Showing posts with label 2012 Job vacancies for project and programme officers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012 Job vacancies for project and programme officers. Show all posts
2012 Job opportunities in Kenya - Project Assistant- Practical Action
JOB VACANCY
Project Assistant - Energy
Practical Action is an international development agency working with poor communities to help them choose and use technology to improve their lives today and in generations to come.
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, results-oriented and proactive team player to fill the position of Project Assistant – Energy. The position is for a fixed period of one-year and will be based in Nairobi with occasional travel to the field.
Reporting to the Project Officer – Energy, the successful candidate will be responsible for the implementation of energy assignments and project activities with Practical Action Consulting (PAC), including the PISCES and Bioethanol Pilot projects in Kenya. In addition, the successful candidate will also support the development of new energy work and contribute to the Energy strategy development in the East African Regional Office.
- Key Responsibilities
- Effectively implement relevant energy assignments/ project(s) within PAC
- Effectively undertake consultancy assignments in renewable energy
- Participate in needs assessments and other surveys
- Effectively monitor and evaluate the projects with a view to informing the implementation process and keep the desired project outputs in perspective
- Document lessons learnt in each assignment/project
- Manage client/stakeholder relationships and develop new partnerships
- Develop and review project documents
- Participate in project trainings and meetings
- Participate in PAC Team Meetings
- Prepare and submit accurate and timely project reports and Time Sheets
- Support the development of new energy assignments (project concept notes, EOIs, proposals)
- Manage organisational resources within projects /assignments.
Qualifications, skills and competencies
- Degree in Energy or Environmental Sciences or any other relevant field
- Certificate in Project Management/Community Development would be an added advantage
- Minimum two (2) years relevant work experience in research, policy dialogue or consultancy in the renewable energy sector
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili
- Excellent report writing skills
- Excellent networking skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to work as part of a team.
Application letter together with a CV indicating current and expected salary, and names of three professional referees (one of whom must the current supervisor) plus their day-time contacts should be submitted to Practical Action by email on: recruitment@practicalaction.or.ke. to be received no later than 22nd March 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Practical Action is an “equal opportunity” employer and highly encourages women to apply.
2012 NGO Regional Jobs- Senior technical Advisor in Agriculture
Location: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Tanzania, United States
Organisation: CARE - USA
Deadline- 13 March 2012
Senior technical Advisor in Agriculture
CARE USA is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Advisor (STA) for Sustainable Agriculture to support primarily our women-focused agriculture program, Pathways. The incumbent will be responsible for providing technical and programmatic support to Pathways and contribute to CARE USA agriculture strategy more broadly, specifically related to climate smart agriculture with a specific focus on addressing constraints and opportunities of the CARE impact groups, specifically women and youth. S/he will assist in the development of appropriate guidance and approaches to programming and ensure the systematic sharing of lessons across Pathways countries as well as CARE’s global Agriculture portfolio and with external partners. By working closely with the Director of the Economic Development Unit, the incumbent will contribute to the implementation of CARE’s Sustainable Agriculture strategy which is tightly linked with CARE’s Market Engagement Strategy. Both strategies contribute to advance CARE’s work in Food & Livelihood Justice. S/he will help build partnerships and relationships with organizations working in sustainable agriculture issues.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the analysis of underlying causes of poverty and support the launching of Pathways programs with particular emphasis on sustainable intensification and gender sensitive agriculture for the relevant impact groups, particularly women and youth.
- Help CARE staff and partners to understand the actual and potential roles of sustainable agriculture for the country office impact groups and long term agriculture and food security programs.
- Integrate sustainable agriculture approaches with CARE’s economic development and market engagement strategy in agriculture-related programs.
- Ensure sustainability criteria are well integrated into market-led and agriculture value chain development initiatives and both are gender sensitive.
- Work closely with CARE’s Climate Change Team to incorporate climate change adaptation and mitigation elements into Pathways programs.
- Work closely with resource development, country offices, Pathways team and CARE International members to increase funding for Pathways countries from foundations, corporations, and other donors.
- Facilitate and support a strong learning and knowledge sharing community around sustainable agriculture practices in CARE
- Serve as a key spokesperson on issues related to agricultural production policy and programming in women’s equitable engagement and sustainability in agriculture.
- Represent CARE’s work in Sustainable Agriculture under the Pathways Program in relevant internal and external forums.
2012 job opportunities in East Africa- Programme Dev and Funding Officer with CAFOD
Programme Development and Funding Officer - East Africa
Posted: 21 December 2011 Deadline: 15 January 2012
Job type: Permanent Salary: $30.000 - $40.000
Location: Kenya
Organisation: Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) - UK
Job type: Permanent Salary: $30.000 - $40.000
Location: Kenya
Organisation: Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) - UK
CAFOD works with partner organisations to combat poverty and injustice and to build a strong and dynamic civil society. We are looking for a highly motivated Programme Development and Funding Officer to work in partnership with local organisations to bring about real change in the lives of poor people and translate our plans for development and justice into reality.
Working as part of the East Africa team you will support CAFOD programme staff and partners in developing high quality programmes and projects, ensuring CAFOD and its partners obtain significant institutional donor funding for its development and humanitarian work, and maintaining and strengthening our relationship with key donors.
You will be fluent in Kiswahili as well as English with excellent spoken and written communication and interpersonal skills, inter-cultural sensitivity and confidence in dealing with a wide range of Church and NGO partners. You should have experience of developing successful funding applications for institutional donors as well as participatory project design with the use of analytical tools. We also expect you to be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of developing and implementing monitoring systems to track the effectiveness of programmes and an ability to build cooperative, professional relationships with donors.
To read more and to apply please visit cafod.org.uk/jobs by 15 January.
The post is based in Nairobi but will involve travel to the programme partners in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Please note that this is a national post, which is only open to applicants with current right to work in Kenya
Working as part of the East Africa team you will support CAFOD programme staff and partners in developing high quality programmes and projects, ensuring CAFOD and its partners obtain significant institutional donor funding for its development and humanitarian work, and maintaining and strengthening our relationship with key donors.
You will be fluent in Kiswahili as well as English with excellent spoken and written communication and interpersonal skills, inter-cultural sensitivity and confidence in dealing with a wide range of Church and NGO partners. You should have experience of developing successful funding applications for institutional donors as well as participatory project design with the use of analytical tools. We also expect you to be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of developing and implementing monitoring systems to track the effectiveness of programmes and an ability to build cooperative, professional relationships with donors.
To read more and to apply please visit cafod.org.uk/jobs by 15 January.
The post is based in Nairobi but will involve travel to the programme partners in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Please note that this is a national post, which is only open to applicants with current right to work in Kenya
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