Programme Officer Job at Aga Khan Foundation

Programme Officer Job at Aga Khan Foundation… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Aga Khan Foundation.

Descriptions;

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, not-for-profit international development agency, which was founded in 1967 by Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV. AKF seeks to provide long-term solutions to problems of poverty, hunger, illiteracy and ill health in the poorest parts of South and Central Asia, Eastern and Western Africa, and the Middle East.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the direct delivery of all Schools2030 activities at the district level with partner schools and youth partners. A core deliverable will be implementing a Human Centred Design processes with all partner schools, including workshops, school-based support, school network support, and effective use of flexible innovation response funds;
• Ensure all aspects of the project cycle are delivered with quality and contribute to the development of workplans, budgets, and activity and narrative reports;
• Provide project information and feedback to communicate progress, challenges, learning, and upcoming priorities and workplans to the Schools2030 Coordinator;
• Ensure all project funds you are responsible for are fully accounted for and liquidation is done in a timely manner to enable timely reporting;
• Ensure all project delivery and processes comply and promote with AKF’s gender and social inclusion and child and community safeguarding policies;
• Be the main point of contact for schools2030 at the district level;
• Engage and coordinate principle partners and stakeholders at district level to ensure collaborative delivery of project activities;
• Work with education actors to strengthen the education ecosystem connections and networks at the district level;
• Lead on the effective collection and management of data at the school and District level
• Ensure project learning is effectively communicated through the internal and external feedback loops and that principle partners have access to and understand the learning;
• Effectively engage in internal AKF learning opportunities to develop professional and technical understanding of education and Human Centred Design.

The requirements

Key qualifications and experience

• BA in Education, Sociology, Business Administration or related field;
• Proven experience of working in social programming with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience working in education programming and international development;
• Experience collaborating with government and non-government partners as well as schools, children, teachers and young people;
• Strong understanding of the Kenyan education system and emerging technologies in the education and development sector;
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for education programmes with experience in data collection methods;
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders;
• Ability to work independently and under pressure;

How to Apply

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Application Deadline: 8th August 2022.