Job Title: Programme / Project Officer
Job Ref.: WVP241715
Sector: NGO / Community Development
Location: Bondo
Description: We are a local NGO operating in the Nyanza and
Western provinces of Kenya and we are looking for project / programme officer
with over 3 years’ experience in the mentioned field with a degree in social
sciences or any other related field.Details
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of some of the most vulnerable children and youth living in communities affected by HIV and poverty in Kenya.
Our vision is to see communities who
feel equipped to respond to the needs of children.
Job Purpose: The Project officer will be required to support the implementation of the Kenya Programme and activities on security and justice, governance and peace building and small arms control.
Job Purpose: The Project officer will be required to support the implementation of the Kenya Programme and activities on security and justice, governance and peace building and small arms control.
The ability to work with the project
coordinator to follow-up and action upon receiving information in a timely and
effective manner are critical.
The incumbent will be expected to
undertake thorough conflict analysis, build scenarios and provide timely
information that will inform actions by the relevant policy decision makers.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Strategic and programme development
- Programme implementation
- Funding and financial management
- Communications and advocacy
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Strategic and programme
development
- Assist with regular analysis of political and
security developments and themes in Kenya
2. Programme Implementation
- Support the process of planning, development
and implementation of projects/programme
- Assist in the development and implementation
of research and assessments and data collection, provision of feedback to
research planning and drafts, communication with data collectors,
designers, editors and printing houses
- Assist in organising and facilitating dialogue
meetings, workshops and seminars with government representatives, civil
society and international organisations to:
- share experiences and lessons learnt;
- promote cooperation;
- Raise awareness of efforts to prevent violent
conflict and promote cooperative approaches to security.
3. Funding and Financial Management
- Assist in identifying funding opportunities
and fundraising
- With the programme teams, perform organisation
activities such as drafting project reports, developing programme budgets
and cash flows and regularly monitoring expenditure.
4. Communications and Advocacy
- Identify and develop relationships with key
strategic partners in government, civil society, media and the
international community for promoting peace and security in Kenya
- Contribute in developing appropriate
strategies for advocacy with partners.
- Monitor, collect and share information on
security, governance and peacebuilding, small arms control.
- Provide daily major peace and security updates
covered in the media and documents successes as relates the project
implementation.
Person Specification
Essential Requirements:
- A recognised first degree or professional
qualification in social sciences, community development or any other
related field.
- Minimum 3years’ experience.
- Demonstrable experience of project
administration, planning and programming.
- A good understanding of security/peace and
conflict prevention issues, and an active interest in the workings of
civil society.
- Excellent communication skills, written and
oral and ability to relate sensitively to diverse groups.
- Experience of preparing budgets and financial
reporting.
- Good report-writing skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English and
Swahili.
- Good interpersonal and team working skills
- Flexibility in working in diverse situations
with unpredictable working hours.
- Computer skills including Microsoft Office.
- Willingness to travel to diverse locations in
support of projects’ implementation.
Desirable Requirements:
- A relevant post-graduate qualification.
- Experience in designing and facilitating
workshops and seminars.
- Knowledge and experience of community
security.
- A good understanding of the criminal justice
system
- Skills in social participatory research.
Applications
If you meet the above qualifications
kindly send your application letter including an up to date CV with 3 referees
to quality2015jobs@gmail.com (Subject of the email should be POSITION APPLIED +
JOB REF.)
If you are not interested in this opportunity today, please refer any friend or colleague you know that might suit the required profile.
Please DO NOT apply if you do not meet the requirements of the position.
If you are not interested in this opportunity today, please refer any friend or colleague you know that might suit the required profile.
Please DO NOT apply if you do not meet the requirements of the position.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
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Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Please note that there are no fees charged for receiving or processing job applications.
Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.