Job Opportunities at I Choose Life – Africa (ICL) - 3 Positions

Job Purpose:

• To contribute towards a sustained change in sexual behaviour of vulnerable teens in high schools through training, mentorship, outreach, and behavioural as well as structural interventions. In addition, support counties in the actualization of their County Strategic plans aligned to Vision 2030.

Job Key responsibilities

Project implementation and training.

• Assist in the planning, organizing and servicing conferences, seminars and training workshops.
• Assist in office administrative issues, particularly pertaining to records, payments and other key issues.
• Assist in Training Peer educators, teachers on integrated life skills and parents on Parent- child communication
• Work closely with students to identify and train peer educators from interventions schools
• Spearhead establishment of BCCG clubs and BCCG club activities per term
• Work closely with Peer educators to plan and organize thematic events
• Assist in identification of university mentors to train peer educators
• Participate in project, organizational and institutional meetings take notes/minutes and work harmoniously with other stakeholders.
• Help confirm and arrange future meeting times.

Communication

• Identify and develop Project human success stories to share on the organizations social media and partners.
• Work with project team to develop picture speaks and news letter for various activities
• Work with the project communication officer to develop project communication materials.
• Work with Project Communication Officer in Project and organization Brand enhancement.

Resource Mobilization

• Take part in resource mobilization through participation in proposal development with other program staff.
• Conduct donor research via the Internet and other means to assist the project team in identifying and targeting donors and funding opportunities.
• Help in selling organizational Products

Project Monitoring & Evaluation

• Assisting the project team in development of databases and data collection tools for the project.
• Help in consolidation of project data
• Keep records for data collected and reported.
• Ensure evaluations of trainings and project activities are conducted and reports written and submitted to the assistant project officer.
• Assisting in preparing activity reports and monthly reports in time for team reflection meetings.

Education, Experience, Skills and Abilities for Project Outreach Associate Job

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences
• A minimum of one year of professional experience in a project implementing Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) activities.
• Experience working with the Ministry of Health will be an added advantage.
• Should be Computer Literate, work well with MS Word and MS Excel and Internet research methods
• Highly motivated to learn and work in a high-performance environment.
• Willingness to learn, tackle challenges and seek creative solutions in everyday assignments.
• Demonstrates well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must be able to meet urgent and last-minute deadlines, work with grace under pressure, and function well in a high-performance team

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Job purpose:

The Administration Assistant will report to the County Officer, Machakos. He/she will oversee the running of Biashara Centre located in Misyiani, Kagundo Sub County. The roles will include supporting Tujiinue Sacco, revenue generation and office administration In addition, support counties in the actualization of their county strategic plans aligned to Vision 2030.

Job Key Responsibilities:

Centre Financing and Sustainability

• Generate revenue in the Center. The different revenue streams will include; providing cyber services e.g. photocopying and printing, typing services, agriculture model and supporting the community SACCO.

Centre Administration

• Responsible for ensuring the Biashara Centre equipment are handled in an appropriate manner to avoid wear and tear
• Documenting all meetings and activities and sharing the reports and minutes of the proceedings not later than 1 day after the event.
• In charge of books of account in the Center. This will include book of accounts for the business models and the SACCO.
• Responsible for ensuring the Biashara Centre is clean all the time

Customers management

• Responsible for ensuring that clients are handled in a professional manner, the information provided is correct and clients are correctly referred.
• Client relationship management for savings and loan accounts
• Handle customer issues and take appropriate action to resolve them.

Requirements:

Education and Training

Diploma in Business Management or its equivalent
Residents of Kangundo are encouraged to apply

Expérience, Skill and Abilities

Minimum of 1 year hands on experience in running a business professionally.
Excellent computer skills and competency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
Excellent organizational skills and ability to determine priorities and meet multiple deadlines;
Detail-oriented with good multi-tasking abilities and communication skills, both oral and written