Plan
Plan is an international humanitarian child centered community development organization, without religious, political or government affiliation. Plan is committed to protecting and promoting child rights, and to improving the lives and futures of poor children, their families and communities through a child-centered community development approach.
Closing date: 23 May 2010
Location: Kenya - Nairobi
Location: Kenya - Nairobi
Key responsibilities
- Support the DA in developing and implementing a transitional operational plan with a clear indicators and timelines.
- Ensure managerial accountability for the Development Area performance and efficiency.
- Lead team in the design of programs, sourcing of funding including grants and program implementation, monitoring and reporting
- Lead , support and develop the team with coaching and mentoring in a time of critical change
- Establish , strengthen and maintain relationships and excellent collaboration with partners and other stakeholders;
- Manage budget preparations, utilization of investments,
- Represent Plan Kenya as required.
Qualifications, experience and skills
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Development studies or a related field. Masters degree in the same field will be an advantage
- At least 5 years experience in development work at a senior level, preferably with experience in rights based programming.
- Experience in partnership building, advocacy and networking
- Proven experience in organizational assessment and development9
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including negotiation, facilitation, coaching and mentoring
- Excellent planning and reporting skills, including for finance
- Excellent communications and computer skills.
How to apply
If you meet the requirements for any of the above positions and would like to be a part of it in our commitment to children, please send a detailed and updated curriculum vitae, current remuneration and contacts of three professional references, including you current/latest line manager to jobs.plankenya@plan–international.org to be received by latest 23rd May 2010. Your email (OR ENVELOPE) should bear the title “AREA MANAGER – NAIROBI” as the subject. Reference Code: RW_85C9Y9-38