Do you want to work for a just and
sustainable world where all people have the power to effect change?
Are you highly structured and analytical, having integrity and good judgement?
Are you highly structured and analytical, having integrity and good judgement?
Do you have excellent interpersonal
and communication skills?
Then you are the one we are looking
for!
About Forum Syd: Forum Syd is a Swedish democracy and rights organization with
about 140 Swedish member organizations with diverse partner organizations and
networks worldwide.
We work with advocacy and capacity
building of partner organizations around the world, on issues relating to
democracy and human rights. We mediate grants from Sida to Swedish
organizations cooperating with local partners in 70 countries. We have offices
in Sweden, Vilnius, Cambodia, Colombia, Kenya, Somalia and Liberia. Forum Syd
was founded in 1995 and is the largest civil society platform in Sweden with
about 140 member organizations.
Forum Syd Hub Eastern & Southern
Africa interventions are mainly centred around civil society strengthening,
social accountability and community empowerment interventions with the
overarching objective of improving the democratic space the region through the
fulfilment of rights, equal gender participation and sustainable use of natural
resources.
To effectively achieve this, Hub ESA
works with a broad range of partners and stakeholders both local and
international within the different spheres of its work.
Forum Syd is now looking for a Sub-Granting
Officer!
General Information
Duty Station: Hub Eastern and Southern Africa – Nairobi
Duration of Assignment:2 years Fixed Term (Renewable)
Application Deadline: 28th December 2018
About the position: This position is based in Nairobi and is responsible for sub-granting
of development funds to Swedish Civil society organizations who work with
international development.
This includes the first-line helpdesk
to Swedish applicant organizations as well as training of Swedish applicant
organization and the administrative work necessary to ensure high-quality
sub-granting.
Areas of responsibility
·
Assess programme and project
applications and reports in accordance with Forum Syd’s framework for
sub-granting.
·
Provide coaching to applicant
organisations on Forum Syd’s Theory of Change and framework for sub-granting.
·
Assess and monitor the capacity of
the applicant organisations to meet the requirements of Forum Syd and their
compliance with the agreement.
·
Analyse and monitor the geographic
context and thematic trends relevant to the sub-granting portfolio and
prioritised areas of Forum Syd.
·
Contribute to the method development
and learning of Forum Syd in general.
·
Contribute to and carry out
capacity-building activities.
·
Contribute to Forum Syd’s overall
application and reporting processes to donors.
Qualifications required
·
Relevant academic degree in
Development Studies, International Relations, Social Science, Political
Science, project management, Human Rights or equivalent qualifications.
·
Minimum 5 years of work experience in
the development sector working with INGOs and in particular assessing programme
and project applications and reports.
·
Good understanding of the role of the
civil society for/in development in the Eastern and Southern Africa region.
·
Good knowledge in Forum Syd’s
thematic areas and rights-based approach.
·
Good knowledge in Planning,
Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) and Result Based Management (RBM)
·
Good contextual knowledge in
socio-political and economical areas within the areas of operation.
·
Good ability to combine theory with
operational work and perform qualified analysis and site visits.
·
Good knowledge in project
administration.
·
Excellent ability to express oneself
orally and in writing in English.
·
Good understanding of development
perspectives
This position is offered for an
initial two years with three months probationary period, starting as soon as
possible.
The position is located at Forum
Syd’s office in Nairobi.
Duty travels are part of the
position.
Forum
Syd is now looking for an Archiving
Officer – Hub ESA!
General Information
Duty Station: Hub
Eastern and Southern Africa – Nairobi
Duration of Assignment:4 months Fixed Term
Application Deadline: 28th December 2018
Areas of responsibility
·
Ensure that all sets of documents are
complete and, if not, contact the relevant officers to add documents.
·
Ensure that all sets of documents
have only the necessary documents, and remove those that are not required for
filing.
·
Ensure that all original agreements
are registered and, if they are not, register those.
·
Archive all documents in their proper
place and manner, as per Forum Syd guidelines.
·
Support the Archiving Consultant in
his/her review and revision of the Forum Syd archiving systems.
Qualifications required
·
Bachelors ‘ degree/diploma in Library
Science
·
Some experience of administrative and
document archiving
Personal qualities
·
Well-organized, with attention to
detail
·
Self-directed/motivated
·
Service-minded and with good judgment
·
Quick learner
This
position is a temporary position, starting as soon as possible.
The
position is located at Hub Eastern and Southern Africa’s office in Nairobi.
Application information
Forum
Syd supports equal opportunities for all. We encourage qualified applicants
regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, functional ability or ethnic and
religious affiliation to apply for the position.
Interested
candidates should submit a CV and cover letter in English via email to
job.hubesa@forumsyd.org with the subject heading “Archiving Officer” no later
than 28 December 2018.
We
select candidates and conduct interviews regularly during the recruitment
process. Do not wait to submit your application because the recruitment process
may end as soon as we find the right person. We look forward to receiving your
application!
