International Institute of Rural Reconstruction Jobs
Location: Kenya.
The Virtual Livelihood School of Africa (VLSA) is a partnership initiative of Livelihood and Market Development Stakeholders in East and South Africa with financial support from the Ford foundation.
It is being piloted in four countries – Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa. The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) on behalf of partners is recruiting a;
Livelihoods Promotion Manager (Anchor)
Job description
Spearhead the development of the virtual livelihood school-Kenya under the guidance and supervision of the local advisory board (LAB) and the IIRR management team – IIRR is the “Nester” organization
Develop strong partnership and collaboration mechanisms amongst partners that will develop the Virtual livelihood school as a reference hub on livelihoods and Market Development
Organize and coordinate meetings of the Country working group
Develop proposals and coordinate with LAB and IIRR to raise resources from funding/donor agencies for capacity building funds in livelihood promotion and market development initiatives
Coordinate livelihood related research initiatives by the school, support documentation, publication and dissemination
To spearhead development/updating of joint training manuals and other relevant documents and coordinate implementation
Responsible for organizing training programs - liaison with resource persons and other service providers, agents, staff at training venues, identification and registration of candidates, obtaining any fees, budgets for the course, payments to faculty and service providers, accounting, conducting examinations, linkages with NGOs, corporate and others.
Design a sustainable model for the systematic collection, storage and retrieval of existing and new information for easy access and use by practitioners, students and researchers
Develop necessary financial & market linkages for the promotion of selected approaches
Provide technical support to the LAB, working groups and monitor implementation progress.
Participate in cross-country and regional learning platforms to contribute to south – south learning12. Development and management of a team to support the VLSA-Kenya Secretariat
Profile of desired candidate:
Professional and Education: Master’s Degree in social sciences, agriculture economics or business.
Work experience: 7 years working experience in Government, NGO, learning institution or private sector implementation livelihood promotion/ enhancement projects including facilitation, fund raising and management.
Summary of Key competencies:
A mature person able to coordinate the different agencies and deal with the conflicting interest of the partner agencies
Experience or a fair sense of the functioning of the government system
Ability to remain transparent and participative – not judgmental: able to take views rather than imposing personal views to facilitate ownership by partners
Good understanding of the state of affairs and Livelihood Scenario in Kenya and in East Africa. Exposure to the experiences that has been successful elsewhere would be important
Excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills in English and Swahili
Concern for poor and Gender equality
Good understanding of policy and policy processes to advice government departments or work with agencies to influence the state
Good financial literacy: able to prepare budgets and interpret financial reports
Experienced in adult learning processes
Able to develop educational curriculum and facilitate partners to appreciate the need for participatory training techniques
A commitment to promote human and social development
Good interpersonal skills and ability to develop public relations and networking
Be proficient in computing skills
Work Location / Station
The selected candidate will be recruited by VLSA Board and IIRR on contract basis and his/her services will be carried out in its nester organization – IIRR Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya.
If you are interested in the position, send us your application and resume (Ref VLSA-Kenya as the subject line) stating your current remuneration package by 31st January 2012 to:
Regional Human Resources Manager, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Africa Regional Center, P. O. Box 66873-00800, Nairobi, Email: recruitment [at] iirr.org
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