Kenya: Communications & Grants Manager, GOAL Kenya

GOAL Kenya In 1992 GOAL established a programme office in Nairobi to address the needs of vulnerable children and youth in Nairobi’s informal settlements. Today, GOAL Kenya (GK) is implementing an integrated Programme of Support for Children and Youth in Difficult Circumstances that provides a range of complementary services to vulnerable children and youth in Nairobi’s informal settlements. The GK programme consists of four principal sectors: Education, Child Protection, Health and HIV/AIDS (HAHI), and the Environmental Health Project (EHP). The programme focuses on building the capacity of individuals and institutions to contribute to sustainable positive social change for most vulnerable populations in Kenya.

Since 2008 GOAL has also constructed more than 10,000 homes for people displaced during the 2007/2008 post-election violence. GOAL will maintain a focus on the Rift Valley, including Nakuru in the run up to the March 2013 elections. Where appropriate and given sufficient resources, GOAL will prepare for and launch emergency response efforts in these communities.

In addition to GK’s urban interventions and shelter programme in Nakuru, in 2011 GOAL initiated an emergency response programme in Marsabit County. The current programme focuses on improving access to clean water and sanitation facilities and enhancing hygiene behaviour.

Job Purpose: To manage, coordinate and collate information for high-quality and timely reports and proposals, preparation of draft proposals and reports etc is the first and foremost priority followed by other internal and external communications responsibilities. The Grants and Communication Manager will further support the GOAL Kenya country programme with high-quality research, analysis and communication for internal and external audiences. Communications will include, but not be limited to newsletters, advocacy and the development of proposals and reports.

Main duties and responsibilities: •Ensure familiarity with GOAL’s strategic objectives, rules and procedures to ensure compliance, as well as ensuring compliance with relevant donor requirements •Assist in the strategic design and development of proposals, reports and communications in collaboration with the Country Director, ACD-Programmes, M&E Coordinator, programme managers, and other GOAL Kenya staff. Complete the grant report and proposal tracking sections of monthly report. •Develop and maintain a proposal and reporting calendar to ensure timely delivery of quality reporting and proposals. •Research new programme and funding opportunities in line with the GOAL Kenya country strategic plan, including liaising with other INGOs, government ministries, UN Agencies, bilateral donors and private foundations and businesses to maintain current knowledge of the donor environment and ‘map’ funding opportunities for GOAL’s programmes in Kenya. •Ensure accurate filing and maintenance of all grant files in both hard and soft copy. •Provide support to Programme Managers by participating in strategy design, grants opening and grant closing meetings, disseminating grants documents, and responding to information requests from the field and other partners in-country. •Lead the design of promotional materials (newsletters, brochures, marketing materials) in line with Head Office guidelines (template newsletter currently being designed by HO media team) •With the full knowledge and oversight of the Country Director, be a point of contact for GOAL’s media team in HO. Help the HO media team to encourage staff to write blogs, take photographs and shoot video footage, as outlined in GOAL’s Media Guidelines, and to collate all blogs, images and footage and share with the media team in HO. •Help to notify the HO Media team of any potential news stories and help gather news items on GOAL Kenya’s programmes, •Any other duties as outlined by the line manager or Country Director.

Start date: January 2013 Reports to: Assistant Country Director - Programmes

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