Re - Advertisement: Recruiting Programme Officer - National Volunteering,
Youth and Social Enterprise Development
Bringing People Together To Create Wealth
In addition, VSO Jitolee contributes to Kenya’s national
development through international volunteers who work with local partners
across the country.
We are looking for a highly motivated Kenyan to scale up our
national volunteering and youth programming in the area of secure livelihoods.
You will play a pivotal role in developing strategies and
implementing programmes and projects supporting the youth, social enterprise
development and national volunteering programming to create greater impact in
the secure livelihoods programme.
In this role, you will be expected to develop and maintain
excellent partnerships with relevant government institutions, volunteer
involving organisations, and civil society where young people and national
volunteers work with beneficiaries to improve the quality of their lives.
Key outcomes for this role will be:
· Delivery
of a well resourced national volunteering, youth and social enterprise
development programme that will create positive change in the lives of the
target beneficiaries.
· An
advocacy plan for influencing the formulation and implementation of a national
volunteering policy and its subsequent implementation.
· Delivery
of youth volunteering initiatives such as international youth exchanges and
fellowship programmes.
The person:
· You are a
holder of a Bachelor’s degree in social sciences.
· You have
at least 3 years relevant experience in social enterprise or business
development and experience working with youth programmes.
· You have
experience developing funding proposals and managing grants to fulfill donors
and partner contracts.
· Experience
in capacity building; monitoring and evaluation; networking and partnership
development will be critical for this role.
· You have
good IT skills in a number of applications including word processing,
spreadsheets and databases.
Applications:
If you find this a worthy career challenge, send your
application - composed of a CV and a statement (of not more than two pages combined)
explaining why you meet the person specifications, and are the ideal candidate
for the job.
Please include telephone and email contact.
Applications should be sent to:
The People Manager,
VSO Jitolee
Email: recruitmentkenya@vsoint.org
Due to anticipated interest in this post, only short-listed
candidates will receive a response.
VSO, an equal opportunity employer, values inclusion and seeks
to have a diverse workforce and therefore welcomes applicants from all sections
of the community.
Application deadline: 26th July 2013
Interviews: 12th - 16th August 2013
Expected Start Date: To be negotiated
Website: www.vsojitolee.org