Windle International – Kenya (WIK)
Position Title: Psychosocial Counsellor (2 positions)
Windle International Kenya (WIK) and
its partner World University Service of Canada (WUSC) are implementing the Strengthening
inclusive learning environments (Shule) Project, with funding from the U.S.
Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM).
Position Title: Psychosocial Counsellor (2 positions)
Location: One in Dadaab and One in Kakuma
Contract term: 7 Months contract with
possibility for extension
Ref: BPRM/35/18
BACKGROUND
Windle International – Kenya (WIK), a
member of Windle International, is a humanitarian organization providing
education to refugees and needy Kenyans. WIK was founded in 1977 with the
belief that good education was essential if Africa was to meet the challenges
it faced.
The goal of the Shule Project is to
strengthen the quality of education provision for refugee girls in Northern
Kenya to improve transition outcomes, particularly for girls with special needs
and over-aged learners.
In order to achieve this objective, the project will:
·
Increase access to extracurricular
academic support programs for vulnerable refugee girls in upper primary,
particularly girls with special needs and over-aged learners
·
Enhance ability of teachers to
deliver high-quality education using gender-responsive pedagogy and inclusive
teaching methods
·
Improve the accessibility of digital
teaching and learning materials for secondary school students and teachers
The project works in Kakuma and
Dadaab Refugee Camps and the surrounding host communities.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
The Psychosocial Counsellor will
provide overall psycho-social support to the project beneficiaries.
The key responsibilities include:
·
Training teachers, parents and staff
to enhance their effectiveness in providing psycho-social support to the
project beneficiaries
·
Facilitating the establishment of
school counselling mechanisms
·
Providing comprehensive psychosocial
counselling services to meet the needs of the project beneficiaries in target
schools
·
Establishing networks with other
state and non-state agencies within and without the area of operation for
referral purposes to address complex counselling requirements of project
beneficiaries
QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
·
A Counselling degree from a
recognized University
·
Valid membership with a Professional
Counselling Association
·
At least 3 years’ experience in the
field of Counselling and/or community based psychosocial programming
·
Demonstrated/proven experience in
working with girls
·
Good report writing skills
·
Able and willing to live, work,
travel in fast-paced and insecure environment adhering to strict security
guidelines
·
Mastery of office software (MS Word,
Excel, and Power Point)
Position Title: Special Needs Education Teachers (13 positions)
Location: Seven
in Dadaab and Six in Kakuma
Speciality:
·
Hearing Impairment (4 in Kakuma; 5 in
Dadaab)
·
Visual Impairment (2 in Kakuma; 2 in
Dadaab)
Contract term: 7
Months contract with possibility for extension
Ref: BPRM/36/18
BACKGROUND
Windle
International – Kenya (WIK), a member of Windle International, is a
humanitarian organization providing education to refugees and needy Kenyans. WIK
was founded in 1977 with the belief that good education was essential if Africa
was to meet the challenges it faced.
Windle
International Kenya (WIK) and its partner World University Service of Canada
(WUSC) are implementing the Strengthening inclusive learning environments
(Shule) Project, with funding from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of
Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM).
The
goal of the Shule Project is to strengthen the quality of education provision
for refugee girls in Northern Kenya to improve transition outcomes,
particularly for girls with special needs and over-aged learners.
In order to achieve this objective, the project will:
·
Increase access to extracurricular
academic support programs for vulnerable refugee girls in upper primary,
particularly girls with special needs and over-aged learners
·
Enhance ability of teachers to
deliver high-quality education using gender-responsive pedagogy and inclusive
teaching methods
·
Improve the accessibility of digital
teaching and learning materials for secondary school students and teachers
The
project works in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps and the surrounding host
communities.
QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
·
A Bachelor’s degree in Education,
(Special Needs Education)
·
3 years’ experience teaching students
with disabilities in a Secondary School with proven performance and outstanding
results.
·
Registered with the Teachers Service
Commission
·
Mastery of office software (MS Word,
Excel, and Power Point).
·
A strong passion and commitment to
work with and for persons with disabilities.
·
Able and willing to live, work,
travel in fast-paced and insecure environment adhering to strict security
guidelines.
·
Flexible, with ability to handle
multiple tasks and meet strict deadlines.
·
Strong planning, organization and
problem solving skills with ability to work hands-on, independently, and within
teams in a difficult work environment.
·
Strong communication (written &
spoken) and interpersonal skills
·
Ability to work with staff and
students from diverse cultures
Position Title: ICT Officer(2 positions)
Location: One
in Dadaab and One in Kakuma
Contract term: 7
Months contract with possibility for extension
Ref: BPRM/37/18
BACKGROUND
Windle
International – Kenya (WIK), a member of Windle International, is a
humanitarian organization providing education to refugees and needy Kenyans.
WIK was founded in 1977 with the belief that good education was essential if
Africa was to meet the challenges it faced.
Windle
International Kenya (WIK) and its partner World University Service of Canada
(WUSC) are implementing the Strengthening inclusive learning environments
(Shule) Project, with funding from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of
Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM).
The
goal of the Shule Project is to strengthen the quality of education provision
for refugee girls in Northern Kenya to improve transition outcomes,
particularly for girls with special needs and over-aged learners.
In order to achieve this objective, the project will:
·
Increase access to extracurricular
academic support programs for vulnerable refugee girls in upper primary,
particularly girls with special needs and over-aged learners
·
Enhance ability of teachers to
deliver high-quality education using gender-responsive pedagogy and inclusive
teaching methods
·
Improve the accessibility of digital
teaching and learning materials for secondary school students and teachers
The
project works in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps and the surrounding host
communities.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
The
ICT Officer will be responsible for ongoing support on installation and
maintenance of equipment for the project.
S/He
will be responsible for:
·
Overseeing the process of equipping
the computer laboratories for successful delivery of online modules
·
Provision of relevant digitized
curriculum content to targeted secondary schools in liaison with project staff
·
Ensuring timely procurement of
required equipment to target schools and promotion of the adoption of ICT in
curriculum implementation in schools.
·
Installing and maintaining hardware,
software and networks necessary for successful implementation of the project
·
Ensuring networks are running
efficiently and effectively
·
Managing computer resources by
maintaining an up to date IT register
·
Providing administrative services and
technical support for all networked workstations
·
Ensuring all users adhere to network
security standards
·
Participating in engagements with
partners on connectivity and online platform issues experienced by teachers and
providing technical and contextual information for purposes of resolving any
challenges experienced.
QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
·
A BSc in Computer Science or
equivalent
·
At least 3 years of relevant
experience
·
Experience with LAN, WAN, VSAT
technologies
·
Mastery of office software (MS
Office, MS Excel and PowerPoint)
·
Well versed in operating IT equipment
·
Excellent planning, analytical,
conceptual and organizational skills
Position Title: Monitoring Officer (1 Position)
Location: Based
in Nairobi with frequent travel to Kakuma and Dadaab
Contract term: 7
Months contract with possibility for extension
Ref: BPRM/38/18
BACKGROUND
Windle
International – Kenya (WIK), a member of Windle International, is a
humanitarian organization providing education to refugees and needy Kenyans.
WIK was founded in 1977 with the belief that good education was essential if
Africa was to meet the challenges it faced.
Windle
International Kenya (WIK) and its partner World University Service of Canada
(WUSC) are implementing the Strengthening inclusive learning environments
(Shule) Project, with funding from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of
Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM).
The
goal of the Shule Project is to strengthen the quality of education provision
for refugee girls in Northern Kenya to improve transition outcomes,
particularly for girls with special needs and over-aged learners.
In
order to achieve this objective, the project will:
·
Increase access to extracurricular
academic support programs for vulnerable refugee girls in upper primary,
particularly girls with special needs and over-aged learners
·
Enhance ability of teachers to
deliver high-quality education using gender-responsive pedagogy and inclusive
teaching methods
·
Improve the accessibility of digital
teaching and learning materials for secondary school students and teachers
The
project works in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps and the surrounding host
communities
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
The
Monitoring and Evaluation officer shall be responsible for designing and
implementing monitoring and evaluation activities of SHULE Project; supporting
the project team in data management, compilation of qualitative and
quantitative reports and monitoring project activities.
In
addition, the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer shall:
1. Provide leadership support to project staff in all aspects
of monitoring and evaluation for the SHULE project
2. Review the SHULE project work plan and monitoring tool and
ensure proper tracking of agreed performance indicators, targets and timelines
for effective project delivery
3. Assist in the development of data collection tools,
ensuring the data is collected, organized and stored ready for internal and
external consumption
4. Participate in BPRM organizational/joint monitoring
missions at designated project sites and provide technical and contextual
information for the purpose of verifying project performance.
5. Lead in the tracking academic progress and well-being of
project beneficiaries for the purpose of reporting and taking appropriate remedial
action where applicable.
6. Provide monthly and quarterly narrative project
implementation reports that describe in detail activities and progress achieved
against agreed output level indicators for the reporting period
QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
The
candidate should meet the following minimum requirements:
·
A university degree in Social
Sciences, Development studies, Statistics, Economics or related field, such as
operations research, quantitative analysis, etc.
·
3 years proven experience with
M&E methods and approaches, planning and implementation of M&E systems,
information/data analysis and report writing
·
Thorough familiarity with principles
and current approaches to M&E using both quantitative and qualitative
methods;
·
Demonstrated M&E field
experience: skilled in collecting, manipulating, synthesizing and analysing
data
·
Experience in designing tools and
strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports
·
Experience in humanitarian education
contexts shall be an added advantage.
·
Basic knowledge of education issues
in Africa, specifically the Great Lakes, East Africa and Horn of Africa South
Sudan shall be an added advantage
·
Excellent data analysis and report
writing skills
·
Proficiency in word processing,
spreadsheet (preferably Microsoft Excel) and presentation software (Microsoft)
·
Excellent inter-personal,
facilitation skills and communication skills
Position Title: Finance Officer (FO)
Ref: 35/18
Contract term: Full-time,
12 months contract with possibility of extension
Windle
International – Kenya (WIK), a member of Windle International, is a
humanitarian education organization providing education to refugees and needy
Kenyans. WIK was founded in 1977 with the belief that good education was
essential if Africa was to meet the challenges it faced.
We
are working with communities in Dadaab, Fafi, Wajir South, Turkana West,
Turkana North, Dadaab Refugee Camp and Kakuma Refugee Camp on education
projects.
Windle
International – Kenya wishes to recruit for the position of a Finance Officer.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
The
Finance Officer (FO) is responsible for provision of the support services and
the full spectrum of financial management and accounting. The FO will provide
multi-faceted services on finance, administration, procurement, and logistics
requirements.
Some
of the key responsibilities include;
·
Ensure financial systems and
procedures are in place and followed in accordance with internal policies
·
Consolidation of accounts and
preparation of quarterly financial reports.
·
Timely Update of financial records
and general ledger,
·
Prepare payment vouchers and assist
in preparation of financial reports.
·
Ensure clear internal audit trails,
external audit support, be involved in budgeting, development of account
systems and procedures,
·
Safe custody of all financial data
and maintenance of fixed assets register.
QUALIFICATIONS
·
A Bachelor of Commerce
(Accounting/Finance option) or Bachelor of Business Administration from a
recognized university
·
A holder of CPA III (K) or ACCA final
·
Must be a member of a professional
body (ICPAK/ACCA) and of good standing
·
Knowledge of QuickBooks is a must
·
3 years financial/accounting
experience
·
Advanced knowledge of MS Word and MS
Excel software
·
Good interpersonal skills
·
High levels of Integrity, patience,
cross cultural sensitivity and adaptability
·
Strong analytical skills with ability
to set priorities, complete work with minimal supervision, and meet deadlines.
If
you wish to apply for this position, please send your résumé with a covering
letter quoting reference number 35/18
to:
applications@windle.org
OR
Human
Resource Department,
Windle International – Kenya,
P O Box 40521-00100
Nairobi
Windle International – Kenya,
P O Box 40521-00100
Nairobi
on
or before Monday 19th November 2018.
All
application documents MUST be submitted as one continuous document in either
PDF or Ms. Word format and this document clearly bear the applicant’s names.
WIK
is an equal opportunity employer.
We
work in schools and are committed to safeguard children from abuse.
Only
those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.