East African Civil Society Forum –
Kenya Chapter and Mombasa Port CSO Platform are inviting applications for
position of:
National Coordinator
The Coordinator will take the main
responsibility of ensuring that all the programmes and activities of EACSOF
Kenya Chapter are implemented as planned as well as to oversee the day-to-day
operations of the Secretariat to enable it to play its rightful role in
advancing Kenya’s regional integration agenda.
The Coordinator will work directly
with the EACSOF Kenya Chapter National Working Group, Kenya National Dialogue
Committee, Host Organization (Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development
(CCGD)) and the Mombasa CSOs Platform on Port Reforms while establishing close
working relationship and linkages with EAC organs and Institutions, such as
EALA, EAC Secretariat as well as relevant national Ministries, Departments and
Agencies, Civil Society Organisations, Private Sector/Business Associations and
other interest groups.
Key duties and responsibilities of
the Coordinator will include:
(a) Support for National Dialogue
Process
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Coordinate linkage between EACSOF
Kenya Chapter, State Department of East African Affairs, Private Sector
Organizations, other interest groups and other Government Institutions and
agencies with regards to regional integration matters and consolidative
dialogue process.
·
Assist in mobilization of
stakeholders and arrange for dialogue workshops on key national and regional
issues.
·
Coordinate
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Liaise with the EAC secretariat, EALA
Kenya Chapter and the SDEAA on upcoming events/issues to ensure timely
preparations and effective participation by CSOs and other relevant
stakeholders.
(b) Support for Mombasa Port Reform
Initiatives
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Coordinate linkage between the CSOs
and all relevant stakeholders with regards to port reform initiative and
regional integration matters.
·
Liaise with the Mombasa CSOs
Coordinator to ensure that the Steering Committee (Board) of the Mombasa CSOs
Platform has regular updates on activities of port reform processand ensure
collaboration and synergy formation where necessary.
·
Liaise with the Mombasa CSOs
Coordinator to ensure proper understanding and good working relationship with
the relevant County Departments.
·
Liaise with the Mombasa CSOs
Coordinator to ensure an updated record of allupcoming issues and activities to
ensure that the CSOs get sufficient time to prepare and effectively participate
in the Port initiatives.
(c) Support and Enhance Institutional
Capacity
·
Take lead in resource mobilization
for EACSOF Kenya
·
Coordinate all EACSOF Kenya Chapter
networks and facilitate the recruitment of new members
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Ensure safekeeping and filing of all
EACSOF’s documents
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Be responsible for network building
and publicity of EACSOF Kenya to ensure national and regional visibility
(d) Reporting
·
The Coordinator will prepare periodic
report against the deliverables defined in the approved work plans and the
Monitoring Plan.
·
The Coordinator will also prepare
brief activity-based reports and longer quarterly reports and submit to donor
(Monitoring and Evaluation Team) and EACSOF’s National Working Group.
·
The Coordinator will also produce
quarterly and bi-annual newsletters to be shared with Donors and other
stakeholders.
Duration and Location
The Coordinator will be engaged for 6
months with the possibility of an extension.
The Coordinator is expected to be
based at the Offices of Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development (where
EACSOF is hosted) in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya but is expected to travel
frequently within the country and the EAC region on official business.
EACSOF (K) COORDINATOR
QUALIFICATIONS/PROFILE
The Coordinator will have the
following qualifications/profile:
·
Experienced project manager (project
cycle management), with at least three year experience in policy advocacy
·
Knowledge of financial management of
projects including project cost control
·
Thorough understanding of the
functioning of EAC
·
Should demonstrate extensive
knowledge of the work and working environment of civil society organizations in
Kenya and the EAC/Africa region
·
A Bachelor’s degree in Project
Management, Social Studies, Law, Education, Business Management, Development
Studies, International Relations, Diplomacy or related social science
discipline and demonstrated 5 year engagement in related work.
·
A Master’s Degree is preferred with
requisite 3 years’ experience
·
Proven track record of working and
contacts with the Government Ministries, State departments and Commissions;
CSOs and PSOs.
·
Knowledge of capacity building,
coaching and mentoring is an added advantage
·
Good diplomatic and inter-personal
skills.
·
Good communication skills:
demonstrate strong report writing ability and working knowledge of relevant ICT
including key computer packages.
·
Demonstrate knowledge of
relationship-building skills, and accustomed to building networks and
coordination mechanisms across institutions.
·
Proficient in both English and
Kiswahili.
Mombasa
Coordinator
Mombasa Port
CSO Platform 2017-18
Introduction: The Mombasa Port Reform Initiative CSOs Stakeholders’
Group was established for purposes of discussion and development of a
cooperative effort and framework for enhancement of effectiveness and
efficiency of operations at the port of Mombasa.
The Mombasa Port Reform Initiative
CSOs Stakeholders’ group’s role is advisory and voluntary, with no regulatory
authority granted to it.
The CSOs stakeholders group is
interested in ensuring constitutionalism and the rule of law; public
participation; social justice and responsibility; and good governance at the
Mombasa Port.
The CSO Platform on the Port seeks to
enhance the social license of the Port by creating goodwill, legitimacy,
acceptance and co-ownership amongst communities impacted by the Port by
ensuring stakeholders pay attention to externalities that could hamper the
Port’s operations.
The platform
has prioritized four areas of program interventions:
Governance: That there is lack of a structured framework of engagement
between the port community and port management. This has made local concerns
and cultures ignored thus contributing to minimal participation by local
communities.
Natural
resources: Claims of dispossession among
communities when the Port of Mombasa was constructed, Perceptions that land use
practices and tenure systems have entrenched injustice and inequalities in the
management of land particularly in the coastal areas, and emergence of violent
groups, such as the Mombasa Republican Council, due to long held grievances
which have the potential to negatively affect the Port Reforms.
Security: Rising insecurity within and among immediate and wider
communities within the Port catchment in Mombasa has the potential to
negatively affect the Port’s productivity as well as create longer term
operational risks.
Labour/Employment: Unfair labour practices have been encountered at the port
of Mombasa. Working conditions are below acceptable standards according to the
International Transport Workers Federation. Furthermore, Mombasa port is said
to have over 50 accidents per month.
There have been complaints of
discriminative employment practices with ethnicity and sex being key elements
along which discrimination is exercised. The 33% gender requirement has been
ignored. This situation has also created risks that need to be mitigated if the
Port reforms are to be supported by the communities. In addition, sexual
harassment and casualization of labour are also rife.
The platform is hosted by KECOSCE and
chaired by SAP which also provides oversight role to assist with the
coordination and mobilization of members and other relevant stakeholders.
The Platform has also established a
Board/Steering Committee involving the host organization and thematic group
representatives.
The Board meets quarterly while the
General Meeting are held bi-annually. The platform has further entered into
other engagement arrangements with both County Government and the Kenya Ports
Authority with the aim to ensure participatory port reforms.
The Port CSOs also managed to be
incorporated as part of the Port Community Charter.
Detailed Terms
of Reference for Technical Assistance to Mombasa Port CSO Platform Coordinator
The Coordinator will take the main
responsibility of ensuring that all the programmes and activities of Port CSOs
Platform are implemented as planned as well as to oversee the day-to-day
operations of the Secretariat to enable it to play its rightful role in
advancing port reform agenda.
Main Duties
and Responsibilities
The Coordinator will work directly
with the Port CSO Platform’s Steering Committee, EACSOF Kenya Chapter Host
Organization Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development (CCGD)- while
establishing close working relationship and linkages with Government organs and
Institutions, such as KPA, County Government Executive, County Assembly,
Private Sector / Business Associations and other groups of interest.
Key duties and
responsibilities of the Coordinator will include:
(a) Support for Mombasa Port Reform Initiatives
·
Map out relevant and key stakeholders
on Port reforms
·
Ensure implementation of the Advocacy
strategy and timely delivery of project expected results and outputs.
·
Coordinate linkage between the CSOs,
Port Community (Kenya Ports Authority, Kenya Ferry Services, and Kenya Maritime
Authority etc), County Government of Mombasa, and Business Membership
Organizations (Kenya Transport Association, Kenya Association of Manufacturers,
Association of Freighters and Clearing and Forwarding Agents) with regards to
regional integration matters and other matters affecting the community around
the port.
·
Ensure that the Steering Committee
(Board) of the Mombasa CSOs Platform has regular updates on activities of KPA
and ensure collaboration and synergy formation where necessary.
·
Ensure proper understanding and good
working relationship with the relevant County Departments.
·
Coordinate linkage and close
partnership with Mombasa County Assembly and County Assembly Service Board to
gain support towards sensitizing the people as well as towards policies
requiring the inputs of CSOs.
·
Offer technical support and guidance
to Mombasa CSOs Platform to enable it to operate effectively and to deliver on
its mandate.
·
Liaise with County Assembly and KPA’s
CSO focal person on upcoming issues and activities to ensure that the CSOs get
sufficient time to prepare and effectively participate in the Port initiatives.
·
Assist the CSOs to arrange for
Workshops on key/prevailing issues or sector specific appraisal.
·
Provide regular updates on prevailing
issues that are relevant to the CSOs.
(b) Support and Enhance Institutional Capacity
·
Coordinate all TMEA-funded support to
the Mombasa Port CSO Platform and responsible for ensuring effectiveness.
·
Facilitate the design and
implementation of TMEA-funded activities, in line with the approved Work Plan.
·
Train the CSOs members on
negotiation, lobby and advocacy skills
(c) Reporting
The Coordinator will report against
the deliverables defined in the approved work plan and the Monitoring Plan.
The Coordinator will also prepare
brief activity-based reports and longer quarterly reports and submit to TMEA
(Monitoring and Evaluation Team) and CSO’s Board/Steering Committee.
The Coordinator will also produce
quarterly and bi-annual newsletters to be shared with TMEA and other
stakeholders.
Duration and
Location
The Consultant /Coordinator will be
employed on permanent basis for six (6) months with the possibility of an
extension.
The Coordinator is expected to be
based at the Offices of KECOSCE (where the Port CSO Platform is hosted) in
Mombasa, but is expected to travel frequently to Nairobi and elsewhere in and
the EAC region.
Mombasa Coordinator
Qualifications / Profile
The Coordinator will have the
following qualifications / profile:
·
Experienced project manager (project
cycle management), with at least two year experience in policy advocacy
·
Knowledge of financial management of
projects
·
Thorough understanding of Mombasa
port reform initiatives
·
Should demonstrate extensive
knowledge of the work and working environment of civil society organizations in
Coastal region and the rest of Kenya
·
A Bachelor’s degree in Project
Management, Social Studies, Law, Education, Business Management, Development
Studies, International Relations, Diplomacy or related social science
discipline and demonstrated 3 year engagement in related work.
·
A Master’s Degree would be an added
advantage
·
Proven track record of working and
contacts with the Government Ministries, State departments and Commissions;
CSOs and PSOs.
·
Knowledge of capacity building,
coaching and mentoring is an added advantage
·
Good diplomatic and inter-personal
skills.
·
Good communication skills: demonstrate
strong report writing ability and working knowledge of relevant ICT including
key computer packages.
·
Demonstrate knowledge of
relationship-building skills, and accustomed to building networks and
coordination mechanisms across institutions.
·
Proficient in both English and
Kiswahili.
Application
Process
All interested Applicants will be
required to email their cover letter on their suitability and experience as
well as listing certificates & testimonials and attach a detailed CV to
eacsofke@gmail.com and copy to info@ccgdcentre.org to reach us by 31st January
2018 by 12.00 mid night.
Clearly indicate the job you are
applying for.
Do not attach copies of academic
certificates and other testimonials.
Clearly indicate the job you are
applying for.
Websites: www.eacsofkenya.org or www.ccgdcentre.org