Programme Assistant - Short Term at Aga Khan Foundation

Summary Of Responsibilities
Below are some specific areas of contribution:

• Participate in facilitating design workshops and other capacity strengthening sessions geared towards supporting participating established design teams to practically implement their innovations, particularly, through the Human Centred Design (HCD) approaches.  
• Participate in planning, support, and mentorship for the design teams including caregivers, Cluster Facilitators, Community Health Workers (CHWs0, ECD teachers, community leaders engaged in the HCD course to ensure effective implementation of the Play & Learn initiatives and document key learnings.
• Participate in conducting reflection meetings with caregivers, ECD teachers and ECD Officers and document key reflections and action items.
• Support design teams to effectively utilize the resources provided through the Flexible Response Fund (FRF) for timely implementation of their innovations.
• Support in review and updating of relevant caregiver and community training content/manuals as per the guidance from your supervisor as and when required.
• Support in developing, review and updating of relevant simple monitoring and evaluation tools as and when required.
• Participate in staff monthly and quarterly review meetings.
• Compile quality and share timely activity reports for all activities undertaken during the period of engagement, including end of internship report.
• Perform any other duty that may be assigned to you by your supervisor and or by the Programme Director.

The requirements

Qualifications and competencies

• Minimum Degree in a relevant discipline, such as education, early childhood education, community development, social sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, IT and Communications from a recognized local University.
• Practical experience in the area of internship applied for i.e. facilitating training and mentoring sessions for pre-primary schoolteachers, ECD Officers, caregivers, community representatives and other stakeholders in early childhood education and care contexts will be an added advantage. 
• Experience in IT and Communications will be highly preferred.
• Experience in contributing to developing and reviewing key training resources taking into account stakeholder needs and aspirations for development will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrate experience with compiling results-based reports and timely sharing.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English and Kiswahili is required.
• Excellent proficiency in the use of Ms. Office applications, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Highly organized, self-driven, visionary and able to work under minimal supervision. 
• Good analytical, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrate openness to change and able to manage multiple tasks