Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The project will also help them engage in single-identity work with local government, traditional and faith leaders to shift their incentives, improve their capacities, and strengthen accountability for youth participation in local governance. Ultimately, this will result in improved legitimacy, trust, and relationships between the different groups, as well as inclusive local governance processes.

Core Responsibilities:
• Project Implementation
• Operationalize implementation of project activities.
• Work closely with youth and partner organizations on program/project implementation.
• Report regularly on project implementation, progress, constraints, and lessons learnt.
• Generate and timely submit all activity reports, training reports and project progress reports like weekly and monthly reports, and other.
• Ensure that project targets are met and reported on.
• Help design project frameworks/objectives with local partners and ensure that activities meet all set criteria and standards.
• Organize and participate in the facilitation of forums to help increase the capacity of youth lead organizations and implementing partners in planning and implementation of peacebuilding and social cohesion projects.
• Keep up to date with all contextual changes and the impact on current future projects.
• Training and Capacity Building
• Help identify training needs for project beneficiaries and project partners.
• Contribute to design, develop, and organize tailor-made workshops and training programs to provide youth with the knowledge and skills to prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflicts peacefully and engage with local governance for structural reforms
• Evaluate trainings and workshops and produce training or workshop reports.
• Integrate community approaches, gender sensitivity and capacity building into all activities as appropriate.
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• Coordination and Representation
• Liaise with authorities, local partners, implementing partners and other key stakeholders at community level in areas of operation.
• Represent the department at the community level in relation to project.
• Attend coordination meetings as delegated by supervisor.
• Establish and maintain strong, positive, and productive working relationships with key stakeholders in the target project area.

Qualifications Skills specific to the post
• Strong presentation, facilitation, and communication skills, appropriate to the audience.
• Proficiency in computer skills like Microsoft packages such as Word and Excel.
• Skilled in program management, including assessment, planning, budgeting, and monitoring.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment
• Demonstrate teamwork with other staff members, project partners and stakeholders.
• Strong report writing skills.
• Ability in running community capacity building activities including trainings; community mobilization; and peacebuilding activities
• Ability of working with youth lead organizations and government at all levels
• Excellence in oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge in spoken Swahili will be an added advantage
• Qualifications and experience
• University degree in Social Science, Local Governance, Development studies or other relevant discipline.
• At least 3 years working within the peacebuilding, social cohesion, development context or related field.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
To apply follow this link https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/28691?c=rescue 

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