Head of Community Implementation at Amref Kenya

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Professional Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Public Health, International Relations, Human Rights, Social Sciences and/or other related fields.

Required Experience

• At least eight (8) years of professional experience at the regional or/and international level, with proven ability to support coordination of complex community-level interventions, with experience in relevant African countries
• Experience of developing and maintaining successful relationships and partnerships with a diverse range of organizations and consultants
• Extensive experience in facilitating alignment and collaboration among consortium members, diverse groups of stakeholders and other relevant partners in multiple geographies
• Significant experience working on gender (girl-centered programmes), women’s empowerment or ending FGM/C programmes and campaigns
• Experience of supporting country offices, building capacity and offering technical support
• Experience in high profile representation
• Grounded understanding of gender and inclusion attitudes and power dynamics, including why they exist and how they change, and how these attitudes and dynamics shape MERL methods and approaches
• Ability to at times work autonomously combined with an ability to work as part of a consortium leadership team

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Excellent communications, collaborating and influencing skills
• Resourcefulness, highly organized, detail oriented
• Analytical, strategic
• High integrity/ethics, commitment and respect for diversity
• Good interpersonal skills
• Training and presentation skills
• Project management skills
• Problem solving skills
• Proficiency in ICT and strong technical systems acumen Languages
• Proficiency in French desirable