Jobs Kenya

Job Field: Sector in NGO/Non-Profit

  • Chief of Party – Kenya Local Food Systems Activity

    Chief of Party – Kenya Local Food Systems Activity

    Responsibilities

    Manages client relations and serves as primary liaison and IDG Representative with the client and stakeholders regarding overall policy, resource mobilization and allocation, joint initiatives and coordination of project management and planning. 
    Provides technical direction and oversight of activities.  
    Holds primary responsibility for project performance and budget management.    
    Leads planning, oversight and coordination of all project activities and personnel, operational and technical.  
    Ensures all project deliverables exceed expectations and are managed within budget.    
    Ensure internal integration of project activities through 1) the annual work plan and budgeting process; 2) creating/maintaining an effective project management team; 3) overseeing an effective monitoring and evaluation system. 
    Provide leadership and oversight for areas such as Finance, Operations, Reporting, Public Affairs, Fund Management and Human Resources; liaise with Regional Office and business partners per policy and practice.   
    Responsible for ensuring all staff receives adequate security and operational support and that Standard Operating Procedures are implemented.   
    Manage all aspects of staffing, including creating and maintaining a clear organizational structure with specific roles, responsibilities and reporting lines.   
    Ensure management systems are operational to track expenditures (including labor) and monitor same against the Program work plan and budget, according to both company policy and client standards/regulations. 
    Responsible for developing and implementing practices to ensure a high level of staff morale and retention.   

    Qualifications

    Bachelor’s Degree and 15 years of experience, Master’s degree and 12 years of experience, PhD and 8 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
    Eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience and expertise working on international development programming. Experience on complex value chain or agribusiness projects and demonstrated knowledge of production, agricultural economics, market intelligence, or related field strongly preferred. 
    Knowledgeable and experienced with international development contracting policies and procedures, specifically USAID, DfID, or Australian Aid as applicable. 
    Strong communications and interpersonal skills with evidence of ability to productively interact with a wide range and levels of organizations (government, private sector, NGOs, research institutions).  
    Experience managing large subcontracts or grants under contracts preferred.    
    Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel.  
    Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills.  
    Demonstrated ability to be collaborative across projects, flexible and creative. 
    Culturally sensitive and respectful.  
    Written and verbal fluency in English required. 
    Work experience in Kenya required.

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  • Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding Manager Team Leader – Protection GBV

    Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding Manager Team Leader – Protection GBV

    Overall purpose of the role: 
    The Humanitarian Disamorment and Peacebuilding Manager will provide overall technical leadership to the Humanitarian Disarmament and peace building (HDP) sector, and provide leadership in the design of HDP projects in the country operation. He/She will also lead on HDP sector level fundraising, donor engagement, technical program support to area teams and represent DRC Kenya and HDP related forums. He will be HDP government focal point and a key interlocutor with HDP partners and other key stakeholders. He will provide leadership to current HDBP projects, with project oversight responsibilities.
    Duties & Responsibilities:
    Strategy Development

    Develop the HDP country sector strategy and ensure it is updated at all times.
    Provide constant political and economic analysis of the national context as related to the HDBP sector
    In co-ordination with the DRC HoP and Regional HDP technical coordinators on Peacebuilding, support the development of related HDP cross border initiatives into neighbouring countries.
    Support the Country Director in drafting, promoting, and rolling out of all HDP-relevant strategic planning documents in broad consultation with all staff. 
    As an E-SMT member, ensure regular and critical review of the country strategic and action plans. Follow-up on the action plan and report against its indicators.
    Align and integrate HDP activities along other DRC Protection work.
    Support the Country Director by inputting into the Government Engagement Plan and supporting linkages with relevant government ministries/departments in line with the HDBP strategy
    Support the Head of Programs in harmonizing programme approaches and HDP delivery across the country program workstreams and governance levels

    Management, Coordination and monitoring

    Management, operational oversight, coordination and implementation of HDP projects within the DRC Kenya programme. 
    Ensure high quality project implementation for HDBP Sector and DRC joint projects in accordance with donor and DRC regulations as well as in line with agreed indicators, budgets, and work plans.
    Support and technical supervision of HDBP project staff. This includes coaching, ensuring co-ordination between Area  managers, recruiting and development of HDP staff.
    Provide appropriate and timely technical feedback to HDBP staff regarding their performance, including annual staff performance appraisals. 
    Identify with HDBP staff their needs and opportunities for professional development.
    Serve as a member of the country Extended Senior Management Team.
    Develop and monitor an annual HDP workplan and budget implementation at country level
    Work together with the Head of Programs and other program Teams to produce an annual county level workplan to ensure vertical integration of all HDP interventions and strategies 
    Work together with the MERL Unit to develop and monitor log frame indicators, intervention logic and a theory of change for the  HDP sector. 

    Programme development

    Develop and expand the HDP components of the DRC Kenya programme. 
    Lead in proposal development for HDP sector.
    Lead in fundraising efforts for HDP components
    Support the Country Director in representation for HDP related forums.
    Be a driving force in terms of developing HDB projects within the DRC Kenya programme objectives.

    Finance, administration and safety

    Responsible for HDP budget monitoring, financial management and expenses control including compliance with minimum DRC and donor requirements and ensuring that the necessary systems are in place.
    Responsible for ensuring that HDBP Country staff adherence to security procedures, monitoring the development in the security situation, developing contingency plans etc.
    Reporting
    Ensure all reports related to the HDP sector are compiled, quality checked and submitted on time to the donors in close consultation with the area teams, MERL Unit and the grants team. 
    Contribute to the quarterly, annual and other project reports as required
    Review technical content of downstream partner reports to ensure high quality technical reporting 
    Contribute to programme deliverables as they relate to the relevant  HDBP workstreams. 

    Representation/Liaison

    Represent HDP’s work in Kenya towards local government authorities, donors, partners, UN agencies and international and local NGOs and  selected local co-ordination forums. 
    Be the point of contact for collaborating with national partners under HDBP sector
    Provide overall technical management of the delivery of collaboration and national partner activities by providing technical assistance and attending activities to ensure set objectives are achieved

    Fundraising & Accountability

    Actively identify and respond to relevant funding opportunities. The funding environment in Kenya is challenging and will require significant focus and capacity.
    Lead proposal development to maintain and expand HDP’s portfolio in Kenya and on borderlands.
    Guided by the DRC Programme Handbook, continuously monitor and develop relevant accountability initiatives in the field as well as strengthening the effort to document the impact of HDP’s activities.

    Experience and technical competencies:  

    Demonstrate an understanding of the ever-changing Kenyan landscape (including cross border dynamics) as relates to politic, conflict, peace and security.
    Demonstrate conceptual and practical knowledge on Conflict Sensitive Development, security governance and related fields in a management capacity.
    Minimum of five years working experience with International NGOs or operational UN agencies, including at least two years’ experience of community-level conflict sensitive programming.
    Proven experience in project management, including budget expenditure, donor relations, reporting, proposal writing, staff management, and monitoring and evaluation.
    Demonstrable leadership and management skills, including team building and management by example.
    Demonstrable ability to think strategically, prioritize, and meet deadlines in a complex and challenging environment.
    Demonstrated ability to mobilise resources and expand programmes
    Excellent writing and verbal skills in English for project proposals, reports, and communications; Swahili skills is an added advantage.

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  • Regulatory Sciences Consultant

    Regulatory Sciences Consultant

    Purpose of the position
    The Regulatory Sciences department provides strategic regulatory guidance throughout the different stages of development, managing global regulatory activities for the DNDi portfolio in collaboration with the project teams in order to ensure timely availability to the patients where they need treatments, and interacts effectively with several partners and stakeholders to ensure that DNDi’s mission is fully reflected in the agreed regulatory strategy.
    The Regulatory Sciences consultant provides support to achieve Regulatory Sciences department goals.
    Specific job responsibilities

    Project Regulatory lead

    Accountable for managing projects and delivering quality output through expert services Coordinates regulatory activities in core team

    Provides timely regulatory support and advice to disease and regional clinical operations on clinical trial requirements and dossier requirements for national and regional submissions

    Monitors progress of assigned regulatory projects/deliverables within established timeframes- Ensures appropriate filing & archiving- S/he ensures timely update in the regulatory data base ( sharepoint, veeva…)

    Develops strategic plans and regulatory risk assessments and create innovative regulatory solutions

    Pro actively addresses issues, gaps, options and trade-offs

    Provides timely regulatory support and advice to disease and regional clinical operations on clinical trial requirements and dossier requirements for national and regional submissions – Participates in the review of non-clinical and clinical study protocols to ensure alignment with global regulatory requirements and provides high level output

    Interactions with Health authorities

    Develops global regulatory strategy and plans for health authorities 

    Supports the preparatory activities including briefing package writing for interactions with regulatory authorities and lead or co-lead face to face meetings

    Regulatory excellence and compliance with regulatory and DNDI policies

    Drives proactively to  ensure regulatory excellence

    Prepares and update SOPs

    Conducts training and education to increase regulatory compliance at DNDi

    Timely experience shared with regulatory team

    Regulatory intelligence and policy

    Responsible for the regulatory watch of African Countries (east and southern Africa in particular)  in order to identify any change having an impact on the product development and /or leading to new regulatory activities

    Represents DNDi at KAPI discussions or with any stakeholders by 1) consolidating lists of questions for DNDi 2) getting feedback and 3) providing meeting notes within 4 days

    Analyses, formulates and presents recommendations related to regional regulatory affairs to advice teams

    Regulatory Sciences Team support

    May support Head of Regulatory Affairs in other delegated tasks (not specific to  Africa)

    Actively supports the objectives and activities of the regulatory team

    Ensures compliance and adherence regulatory and DNDi standards.

    Reporting line

    The Regulatory Sciences Consultant reports to the Head of Regulatory Affairs based in Geneva.
    Close working relationship with the assigned disease and clinical operation regional teams to deliver new treatments for neglected diseases in the DNDi portfolio.

    Job requirements
    Skills and attributes

    Strong knowledge of African Regulatory environment of Drug development & registration; understanding of regulations, laws, guidelines and requirements
    Experience to support local clinical trials from submission to studies completion
    Experience of interacting with different regulatory authorities in Africa and other countries. Experience with stringent regulatory authorities (EMA, FDA…) and joined regional initiatives will be an advantage
    Experience to coordinate projects, monitoring milestones, to achieve objectives under ambitious timelines
    Ability to work effectively in a multicultural and virtual team and to interact with internal/external stakeholders (partners, consultants etc)
    Strong technical writing/review skills (briefing books, protocol/report review etc)
    Strong ability to use initiative, prioritize, multi-task, and work well under pressure to meet deadlines
    Can do attitude -makes things happen
    Open to change and willingness to learn
    Clear and systematic thinking that demonstrates good judgment and problem-solving competencies
    Strong communication skills in multicultural, multi-lingual environments
    Well organized and structured
    Strong analytical skills
    Strong ability to provide high level support in project/programme delivery
    Strong management, negotiation, and advocacy skills
    Strong autonomy as the only regulatory expert locally
    Fluency in English
    Fluency in French is an added advantage

    Experience

    Minimum 15 years’ relevant experience
    Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and matrix structure, managing complex/virtual networks and partners.
    Experience of interacting with different regulatory authorities in Africa and other countries.
    Experience with stringent regulatory authorities (EMA, FDA…) and joined regional initiatives will be an advantage.
    Proven experience in offering regulatory support to clinical trials.
    Experience of working in public and private sector is desirable.

    Education

    Advanced post graduate degree or graduate degree with equivalent experience to reach Master level in relevant   field. Education in regulatory affairs is desirable.

    Other requirements

    Status: Part time consultancy
    Travel and field work up to 50%

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    dndi.my.salesforce-sites.com

  • Shamiri Fellow – Nairobi Shamiri Fellow – Kiambu

    Shamiri Fellow – Nairobi Shamiri Fellow – Kiambu

    Roles And Responsibilities

    Delivering intervention activities by facilitating group sessions.
    Observing punctuality on all matters that concern Shamiri.
    Attending supervision meetings as communicated.
    Recording group sessions attendance.
    Reporting to the supervisors any information necessary promptly.
    Acting, with supervision, to help ensure participant confidentiality, health, and safety.

    Requirements

    A minimum of KCSE Grade C.
    Aged between 18-22 years.
    Demonstrate the ability to recognize and reflect on one’s own values, attitudes, beliefs, biases, emotions, and past experiences.
    Demonstrate interest in helping others and ensuring their confidentiality, fair treatment, safety, and wellbeing.
    Demonstrate commitment to the broad scope of values, ethics, and goals at the height of the Shamiri mission.
    Possess organizational and problem-solving skills; show that you are responsible. Knowledge of graphic design and video editing tools, such as Adobe suites
    Possess strong communication skills and attention to detail.
    Possess time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

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  • Child Rights and Safeguarding Advisor Executive Assistant (EA)

    Child Rights and Safeguarding Advisor Executive Assistant (EA)

    Role Purpose
    The Child Rights and Safeguarding Advisor will lead in defining the Country office agenda for protecting children and young people especially girls and keeping them safe from gender based and other forms of violence. S/He will serve as the lead advisor responsible for assessing, designing and guiding a strategy to address violations of children’s rights to protection from abuse, exploitation and violence. S/he will ensure that quality programmes are initiated and capacities developed in-country and with partners to provide protection interventions. S/he will play a leading role in national level child protection coordination working groups and support government efforts to strengthen protection and end violence against children. S/he will collaboratively drive advocacy at the appropriate levels in Kenya and with a view to ending violence against girls and young women.
    The incumbent will also contribute in strengthening the internal measures of safeguarding of children and young persons at all levels and efforts to empower them to effectively detect, prevent and respond to all forms of violence, especially Gender Based Violence against adolescent girls and children in and out of school.
    This position plays a critical role in ensuring that Plan Kenya continues to be a leading agency in safeguarding children’s rights within the organization and among its partners and associates, as well as advocating for the same.  The position holder will advise on the implementation milestones of the policy on Safeguarding Children and Young People in Plan Kenya and ensuring compliance to the policy by Plan staff, partners and associates.  The position will contribute to business development by supporting intelligence gathering, proposal development, advocacy and donor engagement to deliver on Plan Kenya’s bold ambitions for girls and youth in Kenya.
    Qualifications and Experience:

    Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 7 years’ experience, 5 of which are in implementing Child Rights programming at local or national level, preferably with an International Non-Governmental Organization.
    Strong and up to date knowledge of child protection/Safeguarding programmes, protection and safeguarding as well as meaningful youth engagement.
    A clear understanding of the strategies for engaging with children and young people in programme activities and advocacy.
    Good understanding of child protection systems in the country.
    Experience working with civil society and community-based organisations, particularly in Kenya.
    Result oriented, good interpersonal and communication skills including influencing and negotiation
    Commitment to Plan values and willingness to abide by Child and Young people Safeguarding Policy and hold others accountable.
    Good presentation and communication skills
    Proven experience in providing technical assistance to complex protection programs
    Commitment to Plan Kenya’s position on promoting girls’ rights and gender equality and integrating all these aspects in their day to day work
    3 Years in a leadership/managerial role

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  • Deputy Head of Delegation in Charge of Programs

    Deputy Head of Delegation in Charge of Programs

    Overarching Responsibilities
    Under the Head of Delegation’s supervision, the Deputy Head ensures the supervision of operations at the national level. He/She sees to the proper implementation of operations in compliance with the Strategic Planning (SP) of the delegation’s operations in adherence to the general reference framework and the program approach.
    He/She ensures the implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems in the projects and monitor the progress of activities according to pre-established indicators. He/She notifies the Head of Delegation if there is a need to implement corrective measures. He/She supervises the program teams. He/She feels accountable to the beneficiaries, collaborators and donors.
    He/She ensures that teams and partners have been instructed in the security policies and the general code of conduct and conform to them at all times.
    Through delegation from the Head of Delegation, He/She contributes to managing and assuming ultimate responsibility for all the mission’s risks and aspects of access.
    Specific Responsibilities
    More specifically He/She has the following responsibilities:
    Steering activities:

    Ensures project implementation and activities follow-up according to the program approach and the strategic issues connected to their context(s) (targets, follow-up of scheduled activities, budgetary activity reports follow-up
    Informs the Head of Delegation and colleagues involved, if necessary (PROG& EXP, RDF, etc.) of the timelines for execution and propose adjustments where necessary depending on the available means and in coordination with the teams involved
    Puts in place a regular system of information and data reporting (e.g. beneficiary counts, indicators, steering, etc.) as well as the formal coordination at field level (coordination meetings, reports, etc.)
    In coordination with the support staff, ensures that the needs of programs and expertise in terms of financial, logistics and HR means are covered in a professional way within the framework of current and well measured projects for the implementation of new operations (GAP, etc.)
    Ensures that the strategic plan, including the program approach, are properly implemented to attain the results as defined in the operational framework and projections planned for by the Foundation
    Ensures that the implementation of activities is in harmony with the quality and accountability protocols
    Participates in the design of assessment methods intended to collect qualitative and quantitative data in terms of program indicators (needs assessment, statistical data, impact studies, etc.)
    In connection with the delegation technical adviser(s), ensures the compliance of technical practices with the Tdh’s remit and the major strategic lines
    Makes regular visits to programs and activities in the field and informs the Head of Delegation and the other colleagues involved of possible problems, challenges or identified obstacles

    Operational strategy

    Follows the evolution of the humanitarian and political context of the country of operations and shares this information with the Head of Delegation and his/her collaborators; actively contributes to drafting the context analysis
    Actively participates in identifying the needs and proposes adapted responses as part of the implementation of the country strategy in concert with the program coordination team
    In concert with the program coordinators and experts and the project leaders, in collaboration with the support department and under the supervision of the Head of Delegation, defines the country strategy and interventional plan for the delegation and recommends realistic adjustments if necessary (including in terms of resources where necessary)
    Ensures that the country strategy is in harmony with the Foundation’s values and remit

    Human Resources

    Supervises and oversees a diversified team, guaranteeing cohesion and good coordination between them for the successful execution of programs
    Supports the Head of Delegation in the design and implementation of an organizational structure, participates in defining the roles and responsibilities needed for the proper execution of activities
    May be led to participating in the recruitment of their collaborators
    Ensures a constant effort of strengthening national and international teams’ capacity according to the needs identified and proposes internal and external training activities
    Drafts field job descriptions, participates and leads coordination meetings, resolves any conflicts when required, defines activity priorities and scheduling

    Representation

    Ensures good information reporting from the field to the coordination office
    Supports the Head of Delegation by taking part in coordination meetings and in this regard, represents Tdh locally with donors, the authorities, partners, etc.
    Ensures Tdh sectorial representation in various forums
    May be led to act as a Tdh spokesperson with the media upon a request by the Head of Delegation

    Reporting

    Consolidates the monthly drafting of sitreps about monitoring current activities in the delegation and submits them for endorsement to the Head of Delegation
    Contributes to the drafting of intermediary and final reports intended for donors
    Contributes to the drafting of any other document is necessary and upon request

    Finance

    In adhering to the GAP, participates in fund-raising and negotiations with donors to ensure adequate funding for current and future programs
    Ensures program budget follow-up together with the heads of the departments involved

    Management

    Efficiently directs their collaborators by appropriately delegating with a view to attaining results and developing skills
    Watches over good management practices in line with Tdh values

    Skills and Competences
    This function requires possession of fundamental personal, social and leadership skills, technical and methodological skills and managerial and strategic skills, in particular the following:

    Ethical and exemplary leadership (secure base), managerial excellence; inspires and motivates collaborators
    Develops and endorses the strategic plan, the guidelines and governance tools
    Defines policies, establishes budgets and sets the quality standards
    Analyzes program and context in a connected way
    Capacity to plan and organize in a stressful environment
    Significant experience in designing and managing projects and implementing multi-sectorial operations
    Knowledge of humanitarian, practical and standard principles (Sphere)
    Experience in representation (donors, authorities, partners)
    Experience in supervising multicultural teams
    Similar experience in emergency contexts
    Strong organizational capacities, a capacity to operate autonomously, proactively and the strength of initiative, meets deadlines
    An analytical mind
    A results-driven mindset
    Good resistance to stress and an ability to work under pressure
    An excellent ability and ease in expressing themselves in public (conferences, workshops) and to adapt themselves to their audience (governments and local authorities)

    Required conditions
    Training/Qualifications

    Master’s Degree in relevant social science

    Experience

    A minimum of eight years of senior management and development experience in an NGO environment, including experience directing and implementing programs for children
    Robust experience of program cycle management including in emergencies
    Substantial experience and knowledge of effective financial and budgetary control and managing grants from major institutional donors
    Experience in more than one of Tdh’s thematic sectors: child protection, health and nutrition, emergencies
    Experience managing teams for resource mobilisation and submitting proposals including large proposals in a wide range of thematic areas
    Experience working with high level government agencies and academics on issues related to children
    Proven experience in new business development, project design, and donor proposal design with corporate, foundations and institutional donors
    Proven experience in developing and managing monitoring, evaluation and learning systems

    Languages

    English. French would be an asset.

    Please send your CV (3 pages max.) and a cover letter to ken.recruitment@tdh.ch with “Deputy Head of Delegation in charge of Programs” in the subject line by 31st of March COB.

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    ken.recruitment@tdh.ch

  • Terms of Reference: Technical Writer (Individual Consultant)

    Terms of Reference: Technical Writer (Individual Consultant)

    Requirements

    The technical writer will produce a case study that details the processes undertaken by Girl Effect to develop Big Sis, supported by internal stakeholders at Girl Effect, who will be the primary sources of information.
    They will also further develop the documentation of Girl Effect’s current technological infrastructure on Notion, by structuring and detailing the various technological processes that take place at Girl Effect and designing a process for how our teams and partners can continue doing this in future.
    The Technical Writer will be supported by our technical partners, who will provide details on the types, content, and frequency of various tasks taken on to maintain our technological infrastructure.

    Expected commitment:

    The assignment will take approximately 3 months to complete.
    The consultant will be expected to spend up to 16 hours each week on this assignment, depending on the programme’s needs.
    The consultant’s assignment period is from April 2023 to June 2023

    Who You Are

    Skills, Knowledge and Experience

    Experience developing technical documentation for complicated technology stacks that may include website development, chatbot development, app development or other technology platforms

    The ability to create accurate, clear, concise and well-organised content that transfers knowledge to users to meet their needs
    Strong proofreading and editing skills
    Familiarity with a variety of technology stacks and are able to get to grips with new stacks for the delivery of this work
    The ability to understand users’ goals and their context
    Experience building strong working relationships with subject matter experts, technical leads and other stakeholders
    The ability to understand and interpret engineering drawings, schematics and diagrams, and other technical data

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  • Consultant – Regional Advocacy

    Consultant – Regional Advocacy

    Scope of the regional consultancy
    In 2023 we identify key opportunities and milestones:

     As short-term objectives in 2023, we plan to participate in the October 2023 session of the African Commission in Banjul, with a stronger delegation and clear goals and outputs and coordinated side events and advocacy engagements. We also want to register LWF at the African Union. We plan to organise a preparatory workshop in Juba in May 2023.
     As a longer-term objective (2023/2024?), building on the results of a regional meeting in 2019 in Lalibella, we would want to better define our regional advocacy engagement: identifying priority issues for the 4 countries (in 2019 climate justice and displacement were identified), map out and engage with key networks/stakeholders, and have a regional strategy for our advocacy.
     In relation to the UPR regional project, the 3rd phase will end mid-2024, we need to discuss with donors to see if we could design a new project to build on all the good results and continue with the RBA L2G initiative in the region. We would thus need to define the needs and lessons learnt from the current phase to design a new intervention. This could be an opportunity to fundraise for our regional priorities.

    Objectives of the mid-term monitoring

     Coordinate and organise the regional advocacy workshop in Juba in May 2023 in liaison with key colleagues, including support for logistics, designing the program and presentations/material
     Ensure the Juba workshop delivers a concrete plan for engagement in the African Commission in Banjul in October 2023, including specific activities and budget
     Coordinate LWF’s engagement in the Banjul Commission session in October 2023, including support for logistics, registration and event organization during the session
     Support LWF registration process with the African Union
     Mapping and analysis of regional engagement opportunities for LWF (including support to countries in engaging with the AU mechanisms)
     Prepare reports of the various regional activities (regional workshop in Juba, Banjul visit)
     Consult colleagues and prepare a brief to strengthen LWF’s regional advocacy engagement with a proposed way forward until the end of the current project phase (june 2024)
     Prepare an analysis of the lessons learnt and challenges of the current project phase for regional advocacy to inform the design of the new project phase (from July 2024).
     Support Member churches in the region in engagement with the African Commission
     Liaise with colleagues in CPs as well as in headquarters (Geneva)

    Consultant profile

     5-7 year experience with human rights advocacy in the region, preferably with displaced populations
     Previous experience with AU and its mechanisms, and participation in ACHPR sessions
     Familiar with Rights-Based approach in a variety of settings (humanitarian, development, human rights/advocacy)
     Able to articulate key elements of RBA in practice in relation to project design, implementation and impact
     Strong organizational skills, experience in event organization
     Experience in capacity-building and coaching others to participate in technical advocacy/human rights platforms/mechanisms
     Understanding of how to link grass-roots projects to national and international level advocacy
     Able to work with a diverse team

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    lutheranworld.hire.trakstar.com

  • Short-term Consultancy: Waste Enterprises Growth Curriculum

    Short-term Consultancy: Waste Enterprises Growth Curriculum

    The curriculum will be utilized in training by HIH EA to impact the following skills:

    Knowledge of sustainable waste management systems
    Understanding different types of waste, their handling, storage, disposal requirements, and their potential effect on the environment.
    Understand and apply the waste management hierarchy for sustainable development
    Understand waste disposal & treatment methods
    Knowledge of Waste minimization and recycling
    Understanding the environmental impact of waste
    Identification of the cost-effectiveness of managing waste efficiently
    Insight on new recycling technologies & circular economy
    Understanding of legislation and compliance with waste regulations

    The expert is also expected to advice (and include in the curriculum) any other skills the program can focus on.
    Person Specification

    A diploma in waste management or environmental science.
    At least 5 – years of working experience in waste management and implementing circular economy strategies
    Experience with commonly used curriculum development tools and facilitating training.
    Demonstrated experience in facilitating waste management and sustainability initiatives
    Knowledge of waste and resources policy and regulatory mandates.
    Experience in conducting monitoring and evaluation of waste and environment management initiatives. Experience conducting EIAs is an added advantage.
    Demonstrate knowledge of solid waste management and the 3Rs (Recycle, Reuse and Recycle challenges.

    The deadline for submission of proposals (Financial and technical concepts) is Monday 13th March 2023. Financial proposal to be submitted in Kenya Shillings. These should be submitted via email to: procurement@handinhandea.org using the reference number as the email subject.

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    procurement@handinhandea.org