Education Development Center (EDC) Jobs in Kenya

Education Development Center (EDC) Jobs in Kenya

For more than 50 years, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) has made learning more accessible, relevant, and exciting. Our International Development Division collaborates with local partners in more than 35 countries across five continents.
We work in the areas of youth and workforce development, basic education, health and technology.
EDC is preparing for several projects to both strengthen comprehensive care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) and basic education initiatives in Kenya.
EDC seeks to fill several positions including:

Chief of Party will have primary responsibility for all aspects of program implementation and coordination with other programs, partners, and government entities.

Not less than 10 years of relevant senior activity management experience managing large donor-funded, child focused programs;

No less than 5 years of experience in a range of child protection interventions/approaches for vulnerable children in East and Southern Africa, with experience in Kenya preferred;

Experience pursuing child-level outcomes from household-level interventions;

Demonstrated capacity to create and/or maintain systems and procedures for managing complex program;

Master’s degree preferred in public health, social work, management or related field.

Deputy Chief of Party for Finance, Administration, and Compliance will be responsible for and serve as primary coordinator for all aspects of finance, administration, compliance, and sub-grants management.

Not less than 7 years of relevant management experience in East and Southern Africa;

Demonstrated experience in financial regulations, policies, and practices of USG or other international donors;

Master’s degree in relevant field preferred or equivalent experience;

Strong financial and operational management experience with proven management skills.

Child Protection Director responsible for provision of expert advice, analysis and technical support to the provincial and country offices on policies, operational strategies, with regard to the strengthening of national child protection systems.

He (she) will provide technical leadership and ensure effective coordination with strategic partners on Child Protection, including PEPFAR implementing partners.

Demonstrated experience in the child protection sector within the East African context;

Bachelor’s degree in social work or a similar field with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in technical and managerial positions;

Master’s degree in social sciences or public health preferred;

Experience with child protection programming, OVCs, youth development, or household economic strengthening;

Technical knowledge of community-based care programs and experience with OVC programming.

Household Economic Strengthening Director will provide technical leadership to ensure high quality OVC programming that meaningfully and measurably improves the well-being of vulnerable children and their families.

Master’s degree in rural development, social work, social sciences, or related field;

At least 10 years of experience in the design, management, monitoring, and evaluation of comprehensive, community-based OVC programming, household economic strengthening, or community-based livelihoods activities;

Strategic planning, and technical skills in programming with a focus on improving outcomes for children and families;

Familiarity with Village Savings & Loan (VSL) programming, social insurance, and similar products and approaches for increasing household financial assets, strengthening livelihoods, and improving financial management skills;

Mid-to-senior level experience in developing, implementing, managing and evaluating programs for children infected or affected by HIV, with particular experience in child and youth development programs.

Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will design systems for monitoring and evaluation of comprehensive, community-based OVC programming, social services system strengthening, and household economic strengthening.

Master’s Degree or higher;

Minimum 8 years’ experience and demonstrated practical skills in monitoring and evaluation;

Demonstrated skills in data analysis and report writing are essential;

Excellent knowledge of monitoring and evaluation principles and practices is essential;

Experience with monitoring, evaluation, and research in the HIV/AIDS, OVC, health, and/or youth sectors is strongly preferred.

Experience with PEPFAR-funded programs a plus. To Apply:
Interested applicants may send resumes to IDDJobs@edc.org. before COB 30th September 2014.
Please list the position to which you’re applying in the subject line of the email.
All positions above are expected to be based in Nairobi or other areas to be determined.
No phone calls please.