Program Officer
Twaweza, a dynamic East Africa wide organization, is looking for a competent, effective and energetic Kenya Program Officer
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Reports to: Regional Program Manager
Start Date: As soon as possible
Overall Responsibility:
With the guidance of the Regional Program Manager, the Program Officer will analyze and implement Twaweza’s Theory of Change/strategy and themes, identify key opportunities and develop and implement a deeper Kenya program focused on media partnerships.
The Program Officer will implement positive and effective
relationships with key media partners and contacts in the interest of promoting
Twaweza objectives.
The Program Officer will be responsible for implementation of
the country program, which will consist of 5 or 6 media partnerships.
Specific Responsibilities
- Analyze the
country situation, particularly the media landscape, in relation to
Twaweza’s Theory of Change.
- Maintain close
relationship with the 5 or 6 media partners and work with them on
regularly basis to ensure Twaweza’s objectives are met
- To find high
quality specialists and when need arises contract and manage them as
consultants for specific assignments with media partners
- Collect data and
information from partners for monitoring purposes and enter in database
- Use monitoring
data to draw lessons and continuously nudge partnership outputs to superb
level
- Work closely
with the Learning Officer to bring out and publish lessons, and to use
lessons drawn from monitoring, evaluation and international knowledge, in
the current partnerships
- Maintain high
quality documentation throughout.
General Responsibilities
- Successfully
implement above responsibilities and assigned activities (and associated
budgets) in work plans, consistent with Twaweza interests and policies.
- Contribute
effectively to planning, monitoring, reporting and information
dissemination of Twaweza’swork.
- Comply with and
foster adherence to the established Twaweza approach, policies,
regulations, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate
actively in organization‐wide learning and other joint activities.
- Undertake any
other lawful tasks as may be assigned by the Regional Programs Manager or
the Head of Twaweza.
Core Qualifications
- A Masters degree
in a relevant field, minimum 3 years working experience, in Kenya/East
Africa;
- Keen
understanding of country political and social dynamics; analytical and
conceptual skills, and ability to translate these into program
development;
- Creative
thinker, imaginative, able to think outside the box and make unorthodox
connections. Strong affinity with the thinking behind the Twaweza concept;
- Excellent
knowledge of and experience in working with mass media;
- Excellent
networking, relationship building and negotiation skills;
- Proven ability
to work independently, self driven.
- Demonstrated
team working qualities, and ability to deliver quality results;
- Excellent
verbal, writing and communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
- Curiosity and
passion to learn, push the envelope, innovate, be creative, take
thoughtful risks and get things done.
Changes and Amendments:
This job description may be amended by Twaweza after consultation with the employee and the supervisor.
Application process:
To apply for this position, please submit your CV (max 4 pages) to jobs@twaweza.org, including a cover letter explaining your interests/motivations to work for Twaweza, and 2 samples of your written work and names of 3 referees, in MS Word or PDF file.
In the subject of your email write your name and the position
you are applying for.
