Plan Program Coordinator Governance

Plan is an international humanitarian child centered community development organization, without religious, political or government affiliation.

Plan started its operations in Kenya in 1982 and 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.

Plan Kenya is seeking to recruit for the position of Program Coordinator Governance based at Machakos Program Unit. This job reports to the Program Unit Manager. The job holder will be responsible for designing and managing implementation of Program Unit governance projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure well managed corporate systems
• Ensure sufficient resources/grants are raised and managed effectively in line with Program Unit Long Term Plans (PULTPs)
• Provide strategic direction in the design, delivery and monitoring of governance projects in the Program Unit (PU)
• Produce quality, accurate, timely grant-related reports and program documents
• Provide technical support in ensuring that program outcomes of Plan Kenya’s governance work contributes to PU level advocacy agenda setting
• Ensure participation of children, youth and communities for improved accountability in public policy, budgeting and delivery of public services
• Create linkages between Program Unit and relevant government departments, ministries, stakeholders & partners
• Conduct performance evaluations and ensure a well managed and high performing team

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in social sciences
• 3 years hands on experience in similar position in an NGO set-up
• Experience in rights based programming
• Experience in partnership building, advocacy and networking
• Understanding of RBA to development and participatory approaches
• Good facilitation, negotiation, administrative & communication skills
• Strong management, planning, organisational skills and excellent grasp of programming concepts
• Strong budget management, monitoring and report writing skills

Plan Kenya is a development organization uniting people to advance the rights of all children.

Accordingly, employment is subject to our child protection standards including appropriate background checks and adherence to our Child Protection Policy.

If you meet the requirements of the above position and would like to be a part of it in our commitment to children, please send detailed and updated curriculum vitae with current and/or expected remuneration and contacts of three professional references, including your current/latest supervisor to jobs.plankenya@plan-international.org to be received latest by 13th May, 2011.

Your email or envelope should bear the title applied for i.e. “PROGRAM COORDINATOR GOVERNANCE – MACHAKOS PU” as the subject.

You are invited to read more about Plan in our website www.plan-international.org.

We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted.