Community Liaison Senior Officer Job in Nairobi, Kenya (180K)

Community Liaison Senior Officer
 
Industry: Health Care
 
Location: Nairobi
 
Salary Range: 150,000 - 180,000
 
Our Client, an international NGO whose core business is reproductive health and family planning to millions of the world’s poorest and vulnerable women is seeking to recruit a Community Liaison Senior Officer for their offices in the above stated regions.

Key Responsibilities 

Community Engagement Strategy
  • Close liaison with channel teams to collect and analyse on an ongoing basis the Ops/Threats for increased engagement with the communities in which the company works to increase impact
  • Engagement and liaison with community organisations and associations targeting youth and people with disabilities
  • Communication of the strategy across all teams
  • Action planning
Community Engagement
  • Tracking action plans
  • Supporting innovation
  • Developing new partnerships
  • Communicating across the team on progress, lessons learnt and successes
Partnership Development
  • Training and support to channel teams to develop CE ideas locally though representation to potential partners
  • Development of a substantial list of potential partners
  • Partnership agreements with key groups for project work
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, Community development, Pubic Health, or other related discipline form a recognised institution.
  • Between 3-5 years proven experience in effective community engagement and partnership development.
  • Strategic thinker able to see the opportunities and threats to achieve relevant contact with new potential clients in our communities.
  • Creativity in stimulating ideas and finding potential links between community activities and the company’s work.
  • Comfortable and confident in liaising with key government departments and local authorities that serve in particular younger groups and PWDs.
  • Experienced in identifying and negotiating workable strategic partnerships.
  • Excellent communicator within the teams and with community groups to develop ideas and formal agreements.
  • Proven experience in developing strategic sets of activities.
To apply, send your CV and cover letter only to cvs@flexi-personnel.com before close of business 20th January, 2016. 

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