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International Alert was founded in 1986 to help people find peaceful solutions to conflict. At that time, the number of conflicts between countries was decreasing, but there was an alarming increase in the number of conflicts within countries. These conflicts were undermining development and leading to gross violations of human rights. Identifying and hig...
Salary: Competitive
Duration: 24 months
Based: Nairobi, Kenya, with travel to Turkana
Closing date: 24 August 2018
We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our expanding Kenya programme. You will be responsible for providing support to the implementation of multiple projects within our Kenya portfolio, including on peacebuilding, extractives and preventing violent extremism, including overseeing activities and supporting monitoring and evaluation.
With a university degree in a relevant subject, you will have previous experience working in the NGO sector, including implementing activities, engaging with communities and overseeing monitoring and evaluation. You will have excellent report writing skills and experience of engaging with project partners and other key stakeholders. You will have developed strong organisational skills to manage a varied personal workload and meet competing deadlines.
Duties and Responsibilities
Travel requirements
Based in Nairobi with frequent travel within Kenya, particularly Turkana, and occasional travel to London
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
Talents
At Alert, we have introduced Talent Management to our business model as we believe talented people are crucial to the success of our work. We believe all individuals are talented and success comes in matching the right talents to the right roles. For this role, the skills, qualifications and experience listed below are important, but we believe that to be great in this job you are likely, first and foremost, to have a talent for providing effective project support and be entrepreneurial and proactive in finding practical solutions in a challenging and changing environment. In addition, you will be well organised and with a good attention for detail. You will be a good communicator able to liaise with project stakeholders and articulate clearly project objectives and achievements.
This is what we will be looking for above all else
DESIREABLE REQUIREMENTS
SUMMARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS
To apply, please click the apply now button below and upload your CV and cover letter. In your cover letter, please state your motivations for applying, how you fit the person specification of the job description and your current salary or salary expectations.
We will not be able to obtain a work permit for this role, so all job applicants must already have the right to work in Kenya.
The deadline for applications is Friday 24 August 2018 (5pm east Africa time). Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so early applications are encouraged.
Interviews will take place during the week commencing 27 August 2018.
While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful. International Alert is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be judged strictly on the basis of merit.
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