Job Title: Assistant Program Officer
Ft / Pt: Full-Time, 40 Hours Per Week
Ft / Pt: Full-Time, 40 Hours Per Week
Location: Nairobi
Office
Reports To: Program Manager
Reports To: Program Manager
Our Client is currently seeking a competent and energetic Assistant Program Officer for their Secretariat based in Nairobi.
The Assistant Program Officer will
assist in supporting the network’s activities in a manner that amplifies
the existing effort and supports new countries to on-board.
The Assistant Program Officer will
support the Program Manager in developing strategies and plans in line with the
network’s vision and ensure implementation of those plans.
Under the guidance of the Program
Manager, the Assistant Program Officer will provide the following support:
Responsibilities
Program Management
Program Management
- Assist the Program Manager in sending out, and
responding to requests to and from the existing network countries;
- Support the Program Manager in communication
with, and development of materials for, potential countries and groups
that could benefit from exposure to and participation in citizen-led
learning assessments;
- Assist in the implementation of special
projects in key thematic or technical areas aligned to the Network
strategic goals and objectives;
- Assist in the development and preparation of
reports, presentations and other documents;
- Assist in the drafting of consultancy
contracts and close the documentation cycle in contract management;
Communications and Branding
- Manage and expand the organization’s presence
on social media (Twitter and Facebook), sourcing and sharing newsworthy
information from across the organization. Produce regular reports
detailing our social media activity to share with staff;
- Act as the ‘Brand Guardian’ for the
organization, ensuring consistency across all internal and external
communications;
- Maintain the organization’s online photo
library on Flickr, encouraging and increasing its use by organization’s
countries;
- Assist in the maintenance of the website from
the back end in WordPress;
- Lead on the collation of information on
activities to be presented in the twice yearly network newsletter, and for
upload to the website and across other channels;
- Maximize the organization’s brand visibility
at conferences and events through online publicity and the production of
relevant promotional material for marketing and distribution at the event;
Global Advocacy
- Assist in preparation of documents and other
materials for international meetings and workshops/seminars related to
promoting quality education through citizen-led, household-based
assessments;
- Assist in design and implementation of
results-based communications and global advocacy strategy through
consultative process with country teams, donors and consultants;
- Support the implementation of the
communications and global advocacy strategy and ensure effective
information and communication sharing both internally (amongst existing
network) and externally;
- Assist in enhancing global awareness of
citizen-led assessments by ensuring that such information is readily
accessed through the internet, intranet and other channels;
- Undertake such other duties and
responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be required in
consultation with the Program Manager and Director
Person Specification
Evidence that applications meet the essential criteria will be assessed by the following methods: Application (A), Interview (I) Test (T) and References (R), as indicated below:
Qualifications
Evidence that applications meet the essential criteria will be assessed by the following methods: Application (A), Interview (I) Test (T) and References (R), as indicated below:
Qualifications
- A Bachelors Degree in Education, Social
Sciences, Communications or other relevant field (A)
- At least one year of relevant experience in
some combination of communications, research, education, advocacy, or
consultancy (A&I)
- Demonstrable experience working in the field
of communications and ability to demonstrate knowledge of a broad range of
communications activities including previous experience using WordPress
for websites and/or blogs (A&I)
- Full professional competency in either English
or French essential, with some working proficiency in French or Spanish an
asset. Willingness to learn French or Spanish essential. (A&I)
Competencies
- Excellent English writing skills; (T)
- Excellent English verbal communication skills
both face-to-face and on the phone, including presentation skills; (I)
- Strong organizational skills with the ability
to take initiative and deliver results on short notice and with minimum
supervision; (I&R)
- Ability to think innovatively and creatively
in order to achieve tasks and overcome challenges; high degree of
creativity and entrepreneurialism with evidence of successfully putting
original ideas into practice (I&R)
- Excellent ability to summarize and synthesize
complicated information with meticulous attention to detail in all aspects
of work (T)
- Computer literate with excellent MS Office
skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint specifically (T)
Qualified applications to be sent
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