Job Title: Senior Coordinator, Youth
Location: Nairobi
Reporting to: Director of Programme Operations
Probationary Period: 3 months
Marie Stopes Kenya is implementing a major donor funded project to deliver access to Family Planning services (with a focus on long acting, reversible methods) to young women under the age of 19.
They will operate at the strategic
level, inputting into activity design, on the programmatic level with problem
solving and at the strategic level by managing donor relationships and
representing the initiative externally.
Marie Stopes Kenya (MSK) is a marketing-focused, results-oriented social enterprise, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to provide family planning and reproductive healthcare.
Marie Stopes Kenya (MSK) is a marketing-focused, results-oriented social enterprise, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to provide family planning and reproductive healthcare.
MSK is part of the global network
that is Marie Stopes International (MSI).
MSK subscribes to the MSI goal and
mission, which is to prevent unwanted births and to ensure the individual’s
right to Children by Choice not Chance.
It is a role requirement that the job
holder must fully comply with, promote and live MSI Core Values: mission
driven, customer focused, results orientated, pioneering, sustainable and
people centered
Key Responsibilities and Measures
Key Responsibilities and Measures
1. Manage the Choice 4 Change Project
- Lead MSK’s delivery of a major, multimillion
GBP youth programme across all of its service channels
- Provide key strategic leadership in the design
of programme interventions and in the delivery of interventions as per the
work-plan
- Interface with consortium partners and
advocate for MSK’s priorities
- Work with Donor Compliance Advisor to produce
high quality donor reports
- Manage external consultants, design agencies
and subcontractors as needed
- Interface with donor as needed and prepare for
donor visits
- Participate in review of Budget Variance
Reports and in financial forecasting exercises
- Present regularly to the Country Management
Team on progress against targets and activity plans
- Regularly problem solve and re-strategize
around issues arising
- Represent the consortium and MSK externally,
including in government meetings and internationally as required
- Supervise the project administrator
Measures
- Project targets achieved
- Workplan approved and delivered on time
- 2016 budget fully spent
- Positive donor feedback
- Donor reports submitted on time and of high
quality
2. Integrate Innovative Youth Work
across MSK
- Maintain up to date knowledge about
developments in the sector, especially pertaining to youth SRH
- Work with channel leads to implement
innovative initiatives to improve MSK’s service to young populations
- Advocate for youth and adolescent SRH at
external forums, nationally and internationally
- Critically evaluate interventions for youth
friendly-ness, utilising MSK’s internal data and external literature
- Review study protocols, project documents and
proposals to integrate the needs of youth
- Participate in New Business Development to
mobilize resources for youth focused initiatives
Measures
- MSK reaches its targets on High Impact CYPs
and clients under age 19
- MSK’s policy priorities advanced
- Additional resources mobilized for Youth
programming
Skills and Experience
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised
institution.
- Post Graduate degree in the relevant field
will be an added advantage
Experience:
- Experience in directly managing large donor
grants or a multimillion dollar grant portfolio, as a Grant Manager or
Compliance Manager
- Experience in designing and implementing youth
activities
- Experience in dynamic, fast paced problem
solving and turning around struggling initiatives
- Experience managing external contractors and
consultants
- Experience as an advocate on youth issues,
either at a policy level or within an organization
- Experience as a line manager including
performance management (desirable)
- Experience in financial forecasting and
management
- Experience in writing donor reports for large
grants, including narrative and results matrices
- Experience in Marie Stopes Systems and
processes (desirable)
- Experience in reproductive health programming
(desirable)
Skills:
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office
package
- Ability to design, implement and monitor
effective project cycle management and monitoring and evaluation best
practice
- Experience in a leadership position
- Forceful, resilient personality
- Confident presenter to high level fora
- Analytical ability and a creative thinker
- Understanding of, and ability to write and
edit donor proposals and reports
- Fluency in both written and spoken English,
with exceptional writing and presentation skills
- Ability to work well with others in a team
environment
- Ability to manage a very heavy and fluctuating
workload
Attitude / Motivation:
- Demonstrates MSK team member behaviours.
- Pro MSI philosophy of social enterprise and
cost recovery
- Prochoice
How to Apply
Applications quoting the position title with detailed CV, with contact details of 3 referees including their email addresses (1 of which should be your immediate supervisor, 1 former supervisor and 1 any other but not a relative) should be submitted to info@sheerlogic.co.ke on or before 15th March 2016.
Applications quoting the position title with detailed CV, with contact details of 3 referees including their email addresses (1 of which should be your immediate supervisor, 1 former supervisor and 1 any other but not a relative) should be submitted to info@sheerlogic.co.ke on or before 15th March 2016.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
NB: Please clearly indicate in the subject line as “Senior Coordinator, Youth”
