Vacancy: Project Assistant
Project: Supporting Access to Justice for Children and Youth in East Africa (SAJCEA) Project
Project: Supporting Access to Justice for Children and Youth in East Africa (SAJCEA) Project
Location: SAJCEA Project Support Office (PSO), Nairobi,
Kenya
Supporting Access to Justice for Children and Youth in East Africa (SAJCEA) is
a collaborative initiative between the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and
partners in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
The project will increase the safety
and security of children and youth in the partner countries by improving their
ability to seek and obtain remedies for infringements of their rights,
improving legal services, public legal awareness and law reform on issues
relating to the rights of children and youth.
SAJCEA is funded by the Department of
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD).
SAJCEA brings together past CBA
partners, including the Law Society of Kenya, the Uganda Law Society, the
Tanganyika Law Society, and the Zanzibar Law Society, with a broad range of
legal sector stakeholders, including government departments and offices,
judges, prosecutors and civil society organizations to advance access to
justice for children and youth.
We are now recruiting for the
position of SAJCEA Project Assistant, to be based at the Project Support Office
(PSO), located with the Law Society of Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Project Assistant (PA) will work
with the Regional Project Manager to provide project management support,
including planning, monitoring, training, mentoring and reporting support to
National Working Groups (NWGs) in each project country.
This position shall be for a period
of one year.
Responsibilities:
Under direction of the Regional Project Manager, the Project Assistant will:
- Support and work of the NWGs and their
secretariats to provide substantive and logistical support, as required
- Assist the NWGs in the development,
coordination and implementation of their initiatives, and substantive
issues
- Assist in logistical arrangements and the
implementation of project activities: forums, trainings, workshops, etc.
as necessary
- Assist in monitoring social, cultural and
economic issues in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania which may impact the project
- Assist in maintaining effective contacts
within key sector institutions and stakeholders
- Provide logistical support to visiting
Canadian technical resource personnel
- Assist in the preparation and review of NWG
workplans and narrative and financial reports
- Assist in the preparation of communication
materials to the CBA, project stakeholders, DFATD, the public, etc.
- Assist with monitoring outcome of Project
activities and advise on follow-up responses
- Assist in preparation of a SAJCEA Regional
Project Newsletter, and contribute to the project website
- Assist the Regional Project Manager in any
other duties, as assigned
Qualifications:
Minimum Education Requirements
Minimum Education Requirements
- A university degree in development studies,
law or social sciences
Minimum Experience Requirements
- A minimum of 3 years of professional
experience demonstrating progressive responsibility in assisting
with management of donor-funded projects or programs
- Relevant and substantial experience in project
development, performance monitoring and reporting
- Excellent organisational, analytical and
interpersonal skills
Desirable Experience Requirements
- Experience with donor-funded programs, program
management and reporting
- Experience working and effecting change in an
institutional context
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in
access to justice issues or children’s issues
- Experience working with legal sector
institutions
- Research experience
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Strong knowledge of the East Africa region
required
- Knowledge of gender equality and gender
mainstreaming
- Professional level oral and written English
communication skills required
- Knowledge of local languages an advantage
- High level of professionalism and attention to
detail
- Diplomacy, tact, political acumen
- Ability to work with and represent the Project
with national partners
- Understanding of personal computers and
related software applications, in particular e-mail, word processing,
database and spreadsheet software (MS Office)
- Creativity, innovativeness and flexibility
- Cultural sensitivity
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight
deadlines
- Availability for weekend meetings and flexible
hours as necessary
- Ability to travel to the programming countries
(Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) if required.
Salary will be commensurate with
experience.
Relocation costs are not
covered.
Applicants must be legally able to
work in Kenya.
To apply, please send a cover letter indicating how you meet the job requirements, a detailed CV and the names and contact information for three references to jobs.sajcea@gmail.com by 25th August 2015.
All applications must be submitted electronically.
To apply, please send a cover letter indicating how you meet the job requirements, a detailed CV and the names and contact information for three references to jobs.sajcea@gmail.com by 25th August 2015.
All applications must be submitted electronically.