Senior Coordinator, Youth
Industry: Health
Care
Location: Nairobi
Our Client, an international NGO
whose core business is reproductive health and family planning to the world’s
poorest and vulnerable women is seeking to recruit a Senior Coordinator,
Youth.
Key Responsibilities
1. Manage the Choice 4 Change Project
- Lead the organization’s delivery of a major,
multimillion GBP youth programme across all of its service channels
- Provide key strategic leadership in the design
of programme interventions and in the delivery of interventions as per the
work-plan
- Interface with consortium partners and
advocate for the organization’s priorities
- Work with Donor Compliance Advisor to produce
high quality donor reports.
- Manage external consultants, design agencies
and subcontractors as needed
- Interface with donor as needed and prepare for
donor visits
- Participate in review of Budget Variance
Reports and in financial forecasting exercises
- Present regularly to the Country Management
Team on progress against targets and activity plans
- Regularly problem solve and re-strategize
around issues arising
- Represent the consortium and the organization
externally, including in government meetings and internationally as
required
- Supervise the project administrator
2. Integrate Innovative Youth Work
across the Organization
- Maintain up to date knowledge about
developments in the sector, especially pertaining to youth SRH
- Work with channel leads to implement
innovative initiatives to improve the organization’s service to young
populations
- Advocate for youth and adolescent SRH at
external forums, nationally and internationally
- Critically evaluate interventions for youth
friendly-ness, utilizing the organization’s internal data and external
literature
- Review study protocols, project documents and
proposals to integrate the needs of youth
- Participate in New Business Development to
mobilize resources for youth focused initiatives
Qualifications
- Experience in directly managing large donor
grants or a multimillion dollar grant portfolio, as a Grant Manager or
Compliance Manager
- Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized
institution.
- Post Graduate degree in the relevant field
will be an added advantage
- Experience in designing and implementing youth
activities
- Understanding of, and ability to write and
edit donor proposals and reports
- Fluent in both written and spoken English,
with exceptional writing and presentation skills
- Ability to work well with others in a team
environment
- Ability to manage a very heavy and fluctuating
work load
- Experience as an advocate on youth issues,
either at a policy level or within an organization.
- Experience as a line manager including
performance management (desirable)
- Experience in Financial forecasting and
management
- Prochoice
To apply, send your CV and cover
letter only to recruit@flexi-personnel.com before close of business 15th March,
2016.
Clearly indicate the position applied
for, the preferred region and salary expectation on the subject line.
