Making All Voices Count supports innovation, scaling-up, and research to deepen existing innovations and help harness new technologies to enable citizen engagement and government responsiveness.
Vacancy Name: Junior Program Officer East &West Africa, Making All Voices Count (MAVC)
Number of hours: Full time (40 hours a week)
Office: Regional Office, Nairobi Kenya
Responsibilities
The Junior Program Officer supports the MAVC Program Officer for East and West Africa in implementing the MAVC program. Special focus is on administrative tasks for overall grant system of MAVC.
Role
Support the PO with project management i.e. identifying, assessing, selecting and contracting potential granteesContract Management including preparing contracts, planning & evaluation of reportsInternal and external communication e.g. preparing presentations and meetingsContributes to writing annual work plans and annual reports. To contribute to the Hivos overall organizational and policy development.Masters in International Development and / or international communication (preferred)3- 5 years work experience in relevant sector (required)Knowledge of ICT for development, democratization processes, civil society and transparency and accountability.Demonstrable skills in project managementProficiency in written and spoken English (required)Academic and analytical thinking (required)Proactive attitude and often come up with new ideasWilling to work, responsible and independent and can perform under pressure.Deadline: Apply before June 30th, 2013 to jobs@hivos.or.ke with reference code “JPO, MAVC”