Kituo Cha Sheria (Legal Advice Centre) Programme Officer - Advocacy Governance and Community Partnerships Programme (AGCP) Jobs in Kenya

Kituo Cha Sheria (Legal Advice Centre) Programme Officer - Advocacy Governance and Community Partnerships Programme (AGCP) Jobs in Kenya

KITUO seeks to recruit, in the Advocacy Governance and Community Partnerships Programme (AGCP) a dynamic, self-driven and result oriented person.

The Programme Officer will be responsible to the Coordinator – Advocacy Governance and Community Partnerships Programme (AGCP) for providing legal services and mobilizing communities to organize for local self-governance. Also responsible for developing improved systems and procedures as well as monitoring and evaluating programme activities and individual performance against set targets.

Minimum Qualifications and Training: Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Sociology, Conflict and Peacebuilding Studies and or equivalent qualifications. Master’s degree and adequate knowledge and experience community organizing will be an added advantage.

Relevant Experience: The successful candidate must demonstrate a track record of success in social work and mobilizing communities to engage in issues of peace building, conflict resolution, good governance, alternative justice systems, paralegalism and human rights generally for a minimum period of two (2) years.

Skills: Must be proactive with strong communication, interpersonal and influential skills. Must have substantial experience and passion in working with communities. Must be a team player and a team leader with demonstrable success and impact.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

Assist the Coordinator-AGCP

in developing proposals, plans and budgets as well as setting targets, monitoring and evaluating organizational performance.

Train and mobilize communities on the alternative justice systems policy in collaboration with Judiciary and other stakeholders.

Build the capacity and mentor alternative justice systems practitioners within KITUO’s network

Provide legal support to users of the M-Haki platform

Collaborate with the Legal Aid and Education Programme and the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support staff on building community-based peace building structures

Develop memoranda and petitions for advocacy on issues within the mandate of Kituo Cha Sheria.

Review the results of the programme and provide periodic reports to the Coordinator AGCP.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Kituo Cha Sheria (Legal Advice Centre) Programme Officer - Advocacy Governance and Community Partnerships Programme (AGCP) Jobs in Kenya

Find jobs in Kenya. Jobs - Kenya jobs. Search our career portal & find the latest Kenyan job positions, career opportunities & jobs in Kenya.

Jobs in Kenya - banking jobs, IT jobs, accounting jobs, NGO jobs, business administration, ICT, UN jobs, procurement jobs, education jobs, hospital jobs, human resources jobs, engineering, teaching jobs, and other careers in Kenya.

Find your dream job from 1000s of vacancies in Kenya posted and updated daily - click here!