Re - Advertisement:
Recruiting Programme Officer - National Volunteering, Youth and Social
Enterprise Development
Bringing People
Together To Create Wealth
In addition, VSO
Jitolee contributes to Kenya’s national development through international
volunteers who work with local partners across the country.
We are looking
for a highly motivated Kenyan to scale up our national volunteering and youth
programming in the area of secure livelihoods.
You will play a
pivotal role in developing strategies and implementing programmes and projects
supporting the youth, social enterprise development and national volunteering
programming to create greater impact in the secure livelihoods programme.
In this role,
you will be expected to develop and maintain excellent partnerships with
relevant government institutions, volunteer involving organisations, and civil
society where young people and national volunteers work with beneficiaries to
improve the quality of their lives.
Key outcomes for this role will be:
·
Delivery
of a well resourced national volunteering, youth and social enterprise
development programme that will create positive change in the lives of the
target beneficiaries.
·
An
advocacy plan for influencing the formulation and implementation of a national
volunteering policy and its subsequent implementation.
·
Delivery
of youth volunteering initiatives such as international youth exchanges and
fellowship programmes.
The person:
·
You
are a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in social sciences.
·
You
have at least 3 years relevant experience in social enterprise or business
development and experience working with youth programmes.
·
You
have experience developing funding proposals and managing grants to fulfill
donors and partner contracts.
·
Experience
in capacity building; monitoring and evaluation; networking and partnership
development will be critical for this role.
·
You
have good IT skills in a number of applications including word processing,
spreadsheets and databases.
Applications:
If you find this
a worthy career challenge, send your application - composed of a CV and a
statement (of not more than two pages combined) explaining why you meet the
person specifications, and are the ideal candidate for the job.
Please include
telephone and email contact.
Applications
should be sent to:
The People
Manager,
VSO Jitolee
Email: recruitmentkenya@vsoint.org
Due to
anticipated interest in this post, only short-listed candidates will receive a
response.
VSO, an equal
opportunity employer, values inclusion and seeks to have a diverse workforce
and therefore welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Application deadline: 26th July 2013
Interviews: 12th - 16th August 2013
Expected Start Date: To be negotiated
Website: www.vsojitolee.org
