Programme Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya

Programme Manager

Job Grade: Senior Management

Location Duty station: Nairobi

Vacancy no. Ref: Programme Manager 08/2013

Organization: The Youth Agenda

Accountable to: Chief Executive Officer

Job Summary

Youth Agenda(YAA) is looking for a Programme Manager responsible for fundraising, coordinating the organisations programmes and to strategically create an information hub on policy and research interventions for meaningful youth development.

As a senior member of the organisation, he or she will deputise the Chief Executive Officer to realise the organisations objectives.

Overall, the Programme Manager’s Duties and Responsibilities will include:

• Overall coordination of programmes in terms of design, planning, implementation and monitoring;
• Responsible for coordinating fundraising for programmes based on YAA strategic plan
• Collate information, conduct and commission research on youth issues, with a view to provide thought leadership in key sectoral and thematic areas of youth development in Kenya, Africa and globally;
• Generate, organise and channel data for policy and advocacy intervention including monitoring policy implementation;
• Coordinate youth programmes nationally through the 47 Youth Agenda Member organisations
• Establish a youth information repository at Youth Agenda organized through articles / press releases / blogs / relevant websites / documentation and publishing; etc
• Overall coordination of programmes and be line manager to project officers;
• Deputize the CEO in office administration, human resource management, communication and networking.

Personal Specification

• Candidates must have in their possession a University degree in any of the following disciplines: Public Policy, Law, Communication, Sociology, Political Science or related field;
• Postgraduate qualifications in a related field is an added advantage;
• A minimum of 3 years experience working on policy/advocacy/ communications issues;
• Candidates must be below 35 years of age
• Excellent research, policy, communication skills and the ability to write various types of documents including articles, press statements, policy papers, position papers, information materials, proposals and donor reports;
• Analytical Thinking and Decisive Judgment;
• Experience of working with civil society, and of developing and implementing strategies for civil society capacity-building and dialogue/advocacy towards power-holders would be an advantage;
• Ability to work in a non-partisan manner, sensitivity to ethnic and cultural differences;
• A team player: able to demonstrate a constructive, cooperative and problem-solving approach.

Terms of Employment

This is a senior management position and competitive remuneration will be provided commensurate to the qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position will evolve.

Responsibilities and job description may be reviewed and refined with changing business needs.

Applications

Applicants should send a cover letter expressing their interest and expectations from the position and curriculum vitae with contact details of three professional referees by 9th September 2013 to:

The Recruitment Committee

The Youth Agenda

P.O Box 10174-00100

Nairobi, Kenya

E-mail: ceo@youthagenda.org

Vacancy no. Ref: Programme Manager 08/2013

Correspondence will be entered into with short-listed candidates only.