Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, May 05, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Programme Officer – Social Justice and Economic (Re-Advertisement)

Duties And Responsibilities
• Leadership
• Provide effective leadership to the staff within the Programme, including mentorship,
• coaching, team building, on-the-job training to enhance employee performance and
• other leadership interventions.
• Provide technical support on the overall implementation of the SJEA Programme
• interventions
• Designing programmes and interventions that enhance social justice and
• accountability in resource distribution and management;
• Lead the development and review of the programme’s advocacy strategies including,
• but not limited to, TI-Kenya’s strategic interest in social justice and economic
• accountability nationally, regionally, and internationally;
• Ensure effective implementation of the TI-Kenya’s Strategic Plan by tracking and
• reviewing progress, reporting, and leading the development of implementation plans;
• Translate TI-Kenya research findings on social justice and economic accountability
• into reform initiatives and advocate for their adoption;
• Support the identification and recruitment of qualified service providers including
• procurement of assets/utilities and consultants for tasks specific to the programme.
• The tasks also include assisting in preparation of terms of reference, expressions of
• interest and contracts in accordance with TI-Kenya policies and procedures and
• facilitating of successful delivery of work by such service providers;
• Support the review and dissemination of the programme’s technical documents;
• Support coordination of programme activities including meetings, forums,
• workshops, trainings and production of reports and minutes.

Programme Management & Reporting
• Work with Civil Society and Governance actors, including state actors to address social and economic injustices in Kenya;
• Research and share knowledge and understanding of Sustainable Development Goals
• (SDGs) and their specific targets;
• Undertake evidence-based advocacy on the extent, type, and impact of social and
• economic injustices on marginalized groups and how to tackle them;
• Undertake evidence-based advocacy to curb fiscal practices and incentive schemes
• that exacerbate social and economic inequalities;
• Reviewing the operations and results of the programme and providing reports
• showing achievements against planned targets as well as justification for performance variances;
• Develop and operationalize effective reporting mechanisms for the Social Justice and
• Economic Accountability Programme and ensure timely periodic, monthly and annual
• progress reports of the programme;
• Work with other programme team members to conduct timely and appropriate
• narrative and financial reporting with respect to all activities and grants in the
• programme.

Coordination, Networking and External Relationships
• Strengthen the capacity and influence CSOs and marginalized groups to participate
• and contribute to policy formulation that ensure achievement of social and economic justice;
• Establish and coordinate constructive and sustainable networks/partnerships with
• national, regional, and international institutions and actors working on social justice
• and economic accountability. These include government agencies, non-state actors, the
• private sector and donors among others to ensure collaborative strategies and effective
• support networks;
• Initiate and support the development of collaborative programme strategies in
• partnership with like-minded organizations;
• Initiate and support capacity building of partner institutions and coordination with
• regional and chapters of the TI movement on matters of social justice and economic
• accountability;.
• Support the development of learning materials and advocacy within TI-Kenya and the
• broader movement as relevant;
• Build capacity of relevant stakeholders and staff on salient issues of transparency,
• accountability, and integrity.
Good Practice and Institutional Learning
• Provide technical support towards achieving the overall objectives of the Programme;
• Contribute to a more equitable and inclusive society by addressing present and
• previous injustices, as well as ensuring equitable distribution of public resources and
• opportunities;
• Provide technical support towards contributing to greater social justice and economic
• accountability at all levels through advocacy and development/ promotion of
• supportive systems;
• Provide technical support on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) work and shadow
• international financial systems including offshore financial Centres to effectively
• address illegal flow of capital and their effect on ability of countries to narrow the
• inequality gap;
• Work with countries towards promoting Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Sub Saharan Africa and stemming illicit financial flows;
• Support the development of structured opportunities to facilitate internal and partner
• learning for decision-making and influencing best practice;
• Assist in project monitoring, reviews and evaluations and the development of good
• practice guidelines.
Resource Mobilisation & Budget Management
• Manage the Domestic Resource Mobilisation project budget and ensure maximum use
• of the available funds to achieve the project objectives;
• Identify and secure funding in accordance with the Social Justice and Economic
• Accountability Programme as well as institutional budget targets;
• Develop project proposals and progress reports based on established standards as required;
• Develop strategies for sustainable funding for the organization;
• Develop and track budgets, and monitor programme expenditure against budgets for SJEA Programme;
• Manage donor contracts;
• Carry out donor research and advocacy;
• Lead social enterprise and local resource mobilization efforts through generating
• additional resources from consultancies pertaining to the programme objectives, and
• mobilize resources from private sector and citizens;
• Support the coordination of the activities of the Resource Mobilisation Committee and
• other institutional fundraising efforts that may arise, in line with the Terms of
• Reference set out for the Committee.
Public Communication and Social Media Advocacy
• Write well thought out publishable articles every two months for management’s
• consideration focusing on devolution and anti-corruption generally;
• Maintain an active presence on social media that is interfaced with TI-Kenya’s
• presence in line with the organisation’s social media policy and guidelines;
• In conjunction with the Communications department, initiate and participate in
• mainstream and social media engagements focusing on pertinent corruption issues in
• the technical area of Social Justice and Economic Accountability.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Law, Economics, Public Finance, Public Policy, Human
• Rights, International Relations, Social Sciences or related field from a recognised university;
• Minimum of 5 years work experience and at least 2-years’ relevant experience in capacity
• development, coalition building, policy, social, or other public interest field;
• Experience with access to justice and or gender programs and mainstreaming a plus;
• Must be well versed with the legal frameworks and social justice issues in Kenya and East
• Africa.

Competencies
• A person of high integrity that will model TI-Kenya’s core values;
• A strong commitment to the aims, objectives, and values of TI-Kenya;
• Good communication, and presentation skills – verbal and written;
• Good interpersonal/relational skills;
• Good appreciation of advocacy and community engagement;
• Shown merit in work performance and results;
• Good report writing skills;
• Ability to multi-task, work within given deadlines/schedules and attention to detail;
• Good analytical and organizational skills;
• Knowledge of Kenya’s governance systems, institutions and their decision-making
• procedures;
• Good knowledge of TI-Kenya and the environment in which it operates;
• Demonstrated professional use of social media (Twitter, Facebook among others);
• Computer literacy (Understanding of data entry, basic computer skills and knowledge of
• databases;
• Ability to carry out Legal review and legislative drafting.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified candidates MUST complete the questionnaire by clicking the link below: Further instructions include submitting one properly labelled PDF document as an attachment (combining the application letter and CV with at least three professional referees) via email to hr@tikenya.org . Please include the reference Programme Officer-SJEA as the subject of your email applications. Do not attach your testimonials or certificates.

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