Aga Khan Foundation (East Africa)
Grants Management Officer (Education)
Are you committed to supporting
education opportunities for the children of East Africa?
Do you have the innovation, drive and
experience required to provide support to education programmes?
The AKF education programme in East
Africa concentrates on increasing the quality of basic education and early
childhood development in formal and non-formal settings.
The focus is on increasing access,
retention and learning achievement for disadvantaged groups, and to improve the
sustainability of quality education through strengthening government systems,
institutions and indigenous civil society organisations.
The Grants Management Officer
(Education) is a key member of the regional education team.
The Officer reports to the Regional
Education Programme Manager.
S/he will be responsible for
providing project management support to AKF education programmes in Kenya,
Tanzania and Uganda.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee education programme grants in the
sector including direct line management of project staff and resources,
and responsibility for ensuring efficient, effective and high-quality
implementation of education projects;
- Ensure timely and high quality narrative and
financial reports and adherence to donor grant conditions;
- Participate in, organize, and/or lead capacity
building and training for AKF education projects and partner staff to
improve overall understanding of donor requirements;
- Oversee activity realignment of program
activities and budget utilisation with donor requirements in consultation
with the Regional Education Programme Manager;
- Provide support in identifying potential
funding for education programmes and participate/lead in the development
of new proposals;
- Document lessons learnt including drafting
policy briefs for wider dissemination, and ensure these lessons are
embedded into implementation strategies for ongoing and future projects;
- Ensure delivery of high quality communications
materials in consultation with AKF Communication Officer for external
audiences;
- Act as an internal resource for grant and
donor related issues in close consultation with AKF finance team;
- Provide other support as may be deemed from
time to time by the Regional Education Program Manager.
Required Qualifications, Experience
& Competencies:
- University degree in education, international
development or a related field (Master’s degree preferred, but Bachelor’s
degree-holders with a strong working background in this field will be
considered);
- At least five years’ experience working in
programme implementation, monitoring & evaluation, reporting and
budgetary management;
- Candidates with direct working experience in
education programmes, teaching or school management preferred;
- Experience mentoring a diverse team of staff
in remote locations;
- Experience in participating in or leading the
development of successful donor proposals;
- Very strong written and verbal communication
skills in English.
Regional Policy and Partnerships Manager
Are you passionate about developing innovative and high impact partnerships in East Africa?
AKFEA is in an expansion period and inviting applications from qualified candidates for the position of Regional Policy & Partnerships Manager, to be based in Nairobi.
This position will report to the
Policy and Partnership Director.
The overall objective of this position
is to lead AKF’s resource mobilisation efforts and to contribute to strategic
communications.
The Manager will support a team of technical specialists in designing and communicating their programmes, while cultivating a network of external partners for AKF.
AKF EA works in collaboration with partners to develop and promote innovative solutions that contribute to improving the quality of life in East Africa.
Focusing on Kenya, Uganda and
Tanzania, AKF responds to local and regional priorities by developing effective
programming, measuring and documenting results, and sharing its lessons with
governments, donors, and development actors to influence policy and practice.
Specifically, the Regional Policy & Partnerships Manager will be responsible for:
- Analysing AKF’s organizational priorities,
targets, thematic and geographic focus and providing strategic insight on
how to secure funding to achieve these goals
- Leading on the submitting high quality
proposals for competitive and unrestricted funding opportunities with a
diverse range of institutional, corporate and philanthropic donors and
foundations
- Working closely with the Program Team, devise
programme model concepts within a multi-sectoral portfolio, traveling to
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania as necessary
- Highlighting AKF’s work by representing the
organization at donor meetings, networking events and other stakeholder
fora
- Line management of staff within the Policy and
Partnership team
Required Qualifications and
Experience:
- Demonstrable experience of securing large
competitive and unsolicited funding from institutional donors.
- Must posses exceptional communications and
interpersonal skills and experience in hands on management, leadership and
mentoring staff, with a willingness to visit programmes in the
field.
- Must have excellent writing skills and ability
to organize large amounts of complex data.
- Minimum of Five years experience and a
master’s degree or equivalent in International Development or other
relevant fields.
Interested candidates are requested
to submit a cover letter, a CV and the names and contact details of three
professional referees by 18th June 2016, to the
Regional Human Resources
Director,
Aga Khan Foundation (East
Africa),
via e-mail to recruitment@akfea.org.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
The Aga Khan Foundation is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network
