Institute for Capacity Development - Part Time Lectures / Trainers / Facilitators Jobs in Kenya

Urgently Required: Part Time Lectures / Trainers / Facilitators!
 

Do you have the PASSION to help build our Brand New Counties!

The Institute for Capacity Development (ICAD) is the Consulting and Executive Training division of KCA University and is recruiting Part-Time Consultants and Lecturers to help support our training and certification programmes that target our brand new Counties.
 

For the last 12 years, ICAD has offered management, consultancy and business skills training to local and international professionals in the industry, public service, and non-governmental organizations. 

ICAD partners with organizations to improve technical skills, capacity, and business performance.
 

ICAD would like to recruit, highly motivated, and suitably qualified lecturers that are well versed in modern techniques of adult education including experiential learning. 

Candidates should be specialised in at least one of the following:-

• Leadership.
• Public Management
• Devolution, and County Government Structures and Management
• Administrative Law
• Budgeting and Control
• Communication
• Public Relations
• Basic Computer skills and Productivity Tools
• Grassroots Coordination and Mobilization
• Organisational Leadership Development,
• Human Resource Management and Development,
• Advance Secretarial and Administrative course,
• International Relations and Humanitarian affairs Development.
• Project Management
• Public Procurement and Disposal
• English Language as a Second Language
• Financial Management
• Human Rights Based Management Techniques

Seminars/ Classes will be offered on part time EVENING basis in Mombasa.
 

Qualifications

• Undergraduate qualifications with a relevant specialization as mentioned above or,
• Those pursuing Masters or PhD programs and are at an advanced stage of their studies and 
• Substantive understanding, and experience in teaching and supervising mature students

In your cover letter please expound on how your experience specifically meets our stated requirements. Interested candidates should submit their application in confidence to:

The General Manager
Institute for Capacity Development (ICAD) - KCA University
Eco Bank Towers, 9th Floor
P.O Box 56808 – 00200
Nairobi
Email: icad@kca.ac.ke
 
All applications should in the subject line indicate
 

a) preferred course,
 

b) location(County City / Town)
 

c) Preference (Weekend or Evening),
 

and must include an updated CV, and copies of academic and professional certificates.

The deadline for receiving applications is 7th May, 2012. 

Please note that only email applications will be accepted.

Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.

Please note:
 

Applicants must be individuals already living in or working in Mombasa, Kilifi or Malindi.

Monitoring and Evaluation Manager Job in Kenya

Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

(Dadaab, Kenya)

Description

Please note: 

This is a 3-month position; 6 weeks in July-August 2012, and 6 weeks in October-December 2012.

Background:

Working in partnership with Star FM of Nairobi, Kenya, the Dadaab Humanitarian Information Service (HIS) project aims to address communication gaps between refugee populations and humanitarian organizations by providing essential life-saving information that informs, protects, empowers, facilitates dialogue and affects behavior change in the target audiences of camp residents.

The project will also assist the humanitarian sector to be more effective by enabling communities to better understand aid operations, access relief services and communicate with humanitarian agencies. 

The project will help to establish, train, and operate a community radio station run by Star FM and staffed by youth from the refugees and host communities that is being built in the camp to respond directly to the information and communication needs of those residing and working there.

Scope of Work:

The Monitoring and Evaluation Manager will be responsible for the development, implementation and strengthening of monitoring and evaluation systems and methodologies for this 12-month groundbreaking project in the Dadaab camps that will identify, train and oversee local project staff. 

Specifically, responsibilities will include:

• Design tools for roll out and coordination of ongoing media landscape and information needs assessments (qualitative and quantitative) in the camps, making use of SMS and other platforms as necessary, to feed immediately into program activities. This will build off of capacities and partnerships developed during an Internews-led assessment conducted in August 2011.
• Design tools and methodology for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the Dadaab HIS project, including relevant baseline, end line studies and regular monitoring, as required and in coordination with Internews M&E standards. This includes designing, conducting and reporting on learning reviews to capture lessons learned and best practices of the project.
• Hire, train, mentor and supervise local research and assessment teams and monitoring and evaluation staff.
• Analyze, produce, and strategically disseminate and present reader-friendly results-oriented reports on the findings of ongoing assessments, monitoring, and evaluation studies to be shared widely in country and to larger audiences.
• In coordination with the Humanitarian Liaison Officer, share and present the results (i.e. reports) of these assessments with the humanitarian community, government officials, local media and other media development partners as required, through presentations and/or email and social media, as required.
• Provide pertinent M&E data to the Project Director to strategically inform decisions on project implementation.
• Assist Project Director with preparation of high quality reporting to donors that highlight project achievements and milestones.
• Document best practices and success stories and prepare documentation for public relations purposes.
• Any other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Fluency in spoken and written English; knowledge of Swahili or Somali an asset.
• Relevant university degree in social sciences field with specific focus on monitoring and evaluation and research studies.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in monitoring and evaluation of internationally funded programs, preferably media development programs.
• Proficiency in evaluation design and development of indicators.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection/survey design, implementation and analysis.
• Ability to train, mentor, and manage teams of local researchers, including newcomers to the research sector.
• Competent in qualitative methodologies and participatory assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate M&E requirements and outcomes to project colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Proficient in MS Excel, word processing, Power Point and experience using statistical programs such as SPSS.
• An understanding of the vision/mission, core values and objectives of Internews.
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
• Willingness to work in demanding, stressful, and, at times, dangerous situations under difficult living conditions with respect for basic security rules.
• Psychological resilience and a sense of humor.

More about Internews in Dadaab:

Over twenty years after the first Somali refugees fled the crisis that ousted President Siad Barre, more than 982,000 Somalis are now refugees in neighboring countries and some 1.5 million are internally displaced. 

Thousands continue to cross the border to North-Eastern Kenya into the largest refugee complex in the world, Dadaab. 

At their inception, Dadaab camps were intended to house 90,000 refugees; today that figure has surpassed the 522,000 mark, according to UNHCR. 

In August 2011, Internews led a joint assessment of the communication and information needs of refugees in the Dadaab camps that found that serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk. 

Results from the final report, Dadaab, Kenya - Humanitarian Communications and Information Needs Assessment Among Refugees in the Camps, show that large numbers of displaced Somalis did not have the information they required to access basic aid or voice their concerns or ask questions to aid providers or the government.

Internews is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.

How to apply: 

Closing Date: 8th June 2012

Please visit Internews' website to apply:

https://sj.tbe.taleo.net/SJ11/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=INTERNEWS&cws=1&rid=120

or http://www.internews.org/jobs

Storekeeper Job in Dadaab Kenya

Vacancy No.: IOMKE/035/12
 

Position Title: Storekeeper
 

Classification: Equivalent to G2/1 (based on the UN Salary Scale for the General Service Staff in Kenya)
 

Duty Station: Dadaab, Kenya
 

Type of Appointment: 6 months special all inclusive contract, renewable
 

General Functions:
 

Under the overall supervision of the Procurement and Logistics Officer and under the administrative supervision of the Head of Sub Office Dadaab and under the direct supervision of the Procurement and Logistical Assistant, Dadaab, the incumbent will be responsible for receipt of goods, verification, documentation and proper storage of IOM project assets.

Essential Functions

• Receive/crosscheck all goods purchased for IOM and raise the Goods Received Note (GRN) against Purchase Order as evidence that goods have been delivered. All the GRN shall be crosschecked and approved by the Procurement and Logistics Assistant before the items are transferred to stores.
• Maintain all IOM stocks with the highest degree of care, integrity, and honesty and in the most transparent manner.
• Ensure goods/services received are of the right quality and that the quantity as described on the Purchase Order.
• Update Bin Cards on daily basis
• Handle all users requests and issue materials as per the agreed issuing schedule and procedures and using the appropriate documentation.
• Maintain manual ledgers parallel to the computerized inventory database as a short term control tool.
• Maintain, record and update Movement of Assets Forms e.g. laptops, projectors, computers, cameras etc… and ensure that the documents are properly filed.
• Maintain, record, and update all Waybills issued for supplies/equipment transferred outside the IOM office and follow up on return of the waybill by the receiver.
• Ensure stores cleanliness at all times.
• Ensure the safety of the stores e.g. safekeeping of the keys, ensure fire extinguishers are working, etc.
• Liaise with all users for the items received from suppliers to ensure that the right items have been delivered.
• Archiving the old files kept in stores.
• Setting up of re-order level for frequently consumed items.
• Generate stock report on weekly basis for review by the Procurement and Logistics Assistant, Dadaab.
• Assign codes to items as per IOM specifications.
• Any other duty that may be assigned.

Desirable Qualifications
 

1. Completed Secondary education in an accredited academic institution.
 

2. Minimum two years of relevant professional experience in inventory control and stores/warehouse management.
 

3. Desirable IOM Competencies:-
 

a. Behavioural - Accountability, Client Orientation, Continuous Learning, Communication, Performance Management, Professionalism and Teamwork.
 

b. Technical - Delivers on set objectives in hardship situations, effectively coordinates actions with other implementing partners, works effectively with local authorities, stakeholders, beneficiaries, and the broader community to advance country office or regional objectives.
 

4. Proficient in Microsoft Office and Outlook.
 

5. Good knowledge and working experience with HF and VHF Radios.
 

6. Flexible in terms of working hours.
 

7. Excellent command of spoken and written English and Swahili. Knowledge of Somali is an advantage.
 

Mode of Application: Submit Cover Letter and CV including daytime telephone and email address to: 

International Organization for Migration (IOM), 

Human Resources Department, 

PO Box 55040-00200 

Nairobi 

or send by email to hrnairobi@iom.int 

or hand deliver them to the IOM Sub Office, Dadaab.
 

Closing Date: 10 May 2012

Chemonics International - Chief of Party, Value Chain Expert, Livestock Specialist and Chief Financial Officer Jobs in Kenya

 Chemonics International Inc., a leading international consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., seeks experienced professionals for an anticipated livestock growth project in Kenya funded by USAID. 

This five-year contract aims to improve the inclusiveness and competitiveness of livestock value chains in Marsabit and Garissa while furthering livestock-related economic opportunities. 

Specific areas of expertise include: improved livestock productivity, animal science, range management, livestock marketing, dairy/meat processing, agribusiness management, pastoral livestock systems, animal nutrition/health, and breeding.

Chief of Party

• Minimum 10 years experience, including 5 years as COP or Senior Programme Manager, working in livestock or agricultural development programs in the Horn of Africa, including pastoral areas.
• Strong communications skills and proven ability to work collaboratively with host-country officials, donor organizations, and other key stakeholders.

Value Chain Competitiveness and Inclusiveness Expert / DCOP

• Minimum 10 years regional/international experience in relevant technical sector.
• Demonstrated success implementing programs using USAID’s facilitated value chains approach.
• Strong background in gender integration and women’s empowerment.

Livestock Specialist

• Minimum 10 years experience in livestock development, including marketing and processing.
• Minimum 5 years experience managing or evaluating livestock programs in the Horn of Africa.

Chief Financial Officer

• Minimum 10 years financial management/administration experience for international projects.
• Minimum 3 years experience in management of sub-grants and sub-contracts.
• Demonstrated knowledge of USAID regulations and donor reporting requirements.

All candidates must possess Master’s degree in relevant field or Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years relevant experience and English fluency. Experience in Kenya or E. Africa, specifically in pastoral areas, preferred.

Application Instructions: 

Please submit cover letter, resume, and three professional references to chemonicsregalrecruit@gmail.com by May 25, 2012. 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. No telephone inquiries please. 

Finalists will be contacted.