Project Manager
National Youth Bunge Association; Peace Concert
Mercy Corps has recently been awarded a 3-year program under USAID’s Yes Youth Can initiative, covering six regions in Kenya; Western, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Central, Nairobi and Coast.
Mercy Corps has recently been awarded a 3-year program under USAID’s Yes Youth Can initiative, covering six regions in Kenya; Western, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Central, Nairobi and Coast.
This program aims to appropriately empower Kenyan youth (15-35yrs)
to strengthen their socio-economic and political stakes through youth-led and
managed initiatives and institutions.
The YICF will in the first three years provide sustainable
financial and skills development assistance to approximately 200,000 youth
through a variety of youth-identified social and economic community development
projects.
Program / Department Summary:
Program / Department Summary:
The Yes Youth Can initiative is an upcoming USAID program that
focuses on building youth-owned, youth-led and youth-managed institutional
arrangements and capabilities at both national and county levels.
The Yes Youth Can Program has five objectives:
(1) increase economic prospects for youth through skills
development and access to finance to create: economically viable microenterprises;
self-reliant community level economic development projects, and; employment
opportunities
(2) improve youth voice in local, regional, and national policy
dialogue through enhanced advocacy capabilities and inter-ethnic dialogue
(3) expand youth access to essential services that are more
youth-friendly
(4) establish new institutional arrangements that can leverage
public and private resources through youth-managed organizations; and
(5) create a new approach to empower youth through youth-owned,
youth-led and youth-managed actions.
Mercy Corps Kenya has been responding to the violence in Kenya following disputed presidential elections in December 2007 through the Local Empowerment for Peace (LEAP) program in Rift Valley province.
Mercy Corps Kenya has been responding to the violence in Kenya following disputed presidential elections in December 2007 through the Local Empowerment for Peace (LEAP) program in Rift Valley province.
LEAP is working with communities especially affected by the
violence to build the capacity local level Peace Committees and stimulate
dialogue on the underlying causes of conflict.
The project has a strong Youth focus through cash-fork
programming for at-risk beneficiaries and longer-term income generation
activities for youth-led microenterprises.
The sister program, LEAP Sport is supporting more than 3,000
inter-ethnic sports teams with training in teamwork, cooperation,
reconciliation, and non-violent conflict resolution.
General Position Summary:
The Project Manager will be responsible for project managing all technical, administrative, logistical and publicity leading to the successful implementation of the NYBA Peace and Unity Concert.
General Position Summary:
The Project Manager will be responsible for project managing all technical, administrative, logistical and publicity leading to the successful implementation of the NYBA Peace and Unity Concert.
This position will provide direct support to the YYCN COP to
coordinate stakeholders including the NYBA, government, private sector, other
YYCR partners and youth and peace organizations.
The position will be responsible for ensuring that the concert
is well planned and executed, that it is on budget and compliant with Mercy
Corps procurement regulations.
The position holder will be expected to attend all project
related meetings, follow up on required action in a timely way and keep the COP
appraised if challenges and issues as they arise.
Essential Job Functions:
Essential Job Functions:
- Support
the COP to further develop the concept, and market it to potential
partners and stakeholders.
- Manage
service providers (event managers, media, PR, etc) after procurement by
Mercy Corps.
- Develop
and manage the project budget
- Ensure
that all procurement is within budget and compliant with Mercy Corps
policy
- Manager
relationships with stakeholders and potential partners including NYBA, YYC
implementing partners, NCIC, Vision 2030, USAID etc.
Specific deliverable: A
successful and well managed concert
Accountability:
Accountability:
Reports Directly To: Chief
of Party
Works Directly With: Mercy
Corps Concert Team
Knowledge and Experience:
- University
degree in Business Administration, Marketing or other relevant field
- At
least 7 years of experience in event management
- Relevant
professional experience conceptualizing, managing , fundraising for and
implementing a youth concert or large public event in East Africa
- Good
understanding of the Kenyan youth culture, attitude etc.
- Experience
engaging with Kenyan entertainment and media industry
- Experience
working with donors/host governments on development programs;
- Demonstrated
ability to effectively manage a diverse team of youth, civil society and
other alliances.
- Demonstrated
ability to work to tight deadlines
- Kiswahili,
Kenyan Sheng and English language fluency required.
Interested candidates who meet the above required qualifications
and experience should
submit on or before 28th January, 2013 at 4.00 p.m. a cover letter, detailed
Curriculum Vitae (CV) listing three professional references (including a recent
supervisor) to hrkenya@ke.mercycorps.org
Applicants must clearly indicate on the email subject;
Applicants must clearly indicate on the email subject;
“Application for the position of Project Manager, NYBA Peace
Concert”
Applications without this subject heading will be
disqualified.
Please do not attach any certificates.
ONLY Qualified short-listed candidates will be contacted