Job Vacancies at Amnesty Kenya

Results we seek

• Under the direction of the Executive Director, we seek a consultant to coordinate the revision of our current constitution in line with the following;
• Nine new organisational principles for the new organisational constitution
• Legal standards set within the NGO Coordination Act, Rules and Regulations

Specific tasks

• Review the current founding constitution against new organizational principles, NGO Coordination Act and best practices for accountable not-for-profit organisations
• Consult and advise Management team and Board on legal standards and best practices
• Write a draft new organizational constitution, support the Executive Director in presentations to various stakeholders and revise draft accordingly
• It is expected that this work will take roughly 10 days work spread over December.

Required Qualifications

Essential

• At least a Bachelors’ legal degree or two years of relevant professional experience
• Demonstrated familiarity with governance and management of not for profit organisations and associations
• Familiarity with the NGO Coordination Act and international not-for-profit best practices
• Excellent legal drafting and listening
• Fluent level of written and spoken English and Kiswahili

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience of managing legal transformation and change management
• Demonstrated experience of leadership development coaching

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Results we seek

Under the direction of the Executive Director, we seek a consultant to coordinate a change management plan that supports our transition to the new Strategic Plan in a manner that ensures;

The rationale for and acceptance of change is maintained, ensuring staff remain informed and empowered throughout the process of restructuring
Principles of fair administrative treatment and equal employment opportunity are applied in the structuring new roles, responsibilities and remuneration;
Amnesty’s reputation as an employer of choice is maintained in the job market

Specific tasks

• Internalize, create and coordinate a detailed workplan for December 2020-January 2021.
• Advise Executive Director, Strategy Taskforce and Board on legal standards and best practices
• Produce documents, timelines and processes to professionally and humanely manage the changes required, recruitment, redeployment and redundancies, open communication fora and employee support channels

With fifteen staff, this is expected to take roughly 30 days work spread over the two months of December and January.

Required Qualifications

Essential

• At least a Bachelors’ degree in a relevant field or five years of HR professional experience
• Demonstrated familiarity with HR strategy, recruitment, performance and retention systems
• Familiarity with the Kenyan labor laws and international not-for-profit HR best practices
• Excellent inter-personal, tact and empathetic listening skills
• Fluent level of written and spoken English and Kiswahili

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience of managing cultural transformation and change management
• Demonstrated experience of leadership development coaching