Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Akili Dada is a feminist, girls and young women leadership incubator based in Nairobi Kenya working across East Africa. We work alongside adolescent girls and young women cognizant of their agency and inherent capacity to create and implement solutions to the challenges that their communities face. Our investment lies in programming that intervenes at critical and potentially catalytic periods of transition for adolescent girls and young women – primary to secondary school, secondary to tertiary education, professional career and young adulthood – to propel them into effective change agents for the African continent. By selecting from and building the capacity of some of Africa’s most innovative young women, we are meeting the urgent need for both more African women in leadership as well as the overarching need for creative and empathetic leadership that holds justice at its core.
Our vision: A world in which African women leaders are actively participating in key decision-making processes across sectors
Our mission: To nurture transformative leadership in girls and young women from underserved backgrounds to meet the urgent need for more African women in leadership. .

Job Responsibilities:
Resource Mobilization & Reporting
• Prospecting, identifying and following up on potential opportunities/call for proposals from a wide variety of donors and partners.
• Lead proposal development processes including proposal writing, packaging and submission.
• Support the Executive Director in donor cultivation and relationship building including friend raising for the organisation.
• Lead the donor reporting process including report writing, review and submission of reports within the stipulated period.
• Support the Executive Director in developing and submitting other donor related reports and facilitating program updates.
Staff Management
• Model and encourage active practice of the principles of the “Akili Dada’s – Standards for Professional Conduct” including Sisterhood.
• Support the Executive Director in maintaining a healthy and empowering office environment that encourages open, honest and productive communication among staff and with partner organizations through coaching and professional development for staff.
• Support the Executive Director in promoting and monitor staff care and well- being. Model healthy work-life balance practices and support appropriate interventions in response to identified collective staff care needs.
• Facilitate interdepartmental coordination including monitoring implementation of program/project work plans against budgets and the strategic plan as well as coordinating reporting of the same.
• House and operationalise internal controls as well as ensure organizational policy compliance.
• Support staff to develop and measure key performance indicators including facilitating adequate capacity building for effective performance of their roles.
• Identify and support individual and collective staff learning needs.

  Job Skills:
• A self identified feminist who is passionate about girls and young women.
• A lover of people with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience in Project Cycle Management and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Lessons Learned tools.
• Able to oversee multiple tasks, prioritizing and delegating. Able to build trust and enforce procedures.
• Experience of representation at national and local levels.
• Experience in dealing with donors and government officials.
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills

  Job Qualifications:
• Education related with Development studies or any related field (communications, political science, law, etc.) at the Undergraduate Level. A master’s degree is desired but not a must. (Significant work experience equivalent in lieu of a degree is acceptable)
• Knowledge and experience in girls and women’s rights programming, program development, donor rules and regulations, coordination of processes and donor liaison.
• 3-5 years in senior management with at least 7 years work experience

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
  To apply, please submit your CV including a Cover Letter detailing your interests/motivation to work for Akili Dada and names of 3 references addressed to the Executive Director with subject ‘Deputy Director at Akili Dada’ to info@akilidada.org
Young women are especially encouraged to apply. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline is Wednesday, 25th September, 2019 at 5:00 PM EAT.
Disclaimer: Akili Dada application processes are FREE OF CHARGE. We do not solicit funds to facilitate the processing of applications or secure admission into our programs. Kindly contact +254 721 552 120 before paying any money to anyone claiming affiliation with us.
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