DAI is an international development
company. For more than 45 years, we have worked on the frontlines of
international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development
problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and
instability.
Our clients include international
development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations
and philanthropies, and national governments.
Grants Writer Intern
Location: Sub-Saharan
Africa
Location: Kenya
Job Code: 1724
Description: Transition
Initiatives for Stabilization (TIS)
Task Order Name: Transition Initiatives for Stabilization
Task Order Name: Transition Initiatives for Stabilization
Period of Performance: 75-150 days
Salary: Monthly stipend
Location: Nairobi, Kenya (with potential travel to TIS
project sites in Somalia)
Background: The Transition Initiatives for Stabilization (TIS)
project is designed to seek creative and flexible programs to address
recognized needs in Somalia, which is considered one of the highest foreign
policy priorities on the continent.
The overall objectives of the TIS
program are to increase the visibility of, and confidence in, government
through improved service delivery; create collaborative and strategic
partnerships between government institutions, private sector, and civil
society; increase access to peace, recovery, and development information,
support broad-based participation in the transition; and support to
reconciliation processes.
TIS program implements quick impact,
short-term activities that promote stabilization, while using a collaborative
framework for program design and implementation.
This approach ensures Somali
ownership of the entire process by engaging government, civil society, and
private sector to collectively prioritize targeted stabilization initiatives.
TIS’s ever-increasing portfolio of
initiatives requires better information outreach to interested US government,
development community, Somali Diaspora and Somali Government, civil society and
private sector stakeholders.
Success stories and program reports,
if disseminated properly, matching medium to the target audience, can help
increase the visibility of the TIS program, and garner goodwill amongst program
constituents.
The Grants Writer will work closely with the TIS Grants team, Information Managers, Multimedia Specialists, and M&E teams to draft and edit grants, weekly and quarterly reports, success stories, and other reports.
The Grants Writer will also provide
training to local staff to draft grants, reports, and other documents.
The Grants Writer will identify and
capture impact stories, and prepare and package all TIS publications, reports,
and audio visual communications material.
Overall Responsibilities:
- Draft, edit, and proofread grant documents,
weekly and quarterly reports, success stories, and other reports and
documents to level of native English-speakers
- Ensure that all TIS-DAI documents meet
publication quality standards
- Mentor, coach and guide the TIS
communications, M&E, grants, program and management team on improved
reporting and presentation of program successes
- Increase public information about TIS
activities, promote the transparency of TIS activities, and improve
government/community communications through TIS activities
Tasks:
- Support the TIS-DAI grants, communications,
M&E, program and management team on improved reporting and
presentation of program successes.
- Manage the production of communications
materials, including success stories, one-pagers, posters, short videos
and other communications outreach material, and facilitate their strategic
distribution.
- Assist in increasing public information about
TIS activities, promote the transparency of TIS activities, and improve
government/community communications through TIS activities.
- Increase access to and exchange of information
on community concerns, and areas in need of improvement on project
activities.
- Train TIS staff on photography, improved
writing, and video production skills.
- Assist in the production of all required
program reports for USAID including weekly updates, quarterly reports,
annual reports and other documents as needed.
- Create and manage TIS’s photograph and short
video archives.
- Liaise regularly with TIS information officers
and technical staff to stay up to date on program activities, upcoming
events, and program successes.
- Perform other duties as required by the Chief
of Party.
Products and Deliverables:
- Weekly reports
- Quarterly reports
- Minimum of two success stories per month
- Communications material including success
stories, one-pagers, posters, short videos and other communications
outreach material, and facilitate their strategic distribution, in
collaboration with TIS DAI personnel, as required
- Workshops for TIS staff from DAI on
photography, improved writing, and video production skills, as required
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in journalism, political
science, international affairs or other related field;
- Native oral and written English language
skills;
- Photography, graphic design and short video
production skills, preferred;
- Experience in writing and designing brochures,
success stories, technical reports and promotional material;
- Demonstrated cross-cultural communications
ability
Reporting: Reports to Senior Grants Manager.
This is a Nairobi based position with potential travel to Puntland and Somaliland.
Do you have the above qualifications and skills?
If so, please send
(1) a CV that includes 3 references
in PDF format
(2) A cover letter explaining why you
are eligible for the position,
(3)A filled and signed copy of the
1420 bio data form which can be downloaded from http://www.usaid.gov/forms
Forward your application to tisdairecruitment@gmail.com and copy tis@dai.com.
Closing date: Friday, 20 November
2015.
Please note only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please put Grants Writer Intern as
the email subject.
