Joram Kamau Tuskys Foundation (JKTF)
JKFT is a Public Charitable Trust whose mandate is to Empower Communities for transformed lives.
Vision: A Champion for Empowering Communities
JKFT is a Public Charitable Trust whose mandate is to Empower Communities for transformed lives.
Vision: A Champion for Empowering Communities
Mission: To
Empower Communities through Socio - Economic and Environmental Interventions.
The JKTF has two vacancies for the Program Officer role to fill. One for an Entrepreneurship program officer and the other one for an Environmental Conversation officer.
The JKTF has two vacancies for the Program Officer role to fill. One for an Entrepreneurship program officer and the other one for an Environmental Conversation officer.
Key Responsibilities
Oversee and Coordinate Project
Implementation
- Provide day to day coordination, supervision
and guidance for project implementation, while ensuring that the project
is executed according to the approved work plan, budgets and expenses and
is in accordance with both donor requirements as well as JKTF programming
principles and core values.
- Conduct due-diligence assessments for
prospective partners, review project proposals with Project Partner
/Grantees and revise the proposals as required and ensure adherence to the
grant making processes/procedures as well as compliance with the rules and
regulations administered by the grantor.
- Work with the selected Project Partners
to ensure budgets are in line with program activities and that costs are
reasonable, allowable and allocable
Design, Monitoring and Evaluation and
Learning
- Conduct monthly/quarterly field level project
evaluations (e.g. baselines, mid-term and final evaluations) and
monitoring of the project and provide timely feedback and support to
project partners to ensure successful delivery of the project targets and
results
- Develop memos and other guidance documents and
act as the primary point of contact and resource for Project Partners on
all project and financial compliance-related issues.
- Prepare grant agreements, grant budgets,
ensuring necessary clauses are added, and review all grant documents
(programmatic and financial) for completeness. This will include grant and
contract agreements, modification documents among others.
- Facilitate the processing of disbursements of
project funds and payments to Partners while ensuring that partners track
expenses against approved budget.
- Identify partner’s capacity building needs and
provide technical assistance by organizing workshops and grant management
meetings for partners.
- Review the quality of the work completed with
the project partner on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project
standards and donor requirements.
Reporting and Knowledge management
- Prepare and Compile periodic quality project
narrative and financial reports, both for submission to the management,
project donors, and other stakeholders and for use in Monitoring, Learning
and Evaluation purposes.
- Ensure the timely and proper sustainability
and close out of grants. This will involve preparing relevant close out
and sustainability documents for approval and ensuring that all
requirements of the grant have been met.
- Prepare a calendar of activity dates/key
milestones per project partner and document the best practices
implemented, success stories and case studies of the community level
changes for dissemination and learning
Networking and collaboration
- Mobilize sufficient resource for the program
through proposal writing and other modes of resource mobilization.
- Coordinate with relevant local government
ministries, private businesses and other organizations working in the
sector to build partnerships and synergies for the success of the program
Academic Qualifications, Knowledge
and Technical Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field.
Candidates applying for the Entrepreneurship program must have trained in
Entrepreneurship Field, while those interested in the Environmental
conservation program must have attained relevant training in the
Environment conservation field a relevant Masters degree will be an added
advantage.
- Minimum of 5 (five) years of related
experience in grants management, fundraising, sub-contracts and compliance
with donor requirements
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong computer skills, with familiarity in
using Microsoft Office suite applications (particularly Word, Excel,
Access and PowerPoint)
- Demonstrated experience in report writing
- Successful experience in proposal writing and
grant management
- Good research and analytical skills
Competencies and Attributes
- Ready to travel to different parts of the
country/ flexibility in accepting work assignments outside normal desk
description
- Organized, detail-oriented, team player,
self-starter and results-oriented individual
- Ability to work with a high degree of
independence in a team environment
- High level of personal integrity and
accountability
- Ability to develop amendments and
modifications resulting from negotiations
Interested Candidates should send
their CV and application letter to jkfrecruitment@gmail.com not later
than 6th/05/2016 at 5:00 p.m.
Applicants to indicate the Job title on the email subject line.
Applicants to indicate the Job title on the email subject line.
Please also indicate your current and
expected salary.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
