Jobs Vacancy at Ipas KEnya

Job Title: Youth Advisor and Program Associate

Organisation: Ipas

Location:  Nairobi

Closing Date: 24^th December 2013

Ipas is a global non-governmental organization formed in 1973 is dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion.

Ipas Africa Alliance is looking for individuals, who are organized, highly motivated and results oriented to join a dynamic team.

Ref. No. Ipas /Programs/01/2013

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement youth focused intervention programs that increase young people’s knowledge and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights at the national level.
• Facilitates partner meetings to ensure youth needs are addressed and integrated into projects.
• Design and conduct dissemination of project results internally and externally.
• Contributes to the development of educational materials that integrate appropriate youth content.
• Works with the in-country team to develop and write proposals, reports, and presentations, including information for donor documents.
• Drafts initial activity reports and updates activity report list; follows up with partners about grant reports; and enters/updates information in the organizational databases, managing contact databases as appropriate.

Qualifications and competencies

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelors degree in social sciences or its equivalent with a minimum of 3-4 years related work experience.

One (1) or more years’ experience in implementing youth focused programs.

In addition, the candidate should be experienced in working with youths, have excellent interpersonal skills with excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to prioritize duties and work under minimal supervision.

One must have strong data entry and Microsoft suite skills.

How to Apply:

If you would like to join this dynamic team, please quote the position and reference numbers in the subject matter and send your application letter and CV include contact details of three work-related referees, to the Human Resources Advisor, Ipas Africa Alliance by e-mail to hrrecruit@ipas.org

Please do not attach certificates and testimonials at this point.

We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.