuals with a shared vision of a corruption free world.
TI-Kenya is an autonomous chapter in
the Transparency International movement, a global coalition against corruption
with which we share knowledge and exchange ideas for the greater good of Kenya.
Climate Governance Programme aims at strengthening the legal framework & policies governing environmental practice.
The programme aims
at ensuring equitable sharing of accruing environmental benefits through
citizen mobilization and empowerment.
Transparency International Kenya (TI
–Kenya) is implementing a programme of action geared to promoting transparency,
accountability, integrity and anticorruption safeguards in climate finance
governance (CFG) both nationally and globally.
The purpose is to increase capacities
of climate finance governance stakeholders to better engage, cooperate,
advocate and contribute to CFG policy development, implementation and oversight
through low carbon technology.
Under the supervision of the Programme Officer, the Deputy Programme Officer is in charge of implementing appropriate activities in support of TI- Kenya strategic goals.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Programme Management
- Design projects, develop work plans/activities
schedules and ensure successful implementation to achieve overall
programme objectives aligned to TI-Kenya strategic goals.
- Support timely programme reports; monthly,
quarterly and annual reports.
- Support management of the programme budgets
and resource allocation; monitoring expenditures, identification of budget
gaps and proper accounting to donors. The task will include timely reports
to relevant stakeholders.
- Track and monitor project deliverables using
M&E frameworks, produce M&E reports defining project progress and,
analyse results in contribution to overall strategic development of the
Climate Governance Programme.
- Support the identification and recruitment of
qualified service providers as well as procurement of assets/utilities and
consultants for tasks specific to the programme. The Deputy Programme
Officer shall also assist in preparation of the terms of reference,
expression of interest and contracts in accordance with TIKenya policies
and procedures and will facilitate successful delivery of work by such
service providers.
- Provide technical support to ensure that
technical documents of the programme are fully reviewed, discussed and
appropriately disseminated. This task includes support to research, data
collection and reports.
- Develop and implement national advocacy
strategies and actions to promote and improve transparency, accountability
and integrity of climate governance.
- Project organization and co-ordination
including meetings, dialogues with partners, development of research and e
– learning tools for stakeholders. • Build capacity of staff and
relevant stakeholders on climate governance with specific influence on
climate finance governance, service delivery, public procurement and
development of IEC materials on the sub-programmes.
2. Strategy Development.
- Support development of programme priorities
and objectives and communicate to staff, partners and other stakeholders
for mutual understanding and ownership.
- Support development of TI Kenya national,
regional and global strategies and implementation of climate governance
- Support development of national advocacy
actions and strategies to promote and improve transparency, accountability
and integrity in climate governance which includes interventions to CFG
policy development, designing and producing policy and working paper in
climate governance issues and recommendations, convene high visibility
events and campaign to increase awareness on climate governance.
3. Management of TI Kenya
partners/partnerships.
- Conduct national risk map and assessment of
the key national entities responsible for climate finance for mitigation
and adaptation projects;
- Develop and maintain national or local climate
governance networks and communities of practice involving climate
governance stakeholders;
- Conclude special Memorandum of understanding
(MOUs) with key stakeholders;
- Develop collaborative program strategies,
resource mobilization, concerted efforts and collective results for
desired impact;
- Develop links and share experiences with
relevant stakeholders to promote and mainstream climate governance
transparency to achieve TI - Kenya vision and mission;
- Provide technical support to project partners
in the development of sound policies for transparent and accountable
institutions of governance;
- Support national or local climate finance
governance e–learning tool and supplementary capacity building actions for
local stakeholders to better understand and participate in national policy
development and monitoring;
- Mobilize TI Kenya good governance coalitions
to participate in initiatives of climate governance.
4. Institutional learning
- Support the development of e-learning,
networking and knowledge/content management platforms for communication
and share-learning.
- Provide technical support for the development
of structured opportunities of institutional learning including project
monitoring and evaluation, highlighting success stories and lessons learnt
and development of good practices.
Qualifications and Experience
- Hold a graduate degree in Environmental
Science;
- At least five (2) years of proven experience
in advocacy work around environmental governance, especially climate
governance. This should include expertise in climate financing and
familiarity with UNFCCC;
- Experience in project management
- Research skills.
- ICT skills-use of share point, Ms Office 2010,
Social networking tools & other project management computer software.
- Experience related to knowledge management,
Advocacy work, e-learning tools and/or online network management,
preferred.
Competencies
- Good understanding of civil society and
networks engaged in advocacy; knowledge of international institutions
likely to be advocacy targets.
- General knowledge of climate finance, climate
governance and development issues.
- Knowledge of and interest in corruption and
governance issues.
- Excellent communication – spoken and written
skills in English and Kiswahili.
- Public relations and communication skills.
- Good understanding of messaging and public
positioning; ability to identify newsworthy issues and stories, media
opportunities and outlets
- Creative response to opportunities in projects
with integrated media and advocacy plans and actions
- Proven ability to meet deadlines with a high
level of creativity and flexibility
How to Apply:
Interested and qualified candidates
are requested to submit one document as an attachment (combining the
application letter and CV with at least three professional referees) by email
on/before close of business on 15th December 2014 to: hr@tikenya.org
Please include the reference: Climate Governance Integrity Programme as the subject of your email applications.
Do not attach your testimonials or certificates.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
