African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) Executive Director - Nairobi, Kenya

The African Council for Distance Education (ACDE), a continental unifying body of African Open and Distance Learning Universities and the African Union’s lead implementing agency for distance education, wishes to fill the position of Executive Director that will fall vacant on 1st January 2012.

The Executive Director is the Chief Executive of ACDE who reports to the ACDE Executive Board.

He/she will be based at the ACDE Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya.

Key Responsibilities

The Executive Director shall be responsible for:

• The administration and management of the Secretariat, including the preparation of budget and financial as well as personnel management reports;
• Providing strategic vision and leadership for ACDE as guided by its Strategic Plan;
• Handling corporate communications, including enhancing the profile of ACDE with the media, Government ministries in charge of Education, Regional and Sub regional Organisations; Universities and other providers of Open and Distance Education;
• Facilitating institutional collaborations and recruitment of members
• Directing financial management of ACDE, including fundraising for ACDE projects, programmes and research;
• Facilitating achievement of the goals and objectives of ACDE;
• Project Management including Monitoring and Evaluation.
• He/she shall be Secretary to and ex-officio member of the ACDE Executive Board.

Qualifications

In order to be considered for this position, candidates must have credibility and command respect within the Open and Distance Learning practice and will be expected to have the following qualifications and competencies:

• Be a Professor or Associate Professor of an ACDE member university;
• Have served in senior management positions, at the level of Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice Chancellor or Dean of Faculty/Director of Institute/School for at least three (3) years;
• Have a thorough knowledge of national and international trends of higher education generally and Open and Distance Learning in particular;
• A demonstrable track record of strategic and visionary leadership;
• Have excellent networking and marketing skills.
• Have excellent management skills and experience;
• Be an excellent communicator.

Terms of Service

This performance- based appointment will be either on a three (3) year renewable contract or secondment upon mutual agreement. The ACDE will offer a competitive remuneration to the successful candidate in line with the approved ACDE Human Resources policy. The successful candidate will commence duties on 1st January 2012.

Application Procedure

Interested and qualified applicants should send their applications (comprising cover letter and detailed CV that include full contact details of two referees) by e-mail addressed to the undersigned, so as to be received not later than 20th October 2011.

President, ACDE
African Council for Distance Education
Website: www.acde-africa.org

E-mails: director@acde-africa.org, with copies to tsambwette@yahoo.com, and tolly.mbwette@out.ac.tz, and princejsaadelabu@yahoo.co.uk,

Those who do not hear from us by 30th November 2011, should consider their applications as unsuccessful.

Prepared by
ACDE Human Resources Committee

AMPATH Research Data Manager

Academic Model Providing Access to Health Care (AMPATH) is a project under the auspices of Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital whose aim is to provide sustainable efforts in HIV Prevention and Care.

Beside MTRH site, AMPATH also supports MOH in 8 Districts in Rift Valley, 1 District in Nyanza and 11 in Western Province.

Applications are invited from qualified candidates for the following vacant position in AMPATH Program.

Research Data Manager

1 Post

Role:

Reporting to the Assistant Program Manager for Research, the successful candidates will among others be responsible for the following:-

Duties and Responsibilities

• Liaise with the Clinicians and the Biostatisticians in retrieving data and organizing data for various Research questions from the databases.
• Ensure quality data for analysis by cleaning Research data retrieved from the databases and document necessary corrections.
• Prepare quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports to Ministry of Health and funding agencies.
• Train clinical Research associates to help improve the quality of the data being collected.
• Any other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate:-

• Must hold Bachelor of Science in Statistics or Mathematics or related field from a reputable university. Masters in Statistics or Mathematics will be an added advantage
• Must possess statistical and computer experience of more than 1 year.
• Must be proficient in statistical software e.g. SAS, SPSS, STATA, S-Plus/R, Epilnfo and spreadsheets.
• Research experience will be an added advantage

Candidates are reminded to advise their referees to submit their letters of Reference before the closing date.

Terms of Employment

The successful candidate will be employed on a 1-year renewable contract terms with a competitive salary and allowances.

Candidates who meet these requirements and are interested should submit their applications, copies of certificate together with detailed Curriculum Vitae giving details of current remuneration to:

Program Manager
P.O. Box 4606-30100
Eldoret

So as to reach him on/before 3rd November 2011.

NB: only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Deputy Principal

An established leading Private Primary school offering 8-4-4 system of education is looking for a mature, academically qualified, experienced, energetic Deputy Principal aged between 35 - 45 years to take up the above position.

Duties and Responsibilities

• In charge of academics from Baby Class to STD 8
• Exemplary practitioner, with an exceptional track record of promoting pupil progress.
• To supervise curriculum implementation, monitoring and evaluation for excellent performance.
• Co-ordinate, supervise and appraise staff under him.
• Ensure that good discipline amongst pupils is well maintained.
• Maintaining teaching staff registers, checking pupil competencies and marking of pupils work.
• Ensure that teachers' schemes of work and lesson notes are checked.
• Oversee the development and teaching Aids and learning resources
• Advice the Principal on the resources required in the department.
• He/she must be result oriented
• Has an excellent interpersonal skill with the ability to inspire, lead and motivate others to bring about improvements

Qualification and Competencies

• Must have served in a senior management for the last 5 years in a large Educational institution.
• Be able to perform a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
• Good track record of excellent performance and governance its
• Be holder of B.Ed degree or equivalent from a recognized university.
• Must possess good administrative and supervisory skills.
• A team player, good communicator, time manager and self motivated and result oriented
• Must be Computer literate
• Holders of a Masters Degree in relevant field will be an added advantage.

If you meet the above criteria, please send your application letter and a detailed CV which should include 3 referees and their contact addresses and telephone numbers to the address below on or before 4th November, 2011 to:

The Executive Director
P.O Box 45373-00100
Nairobi

Regional Communications (Humanitarian Relief) Consultancy in Kenya - Save the Children Sweden

Save the Children Sweden

Eastern and Central Africa Office

Consultancy

Regional Communications (Humanitarian Relief)

Save the Children Sweden started working in Eastern and Central Africa in 1965. Today, we have offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya; and Khartoum, Sudan.

Through long-term child-rights based development programs, we focus on building the capacity of local people, community-based structures and organizations by working with local partners. In Eastern and Central Africa, we work with more than forty different non-governmental organizations and government bodies.

All of the work in the region focuses on children’s rights, and tackles issues that affect marginalized children. The core of the work focuses on children affected by conflict, education, discrimination, abuse, exploitation, and HIV/AIDS. Our focus also includes child participation and good governance in the best interest of the child.

The Nairobi Regional Office is offering a Regional Communications Consultancy

Due to tremendous growth of the Sudan programme since 2009, the Sudan office has little capacity to manage external communications regarding our programmes in the country, and has no coherent communications strategy.

Communication needs have intensified with the recent emergency situation in the Abyei locality and South Kordofan State, and now Blue Nile State, all bordering South Sudan.

Utilizing opportunities to raise the visibility and profile of SCS work in country has been limited.

In addition, SCS is currently collaborating with and supporting other Save the Children Members who are implementing a unified emergency response to the drought situation in Kenya and Somalia, and a coordinated response in Ethiopia, and as part of this are required to report to member partners and stakeholders.

The Regional Communications Consultant will be primarily focused on strengthening the SCS Sudan Programmes external communications in order to promote the SCS as a Child Rights organization to stakeholders in Sudan, Sweden and internationally.

In addition, the consultant will be responsible for monitoring local and international media relating to the emergency response in order to strengthen the regional teams coordination and daily information flow regarding the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa.

This is a contract position starting as soon as possible for a minimum of 6 months, with possibility of extension. The Consultant will work on a 70/30 ration on the Sudan and Horn of Africa emergencies respectively.

Based in Nairobi, the Consultant will be required to make at least one field trip to Sudan during the consultancy period.

The Consultant will report to the Retgional Donor Relations and Grants Manager at SCS ECAf in liaison with the Senior Communications Advisor in the SCS Head Office.

Tasks

Implement the Emergency Communications Strategy, including, but not limited to:

• Coordinate with SCS Sudan, HO, and other members as appropriate in preparing periodic situation reports
• Assist the Sudan office in managing media relations as needed
• Assist in providing updates to members and to ACE/SCI
• Assist as needed with communications to donors, including providing them with both formal and informal updatesAssist in preparing updates to NGOs, civil society, and communities in Sudan
• Assist as needed in coordinating with and providing updates to relevant UN agencies
• Manage internal communications to staff at SCS ECAf office and SCS Head Office as needed.
• Train country/regional staff to implement Sudan Communications Strategies, HO communication guidelines and SCI communication guidelines on an ongoing basis
• Liaise with East African Regional Media on behalf of SCS ECAf

Key deliverables and expected timeframe

• Consolidated report on the previous 6 months work in Sudan based on situation reports to be provided to external stakeholders
• Monthly Fact Sheets for SCS Field Offices in Sudan
• One Fact Sheet each for Child Protection, Violence against Children in Armed Conflict, Education, Child Rights Governance, Health & Wash, Nutrition, and Livelihoods programmes in Sudan, highlighting the emergency situation
• One Fact Sheet from a children’s perspective related to SCS Sudan
• One Fact Sheet from a children’s perspective related to the emergency in theHorn of Africa
• Coordinate the production of six case studies related to the emergency and selected programmes with SCS Sudan staff
• Deliver monthly internal presentations to SCS ECAf staff regarding the emergency situation in Sudan and in the Horn of Africa

Required qualifications

• University degree in related field (communications/journalism or appropriate alternative)
• Minimum of five years of documented experience of related work in a multicultural contexts
• Experience of producing message points, press releases, media advisories and other media materials
• Excellent writing and verbal skills in English.
• Basic photography skills

Desirable

• Emergency communication experience
• Network of journalist, photographers and videographers in Sudan and the region
• Working knowledge of Arabic

The successful candidate should also possess the following personal qualities, in line with the values of Save the Children.

• Commitment to Save the Children’s mission and values
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a multicultural environment
• Excellent organisational skills and attentive to detail
• Works well under pressure, ensuring smooth and efficient running of duties
• Ability to quickly build strong working relationships and build trust with local staff

Send your application, clearly marked Consultancy – Communications by Friday 21st October, 2011 to the HR Advisor, Kristy McLean on kristim@ecaf.savethechildren.se