Project Officer – Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) at Hivos East Africa

Your responsibilities

Program implementation

• Contribute to planning and implementing the Hivos plan of work, including supporting lobby, advocacy and policy influencing efforts at national and county levels.
• Support internal and external communications – including but not limited to publication of articles and blog posts, commissioning of relevant communications products and guiding the overall communications strategy with support from the global VCA communications officer.
• Event Management.
• Administration and logistics.

Grant Making

• Support VCA grant management efforts by maintaining relationships with VCA partners.
• Communicating deadlines, updates and other relevant information to VCA partners.
• Supporting disbursement of funds.
• Supporting partners in implementation efforts when requested.
• Monitoring, evaluation and learning with regard to partners.

Your profile

• Relevant academic level of working and thinking.
• Minimum of three to five years working experience.
• Work experience in project implementation and working in teams.
• Expertise in relevant sector or theme and/or methodology (co-creation, social innovation, local ownership).
• Strong writing skills.
• Demonstrable networks with VCA advocacy targets at national and county level.
• Experience working with diverse partners including youth and creatives a plus.
• Reports to: Country Engagement Manager
• Hours: Full time
• Salary range:  Ksh. 154, 294 to 176,942 per month

We particularly welcome applications from women and/or persons that belongs to one of the rights holder groups. We offer a contract based on Hivos East Africa local labor conditions, with a remuneration commensurate with the experience and expertise requested.