Jitegemee is a grassroots organization based in Machakos Kenya that empowers street children and youth with formal and vocational education.
Position Title: Program Development Officer
Reports To: Program Director
Works with: the Board and staff
Location: Machakos, Kenya
Job Summary:
- Helps board members, the program director, staff and volunteers to identify, cultivate and solicit charitable gifts.
- Stays informed of grant opportunities in Kenya and plays a lead role in developing proposals.
- Develops and maintains a grants calendar that keeps track of deadlines for grants and reports.
- Draws up periodic reports for well-wishers and donors that communicate the results of monitoring and evaluation, including an annual report.
- Works with staff to ensure the smooth use of monitoring and evaluation tools.
- Updates Jitegemee’s Twitter and Facebook with photos and stories about the children in the program. Prepares updates for the website.
- Assists the staff and board to implement fundraising campaigns through Mpesa.
- Assists the program director in scheduling meetings with the local board and supporting the local board in their duties.
- Assists the program director in responding to requests for information, photographs and written reports about the program.
The ideal candidate must be:
- A team-player who promotes participatory decision-making
- Able to motivate board members, volunteers and staff members to give their best
- Able to plan ahead and meet deadlines
- Able to maintain a flexible work schedule
- Based in Machakos, with frequent visits to Nairobi
- A person who meets the highest ethnical standards in management, governance, and fund development
- Able to convey a professional and positive image and attitude regarding the organization and the not-for-profit sector
- Able to avoids conflicts of interest
- Passionate about providing disadvantaged youth opportunities to succeed
- Excellent writing and communication skills
Qualifications
- A bachelors degree
- Minimum of 3 years nonprofit management experience
- Fundraising experience in a professional position preferred
- Demonstrated experience and confidence in asking people to contribute time and money
- Familiarity with computer systems
- Strong written and oral communication skills with an enthusiasm for writing
- Ability to effectively utilize social media, including Twitter and Facebook
- Fluency in English and Swahili. Kikamba is preferred.
- Membership in a professional fundraising association is strongly recommended.
To apply for this position, please send a resume, a writing sample done in your line of work and 3 references to info@jitegemee.org by December 30th, 2015.
Please write: Program Development Officer in the subject line of the email.