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Regional Education Advisor (Eldoret) – Kenya Primary Literacy Programme

Position Description

In coordination with the KPLP National Office in Nairobi, the Regional Education Advisor leads technical assistance and collaboration at the regional level for the KPLP activity. This role involves managing the regional technical teams and will collaborate closely with county-level education and Teacher Service Commission (TSC) staff to plan activities, such as teacher professional development, support to grantees, annual work planning and the review of capacity building through the County Program Coordination Committees. The Regional Education Advisor will report to the Chief of Party or his/her designee. This position will be based in Eldoret.

The Regional Education Advisor’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

In collaboration with the KPLP National Office, manage the regional team, including the Professional Development Officer, Family and Community Participation Officer, Special Needs Education Officer, Capacity Building Officer, Grant Officer, MEL Assistant, Accountant, Driver and Janitor.
Provide high-level technical assistance and support collaboration at the regional, county, and sub-county level, ensuring alignment with overall project objectives.
Work closely with county-level education authorities and TSC staff to plan and implement activities, ensuring local educational needs and standards are met.
Support the annual work planning process and review the effectiveness of capacity building initiatives through the County Program Coordination Committees.
Lead delivery of training and professional development programs for teachers, including school-based initiatives, ensuring they are effective and meet regional needs.
Ensure that training, technical assistance, and follow-up for special needs education are appropriately provided and integrated within regional educational programs.
Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including local governments, community organizations, and educational institutions to enhance the impact of the KPLP activity.
Support the administration and oversight of grant expenditures in accordance with EDC and USAID guidelines.
Regularly report to the COP and/or DCOP on program progress, challenges, and strategic opportunities, ensuring high levels of accountability and program quality.
Prepare data and information for project quarterly and annual reports, and other data as required.

Qualifications

The candidate for the position of Regional Education Advisor shall have at a minimum the following qualifications:

Education:

Master’s degree in Education, Early Grade Reading, Literacy, Curriculum Development, or related field.

Skills and Experience:

8 to 9 years of progressively responsible and directly relevant experience required.
Proven ability to lead and manage diverse teams, including cross-cultural team dynamics.
Demonstrated technical expertise in education programming including in key areas such as capacity building, professional development, and community and family engagement.
Experience in program planning, annual work planning, and evaluation, including the ability to set realistic goals and objectives.
Proficiency in managing and analyzing educational data, with experience in ensuring data quality and utilizing data for program improvement and decision-making.
Experience engaging with a variety of stakeholders including government officials, community leaders, and international partners.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Must be able to work within a cross-cultural setting, negotiate diplomatically, and function well under pressure.
Experience in materials development preferred.
Experience working on USAID-funded projects preferred.

Language:

Fluency in English and Kiswahili is required.

Other:

Applicants must be Kenyan nationals or hold current work authorization

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November 5, 2024
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Position Description

RTI USAID-funded Western Kenya Sanitation Project (USAID WKSP) is seeking an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer is responsible for the management and implementation of the USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project (USAID WKSP) M&E systems and procedures. The Officer will support the work of the County Market Advisor and provide guidance on M&E issues related to data, collection analysis and reporting for the project indicators.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Support the Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Specialist to develop, and maintain the Project’s M&E system, including the development of performance indicators, milestones, and baseline conditions.
Assist Senior MEL Specialist with the collection, analysis, and reporting on performance indicators by other team members and Project grantees.
With support from Senior MEL Specialist, prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports on the status of Project implementation; contribute to other Project reports such as annual work plans.
Manages County project results reporting and management with input from Senior MEL Specialist and technical staff.
Produces performance monitoring reports describing progress made against agreed upon indicators/ project activities.
Monitor USAID WKSP Grantees progress through visits to field programs in all the project target counties and document challenges and progress, cross-referencing reporting of implementing partners and documented in programmatic visit reports.
Provide inputs to donor reports, annual work plans with the county government, and grantee monthly and quarterly reports.
Develop and/or review assessment and monitoring tools and support partners to implement M&E tools and practices.
Work closely with the project’s monitoring and evaluation team to ensure high quality data collection and collation at field level.
Design and conduct site visits/ interviews for data collection, verification, and program tracking.
Through data analysis and reporting, assist in developing lessons learned and success stories for dissemination to the project team.
Provide on-demand data reports to RTI and USAID
Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

Minimum Required Education & Experience

Master’s degree and 1 years of experience or bachelor’s degree with 3 years of experience in the field of in Statistics, Public Health, Project Management or relevant combination of education and experience in sanitation and menstrual hygiene programs.
A course/certificate in data analysis systems/application(s) is a MUST.
A course/certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation is an added advantage.

Skills & Abilities

Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (MS Office Word, Excel etc.).
Excellent knowledge of mobile data collection platforms e.g., Kobo Collect, ODK, mWater etc. Good understanding of data analytics tools (e.g., SPSS, Stata, Python, R, SQL).
Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
Ability to multi-task
Ability to work well with others.
Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing.
Ability to work independently.
Attention to detail and accuracy.
Ability to obtain proper security clearances as noted by contracts.

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November 5, 2024
Regional Education Advisor (Nakuru) – Kenya Primary Literacy Programme Regional Education Advisor (Nanyuki) – Kenya Primary Literacy Programme Regional Education Advisor (Garissa) – Kenya Primary Literacy Programme Regional Education Advisor (Kisumu) – Kenya Primary Literacy Programme Regional Education Advisor (Nairobi) – Kenya Primary Literacy Programme Regional Education Advisor (Mombasa) – Kenya Primary Literacy Programme

Position Description

In coordination with the KPLP National Office in Nairobi, the Regional Education Advisor leads technical assistance and collaboration at the regional level for the KPLP activity. This role involves managing the regional technical teams and will collaborate closely with county-level education and Teacher Service Commission (TSC) staff to plan activities, such as teacher professional development, support to grantees, annual work planning and the review of capacity building through the County Program Coordination Committees. The Regional Education Advisor will report to the Chief of Party or his/her designee. This position will be based in Nakuru.

The Regional Education Advisor’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

In collaboration with the KPLP National Office, manage the regional team, including the Professional Development Officer, Family and Community Participation Officer, Special Needs Education Officer, Capacity Building Officer, Grant Officer, MEL Assistant, Accountant, Driver and Janitor.
Provide high-level technical assistance and support collaboration at the regional, county, and sub-county level, ensuring alignment with overall project objectives.
Work closely with county-level education authorities and TSC staff to plan and implement activities, ensuring local educational needs and standards are met.
Support the annual work planning process and review the effectiveness of capacity building initiatives through the County Program Coordination Committees.
Lead delivery of training and professional development programs for teachers, including school-based initiatives, ensuring they are effective and meet regional needs.
Ensure that training, technical assistance, and follow-up for special needs education are appropriately provided and integrated within regional educational programs.
Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including local governments, community organizations, and educational institutions to enhance the impact of the KPLP activity.
Support the administration and oversight of grant expenditures in accordance with EDC and USAID guidelines.
Regularly report to the COP and/or DCOP on program progress, challenges, and strategic opportunities, ensuring high levels of accountability and program quality.
Prepare data and information for project quarterly and annual reports, and other data as required.

Qualifications

The candidate for the position of Regional Education Advisor shall have at a minimum the following qualifications:

Education:

Master’s degree in Education, Early Grade Reading, Literacy, Curriculum Development, or related field.

Skills and Experience:

8 to 9 years of progressively responsible and directly relevant experience required.
Proven ability to lead and manage diverse teams, including cross-cultural team dynamics.
Demonstrated technical expertise in education programming including in key areas such as capacity building, professional development, and community and family engagement.
Experience in program planning, annual work planning, and evaluation, including the ability to set realistic goals and objectives.
Proficiency in managing and analyzing educational data, with experience in ensuring data quality and utilizing data for program improvement and decision-making.
Experience engaging with a variety of stakeholders including government officials, community leaders, and international partners.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Must be able to work within a cross-cultural setting, negotiate diplomatically, and function well under pressure.
Experience in materials development preferred.
Experience working on USAID-funded projects preferred.

Language:

Fluency in English and Kiswahili is required.

Other:

Applicants must be Kenyan nationals or hold current work authorization. 

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November 5, 2024
County Market Advisors STTA- Urban Sanitation Officer STTA Support Engineer

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Co-ordinate and actively participate in strengthening project monitoring and reporting through active data collection and verification of sanitation product installation and sanitation service provision in the respective counties.
Coordinate and actively participate in field coaching and mentorship of rural sanitation entrepreneurs and enterprises.
Coordinate and facilitate the execution of capacity strengthening initiatives targeting entrepreneurs and enterprises.
Support and coordinate sanitation and MHM market activation activities in collaboration with private sector actors
Support in the coordination of all project related activities in assigned Counties.
Support in documentation of emerging, promising, and best practices in the implementation of market-based sanitation approach.
Support and strengthen County MHM Steering committees in the assigned County.
Support in strengthening and monitoring MHM SBCC activities within the County.
Serve as the field contact person and liaison for the grantees to deliver on their MHM and sanitation work as stipulated in their workplans.
Provide day-to-day management of specific county USAID WKSP project activities, ensuring work is completed against the scope, timelines, and budget.
Document the county engagement process to facilitate learning across all USAID WKSP teams and target counties.
Adhere to USAID WKSP programmatic policies and operational guidelines.
Support in programme reporting as may be required from time to time

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project is an ambitious intervention advancing locally owned solutions to sanitation and menstrual hygiene challenges in the target counties. It is expected that the team members must be able to work in a fast-paced, results-driven environment – with one team – one project concept. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, entrepreneurial, resourceful, flexible, independent, and energetic with excellent communications skills, cultural sensitivity and has demonstrated experience supporting technical assistance projects.

Education and Professional Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, or other relevant fields.
Post graduate training will be an added advantage.

Required Qualifications and Experience

At least five (5) years’ experience in the design, implementation, and monitoring of Sanitation projects with hands on experience in sanitation programming. Experience in Market Based Sanitation will be an added advantage.

Skills and Competencies.

Excellent knowledge of sanitation programming. Experience in Market Based Sanitation will be an added advantage.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills working with cross cultural and multi diverse teams.
Excellent analytical skills, as well as the ability to express facts and ideas in a clear, convincing, and organized manner and good writing skills.
Highly organized and able to set priorities and handle multiple competing time and resource demands.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
Willing to travel across the county of deployment.

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November 5, 2024
Senior Director – Solutions Delivery Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Job Description
Strategic Leadership:

Act as a thought leader, problem solver, and trusted advisor to the SSA Product Solutions Lead.
Manage a team of director-level direct reports, overseeing specific markets and clients.
Collaborate with internal cross-functional leads to drive strategic alignment and ensure the product roadmap supports all common initiatives and priorities.
Execute and achieve OKRs set for the region.

Client Relationships & VAS Acceleration:

Develop, maintain, and cultivate close relationships with decision-makers and senior management of designated clients.
Understand clients’ business strategies, priorities, needs, and processes, presenting them with product ideas that can enhance their results.
Develop individual designated clients’ product plans, with corresponding tactics and actions to achieve defined goals.
Manage the VAS sales pipeline for the markets to ensure sales and revenue targets are achieved.

Product Delivery & Project Management:

Ensure all solutions are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
Measure and report project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
Perform risk management to minimize project risks and adjust project constraints based on financial analysis.

Financial Accountability:

Be accountable for the overall achievement of Revenue and Cost targets.
Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals.
Meet budgetary objectives and make necessary adjustments.

Team Development & Management:

Manage, coach, and develop the team to deliver against OKRs and maximize potential.
Utilize and continually develop leadership skills.
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications
Basic Qualifications

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA /JD/MD), or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9+ years of experience
Superior client management and communication skills
Demonstrable people management skills, with a track record of people development and coaching
Understanding of the drivers of retail bank product P&Ls and an understanding of trends in retail bank strategy around customer engagement. Life cycle management and multi-product penetration strategies.
Understanding Fintechs and Mobile Money Providers
Digitally curious, follows industry trends and can utilize this exposure to provide compelling supporting information to Visa’s product, customer experience and digital recommendations
Exceptional leadership and influencing skills and business acumen – thinks strategically to influence and drive tactical execution

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November 5, 2024
Direct Sales Engineering and Solutioning, Senior Manager

Job Description

Visa Direct is a payment service that Visa provides to clients (issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants, and service providers) to facilitate money movement to Cards, Accounts and Wallets around the world.
One of the prime responsibilities of the Sales Engineering and Solutions team is ensuring that the payment stakeholders that sit between a company that wants to pull funds or disburse funds to a Card, Account or Wallet and the Visa network can successfully support Visa Direct transactions. We refer to such stakeholders as Enablers, and they include acquirers, VisaNet processors, gateways, and integrated software vendors. The team is responsible to grow the number of ready Visa Direct Enablers in CEMEA and that they are operating at scale. The Sales Engineering and Solutions team works cross-functionally with Visa sales, Client Services, Risk and AML, Finance, Product, Technology, and Legal teams to ensure client success.

The Senior Manager – Visa Direct Sales Engineering and Solutioning will be a key team member of the CEMEA VD team responsible for leading solution design client discussions for clients to offer Visa Direct domestic and cross-border Pull or Push-to-Card (VDC), Account (VDA) or Wallet (VDW) money movement services.

Engagement begins with an early-stage consultation (sales engineering) to understand the partner’s needs, resources and targeted timeframe. Conversations will continue as we co-design a solution with the partner, agreeing on scope, and timelines (solutioning). Project Management of multiple stakeholders and teams within Visa will be required to develop, implement, and launch the agreed upon solution, so fundamental project management skill is key. The role holder will have end-to-end engagement responsibility for the Visa Direct solution designed as the onboarding lead, ensuring a successful launch.
You will work closely with various teams across Visa to successfully develop solutions and partnerships to scale our business. As one of the most diverse roles at Visa, you will excel at handling ambiguity and uncertainty. The ideal candidate should know what it is like to start something from scratch, grow it structurally and methodically.
The role requires a unique combination of product expertise, problem solving ability, flexibility with rapid changes, intellectual curiosity, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities include:

Collaborate with clients to understand their business challenges and serve as a technical advisor on Visa Direct product platform and offered services.
Analyze complex requirements and propose multiple viable solution options & recommendations that meet client needs.
In collaboration with other teams, manage overall client onboarding and implementation with clients through to support their program launch. Work with cross functional teams to ensure partner implementations are on track and delivering against plan.
Identify gaps and opportunities for solution completeness to help deliver best in class money movement solutions.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to clients to help accelerate solution design and readiness to adopt new product platform features.
Acquire deep understanding of Visa Direct API’s (Card/Account/Wallet) and develop ability to explain complex API concepts to clients.
Learn about Visa’s value-added services, find out how clients can gain from using those services, and create a persuasive narrative for them to adopt & implement those services.
Collaborate with cross-functional business, product, technology, client services & other teams to drive best in class client solutions & product offerings.
Work closely with the sales & account managers to plan and manage the client’s integration strategy, schedule, and deadlines.
Collaborate with the sales and account management teams to identify new business opportunities and develop technical proposals.
Monitor and analyze the effectiveness of implemented solutions and make necessary adjustments to optimize the performance.
Create presentations for internal approvals and external client facing discussions.
Communicate effectively with clients and internal stakeholders at various levels (including executive leadership).

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications

8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of payments industry, its ecosystem and the various players involved in its value chain (acquirer, issuers, processors, networks, payment service providers, remitters).
Interested and enthusiastic about innovation in payments, its development, and some knowledge about the technical solutions used around the world.
Experience in cross-border remittance operations, foreign exchange rates is a plus.
Experience in software/technology with practical experience with systems analysis & design techniques.
Ability to manage client relationships, engaging in both business-level and technical solutioning discussions at various levels of the organization.
Experience working with APIs and ISO 8583, ISO 20022 financials services systems is a plus.
Proven ability to understand and dive deep into technical details when needed.
Possess a unique combination of product expertise, problem solving ability, flexibility with rapid changes, intellectual curiosity, and attention to detail.
Anti Money Laundering, Payments Risk & Fraud Products and Sanction Screening knowledge desirable.
Possess fundamental product development skills from supporting the introduction of products features and/or improvements.
Excellent problem-solving and data analysis skills with a strong emphasis on results.
Strong team player, self-directed and able to work independently at coordinating cross functional activities, data collection, strong decision-making abilities to raise issues at appropriate times.
Strong project management and organization skills to keep large cross-functional teams working towards a shared goal.
Critical thinker, strong organization skills, ability to create solutions that are well planned.
Management Consulting experience beneficial but not necessary
Comfortable working closely with cross-functional teams.
Possession of French is a plus
Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills

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November 5, 2024
Senior Bus Development Leader, Indian Ocean Islands CyberSource East Africa Senior Manager

Job Description

The Senior Business Development Leader, Indian Ocean Islands is responsible for managing a dynamic portfolio of assigned clients (Financial Institutions & Fintechs) with the objective of increasing Visa’s strategic value in the region, growing client and Visa revenue, and strengthening executive relationships through innovative growth opportunities. This person will set the strategic direction of business objectives while driving critical projects & implementations of new products and services across the named area of responsibility. Success will be measured against designated growth targets (e.g. revenues from core, commercial and money movement, and value added services lines of business) and development of new business opportunities. The ideal candidate will actively collaborate with myriad internal partners to monitor business results, anticipate challenges, and take proactive measures to accomplish the above stated objectives. Finally, this role reports into Visa’s East Africa Cluster Lead, and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications
Principal Accountabilities:

Strategic Planning

Monitor & analyze industry trends (e.g. market, country, regional, global, competitors) and consumer/commercial behavior across banking, financial services, and technology sectors to predict business impact to Visa and develop comprehensive plans in assigned markets.
Develop ambitious & holistic strategic plans for assigned Clients based on market information, Client objectives & capabilities, Visa priorities, and competitor activities while simultaneously supporting Visa’s East Africa strategy.
Oversee the development of operational plans for each assigned Client, including: objectives, corresponding tactics and actions, and desired key results.
Drive Visa’s Innovation agenda via thought leadership on emerging capabilities including mobile, Visa Direct, and paywave to name a few.
Meticulously lead core Profit / Loss (P/L) activities in markets of responsibility with discipline, rigor, and little supervision (e.g. marketing plans, product launches).

Business Development and Relationship Management

Establish trust, cultivate deep relationships between Visa and assigned Clients (e.g. financial institutions, merchants, fintechs), and ensure a customer centric mentality so we may:
Understand clients’ business priorities, processes, and strategies
Anticipate end users’ needs as we design and build the future of payments
Offer Visa solutions and strategies that drive impact for customers and growth for our clients
Enthusiastically serve as a passionate consultant between Visa & assigned clients in the areas of (but not limited to): solutions, implementation, operations, marketing, finance, government engagement, compliance, and risk – ensuring responsiveness & high quality support.
Achieve & exceed assigned revenue targets while driving acceleration and expansion of Visa’s business across client portfolios in the East Africa Region.
Identify & lead new business development opportunities that drive mutual growth for clients and Visa.

General

Responsible for leading & monitoring Visa projects/operations across the assigned territories within East Africa and playing a key support role in other territories where assigned clients operate.
Manage budgets & achieve profitability and earnings targets across assigned territories and portfolios.
Effectively communicate across Hub (East Africa), Sub-Regional (Sub-Saharan Africa), and Regional (CEMEA) functional departments to ensure alignment of strategic objectives, business plans, escalations, and best practices.
Have a natural bias for enabling team success, building comradery and a shared purpose of positively impacting client’s business performance.
Actively contribute to the professional development of the larger East Africa team through mentorship & coaching.
Lead & support ad hoc projects / strategic initiatives as directed by East Africa Cluster Lead.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification
Extensive business experience in the payments and digital commerce industry, with an applied working understanding of how banking, payment networks, mobile networks, fintechs, and other constituents come together to deliver differentiated services to clients.
Working knowledge of payment products, banking industry, and payments industry trends.
Strong commercial acumen & experience managing P / L across multiple markets.
Strong sales leadership experience in leading cross-functional teams and track record of excellence in execution and commitments with results in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, globally matrixed environment.
Results driven individual with exceptional understanding of risk management, compliance, legal, marketing, and other core business functions that may influence Client needs & decisions.
Fiercely collaborative and able to effectively partner with executives at Visa and from Visa’s clients to leverage the company’s products and services that in turn, enhances Visa’s client relationships.
Superior ability to influence people and work across boundaries to execute highly complex programs with multiple interests involved (e.g. closing complex, competitive projects with clients and sales processes).
Proficient in navigating cultural, political, governmental, and regulatory environments across multiple countries/markets.
Exceptional ability to manage & grow varied internal, external, and cross functional relationships at all levels of Visa and Client organizations.
Proven ability to creatively & collaboratively drive innovation and lead change in successful top tier companies.
Entrepreneurial and comfortable with ambiguity – eager to seek a challenge and willing to chart new territories and disciplines.
Excellent communication skill (e.g. written, verbal, presentation).
Fluent in English and French with the ability to thrive in varying geographical markets.

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November 5, 2024
Social Accountability Advisor – Make Way

Role Overview Summary
This role will provide support and capacity building at the country level and to VSO staff, consortium partners, Civil Society Organizations, especially youth-focused/led organizations to enable them to:

Gain skills and knowledge in social accountability relevant to the needs of the Intersectionality Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights programme.
Have the necessary tools for undertaking social accountability activities within the programme.
Raise awareness and promote dialogue among different stakeholders to respond to the needs and priorities of vulnerable youth facing multiple forms of intersecting discrimination across the programme.
To engage and mobilize vulnerable youth groups to lead their own advocacy agendas.

Ideal Applicant Summary

Essential criteria (must have to be able to carry out the role successfully)

Qualifications:

At least a bachelor’s degree in a related subject preferably Policy, Political Science, Gender or Development studies.

Experience:

At least two years’ experience in advocacy and policy space as well as developing responses to SRHR issues in a development context.
Demonstrated ability to effectively convene, coordinate and communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders and identifying their needs and using their own voice to express their priorities.
Strong background in participatory community consultation and experienced in designing and delivering community consultation programmes.
Ability to work with minimal supervision and excellent written and communication skills especially when explaining complex concepts to audiences of different levels.
Proven ability to train, coach and supervise others.
Experience in SRHR advocacy work is a plus.

Competencies and Behaviour

At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

Ability to be open minded and respectful
Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
Ability to seek and share knowledge

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November 5, 2024
Communications Manager – Kenya Primary Literacy Program Pre-service Teacher Training Institute (PTTI) Officer – Kenya Primary Literacy Program

Position Description

The KPLP Communications Manager will be responsible for all project communications. The Communications Manager will lead project communications, including social media, success stories, short videos, press releases, etc., and lead the design and implementation of the KPLP communications strategy. The Communications Manager will disseminate key project achievements to the funder, stakeholders, and the public. The successful candidate will possess outstanding technical skills and knowledge of USAID branding and communications strategy, as well as the ability to collaborate in a highly effective manner with technical and operational counterparts within the project team, with MOE and government agencies, and other project stakeholders. The Communications Manager will report to the Chief of Party. This is a full-time position based in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Communication Manager’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Designing and implementing a communications strategy for the life of the project, to include creative product ideas and dissemination channels (may include working closely with local artists to develop communications for a diversity of audiences).
Sourcing storylines and developing communications such as fact sheets, success stories, press releases, social media content, narratives for short videos, speeches, and other communications as requested.
Developing and maintaining continuous engagement with local, national, and international media as needed.
Take photos and identifying and working with high-quality photographers and videographers in Kenya to build visual assets.
Supporting the development of quarterly and annual project reports.
Supporting the planning, development, and organization of content and messaging for events.
Manage usage of style and editorial rules, as well as keep abreast of changes in tools, methods, and techniques.
Collaborate with EDC Home Office Communications Team to adapt social media posts and success stories for international audiences and build out key products.
Collaborate with project staff and EDC Home Office Communications Team for development of slide deck presentations.
Building and maintaining a social media presence.
Coordinating with Chief of Party and EDC Home Office and the USAID Communications Officer to ensure materials are approved in accordance with USAID’s branding and marking guidance.
Coordinating with stakeholders and partners to ensure fidelity of all project communications.

Qualifications

The candidate for the position of Communications Manager shall have at a minimum the following qualifications: 

Education:

Master’s degree in communications, digital media studies, public relations, or a related field.

Skills and Experience:

7 to 8 years of progressively responsible and directly relevant experience.
Proven experience coordinating, managing, and collaborating with a range of individuals in diverse contexts, including working with various artists, event coordinators, monitoring and evaluation teams, and partner communications staff.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English required.
Strong creative skills; relationships with high-quality artists in a variety of mediums a plus.
Strong proficiency in the use of MS Word and PowerPoint required, proficiency in the Adobe Creative Cloud or other graphic design and video tools a plus.
Experience in developing content (including visual assets) and messaging for social media, including X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook, required.
Experience taking professional photographs a plus
Excellent interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity, ability to work under pressure and with a team, negotiate diplomatically, and the ability to work in a multicultural and multidisciplinary work environment, including experience working with underserved populations.
Demonstrated experience with and understanding of USAID communications strategies and approaches.
Ability to prepare and conduct presentations.
Event planning experience.

Language:

Fluency in oral and written English and proficiency in Kiswahili is required. 

Other:

Applicants must be Kenyan nationals or hold current work authorization. 

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November 5, 2024
Advocacy and Communications Advisor (National Volunteer)

Role Overview Summary

The National volunteer will provide support and Support evidence-based research and advocacy for the existing legal and policy frameworks both at the County and National level while providing evidence-based recommendations for effective implementation of SRHR in Kenya.
Make advocacy spaces more accessible to, and inclusive of, diverse youth and use communications as a means for enhancing our advocacy work and create innovative approaches to growing our communications work.

Ideal Applicant Summary
Education

Completed study in social sciences, advocacy, communications, public relations, or related field.

Experiences

Significant and relevant experience in the field of communication in multi-cultural environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skill
Skills on designing graphics and visuals for communication material.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, publishing, and graphic design tools
Proven ability of communicating at various levels.
Good written and spoken English and Swahili language skills.
Ability to work effectively as a team member with minimal supervision.
Evidence of effective problem solving and organizational skills.
Evidence of professionalism and high integrity.
Evidence of openness to learning to improve own performance.
Ability to be open minded and respectful.
Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations.
Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships.
Ability to seek and share knowledge and ability to also capture communication depending on audience and content of the message.

Competencies and Behaviour

At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together.
Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your
own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment

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November 5, 2024