2012 NGO jobs in Kenya- Senior Program Officer (East & Horn of Africa)


Org:  Freedom House
Position: Senior Program Officer - East and Horn of Africa
Full-time Staff
Location: Kenya, Africa
Deadline:  15th December 2011

About Freedom House
Freedom House supports the spread of freedom and democracy throughout the world through research, effective advocacy, and program directly supporting frontline activists. We are a leader in identifying threats to freedom through our highly regarded analytic reports, including Freedom in the World. With 13 field offices and two U.S. offices, we support the right of every individual to be free.

Position Summary
The Senior Program Officer will assist in developing and managing all program aspects for a program focusing on transitional justice in East Africa. He/she will assist with strategic design, program design, oversight of program activities, backstopping field offices, monitoring and evaluation, financial management, fundraising, advocacy, outreach, staff supervision, and administration. The Senior Program Officer will report to the Director for Africa programs.

Minimum Qualifications 　
  •  Bachelor’s degree in political science, international relations, or related field; Master’s degree preferred
  • 6 - 8 years of experience conducting democracy and human rights programs
  • Strong ability to communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing
  • Strong knowledge of human rights principles and mechanisms, transitional justice, and understanding of democracy promotion
  • Substantive knowledge or experience with transitional justice issues, specifically of complementarity, reparations and institutional reform
  • Expertise in democracy and human rights issues in the Africa region
  • Proven knowledge of USG funding regulations, and familiarity with US Congressional processes
  • Proven ability to write effective proposals, reports, procedures, complete required forms, and maintain complete and accurate documentation
  • Strong ability to plan, organize, prioritize work, and multi task to meet tight deadlines
  • Strong program management skills from design through implementation, evaluation, and close-out
  • Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality regarding all aspects of work at all times
  • Knowledge/familiarity of democracy in Latin America a plus


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10 years experience enhancing donor-funded partner organizations’ capacities in strategic planning, financial, administrative, organizational and programming management. Skilled in donor partner organizational assessments and partner capacity building. A 10 years experience in managing development donor-funded projects in the thematic areas of poverty-reduction, governance and democracy, conflict transformation and integration of Gender, Justice and Peace issues into mainstream programs (HIV/AIDS, Agriculture, Water and Sanitation, Emergency)

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