ActionAid International Local Rights Programme Managers Jobs in Kuria, Makima and Elangata Wuas Kenya

ActionAid International is active in over 45 countries in Africa, Asia, America and Europe regions, in partnership with other organisations.

ActionAid Kenya has been working in Kenya since 1972 to facilitate processes that eradicate poverty and ensure social justice through anti-poverty projects, local institutional capability building and public policy influencing.

ActionAid Kenya works in 20 districts of Kenya and links key international, national and local institutions in favour of poor people.

We seek to recruit three (3) dynamic and innovative persons to fill the following new positions based at three locations Kuria, Makima and Elangata Wuas Local Rights Programmes (LRP).

Kuria LRP is in Kuria District, Migori County; Makima LRP is in Mbeere South District, Embu County; while Elangata Wuas LRP is in Ngong District, Kajiado Centrat County.

Manager - Local Rights Programme

Reporting to the Team Leader at the respective Region, you will be committed to the cause of poverty eradication, while overseeing appropriate planning, development, implementation, monitoring and review of long-term development programmes and initiatives at the Local Rights Programme (LRP).

Key responsibilities will include the following:

Building strong alliances in the area through empowering and building capacity of people living in poverty and their Community Based Organizations and other partners for sustainable development;Promoting the highest standards of integrity, cost consciousness and accountability in line with ActionAid Learning and Planning Systems (ALPS) and ActionAid’s values;Promoting women’s rights and empowerment through gender mainstreaming in all programmes by addressing operational and strategic gender needs of the communities and partners in the Programme area;Profile:

Our preferred candidate will have:

A degree preferably in social sciences with at least three years’ experience in programme development and management;Strong analytical skills and a high level of credibility in order to assist the rights holders in determining their solutions;Experience in participatory development approaches, tools and methodologiesYou must be willing to reside in the Local Rights Programme area.

The successful candidates will enjoy flexibility and organizational space while joining an experienced and dynamic staff working alongside poor people.

For a full job profile interested candidates should access the application pack from www.actionaid.org/kenya/jobs.

The application pack contains the vacancy announcement, Job Description and an Application form.

Only electronically completed application forms will be accepted and should be mailed to hresources.kenya@actionaid.org.

The closing date for receipt of application forms is September 28, 2011.

The Head of Human Resources Organisation Development & Administration,
P. O. Box 42814, 00100, Nairobi
Email- hresources.kenya@actionaid.org

Kindly do not send a detailed CV at this stage as only the information in the application form will be used for initial selection.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

ActionAid is an equal opportunities employer.

Qualified women candidates are encouraged to apply.

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