ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency working in over 47 countries, taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together.

IPD Coordinators for Africa

2 Positions

Location: Preferably Nairobi, Johannesburg or Dakar

Salary: GBP 32,311 per annum on national terms and conditions (negotiable in some circumstances)

The Position

ActionAid has an ambitious strategy to double income from statutory/institutional donors over the next five years. The International Partnership Development team within AA International will play a key role in supporting AA members/country programmes to plan for and fundraise from statutory donors and to manage contracts when won.

The IPD Coordinator posts will work with members to enhance their knowledge and capacity around statutory income and ensure that member need in this respect is communicated as appropriate throughout the AA federation.

Each Coordinator will work with a selected number of members in Africa (and possibly Latin America) to enable in depth understanding and relationship building.

Each coordinator will also specialize in procedures, rules and regulations around one major donor and will provide support throughout ActionAid on issues around this donor.

Qualification & Experience

The successful candidate should have a proven track record in fundraising from institutional donors and in managing the contractual and compliance issues involved with institutional donors.

Candidates with a knowledge of EC, UN agencies or potentially USAID are particularly welcomed.

Candidates must also be able to show experience of training and knowledge transfer.

A key part of the role will be mentoring and training colleagues to access and manage institutional funding.

A function of the post is to ensure that African contexts are fully understood and incorporated into IPD’s planning and operations.

Candidates must therefore have a good understanding of the African politics, development issues and the institutional donors operating in Africa.

Excellent English and financial skills are required for this role.

At a personal level, you must have a strong commitment to a human rights based approach to development, champion women’s rights and value working with diverse cultures and the poor and marginalised groups.

Your ability and willingness to travel internationally and work flexibly in virtual settings will be required. The post is managed from a distance. Thus candidates must be self starters able to manage and plan workloads and communicate well and regularly with their line manager and other relevant ActionAid stakeholders.

All interested candidates should fill in the application form as accessed from the application pack.

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

The application pack can be accessed from www.actionaid.org

To apply, submit your application forms & CVs to Vacancies.Africa@actionaid.org

Closing date: 16 November 2011.

While we value all applications, we can only respond to short listed candidates.

Whilst all applicants will be assessed strictly on their individual merits, qualified women are especially encouraged to apply.

Applications are also particularly welcome from qualified candidates living with HIV.

Visit www.kenyan-jobs.com for many more jobs in Kenya

The area: Partner Solutions Organization

Google's Partner Solutions Organization (PSO) is a technology group dedicated to developing and managing the company's largest and most strategic partnerships.

Our multi-faceted professionals work together with teams throughout Google to address our partners' most pressing technology challenges - ones that have no simple answers.

We create solutions for and build enduring long-term relationships with organizations that represent outstanding revenue opportunities and/or are strategically important for us to take new, world-shaping technologies to market.

The role: Sales Engineer

Sales Engineers work with Google's Partner Development team to create and implement technical account strategies, develop innovative solutions and overcome technical obstacles to sign strategic partnership deals.

For this job, you'll bring extensive sales experience with large companies, a strong software development background and detailed knowledge of Internet and telecommunication technologies.

You also enjoy working with people and technology more than working with your head down in product development. As such, you have both the ability to interact with engineering teams as well as excellent relationship-building and communication skills.

This job requires travel about one-third of the time.

Responsibilities:

Training, troubleshooting and Google Apps deployment project management with partner universities.Perform implementation reviews, evangelize new product features, and ensure the prompt and proper resolution of technical challenges.Improve product feature offerings by providing partner feedback to internal cross-functional teams including Product Management and Engineering.Guarantee the technical aspects of a partner’s integration (both new and ongoing) by providing necessary documentation, training and technical guidance.Develop proof-of-concept products and software tools to assist in closing deals.BA/BS preferred in a technical field with a strong academic record. (MS/MBA is a plus).Extensive hands-on experience in Internet or telecom products and technologies in Africa or similar market.Experience in deadline-driven, large-scale technical project management or software development in the Internet/Telecommunications space.Excellent project management skills and attention to detail as well as experience working with external clients in a sales environment.Proficient in one or more programming languages, including Java, C/C++, JavaScript, Python, or PHP.Proficient in French, English and at least one other African language.Willing to travel extensively within Africa.

The area: Legal

Google Legal is a close-knit team of lawyers and legal professionals who operate on a truly global stage.

We take pride in working for a company with a clear mission ("to organise the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful") and a real soul ("don't be evil"). Google's innovative services raise challenging legal questions that demand creative and practical answers.

We work at the crossroads of new technologies and existing laws to provide those answers, helping Google build innovative and important products for our users around the world. If this sounds like your kind of place, it probably is.

The role: Legal Counsel, Sub-Saharan Africa

You'll play a vital role in our growing team by advising the company on a wide range of legal issues throughout the Sub-Saharan African region.

You are a technology lawyer by heart and experience; a fully qualified lawyer in the US or the United Kingdom and preferably you are also a fully qualified lawyer in a Sub-Saharan African country.

You will be required to explain complex local legal issues to business, product and engineering colleagues and shape a pragmatic and efficient legal strategy for all of their projects.

Additionally, you'll collaborate with Google Legal teams throughout Europe and the US, to provide legal advice and coordinate legal disputes with internal and external stakeholders.

You're hardworking, patient and an outstanding communicator; able to produce high-quality work in a flexible, fast-paced environment.

A deep understanding of Google's business and the ability to think quickly and practically are essential attributes for this job.

Responsibilities:

Oversee the entire spectrum of legal work in the Sub-Saharan African region.Advise the regional business, product and engineering teams. Consult with other members of Google Legal on any number of challenging legal issues, whether commercial or contentious.Draft and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements (including content licensing, advertising, online application licensing, mobile distribution and syndication agreements).Prevent and resolve legal disputes.Represent Google before legal and regulatory stakeholders.BA/BSc/LLB degree preferred with a strong academic record.Qualified lawyer with dual qualification in the US or UK and in another country in the Sub-Saharan African region preferred.Strong business judgement and ability to build relationships cross-functionally and across multiple geographies.Excellent written and oral skills in English.Hard working, organised and able to manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure.Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.Flexibility (including some travel), willingness to work on a broad variety of legal matters, and a sense of humour!