Position: Senior Institutional Strengthening Advisor (re-advertisement)
Platform: Pact Programs
Supervised By:Country Director
Supervises: None initially, but potentially a small team as portfolio
expands
Work Schedule: Fulltime: Pact (Kenya country office) regular work hours
Benefits: In accordance with country office policies
Job Purpose
Job Purpose
Position Summary: The Senior Institutional Strengthening Advisor will provide
high-quality technical assistance to Pact’s institutional strengthening
initiatives in Kenya.
The Senior IS Advisor will also be responsible for developing,
implementing and documenting institutional strengthening methodologies and
approaches, and for training other staff in the same.
In addition, the Senior IS Advisor will be expected to remain
up-to-date with the state of the art in African capacity development and may be
asked to fulfill regional needs.
The CD Advisor will report to the Country Director, Pact, Inc.
Kenya with additional guidance and direction from the Global Director for
Capacity Development.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1) Technical Assistance to projects in Capacity Development
Activities
- Lead technical
assistance to the FANIKISHA Program in the areas of institutional
strengthening and advocacy capacity development.
- Support
institutional strengthening activities of KCSSP, PEACE II and other Pact,
Inc. Kenya projects as requested.
- Support in the
design of new projects focusing on institutional strengthening and
capacity development
- Enable the
implementation, mentoring and monitoring of Pact’s global standards for
capacity development programming.
- Lead technical
writing for new business development related to institutional
strengthening and capacity development.
- Document
capacity development approaches and methodologies used by Pact, Inc.
Kenya.
- Other duties as
assigned by the Country Director, Pact, Inc. Kenya.
- Collaborate with
Pact’s technical experts to design, deliver and document high-quality,
demand driven technical assistance to Pact programs.
- Develop and
implement trainings, workshops, participatory design processes and
consultancies in institutional strengthening for both public and private
entities.
- Collaboratively
develop and maintain relationships on behalf of Pact’s Global Capacity
Development Team with a priority on partnerships important to Pact global,
regions and field offices.
Minimum Requirements:
- At least 10
years’ experience with USAID funded programs focused on strengthening the
capacity of civil society or government institutions in Kenya. Additional
regional experience an advantage.
- Experience with
and deep understanding of USAID’s grant-making processes with local
organizations.
- Significant
experience applying mainstream institutional strengthening approaches such
as Organizational Capacity Assessment, Institutional Strengthening
Planning, Strategic Planning, Training of Trainers, etc.
- Strong
facilitation and mentoring skills, and evidence of their application.
- Ability and
willingness to travel and work, up to 50% of the time, in any of the regions
in which Pact is operational.
- Fluency in
English. Fluency in Kiswahili an advantage.
Disclaimer: This job description summarizes the responsibilities assigned to
the position; however it does not contain an all-inclusive list of
responsibilities. Periodically, employee(s) will be required to follow any
other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties
requested by their supervisor and/or Pact, Inc. Kenya.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or
otherwise. Employment at Pact, Inc. Kenya is a voluntary “at will”
relationship.
This job description may change from time to time.
Deadline for submission is Friday 13th July, 2012.
All applications should be sent to kenyahr@pactworld.org. Please
state Senior Institutional Strengthening Advisor 2012 in the subject
field.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
