Education
Programme ManagementVacancies
CfBT Education Trust
seeks to recruit the following positions described below for a large new
project which will strengthen girls’ education in the Arid and Semi Arid Lands
(ASALs) and urban slums.
1. Project Director
The Project Director
is responsible for overall project management, supervision, administration, and implementation
of the requirements of a high-quality programme.
S/he will establish
and maintain systems for project operations;
ensure that all partner
agreement deadlines are met and targets are achieved;
maintain working
relationships with project stakeholders (including sub- grantees and/or
subcontractors); and
oversee the
preparation and submission of technical and financial reports to CfBT.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of a
Masters degree in Education, Gender or a related field;
- Experience
working with the Ministry of Education in Kenya;
- Analytical and
communication skills;
- In-depth
knowledge of education and training;
- Demonstrated
evidence of strategic planning skills;
- Experience
managing complex and complicated education programmes with time sensitive
deliverables;
- Technical
leadership and operational experience in education programmes;
- Experience in
managing the administrative, contracting, hiring, recruitment, financial,
and logistical aspects of contracts;
- Successful
experience of managing large-value programmes on budget.
2. CfBT Project Lead
The Project lead is
responsible for the Behaviour Change technical aspect of the programme.
S/He will lead
responsibility for implementation of the Behaviour Change component;
Escalation of any
delivery issues and lead contact with CfBT Operations Manager;
Oversee partner
implementation down the delivery chain, from office to field level;
Prepare project
training and facilitation schedules;
Work with the
procurement /contracts/finance teams to assess progress and provide reports.
Qualifications:
- Masters Degree
in Education, Counselling or related field;
- Three years
experience in Behaviour Change programmes;
- Analytical and
communication skills;
- An in-depth
knowledge of education and training;
- Five years
experience in training.
3. CfBT Education / Regional Coordinators
3
Posts
Based
in Nairobi, Coast and North Eastern
The Education / Regional
Coordinator will be a key part of the team with primary responsibility for
providing support and training for all the training and education programmes
across the regions:
Support and
strengthen the capacity of instructional coaches and other interventions;
Provide leadership
services to instructional coaches and teachers;
Provide advisory
services to coaches and teachers in lesson planning and teaching with emphasis
to early grade reading skills and behaviour change;
Provide support input
in the development of coaching and learning materials in English and Kiswahili,
in accordance with the KIE curriculum;
Overall programme
management including monitoring and evaluation.
Qualifications
- Minimum B. Ed
degree; Background in Teacher Education;
- Experience in
the area of Early Primary Education;
- Experience in
teacher support and management;
- Proven
experience in teaching language Kiswahili/English;
- Excellent
organizational and interpersonal skills;
- Excellent
written and oral communication skills in English.
4. Logistics Officer
The Logistics Officer
will participate in field-level planning formulation and participate in
programme planning and advising on logistics considerations.
S/he will provide
technical and operational support to the field office, as well as advice on
application of logistics management best practice, systems and
procedures.
Take initiative in
management improvement for the logistic function; initiate, justify, account
for all logistical expenses;
Conduct special
management reviews and/or follow-up on audit observations to assist in the
improvement of office procedures and practices related to logistics.
Assist in Human
Resources administration.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree
in Business Administration, Management, Transport or related field;
- Five years of
progressively responsible professional work experience at national and
international level in logistics;
- Varied
supply/logistics functional background an asset, from procurement to
warehousing, transport management and distribution to beneficiaries
5. Grant Manager
The Grant Manager
will provide leadership in grant management to the partners for the project
while ensuring compliance with rules and regulations and CfBT.
S/he will be the
day-to-day contact with partners and help ensure programme delivery.
S/he will manage the
grant-making process, including training the partners on proper recording
keeping;
Analyse quarterly and
annual reports from the partners and ensuring all partners are adhering to
requirements.
Conduct monitoring
visits to partners to check on compliance; consolidating all reports from
partners.
Qualifications
- Masters in
Social Sciences or Education;
- substantial
experience in International Not for Profit organizations
6. Accountant
The Accountant will
manage programme finances including: preparing quarterly and annual reports;
budgeting and forecasting; cash flow management and forecasting; analysing
partner expenditure and funds requests; preparing funds request to the donor;
maintain full audit trail from donor reports to underlying transactions.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors’
degree in finance/accounting;
- Certified Public
Accountant (CPA-K) with five years experience in international Not for
Profit organization;
- Strong
interpersonal skills and proven ability to develop and maintain effective
working relationships across teams and organizations.
- Audit experience
an advantage.
Interested and
eligible candidates should submit a CV and Cover letter including current remuneration
and three referees to cfbt@cfbt-africa.com with the subject line job
application and the name of the post applied for.
Applications must be
received on or before 6 February 2013.
Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
All these posts have
a possible interaction with children, youth and disadvantaged communities and
hence a background check will done and a certificate of good conduct will be
mandatory for every applicant.
