Forum Syd Archiving Officer Jobs in Nairobi, Kenya

Forum Syd is a Swedish democracy and rights organization with about 140 Swedish member organizations with diverse partner organizations and networks worldwide.

Founded in 1995, Forum Syd’s vision is “A just and sustainable world where all people have the power to effect change” while its mission is “to advocate for changes that contribute to a just and sustainable world; and to strengthen marginalized communities who organize to claim their rights.”

We work with advocacy and capacity building of partner organizations around the world, on issues relating to democracy and human rights.

We mediate grants from Sida to Swedish organizations cooperating with local partners in 70 countries.

We have offices in Sweden, Vilnius, Cambodia, Colombia, Kenya, Somalia and Liberia. Forum Syd was founded in 1995 and is the largest civil society platform in Sweden with about 140 member organizations.

Forum Syd Hub Eastern & Southern Africa interventions are mainly centred around civil society strengthening, social accountability and community empowerment interventions with the overarching objective of improving the democratic space the region through the fulfilment of rights, equal gender participation and sustainable use of natural resources.

To effectively achieve this, Hub ESA works with a broad range of partners and stakeholders both local and international within the different spheres