Programme Officer
Closing date: 5th January 2013
Location Duty station: Nairobi
Location Duty station: Nairobi
Organization: The Youth Agenda
Accountable to:Programme Manager
Youth Agenda is looking for a Programme Officer responsible for
providing programmatic and technical support in the formulation,
implementation, evaluation, resource mobilisation, proposal and report
writing in a professional and effective manner.
Overall, the Programme Officer’s duties and responsibilities
will include:
- Designing
and implementing governance and development programmes with specific focus
to electoral and political participation, human rights protection, social
and economic advancement of young people;
- Developing
proposals and concepts in line with the strategic plan;
- Generating
quality programme reports
- Conducting
relevant thematic research on youth related issues;
- Identifying
capacity-building needs of youth in terms of policy, advocacy
and communications, and provide close support and technical advice in
order to strengthen the platforms’ capacities;
- Generating,
organising and channelling data for policy making process including
monitoring policy implementation
- Coordinating
Documenting, publishing and disseminating youth related information.
- Conducting
civic education and promoting civic engagement
- Identifying
and implement projects that promote leadership of integrity, national
values, cohesion, unity, equity among young people
- Lobbying
for and supporting youth participation and representation in
decision making process
- Continuous
fundraising, proposal writing, reporting, monitoring and documentation
Personal Specification
- Candidates
must have in their possession a University degree in any of the following
disciplines: Sociology, Community Development, Law, Sociology, Political
Science, Strategic Management or related field;
- Postgraduate
qualifications in a related field is an added advantage;
- A
minimum of 1 year experience working on governance and development
issues
- Candidates
must be below 35 years of age
- Excellent
writing skills and the ability to write various types of documents
proposals and donor reports;
- Strong
research and communication skills ;
- Analytical
thinking and decisive judgment;
- Experience
of working with civil society, and of developing and implementing
strategies for civil society capacity-building and dialogue/advocacy
towards power-holders would be an advantage;
- Experience
of working in complex and politically-sensitive contexts, and excellent
political, economic and social judgement;
- Understanding
of youth issues
- Ability
to work in a non-partisan manner, sensitivity to ethnic and cultural
differences;
- A
team player: able to demonstrate a constructive, cooperative and
problem-solving approach;
- A
flexible and dynamic approach to work is essential.
Terms of Employment
A competitive remuneration will be provided commensurate
to the qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position will evolve.
Responsibilities and job description may be reviewed and refined
with changing business needs.
Applications
Applicants should send a
cover letter expressing their interest and expectations from the position and
curriculum vitae with contact details of three professional referees by
5th January 2013 to E-mail: ceo@youthagenda.org