NGO Jobs in Nairobi Kenya – KWCA

Kenya Wildlife Conservancies

Association (KWCA) is a national membership organization representing community

and private conservancies in Kenya. 

KWCA’s mission is to work with

landowners and communities to sustainably conserve and manage wildlife and their

habitat through promoting an enabling policy and legislative framework, sharing

of best practices, harmonizing standards, and developing a network of

functional conservancies.
 

KWCA is seeking experienced and

highly motivated individuals to fill two positions: a Communications and

Development Officer and a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.  

Both positions will work under the

Community Conservancy Policy Support and Implementation Program supported by

USAID and jointly implemented with The Nature Conservancy. 

The two positions are based in

Nairobi with frequent field travel.
 

Communications and Development Officer
 

Key Responsibilities: The Communications and Development Officer will

oversee the development and implementation of a strategic communications

platform resulting in enhanced advocacy, information sharing, fundraising and

partnership opportunities for KWCA.
 

• Lead development and implementation of KWCA
  
  communications strategy, supporting the organization’s purpose and helping
  
  it advance its goals.


• Develop and distribute timely, clear and
  
  consistent communications materials including website and social media
  
  content, brochures, reports and newsletters


• Participate in developing and implementing
  
  advocacy strategies, plans and support production of policy advocacy
  
  materials.


• Strengthen KWCA’s communications to its member
  
  conservancies, partners and the wider public to ensure strong information
  
  flow and networking.


• Participate in fundraising and partnership
  
  activities as part of the wider resource mobilization strategy.

• A Bachelor’s degree in fields related to Communications/journalism,
  
  Public Relations, and Media from a recognized institution. A Master’s
  
  degree preferred


• At least 5 years’ of relevant experience


• Excellent and creative written and oral
  
  communication skills


• Experience in working with Kenyan media and
  
  understanding of environmental issues in Kenya


• Proven track record in grant-writing, and
  
  fundraising.

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
 

Key Responsibilities: The M & E officer will be responsible for

designing and implementing an M & E performance plan, project-level

monitoring, data collection and analysis and for maintaining a data information

management system to enhance KWCA efficiency and program delivery.

• Coordinate the creation and implementation of
  
  a KWCA Performance Monitoring Plan.


• Develop performance indicators, undertake all
  
  data collection, analysis, storage, interpretation and learning to ensure
  
  accountability and efficiency in all project activities.


• Participate in preparation and submission of
  
  timely and quality activity reports, dissemination of M&E findings and
  
  best practices to facilitate evidence based planning, learning and
  
  decision making.


• Lead KWCA capacity building initiatives and
  
  provide technical field support to regional associations and
  
  conservancies.


• Regularly update and maintain conservancy
  
  database, maps, carry out needed analysis and share data with relevant
  
  government and non-governmental organizations.


• Plan, coordinate and participate in
  
  independent evaluations from external evaluators.

• A Bachelor’s degree in fields related to
  
  Statistics, monitoring and evaluation, project management. A Master’s
  
  degree preferred


• At least five years relevant experience in
  
  monitoring and evaluation at community and organization level


• Practical experience in implementation of
  
  results oriented management of natural resources


• Excellent report writing and communication
  
  skills.

A cover letter and CV should be

submitted electronically to: recruitment.kwcakenya@gmail.com by 4.00 pm on 12th

February 2016.

To obtain more application details; visit our website: www.kwcakenya.com

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. 

KWCA is an equal opportunity

employer. Female applicants are encouraged to apply.