Africa Centre for Open Governance Programme Officer Jobs in Kenya

Africa Centre for Open Governance Programme Officer Jobs in Kenya

The Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) is an independent, non-profit making organisation with a mandate to provide cutting edge research on governance and public ethics issues and, monitor governance fundamentals in both the government and the private sector.

AfriCOG’s governance and anti-corruption reform initiative are aimed at addressing the structural causes of Kenya’s governance crisis by a knowledgeable citizenry.

AfriCOG facilitates the Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice (KPTJ) initiative, which is a coalition of over 30 Kenyan and East African legal, human rights, and governance organizations, ordinary Kenyans and friends of Kenya, convened in the immediate aftermath of 2007’s presidential election debacle.

The primary aim of the KPTJ Coalition is the achievement of truth, justice and accountability for the failed elections of 2007 and the violence that followed, and the institution of credible transitional justice and political and constitutional reform as a means to a just, sustainable peace.

KPTJ maintains its focus on credible elections and the impact of political violence and the necessary accountability processes beyond the 2007 elections.

AfriCOG seeks to recruit a Programme Officer as detailed below;

Main Purpose of the Job