Position: Project Assistant
Location: Kajiado
Job Description
The Girl Child Network (GCN) is an independent, non-political, non-religious, not for profit membership organization of over 300 organizations that includes key government ministries, departments and individuals working to improve the status of children in Kenya with emphasis on the girl child. The Network was born in 1995 as a follow up of the Beijing Platform for Action and implementation of Article 12, The Girl Child. It is from this that GCN draws its mandate which is to primarily mainstream children activities with a focus on the girl child, in the development sector through advocacy, information sharing, action implementation and strengthening of children programming in Kenya.
Within the Education
program, GCN is implementing a project, ‘Educate A Child Project (Our Right To
Learn – Reaching The Unreached) that aims to increase enrollment and retention
of Out Of School Children (OOSC). The project is being implemented in Kwale,
Garissa and Kajiado Counties.
The Project Assistant
shall support the Project Officer and the team in the implementation of the
project; formation and strengthening of school and community based initiatives
to support girls’ access, enrolment, retention, transition and participation in
education to higher levels.
Qualifications
- The successful candidate should possess a minimum
of a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and/or Social Sciences (Arts) or any
other degree that supports development work.
- Must be computer literate and have a minimum
of Two
(2) years’ working
experience in similar field.
- S/he should have strong knowledge of the different
dynamics in communities, good mobilization and report writing skills.
How to apply
Qualified candidates
should send their applications to reach the under-signed by 4.00 p.m.
on 21st August 2020.
Your application should
include a current and detailed curriculum vitae stating your postal and email
addresses, day-time telephone contact or cell phone, qualifications,
experience, present position (if any), names and addresses of three referees
Only short-listed
candidates will be notified. Canvassing will lead to automatic
disqualification.
The Executive Director Girl
Child Network PO Box 2447-00200
Nairobi, Kenya.
Email: gcn@girlchildnetwork.org
NB: Kindly mark GCN/APA/08 on the envelope
