ChildFund Kenya intends to recruit for the following positions for a forthcoming Orphans and Vulnerable Children program in one or two regions in Kenya
Deputy Chief of Party (DCoP)
1 Post
Duties/Responsibilities
The proposed DCoP will be responsible for technical leadership of the program and manage a team of senior staff and sub partners and ensure quality, timeliness, and Efficiency of all products and activities generated under the project.
The position will be reporting to the Chief of Party (CoP).
Requirements / Qualifications
- Master’s Degree or higher in international development, social sciences, public Health or a closely related field is required.
- The DCoP must be experienced in addressing the challenges faced by children affected by HIV or otherwise living in adverse circumstances, as demonstrated by at least five years of experience designing, implementing and managing large, complex projects involving multiple partners, in/for developing countries.
- Experience Living and working in Kenya is required.
- Experience with child welfare and protection programs, systems strengthening, capacity building, economic strengthening, service delivery, quality improvement or policy development is required.
- Experience with programming to address gender concerns and programming for very young children and adolescents/ youth required.
- Strong interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills in English are also required.
- 5 years Management experience implementing USG programs required
All offers of employment are made contingent upon ChildFund winning the anticipated Grant and the successful completion of all applicable background and reference checks.
ChildFund International is committed to the protection of children and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children.
All applications should be sent to hr@kenya.childfund.org
The application deadline date is October 10, 2014
Only short listed candidates will be contacted