Concern Worldwide Governance and Advocacy Manager Job in Marsabit, Kenya

Concern Worldwide is an international non-governmental humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries 

Applications are invited from suitably qualified Kenyan nationals for the following position:

Job Title: Manager – Governance and Advocacy
 

Location: Marsabit
 

 

Duration: One (1) Year
 

Job Summary: To provide strategic and technical direction for Concern’s Governance and Advocacy programme in Marsabit County.
 

Job Specification:

• A degree in Social Sciences preferably Law, Political Science or Public Administration


• Five years’ experience with at least three (3) years’ experience in advocacy and governance programing with a bias towards a human rights based approach to development and in drafting of legal opinions and policy briefs


• Competency in the decentralized system of governance specifically Kenya’s devolved structure and the application of advocacy strategies to promote positive development outcomes

A detailed job description can be obtained by emailing concern.kenyavacancies@concern.net

Interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should send their CV to
nairobi.hr@concern.net with the subject of the email as ‘Manager – Governance and Advocacy’.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, 26th June 2016.

Each application should include at least three referees who can validate technical expertise.

Telephone contacts must be submitted with the application.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

Concern has a Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from abuse and exploitation

Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer