Employment Opportunities, Aga Khan
Foundation Coast Region: Aga Khan
Foundation (AKF) is a private, non-denominational, international development
agency developing and promoting innovative solutions that improve the quality
of life.
AKF (EA) is seeking experienced
personnel for the following THREE positions which will be based in the Coast
Region, Kenya.
1. Project Officer - Education Community
of Practice (ECoP)
2 Positions
The incumbents will play a technical
role in training, mentoring and monitoring project stakeholders (i.e. district
education officials, head teachers and teachers) on the project’s Education
Community of Practice interventions.
The Project Officers will report to
the AKF Area Manager.
Key responsibilities
- Coordinate training of education officials,
primary school head teachers and teachers on ECoP courses and
applications;
- Provide cluster and school-level mentorship in
partnership with district education officials;
- Support district education officials to
implement ECoP School mentoring and monitoring using ICT;
- Design schedule for periodic reflective
meetings at school and cluster level.
- Support the collection and documentation of
project results, including the effective documentation of lessons learnt
and participate in project evaluations, reporting to stakeholders;
- Support coordination and integration with
other AKF projects in the Coast.
Minimum qualifications and experience
- A recognized degree in Education or Social
Sciences;
- At least 3-5 years of relevant education
sector experience with a similar organization, familiarity with Education
Communication of Practice is desirable;
- Proven experience in training, facilitation
and mentorship skills;
- Proven ICT proficiency;
- Proficiency in data collection and analysis;
- Good report writing skills;
- Ability to meet strict delivery deadlines and
produce results;
- Excellent spoken and written English;
- Knowledge of the Coast is desirable.
2. Project Officer - Information Communication
Technology (ICT)
1 Position
The incumbent will play a technical
role in supporting project stakeholders on the project’s ICT components which
will utilise both laptop software and mobile applications for use in teacher
professional development, classroom teaching and learning, school mentorship
and monitoring. The Project Officer-ICT will report to the AKF Area Manager.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the computer software and mobile
applications introduced through the project;
- In coordination with the PO-ECoP provide
ongoing support to district education officials and schools to address ICT
related issues;
- Work closely with district education offices
and AKF’s M&E team to implement mobile school performance monitoring
platform;
- Support the collection and documentation of
project results, including the effective documentation of lessons learnt
and report to various stakeholders;
- Support coordination and integration with
other AKF projects in Coast.
Minimum qualifications and experience
- A recognized degree in ICT or related field;
- At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in
ICT management and facilitation skills;
- At least 2 years of relevant education sector
experience;
- Proficiency in data collection and analysis;
- Good report writing skills;
- Ability to meet strict delivery deadlines and
produce results;
- Excellent spoken and written English.
Interested applicants are encouraged
to submit their CV (not exceeding 3 pages), including contact details of three
professional references, and a covering letter explaining why they are best
suited for the position by 10th April, 2015 to the Area Human Resources Manager
by email to recruitment.akfcr@akfea.org with “the title of the position applied
for” in the subject line.
Please note: Only short listed
candidates will be contacted.
AKF is an equal opportunity employer.
Aga Khan Foundation is an Agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.