Organization: Catholic Diocese of Isiolo
 Project: Community Green Energy Project (CB-GEP)
Vacancy : Project Officer – Community Green Energy Project (CB-GEP)
 The Catholic Diocese of Isiolo (Caritas Isiolo) received a grant from the EU through CAFOD to implement Community Based Green Energy Project in Isiolo Diocese.
The overall objective of the project is to increase access to modern, affordable and sustainable energy services for community institutions in rural and peri-urban areas in the Diocese.The Diocese is seeking to recruit qualified experienced persons to fill the above position.
 To provide lead in CB-GEP activity implementationTo prepare and review project activity and budget plans and ensure efficient budget monitoringTo prepare project progress and financial reports in consultation with the Accountant and Development CoordinatorTo visit and monitor project activities, facilitate information sharing with target communities and provide technical support to staff local communitiesTo facilitate the recruitment of ICT volunteers in liaison with Diocesan management and partnersTo work with the community Mobilizer in mobilizing and sensitizing target communities to effectively participate in project activities through sharing project goals, objectives and activitiesTo facilitate easy access of Solar Works technical staff to communities for efficient and successful installation of the solar systems and the training of local artisans and techniciansEnsure visibility of project activities is undertakenQualifications, Experience, Skills and Attributes requiredMust have at least a Degree Science in an Energy related field with a bias to project planning and management or in any other related discipline. A Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering will also be consideredMust have strong Project Cycle Management skillsShould have skills in renewable energyExperience in working with pastoralist communitiesOther related short courses such as community development be an added advantageMust have experience of at least 2 years in project planning and implementationAbility to make sound and timely judgmentsStrong intellectual, analytical and decision making abilityMust be computer literate, conversant with operations softwareShould have good writing and communication skillsMust be articulate in the understanding of the Social Teachings of the Catholic ChurchOrganized, motivated and work well alone as well as with a teamThe project Officer will be reporting to the Development Coordinator
The position require a person who is wiling to take the position immediately
Send a copy of your CV and a Cover letter to
Catholic Diocese of Isiolo:
P.O. Box 162 to reach on or before 15th September 2012.

AGRA’s mission is to trigger an African-led green revolution based on smallholder farmers in 13 countries in Africa.

To achieve this, AGRA works with a range of partners, from African governments, international partners, the private sector to public institutions to lead the implementation activities.

AGRA’s Soil Health Program makes its investments in 4 sub-programs: research, extension, fertilizer policy and supply, and training and education.

The program intends to recruit consultants to facilitate the development of several key projects in its sub-programs and support in providing oversight in their implementation.

The consultant will work under the supervision of the program officers, and will engage directly through field visits and workshops with project teams to provide technical support.

A fair amount of travelling is expected.

Specific tasks:

Guiding potential grantees in developing quality projects proposalsConducting oversight on projects implementation and reportingStrengthening the capacity of the ISFM Scale-out grantees to conduct quality on-farm demonstrations, adaptive research, and analyze emerging data.Developing brief technical reports that highlight the progress of the projects and synthesize emerging lessons.
Qualifications and Competencies:
Advanced university degree (PhD/MSc or equivalent) in an agricultural related discipline, with at least 5 years post-qualification experience.Good conceptual and project development skills, including development of high quality donor-funding proposals. Evidence of such proposals may be required.Excellent writing and communication skills in English (ability to write in both French and English especially for scientific and policy-oriented audiences would be an added advantage).Excellent computing skills especially in Excel, Access, PowerPoint, MS Word, among others.Duration:This is a four-month consultancy, effective from 15th March to 15th July 2012.

This period could be extended depending on performance and the need for the position.

Interested candidates should send their expressions of Interest (EoIs) on or before 24th February 2012 to the following email address: SHProjects@agra-alliance.org

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Consultancy to Develop a Gender Strategy for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Terms of Reference

November, 2011

Background:

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a dynamic African-led organization that is working to catalyze a uniquely African Green Revolution, one that puts smallholder farmers first, while protecting biodiversity, promoting sustainability and advancing equity.

The organization works in partnerships to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growth driven by smallholder farmers.

AGRA aims to ensure that smallholders have what they need to succeed: good seeds and healthy soils; access to markets, information, financing, storage and transport; and policies that provide them with comprehensive support.

In working to accomplish its goal of catalyzing an agricultural revolution, AGRA is placing gender relations between men and women in households at the heart of its integrated seeds, soil health, markets, innovative finance and policy advocacy support.

In line with this commitment, AGRA is seeking the services of a Consultant or Consultancy firm to support the development of a gender policy and strategy to guide the effective inclusion of gender concerns and issues in the implementation of the priorities highlighted in AGRA’s strategy to catalyze a green revolution in Africa.

The objectives of the consultancy:

Conduct a robust consultative review of gender issues in agriculture as they relate to AGRA’s programs to identify the relevant issues, constraints and opportunities in smallholder agricultural production;Based on qualitative and quantitative results generated from consultations and secondary data review, develop a robust gender policy and strategy across AGRA’s programs – Africa seeds systems, soil health, markets access, policy and partnerships and farmer organizations support to strengthen gender responsiveness of programming at local, national and regional levels;Conduct a thorough review of AGRA’s organizational practice and culture, and recommend strategies for enhancing gender and diversity responsiveness in workplace practices and policies;Develop a substantive operational framework and gender plan of action to support implementation of proposed actions aligned with AGRA’s overall strategy;Develop a gender monitoring and evaluation framework detailing quantitatively and qualitatively measureable, reportable and verifiable gender disaggregated data and indicators to complement AGRA’s overall M&E framework.Scope of Work

Specifically, the consultant (or firm) will:

Prepare a letter of interest outlining their understanding of the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the consultancy. This should include a work plan and a discussion of methods to be used to collect, analyze and present the information, including a detailed budget;Produce an inception report together with data collection tools following an initial process of consultations with the AGRA staff and key stakeholders;Submit the first draft of the strategy and facilitate a validation meeting with stakeholders to review and capture comments and feedback from the wide variety of stakeholders with recommendations derived from the analysis;The assignment is expected to take 180 working days from the date of signing of the contract.

Qualifications and Experience:

A minimum of a Master’s degree in an agriculture/natural resource management/rural development related field with demonstrated professional practice in gender analysis during the last five years.

Application procedure

Interested and qualified consultants (or consulting firms) should submit an application which should include the following;

1. CVs of consultant(s)

2. Proposal for implementation of the assignment, including detailed methodology and indicative budget.

Please submit applications to: gender@agra-alliance.org on or before close of business, December 31, 2011.

The full Terms of Reference (TOR) and requirements can be viewed by visiting the AGRA website: http://www.agra-alliance.org/

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This is a general call for applications from teachers for the year 2012 school year.

Positions will be open in Secondary.

Primary and Nursery schools due to enrollment growth.

Vice Principal, Green Hills Primary: A very competitive salary will be offered to the successful applicant who will be an experienced Primary English Language Arts teacher with an appropriate university degree. Familiarly with Modern teaching methods is a must. The position begins in August 2012. School level administrative experience is a definite asset.

Secondary School: Due to enrollment growth, we will need teachers in the following subjects: Economics, Physics, English, and Mathematics.

Other subjects open from time to time, so applicants in any of these areas are also welcome.

Experience in teaching the above secondary subjects at IB Diploma and Cambridge IGCSE levels will be a definite asset. Consideration will he given to candidates with equivalent experience with their national curricula.

Primary School: Experience in teaching at an international school is a definite asset. Teachers of English Language Arts are particularly sought.

School and Working Conditions

Green Hills Academy enrolls 1,500 students and has a stable staff with competitive salaries good working conditions and benefits and excellent professional development opportunities. It offers the IB Diploma Program and the Cambridge IGCSE.

Requirements

Applicants must possess teaching qualifications and should provide copies of relevant degrees and transcripts. Applicant resumes should include names and contact information of three recent professional referees, two of them supervisors who have seen the applicant teach.

Please send your application documents to:

Nadine Ntibayindusha,
Human Resources Director
e-mail address: hrdgreenhills@gmail.com

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The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a not - for - profit organization formed in 2006 to work with African governments, farmers, donors, NGOs and the private sector to reduce hunger and poverty in Africa through agricultural development targeted at resource poor farmers.

AGRA has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and an office in Accra, Ghana.

AGRA is seeking to recruit a highly competent and experienced individual to fill the following position.

Data Management Assistant

This position will be based in Nairobi and will report to a Program Coordinator, Program for Africa’s Seed Systems (PASS).

Job Description

Scope: The Program for Africa’s Seed Systems (PASS) is a five-year, $150 million initiative aimed at increasing smallholder farmers’ crop yields through the development and supply of seed of improved crop varieties.

PASS is implemented via four sub-programs which fund:

1) post-graduate (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) training in plant breeding and/or seed technology;

2) breeding programs capable of generating higher-yielding, well-adapted crop varieties;

3) the creation and strengthening of private, independent seed enterprises; and,

4) the training and networking of village-level agro-dealers who market certified seed and fertilizers to smallholder farmers. PASS began operations in March, 2007.

PASS has been gathering detailed data from over 220 grants on seed production, breeding activities, demonstrations, field days, seed and fertilizer sold, and students enrolled and graduated etc.

A database has also been developed for this purpose, and is just becoming operational.

PASS, coming toward the end of its first phase of five years, is at a critical stage where accurate data is required to show progress and justify further funding. Data will also be used to establish gaps and potential linkages as PASS moves to its second phase. The need for collection of accurate, full and timely data cannot be overemphasized.

Responsibilities:

Data Management: The incumbent will be responsible for collection, organization, cleaning, entry and processing from grantees according to plans approved by the program director, program coordinator, and AGRA’s M&E unit.

This will include ensuring grantees have the requisite data sheets, preliminary grantee training on data recording, sending reminders on due dates, confirming data accuracy with grantees and program officers, recording data and dates of data received, generating monthly desktop, quarterly and annual reports.

The incumbent will likewise be responsible for uploading data into the PASS database and maintaining the overall functioning and updating of the database in consultation with AGRA IT unit.

Analysis and Data Presentation: The incumbent will be responsible for generating individual reports, tables, and figures from the collected data as required by PASS and AGRA staff or other partners such as donors.

In addition to collection and management of data for the database, the incumbent will be responsible for facts and figures which are currently maintained separately by PASS program staff which are not compatible with the database at the moment.

These include but are not limited to: post-graduate student information, training course participants, crop release traits and release data, contacts of seed affiliates, master tables and sub-tables for seed production, and tracking disbursement of loans by seed company funds.

This will be centrally maintained by the incumbent and constantly updated, and late incorporated in the larger MIS database being developed. Once developed, overall responsibility for updating this new database will form part of the responsibilities.

The incumbent will work closely with AGRA IT department, and other providers to ensure that the database is always functional, and raise any arising issues immediately.

Follow up on reports: One-third of PASS grantees are required to submit reports quarterly, while the rest report half-yearly. All grantee payments are dependent on receipt and approval of the reports. The incumbent will work with the respective program assistants and the PASS program coordinator to ensure timely grantee reporting, approvals and disbursements.

Travel grants: PASS makes approximately 20 travel grants that need to be generated, approved, paid out and accounted for. This will be handled by the incumbent.

GIFTS entries: The incumbent will be expected to update grant and grantee records as need arises.

Meeting assistance: The incumbent will be required to assist in arranging program meetings as required.

Backstop support to Program Officers and any other related duties.

Qualifications: First degree from a recognized university in computer systems, or related field.

Experience: 2 years’ working with databases including direct data entry, sorting, cleaning and generation of reports.

Special Attributes: Thorough, accurate, attention to detail, ability to work under minimal supervision, ability to work under tight deadlines.

Reporting: This position reports to the Program Coordinator PASS, and has secondary reporting to the M&E Program Officer assigned to the PASS program.

Applicants should submit their applications with a detailed CV, stating their current position, remuneration, e-mail and telephone contacts, quoting reference number DMA/09-11 on both the application letter and envelope.

To be considered your application must be received by 7 October, 2011 addressed to:

The Director
Executive Selection Division
Deloitte Consulting Limited
Deloitte Place, Waiyaki Way Muthangari, Westlands
P O Box 40092 00100, Nairobi, Kenya

or by email: agra@deloitte.co.ke

Tel: +254 20 423 0000

Fax: +254 20 444 8966

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The Green Belt Movement is one of the most prominent non -governmental organizations, based in Kenya, advocating for human rights and supporting good governance and peaceful democratic change through the protection of the environment.

Its mission is to empower communities worldwide to protect the environment and to promote good governance and cultures of peace.

The organization seeks to recruit in the following positions:

Human Resource Manager

Reporting to the Executive Director, the position serves to provide strategic leadership and management oversight for the Human Resources and staff development in matters of strategy, policy compliance and operations.

Overall Responsibilities:

Provide strategic Human Resources leadership.Continually review the manuals and policy documents to ensure compliance with organizational strategy and the present challenges.Facilitate effective staff performance management, staff development, remuneration management and welfare.Supervise guide and train staff in the Human Resources DepartmentCarry out performance appraisal for the staff in the department and coordinate entire organization staff appraisal processSet policies and procedures Ensure that organizational operations are compliant with the policies and proceduresArbitrate on disciplinary issuesSuitable candidates MUST have the following minimum qualifications:
A Bachelors degree in Human Resources Management, Sociology, Business Administration, Social Sciences or any other art related field.At least 3 years experience as a HR Generalist in a busy environmentWell versed with the current Kenyan labor laws.Experience in a set ups with high staff numbers and multi cultural and partnerships arrangements.Experience with working with the NGO sector will be an added advantage. Strategic in mindset and sense of corporate result focusGood administrative and coordination skillsGood people management skillsAbility to effectively supervise, motivate, train, mentor and performance – manage staffGood networking and relationship building skillsInterested and suitably qualified candidates should send their detailed cover letter and CV indicating their current remuneration to Recruit@greenbeltmovement.org to as to reach on or before 9th March 2011.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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Green Hills Academy, located in Kigali, the capital city, is Rwanda’s Premier School with an enrolment of 1520 students.

Due to enrollment growth, we will have openings for teaching positions for the subjects indicated below in August 2011 for the school year 2011/2012:

Secondary: Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics, English, Physical Education, IT Coordinator (should have experience in IT service provision in a school setting), Special Education Coordinator.

Experience in teaching the above subjects at IB Diploma and Cambridge IGCSE levels will be a definite asset. Consideration will be given to candidates with equivalent experience with their national curricula.

Primary Teachers: Experience of teaching in an international school is a definite asset.

Deadline for applications: As soon as possible.

Interviews: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interviews which will be conducted in Nairobi in March 2011.

The School

Green Hills Academy has a stable staff with good working conditions, benefits and excellent professional development opportunities. It comprises a Nursery (ages 3-5), Primary (Grades 1 to 6) and a Secondary School (Grades 7 to 12).

New hiring is due to enrolment growth.

Requirements

Applicants must possess teaching qualifications and should provide copies of relevant degrees and transcripts. Applicant resumes should include names and contact information of three recent professional referees, two of them supervisors who have seen the applicant teach.

Inquiries should be made to and resumes sent to: hrdgreenhills@gmail.com

Telephone: +250 782 176 527

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