Ananda Marga Universal Relief
Team (AMURT) is a voluntary charitable non governmental organization,
registered in Kenya as a non-profit organization in 1993.
The AJIRI DADA Project
(ADAP), is a recent award to AMURT under the Dreams Innovation Challenge. The
project targets to keep adolescent girls and young women HIV negative by
providing bridge to employment.
The project seeks to fill the
following vacant position:
Project Manager
Project Manager
1 Post
Responsibilities
Reporting to AMURT programs manager, AJIRI DADA project manager will:
- Provide overall
supervision and leadership for program implementation.
- Oversees day to
day running of the technical components of the project.
- Responsible for
implementing key project activities of selection, recruitment, training
and placement of the AGYW to the project.
- Provide
guidance to project team in development, compliance and implementation of
detailed technical work plans.
- Responsible for
project documentation including success stories, lessons learnt and
technical report writing as per donor requirements.
- Oversees proper
site record keeping.
- Ensures the
establishment of project quality improvement measures and processes.
- Spearheads the
development of project training curriculum and reviews.
- Coordinates all
project trainings by assigned contractors and ensures all trainings are
completed as scheduled.
- Ensures
organizational policies and procedures are adhered to within project
implementation.
- Responsible for
sensitizing and encouraging the beneficiaries to embrace the project model
of savings and investments.
- Organizes and
chairs project team meetings on a weekly basis or as and when required
- Carry out any
other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in medical or social sciences (community dev, sociology, social
work) with 7 years of experience in project management or
- Master’s degree
in health, project management or social science with at least 4 years’
project work experience.
- Knowledge and
experience of working with vulnerable girls and young women especially in
informal settlements will be an added advantage.
- Strong writing,
lobbying, fundraising, and communication skills.
- Evidence of
previously compiling quality donor project reports, case studies and success
stories.
- High level of
integrity, values, ethics and competence.
- Demonstrate
high level of creativity, innovation and analytical thinking.
- Ability to
network, collaborate and advocate with partners.
How to Apply
All applicants should email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 21st October 2016 by COB.
All applicants should email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 21st October 2016 by COB.
Only short listed candidates
will be contacted.
Canvassing will result into
automatic disqualification.