Introduction to PELUM Kenya
PELUM – Kenya is a member of the greater Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Association in East, Central and Southern Africa.
PELUM-Kenya’s main objective is to promote ecological land use management among the network members. This is carried out through a number of approaches such as Capacity Enhancement (CEP); Research and Information Management (RIM) ; Campaign, Advocacy and Lobbying (CAL)
PELUM Kenya requires the services of rapporteur(s) for the year September 2013 to September 2014.
Deliverables
Within fourteen days of the conclusion of respective workshop, meeting or conference, the rapporteur will produce an edited report, in an agreed style and structure (see below), on the outcomes of the workshop.
The structure of the report should have the following as a minimum
- Title Page
- Abbreviations
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Process discussions
- Summary of findings/action plans
- Conclusion
- List of participants
- References
- Font size: Kindly use Times New Roman, size 12.
- Spacing: Use 1.0 spacing
- Pictures and figures: We appreciate photos depicting workshop actions be positioned strategically in the report. Consider having a caption for each photo explaining what the photo is all about.
- Use of abbreviations: Include all abbreviations used in the report on the page allocated for abbreviations. E.g. CSOs ( Civil Society Organizations)
- The report is appropriately itemized.
- The report is well edited and spell-checked.
- Reader-friendly, of acceptable quality and standards.
- Properly paragraphed.
The rapporteur will liaise with PELUM Kenya staff assigned the tasks of leading/organizing the workshop / conference or meeting to ensure that all expected outputs are achieved.
Qualifications
The rapportuer must have
- A minimum of a degree or a higher national diploma
- At least 2 – 3 years’ experience in:
- Broad experience in rapporteuring conferences and training workshops;
- Excellent writing and editing skills;
- Ability to synthesize workshop proceedings
- Capturing, recording, documenting and reporting facilitation and engagement discourse;
- Excellent written report writing skills and ability to interact cross-culturally and across different levels.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their c.v application together with their references for previous assignments for rapporteuring to pelumkenya@pelum.net
The subject line must refer to “Request for Rapporteurs for September 2013- September 2014” to reach us on or before August 30th 2013 .