Program Assistants job vacancy in Kenya

Build Africa Kenya (previously Partners for Progress (PfP)) is a Non Governmental Organization that works exclusively in rural areas of Kenya to help young people escape poverty by supporting education and income generation activities.

Our aim is to create sustainable models for increasing the incomes of the poor and better access to education and healthcare. We give young people (including parents and the community at large) the chance to save, to work their way out of poverty and to increase the prosperity of their communities.

We work with key stakeholders in Gilgil, Elementaita, Machakos and Mwala regions in implementing integrated programmes in Education, HIV/AIDS and reproductive health, livelihoods and skills development including income generation.

Our vision is for every young person in Africa to fulfill their potential and to make a difference.

As part of our ongoing effort to improve the quality of our program delivery, we are seeking talented and socially responsible individuals with exceptional skills, background, education and a passion for using investment and education as a tool to alleviate poverty in rural communities for the following positions:

Program Assistants
2 Positions

The Program Assistant is responsible for high quality program activity implementation to include community mobilization, training, community partnership liaison, data capture and reporting.

The job holder will be expected to continually observe the day-to-day effectiveness of programme delivery, noting and reporting any areas where improvements are possible.

The 2 positions will be based in Machakos and Naivasha with significant travel to the field.

Key Responsibilities

    * Implement core program and cross cutting activities as per the work plan
    * Organize and conduct community based trainings
    * Manage and keep warm community based partnerships
    * Identify project beneficiaries and as needed, collect evidence of program impact from the beneficiaries
    * Collect and enter into MIS relevant program data including KPIs
    * Make continual informal observations of BAK’s program delivery, noting and reporting all any potential problems, notable successes and suggestions for improvements
    * Provide high quality photographs and Video clips for use in fundraising
    * Prepare detailed monthly project activity reports

Person Specifications and Competencies

The right candidate will have a minimum of a relevant first degree from a recognized university with at least a year of demonstrated experience implementing development projects, preferably with a local NGO and should have experience of directly working with communities.

He must be able to speak the local language in the area of posting and should be proactive in thinking

He/she should be aware of Child Protection issues and be a person of high integrity that will model Build Africa’s core values.

Besides willing to work under hard conditions in the rural areas the right candidate should be able to ride a motorcycle, is also creative and innovative.

If you meet the above requirements and consider yourself up to the challenge, please send /email your application and a copy of your CV with daytime contact numbers, details of 3 referees and an indication of your salary expectations so as to reach the following by 24th December 2010.

The Country Director
Build Africa Kenya
PO Box 10604-00100
Nairobi.

Email: bak@build-africakenya.org/ pfp@partnersforprogress.co.ke

Website: www.build-africa.org.uk