Principal Programme Officer Job at National Gender and Equality Commission - NGEC

GROSS SALARY SCALE: Kshs. 180,000.00 p.m
TERMS OF SERVICE: 5 year contract renewable
OTHER BENEFITS: Medical Cover, Group Life Insurance and WIBA
REF: NGEC/HR/1/2017

Requirements for the Appointment
For appointment to this grade, an applicant must have:

i. A Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Gender Studies, Sociology, Business/Public Administrtion or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from recognized Institution
ii. A Master’s degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage
iii. A minimum of 5 years work experience on programs related to any one of the following fields: Gender, Human Rights, Public Education, Social Research and Development
iv. A demostrable understanding of equality and inclusion issues for special interest groups as defined in the Constitution of Kenya
v. Must have knowledge in use of computer applications
vi. Must have a thorough understanding of National goals, policies and development objectives as in Kenya Vision 2030
vii. Demostrated professional competence and administrative ability as shown in work performance and results

The Duties and Responsibilities
The Officer will be responsible to a Programme Manager. Duties and responsibilities to this post include:

i) Developing, implementation and evaluation of strategies and interventions promoting equality and inclusion for special interest groups
ii) Developing program thematic strategies in line with the overall NGEC strategic plan and programming guidelines
iii) Prepareing and implementing departmtenal workplans and budgets
iv) Designing and supporting cross-cutting operational research, advocacy work and public education in the Commission’s programmes
v) Enforcing the implementation of the rights based approacheds and the social inclusion analysis in programming work
vi) Coordinating capacity building initiatives for program officers and assistants, public and private sector for the purpose for promoting gender equality and freedom from                  discrimination
vii) Developing and maintaining sustained partnership, strategic linkages and alliances with alll the stakeholders identified by the Commission
viii) Developing and implementing public and private monitoring and audit strategy and plans for various thematic groups
ix) Identifying new funding sources and generating concept notes and proposals in line with thematic strategies
x) Preparing monthly, quartely and annual programm reports