Position: Project Officer
Location: Nakuru County
Duration: 4 months contract with possibility of extension
Center for Transformational Leadership (CTL) is a local NGO based in Nakuru
whose work focuses on leadership development, research and policy and democracy
and governance.
CTL is seeking to hire
a project officer for a youth advocacy project to be based in Nakuru.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Project
planning and implementation
- Mobilize
participants for project activities
- Compliance
with project reporting requirements
- Ensure
project relevance and identify best practices or lessons learnt
- Participate
in meetings at local level and ensure visibility among local stakeholders
- Analyze
and compile information collected to determine project progress and for
sharing
- To
identify potential sources of project funding and develop project concepts
or proposals
- Develop
monthly and weekly work plans to guide project implementation
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelors
Degree in any relevant social sciences such as public policy, social
studies, political science, development studies or related fields.
- At
least 1 year experience in social work particularly with youth
community-based organizations
- Good
computer, research, analytical and strategic thinking skills
- Excellent
communication skills (written, verbal and presentation skills in both
English and Kiswahili).
- Good
interpersonal, planning and reporting skills
- Ability
to work and deliver assignments on time including working within short
deadlines without or with minimal supervision.
- Reliable
and able to handle confidential issues.
- Sensitivity,
flexibility, tolerance and ability to work both independently and as a
part of a team.
- Possess
good planning skills and etiquette, and have a sense of humor
Application Process:
Applications are open
from suitably qualified citizens from Kenya.
To apply, please send
Curriculum Vitae, with at three referees, day-time telephone number and a
one-page cover letter.
Application should be
sent by email to info@ctl-kenya.org with the subject: ‘Application for the
Position of Project Officer.’
All applications must be received by close of day (5 pm) August 26th, 2012.
All applications must be received by close of day (5 pm) August 26th, 2012.
Short-listed
applicants will be contacted.