The Kenya Medical Women’s Association is a
non-governmental organization that seeks to uplift the health status of women,
adolescents and children in Kenya.
This is by enhancing the capacity and potential of medical women to respond through determined action involving advocacy, information and service provision.
Position: Programme Officer
Location: Nairobi
Main Job Purpose: Responsible for planning, structuring, leading and executing KMWA projects and activities. This includes mobilizing resources and managing the programme team consisting of project management staff.
Duties and Responsibilities
This is by enhancing the capacity and potential of medical women to respond through determined action involving advocacy, information and service provision.
Position: Programme Officer
Location: Nairobi
Main Job Purpose: Responsible for planning, structuring, leading and executing KMWA projects and activities. This includes mobilizing resources and managing the programme team consisting of project management staff.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage
the programme’s budget on behalf of the KMWA council, monitoring the
expenditures and costs against delivered and realized benefits as the
programme progresses.
- Plan
the programme and monitor its overall progress, resolving issues and
initiating corrective action as appropriate.
- Management
and analysis of issues.
- Build,
manage and motivate the programme team.
- Ensure
the delivery of new products or services from the projects is to the
appropriate levels of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance
with the programme plan.
- Be
responsible for the quality assurance and overall integrity of the
programme.
- Manage
third party contributions to the programme as appropriate.
- Communicate
with all stakeholders in a timely and reasonable manner.
- Manage
both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects.
- Manage
the risks to the programme’s successful outcome.
- Report
progress of the programme at regular intervals to the KMWA council and the
development partners.
Skills / Attributes Required
- A
minimum of 3 years experience in Project / Programme Management using
leading methodologies and processes.
- Experience
of managing multiple parties and achieving desirable goals
- The
ability to manage people
- Understand
budgetary control and resource allocation procedures.
- Ability
to create a sense of community amongst the disparate members of the
programme teams.
Job Requirements
- Holder
of a Master’s degree.
- At
least 3 years working experience with programs.
- Good
understanding of donor reporting, budgeting, program planning and
reporting.
- Good
advocacy, writing, organizational, fundraising and interpersonal skills
- Experience
in working with health issues especially in a professional body/
organization
- Self
starter with good initiative
- Experience
with handling multiple relationships with donors and other stakeholders
Deadline:- 30th September, 2011
How to apply:-
Interested candidates should submit their applications by registered mail, courier service, email or dispatch together with Curriculum Vitae, copies of both academic and professional certificates and testimonials, names and addresses of three referees, and day time telephone/cell phone numbers to:-
The Chairperson
Kenya Medical Womens Association
P.O. Box 49877 – 00100,
Nairobi - Kenya
E-mail: kenyamewa@gmail.com or info@kmwa.or.ke
Website: www.kmwa.or.ke
The Kenya Medical Women’s Association will only respond to those candidates who strictly meet the set requirements.
Female candidates are especially encouraged to applyHow to apply:-
Interested candidates should submit their applications by registered mail, courier service, email or dispatch together with Curriculum Vitae, copies of both academic and professional certificates and testimonials, names and addresses of three referees, and day time telephone/cell phone numbers to:-
The Chairperson
Kenya Medical Womens Association
P.O. Box 49877 – 00100,
Nairobi - Kenya
E-mail: kenyamewa@gmail.com or info@kmwa.or.ke
Website: www.kmwa.or.ke
The Kenya Medical Women’s Association will only respond to those candidates who strictly meet the set requirements.
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