Ananda Marga Universal Relief
Team (AMURT) is a voluntary charitable non governmental organization,
registered in Kenya as a non-profit organization in 1993.
The AJIRI DADA Project
(ADAP), is a recent award to AMURT under the Dreams Innovation Challenge. The
project targets to keep adolescent girls and young women HIV negative by
providing bridge to employment.
The project seeks to fill the
following vacant position:
Project Field Officers
(4 Posts)
Responsibilities
- The PFO will be
responsible for the recruitment, engagement and day to day supervision of
the peer educators.
- Assist the
project officer by being responsible for direct implementation in the
informal settlements within Nairobi County together with other officers
from implementing partners.
- They will be
directly involved in recruitment and selection of the beneficiaries in the
project.
- S/he will
collect and keep records on all technical component of recruitment and
selection, training, placement, support groups and savings records of
project beneficiaries.
- Be responsible
for supervision of the girls at work place, in collaboration with JAZZA
Centre.
- support
formation and strengthening of savings and investment groups for the
beneficiaries.
- Support JAZZA
Centre in addressing issues raised through the toll free line.
- S/he will be
support the project officer in ensuring that the beneficiaries are linked
to safety nets programs.
- Additionally,
the team will collect and submit progress reports.
- support and
mentor peer educators in executing project activities.
- Support the
manager together with the project officer in improving site record keeping
and reporting, maintaining site quality improvement measures and
processes.
- Report to the
project officer.
- S/he will also
be required to carry out any other duties as may be assigned by the
supervisor
Qualifications
- Diploma in
social sciences (community dev, sociology, social work) with 3 years of
experience in project management.
- Knowledge and
experience working with vulnerable girls and young women especially in
informal settlements.
- Good writing
and communication skills.
- Documentation
skills.
- Evidence of
previous work in community mobilization, data capturing and reporting.
- High level of
integrity, values, ethics and competence.
- Demonstrate
high level of creativity, innovation and analytical thinking.
- Ability to
network, collaborate and advocate with partners.
- Highly
knowledgeable in adolescent sexual reproductive health and HIV prevention.
How to Apply
All applicants should email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 21st October 2016 by COB.
All applicants should email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 21st October 2016 by COB.
Only short listed candidates
will be contacted.
Canvassing will result into
automatic disqualification.