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Senior Activity Manager, Communities and Governance Practice at IREX

 About IREX IREX is a global development and education organization. We strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world-where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people, and communities thrive. We focus on people, not on vaccines, roads, or wells. With an annual portfolio of $80 million and 400 staff worldwide, we work with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information. Your Background & Skills Bachelor’s Degree in related field required. Master’s degree preferred.  Minimum 10+ years of progressive job experience, or a master’s degree and 9+ years of experience.  Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership for donor-funded youth development programming in Africa, Latin America, Asia, or the Middle East and North Africa. Familiarity with USAID is useful.  Demonstrated...

Regional Case Processing Coordinator at International Rescue Committee

 About International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization. Job Overview/Summary The Regional Case Processing Coordinator (RCPC) will support a U.S. government-funded pilot project establishing a new complementary labor-based pathway for refugees residing in select locations in East Africa to the United States. The RCPC ensures high standards of general refugee referrals, screening and vetting, and casework services on behalf of refugee applicants to the Welcome Corps at Work (WCW) labor mobility program through leadership, supervision, casework management, and quality control. The primary responsibilities of the Regional Processing Officer are to develop and coordinate regional recruitment efforts, train and support protection officers on the ground, coordinate and complete accurate and timely referrals of successful candidates and develop and implement a post-recruitment case managemen...

Regional Gender, Equality and Inclusion Advisor - East Africa at International Rescue Committee

 About International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization. Job Overview/Summary: Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director – East Africa, the Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEDI) Regional Advisor, will lead transformational activities and inspire change across the region by challenging existing practices, creating space for bottom-up learning, and influencing program work among the countries in East Africa with the aim of increasing IRC’s program impact on women, girls and most marginalized communities. You will collaborate with the GEDI senior advisor to inform the global learning on GEDI in programs work. You will be responsible for working with the GEDI Unit in supporting IRC’s ambition towards meeting global standards on TRANSFORMATIVE quality programming. This will be achieved through in-depth analysis of gender inequalities, based on gender and other forms of exclusion, that affec...

Programs Assistant at Phina Consultants LTD

 About Phina Consultants LTD Phina Consultants Ltd (PCL)is a leading private company incorporated in Kenya. We seek to provide expert solutions to world class services. We provide Smart and Cost Effective Personnel Outsourcing Solutions and Immigration Support Services for Companies and Organizations Worldwide. PCL offers comprehensive recruitment and staffing solutions that will save your company time and money and help you meet your hiring needs. We are widely experienced in sourcing and screening candidates from around the globe. Leverage the power of a Global marketplace and streamline your administrative and overhead costs. We are the industry pioneer in recruitment outsourcing and off-shoring. Our experience in recruitment process knowledge gives us a competitive advantage and ensures efficient and effective service delivery of your staffing needs DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Program Planning and Management: Leading in specific program implementation as assigned by the CEO and...

WPE Technical Advisor at International Rescue Committee

 About International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization. POSITION OVERVIEW As the WPE Technical Advisor for Asia, alongside another WPE TA, you are responsible for ensuring high quality technical assistance to one IRC region comprised of 6 country programs. You will promote and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to achieve high quality, high impact interventions that are informed by evidence and best practice, contextually appropriate, driven by client and partner voices, and widely inclusive. Program Design & Business Development: You will support country programs to design winning submissions and generally position IRC for continued success in our technical domains:  Support designated country programs’ proposal technical lead through participation in and/or facilitation of program design meetings Promote and support design collaboration with partners and clients Advise...

Global Head of Humanitarian Education at Save the Children

 About Save the Children The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries Role Purpose: This role is an exciting opportunity for an engaging leader who will provide strong technical direction, inspire innovations and develop new partnerships enabling Save the Children and its partners to support children affected by humanitarian crises. The postholder will lead a team driving improved impact for children affected by emergencies through strengthening Save the Children’s humanitarian Education response, approaches and learning and contributing to an improved humanitarian sector for children. In this leadership role, the post-holder will manage a team of technical experts, driving the future of humanitarian programming, ensuring that programs are more localized, driven by partners, diverse, inclusive and led by those affe...

Professional Practice Manager at Save the Children

 About Save the Children The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries Role Purpose: Global Assurance (GA) supports the Boards of various Save the Children entities [including, but not limited to, Save the Children International (SCI), Save the Children Fund (SCUK) and Save the Children Federation Inc (SCUS)] and other SC entities the management of these organisations by evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of the governance, risk management, control and oversight systems in place. The role holder will support the pursuit of GA’s broader strategic aims and will primarily be focused on the development and maintenance of GA’s professional practices, including its quality assurance and improvement program, methodology, and learning and development activities. They will be expected to work closely with the Global A...

Source Water Protection Partnership (SWaPP) Specialist at Nature Conservancy

 About Nature Conservancy We work with local communities, governments and organizations to conserve Africa’s important places. Africa is special. Its wild lands and waters are home to incredible numbers and diversity of species living close to people. For most rural Africans, connection to place takes on unique meaning, more so than anywhere else on Earth because their daily existence depends on the productivity of their natural resources. Challenges in Africa Some 60 percent of Africa’s lands and waters - community property, in a sense - are managed by the people who live on them. These people are undoubtedly the most vulnerable on Earth. A continuing threat is their lack of control over the communal lands and waters they depend on for survival. And as the people struggle, so too does the wildlife that relies on the same resources. An absence of strong institutions and governance further compounds these challenges. Therefore, our work in Africa is focused on perfecting and exporti...

Operations Associate at Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD)

 About Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) Our mission is to support smallholder farmers in developing countries by providing customized information and services that increase productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability. Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) is working on a new model for agricultural extension: reaching farmers with personalized agricultural advice through their mobile phones. We implement this model in collaboration with partner organizations and gather evidence on its impact. We aim to improve the lives of 100 million farmers in developing countries with our services. The role can be entry-level but previous work experience is preferred. It will give you a broad range of experiences in various aspects of nonprofit operations (administration, fundraising and development, communications and events management etc.)  Requirements  Some operations experience is ideal for this role, but we will also consider entry-level candida...

GBV Case Worker at International Rescue Committee

 About International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization. Job Description The GBV Case worker will support the successful implementation of all psychosocial activities and will be responsible for the provision of quality case management including direct counseling to GBV survivors. In collaboration with the Snr. WPE Officer and other WPE/GBV officers will support in the provision of training and supervising GBV Community Workers to respond to cases of GBV in the camp and ensure effective case management. This includes providing ongoing training and mentorship for community workers and utilizing monitoring and evaluation systems to ensure high quality services. Key Responsibilities Case Management Provide professional and confidential services to survivors of GBV, grounded in the IRC’s holistic, survivor-centered case management approach. Document client information through accurate fil...

Gender, Equity, Safeguarding and Social Inclusion (GESSI) Integration Manager (YALI) at FHI360 NGO

 About FHI360 NGO FHI 360 (formerly Family Health International) is a nonprofit human development organization based in North Carolina. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories Position Description FHI 360 seeks to hire a Gender, Equity, Safeguarding, and Social Inclusion (GESSI) Manager for a USAID-funded project entitled Young African Leaders Initiative Legacy and Localization (YALI L&L). YALI is a USAID project supporting the next-generation expression of the Regional Leadership Centers (RLC) component of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), the United States’ premier investment in young African leaders. As the on-continent component of the YALI program, in 2015 USAID launched four YALI RLCs at higher education institutions in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa. The RLCs have provided access to leadership and functional training to 22,000 young leaders aged 18–35 from 49 sub-Saharan countries in three tracks: business and entr...

Director, Africa Climate at Childrens Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

 About Childrens Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) is an independent philanthropic organisation headquartered in London with offices in Nairobi, New Delhi, and in Ethiopia. CIFF works with a wide range of partners seeking to transform and empower the lives of poor and vulnerable children in developing countries, with the ultimate goal of solving seemingly intractable challenges to ensure all children have the chance to survive and thrive. CIFF aims to play a catalytic role as a funder and influencer to deliver urgent and systemic change at scale. Areas of work include empowering girls and boys to control their sexual and reproductive health and to avoid unwanted pregnancies and HIV/AIDS; improving children and mothers’ health and nutrition; preventing low birthweight babies; eliminating deaths from severe acute malnutrition, nested within a more integrated approach to childhood development; and deworming efforts to break transmission...

Strategic Engagement, Partnerships and Fundraising Manager at Born Free Foundation

 About Born Free Foundation We work tirelessly to ensure that all wild animals, whether living in captivity or in the wild, are treated with compassion and respect and are able to live their lives according to their needs.  As a leading wildlife charity, we oppose the exploitation of wild animals in captivity and campaign to keep them where they belong - in the wild.  We promote Compassionate Conservation to enhance the survival of threatened species in the wild and protect natural habitats while respecting the needs and safeguarding the welfare of individual animals.  We seek to have a positive impact on animals in the wild and protect their ecosystems in perpetuity, for their own intrinsic value and for the critical roles they play within the natural world. Job Duties and Responsibilities: To lead the country office to drive growth for private non-sponsorship and public/institutional grants income in alignment with the Born Free global strategy. To comprehensively ...

Director of Program Development and Quality (PDQ) at Save the Children

 About Save the Children The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries Role Purpose: As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in Kenya & Madagascar, the Director of Program Development and Quality (PDQ) is responsible for driving cross-functional engagement in the development and delivery of Country Strategy Plans (CSPs), developing annual plans, and reporting on results. S/he is responsible for ensuring the development and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, innovative programs for children, in all contexts, that contribute to Save the Children’s global Breakthroughs: Learn, Survive, Be Protected. The Director of PDQ ensures that a robust monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) system is in place, that the country office engages in the collection and use of evidence that this is...

Conservation Planner at Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA)

 About Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) is a national membership organization established in 2013 to represent and support the development of community and private conservancies in Kenya through policy advocacy, coordination and sharing of best practices. KWCA recognizes that conservancies outside state protected areas represent a strong mechanism to promote a sense of wildlife ownership and custodianship among local communities and landowners that share land with wildlife. The Association was borne out of a need for legal recognition of conservancies, streamlined coordination and a demand for an independent community-led national constituency Role Summary The Conservation Planner is responsible for developing and implementing KWCA’s conservation planning Strategy and program, monitoring conservation planning impacts on priority landscapes and community conserved areas. S/he will coordinate engagements to strengthen con...