Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) is a Grant making Kenyan Foundation which seeks to build the capacity of local community organizations as a strategy for achieving greater impact of community led development initiatives.
KCDF supports over 150 local community organizations annually since 2001.
The Foundation is recruiting TWO experienced and highly motivated individuals to join the finance and programme teams respectively in the following roles:
Programme Officer – Food Security and Climate Adaptation
The food security and climate adaptation programme seeks to promote local community driven adaption and long term approaches to improving and sustaining food security in the wake of changing climatic conditions and weather patterns.
Since 2007, KCDF has worked with more than 40 communities across the country in testing this concept and is now at a point of replication and up-scaling the positive lessons. KCDF is seeking a suitable candidate to lead the expansion of this programme.
This position reports to the Programme Director.
Key qualifications required
KCDF supports over 150 local community organizations annually since 2001.
The Foundation is recruiting TWO experienced and highly motivated individuals to join the finance and programme teams respectively in the following roles:
Programme Officer – Food Security and Climate Adaptation
The food security and climate adaptation programme seeks to promote local community driven adaption and long term approaches to improving and sustaining food security in the wake of changing climatic conditions and weather patterns.
Since 2007, KCDF has worked with more than 40 communities across the country in testing this concept and is now at a point of replication and up-scaling the positive lessons. KCDF is seeking a suitable candidate to lead the expansion of this programme.
This position reports to the Programme Director.
Key qualifications required
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in agriculture or agribusiness from a recognized university.
- At least 5 years experience in project/programme development and implementation of community based or grassroots based agro innovation initiatives.
- Experience in capacity building and providing support/mentoring to local Community Based Organizations, Producer Associations and NGOs.
- Excellent communication, writing, interpersonal, facilitation and presentation skills.
- Proven leadership, management, organizational and networking skills and ability to work with teams.
- Experience in grantmaking and in dealing with multi-donors and reporting requirements is desirable.
or hand delivered to KCDF clearly marked ‘Programme Officer – Food Security & Climate Adaptation’ or ‘Finance Manager’, whichever is relevant, addressed to the Chief Executive Officer not later than Wednesday 22nd of February 2012.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Programme Officer – Food Security and Climate Adaptation
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