Program Officer at FIDA

Reports to: Senior Programme Officer

Responsibilities

• Taking lead in ensuring that women’s rights, gender and gender mainstreaming principles and practices are mainstreamed in project activities with a specific attention to rights of women and children with disability.
• Designing and implementing program work plans per activity as per the set project proposal outcomes and outputs with constant tracking of the program budget.
• Build and sustain effective partnerships with government, like-minded organizations and other civil societies towards the promotion of program objectives.
• Contributing towards resource mobilization through proposal writing and research to ensure sustainability of the project.
• Design legislative and policy advocacy tools and activities related to the progression and rights of persons with disability in Kenya.
• Participate in national, regional and international women’s rights forums
• Supporting the linkage between women with disability organisations and women led/rights organizations advocating for women’s rights in program activities.

Qualifications

• Must be a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in social science.
• MUST have2 years post qualification experience in managing projects.
• Strong understanding and experience on gender mainstreaming, development and inclusion with a main focus on women with disability.
• Women with disability are strongly encouraged to apply.