Plan
International Kenya
Plan is an international humanitarian child centered community development organization, without religious, political or government affiliation.
Plan
International Kenya is seeking to recruit for the position of Project
Manager ECCD to be
based in Kisumu on a 3 year contract and will report to the Program Manager
Education.
Responsibilities
- Oversee
and coordinate project implementation
- Manage
project resources
- Build
and maintain stakeholder relations
- Manage
the ECCD project staff
- Design,
Monitoring and Evaluation and Learning
- Reporting
and Knowledge management
Qualifications
- Degree
in education; community development and a post graduate course in project
planning and management.
- 7
years’ relevant experience in community development/ child
protection/education/gender work, with minimum of 4 years at a
supervisorial / managerial level.
- Thorough
knowledge of programming processes, systems and principles, and the
ability to provide leadership and support to staff working at community
level.
- Sound
understanding of integrated development issues and critical analysis of
child poverty.
- A
working knowledge on Gender Child Rights Analysis.
- Knowledge
of development issues, trends, challenges, opportunities and implications
to community development.
- Demonstrated
knowledge of strategic planning processes.
- Knowledge
and experience in development and execution of participatory training.
- Knowledge
of local language is desirable.
Plan International is a development organization uniting people
to advance the rights of all children.
Accordingly,
we are an equal opportunity employer and employment is subject to our child
protection standards including appropriate background checks and adherence to
our Child Protection Policy.
How to Apply
If you meet the above requirements, please visit http://plan-international-kenya.org/jobs/ to access the full job description and submit an online application.
The
closing date of applications is 20th December, 2015.
These positions are open to Kenyan Nationals Only.
We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
