Jobs Career Advice Signup
X

Send this job to a friend

X

Did you notice an error or suspect this job is scam? Tell us.

  • Posted: May 30, 2017
    Deadline: Jun 12, 2017
    • @gmail.com
    • @yahoo.com
    • @outlook.com
  • Never pay for any CBT, test or assessment as part of any recruitment process. When in doubt, contact us

    Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO). KANCO is a membership organization established in the early 1990sin Kenya with operations in the eastern Africa


    Read more about this company

     

    Grassroots Coordinator

    S/he will be responsible for the overall implementation and reporting of the project, at the County level.

    The Coordinator will support and provide leadership for grassroots advocacy; manage, train and support citizen advocacy groups and volunteer advocates in engaging with County governments, elected leaders and stakeholders on health advocacy work at the county level.

    Duties and Responsibilities:

    • Implementing all aspects of Grassroots Advocacy Project work at the County Level,
    • Analyzing county budgets documents and policies as it related to current advocacy issues at the County level as they affect health, develop and implement campaign plans.
    • Coordinating the grassroots citizens and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to take advocacy actions at the County level.
    • Establishing advocacy champions in the County Assemblies, the media, Civil Society and communities
    • Coordinating Citizen Chapters by providing advocacy training to grassroots groups and advocates on engaging County Government, Media and elected leaders .
    • Organizing regular meetings with group leaders and advocates for updates from the County.
    • Creating forums for Group Leaders to share and support each other; share innovations, stay abreast of campaign plans and grassroots interests as well as facilitate communications with advocates from other Countries.
    • Conducting trainings to the grassroots citizen advocates.
    • Developing Media, Campaign and advocacy strategies on various health advocacy issues  in liaison with the issue analyst .
    • Conducting outreach to NGOs, Unions and other organizations to encourage more citizen action and to gather intelligence on priority health issues for the County.
    • Creating a bank of useful campaign-related stories and volunteer testimonials for use in media outlets.
    • Developing best practice for Grass roots advocacy
    • Undertake any other duty as assigned  by management  .

    Qualifications

    • Degree in a social sciences, Public Health or related field.
    • 5 years NGO working experience in advocacy related program.
    • Proven capacity to create and deliver on effective and successful advocacy projects.
    • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and capacity to work effectively with a variety of stakeholders, including decision makers, volunteers, media and NGO partners
    • Knowledge of health programs.
    • Experience in the political, citizen engagement, and legislative processes in the counties.
    • Good organizational skills, outgoing and enjoys working, mentoring and motivating others.
    • Experience implementing multi-faceted projects involving media engagement, policy and advocacy and engaging elected leaders.
    • Must be a local residence of Vihiga County.

    Method of Application

    Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and CV, stating the current and expected salary before 12th June 2017 to jobs@kanco.org

    The email subject should County Grassroots Co-ordinator –Vihiga

    Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.

  • Apply Now
  • Send your application

    View All Vacancies at Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KA... Back To Home

Subscribe to Job Alert

 

Join our happy subscribers

 
 
Send your application through

GmailGmail YahoomailYahoomail