Practical Action Intern – Project Officer – Gender and Advocacy Jobs in Kenya
Practical Action Intern – Project Officer – Gender and Advocacy Jobs in Kenya
Practical Action has an exciting opportunity for a Project Officer – Gender and Advocacy under the Women in Energy Enterprises in Kenya (Week) Project in the East Africa office.
The Project Officer – Gender and Advocacy is responsible for spearheading the delivery of the gender and energy advocacy and influencing activities including an awareness campaign in order to deliver high quality project outputs under the Women in Energy Enterprises in Kenya (Week) project
Responsibilities
The Project Officer – Gender and Advocacy is responsible for:
Planning and implementation of the advocacy component of the WEEK project
Establishing dialogue, sensitizing, lobbying and support gender mainstreaming in the county energy planning processes including training of county staff on gender and energy nexus with other sectors
Establishing dialogue with community organisations and partners at local, sub-national and national level to mobilise their support and participation in the project’s advocacy and influencing agenda.
Lead assessments/studies on gender and energy issues at community, county and national to support the project’s gender and energy advocacy agenda
Work closely with the Communications and Marketing Manager and the rest of the project team to plan and deliver communications outputs of the project, including the national campaign
Qualifications
An experienced professional, you will have:
A Bachelor’s degree in Gender studies, Sociology, Rural development or related studies from a reputable University.
At least 5 years working experience with three years in the energy and gender field or relevant working experience in NGOs on advocacy and leading campaigns
An excellent understanding of gender and energy issues and women economic empowerment
Good understanding of the institutional framework pertaining to energy and poverty in Kenya
Strong policy advocacy skills and ability to negotiate and network with broad range of stakeholders
Excellent advocacy, lobbying and training skills
In return, you will get an opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
Benefits
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
Work week of 35 hours
25 days’ annual leave, in addition to public holidays.
A pension scheme that new employees join immediately on employment – employer contributes 12.5% of gross salary. Employee contribution is voluntary
Life assurance (5x annual salary).
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their application letter and CV to recruitment@practicalaction.or.ke with subject line “Project Officer – Gender and Advocacy” so as to reach Practical Action on or before Monday 9th September 2019.
We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
Practical Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.
For more information and job application details, see; Practical Action Intern – Project Officer – Gender and Advocacy Jobs in Kenya
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