NATIONAL DIRECTOR VACANCY

national director vacancy
JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE: NATIONAL DIRECTOR (ND)
LOCATION: NATIONAL OFFICE (NO), NAIROBI, KENYA
Background
Habitat for Humanity Kenya (HFHK) is a non-profit, non-governmental Christian housing
organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty in Kenya through housing. HFHK is affiliated
to Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI). Anchored by the conviction that safe and affordable
housing provides a critical foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty, Habitat helps people
construct, rehabilitate and/or preserve their homes. Habitat also advocates improving access to
decent and affordable housing and supports a variety of funding models that enable families with
limited resources to make needed improvements on their homes as their time and resources
allow. HFHK has been working since 1982 and has helped over 5000 families organized in some
200 community groups to construct simple, decent and affordable housing through provisions of
loan capital and technical support needed for house construction.The organization is developing
its new strategy aiming to increase its capacity, scale up and make positive impact on the housing
conditions of low income people in Kenya.
Purpose of position
The National Director provides overall leadership and management to HFHK, and guides the
development and implementation of HFH Kenya strategy. S/he will represent HFHK vision, mission
and values to all stakeholders. S/he will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the
organization by ensuring resource mobilization, financial and programmatic support/management
to staff and partners, partnership development and communications. The ND reports to the HFHK
Board of Directors and liaises with the Program Manager from HFHI Europe, Middle East and
Africa (HFHI EMEA) Area Office.
Major responsibilities
1. Leadership and strategic management
 Guides the development and implementation of HFHK strategy and long term business
plan that lead to increased positive impact on peoples’ housing conditions.
 Models servant leadership and preserves, upholds and promotes Habitat for Humanity
mission, principles and core values.
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2. Board relations
 Acts as secretary to the HFHK Board of Directors in accordance with the organization
policies.
 Oversees the development of the organization policies.
 Ensures HFHK Board of Directors’ resolutions are implemented.
3. Operations management
 The ND is responsible for the annual planning and budgeting, and manages the
implementation of the plan and reporting of measurable outcome.
 Ensures the organization’s programme achieves scale, efficiency and effectiveness, and
sustainability.
 Identifies and introduces best practices, and achieves high standards.
 Oversees programme planning, management, and evaluation through implementation of
innovative partnerships and Appropriate BuildingTechnology.
 Ensures and demonstrates good stewardship of resources, and maintains professional
relationships with consultants, contractors and service providers.
4. Compliance
 In consultation with the HFHK Board of Directors ensures the fiscal, legal and
programmatic integrity of the organization.
 The ND is responsible for accurate and timely reporting to relevant country statutory
authorities, to HFHI and to donors.
5. People management
 Recruits, develops, motivates, manages, and evaluates personnel, including staff, advisors,
and volunteers, to promote the purpose and achieve the goals of the organization.
 Develops and implements effective training programmes and equitable human resource
systems to invest in and retain quality as the primary asset of the organization.
6. Resource mobilization / Funding raising
 In collaboration with the HFHK Board of Directors and HFHI, the ND ensures that the
mobilization of resources is adequate in order to achieve short-term and long-term
strategic goals.
 Develops and implements, together with staff and HFHI, a fund raising strategy that
mobilizes resources through diversified constituencies.
 Develops proposals to meet needs identified at community levels that can attract donor
funding.
7. Relationships and advocacy
 Represents HFHK before the public authorities and other actors in Kenya, and is the main
liaison person of HFHK with the media.
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 Identifies, develops and maintains effective relations with all stakeholders, including
government, bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies, donors and sponsors, partners and
homeowners, and the public at large.
 Develops and implements, together with staff, a communications strategy to promote the
organization programme and brand.
 Develops and implements, together with staff and the support of HFHI, an advocacy
strategy to promote policies and systems that advance access to affordable housing.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Required
 University degree in international development/relations, public administration, business
administration, housing and urban development, and/or social sciences.
 Minimum 10 years of work experience in housing finance and/or micro finance or urban
planning, housing development or social sciences, relevant to human settlement and
community development in Kenya and/or East Africa.
 At least 5 year experience in senior management position.
 Experience in non-profit/NGO resource mobilization including proposal development, plus
a local and/or international network of prospective donors and constituencies.
 Knowledge of housing issues in Kenya, and in particular affordable housing.
 Proven experience in leading and managing staff, including recruitment, staff
development, training, mentoring and performance assessment.
 Demonstrated financial management competence, including the preparation and
management of budgets and contracts.
 Experience in programme and project management.
 Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation.
 Excellent communication skills, confidence in handling prominent gatherings, media and
events.
 Fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili.
 Computer literacy.
 Ability to travel nationally and internationally.
Preferred
 A Master’s degree in development studies, project management or related fields is an
added advantage.
 Continuing education in relevant fields such as NGO management, board development,
resource mobilization, communications, and in country or region-specific issues is an
advantage.
 Experience in housing microfinance or microfinance is a significant added advantage.
 Community development experience will be a significant added advantage.
 Experience in serving on or in the development of non-profit/NGO boards of directors.
 Experience in managing donor-funded projects/programmes




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PACT Communication Officer vacancy

Communication Officer vacancy
Supervisor CD/ MERL Director
Supervises None
Location Nairobi
Description I Job Summary
This position assists the MERL/CD Director in overall coordination and  output of the MERL unit. S/he renders technical MERL support and assists in demonstrating progress against strategic objectives at the Country level. This support extends to a wide range of NGO and CSO partners providing training, mentoring and guidance to partners in MERL, data collection, and quality.
The post holder is also responsible for assisting in the generation of regular report writing and publication development.
The position simultaneously provides support in communications and materials development such as publications, success story development and overseeing branding requirements for Pact, as needed. 
The post holder will be responsible for reviewing, editing, and formatting required reports (quarterly, annual, and other) as generated by the project
II Key Duties and Responsibilities
Job Responsibility #1: Technical M&E Support

• Assists the development and/ or updating of monitoring and evaluation plans, guidelines, tools and systems for use by PACT and its partners
  
• Supports the identification of higher level indicators to assess progress and overall impact against organisation’s strategic plan
  
• Assists the development of effective results frameworks and subsequent indicators at project and partner level(s) 
  
• Supports project staff and partners to ensure effective systems are in place for process and impact monitoring (this includes baseline and evaluation requirements)
  
• Assists in designing baseline, mid-term and final evaluation studies
  
• Assists in organizing periodic ongoing evaluation and progress monitoring events by involving partners
  
• Prepares the unit’s work plan by identifying support requirements of other units.
  
• In collaboration with different units, periodically monitors the quality of data collected and reports produced, and agree on actions required
  
• Undertakes compilation of data for analysis and reporting requirements 
  
• Assists the compilation and distribution of the Donor reports as per the set schedule
  
• Generates quarterly, biannual and annual tabular reports for reporting purposes
  
• Assists the generation of data and compilation of quarterly reports for regular Donor reporting purposes
  
• Assists the production of quarterly and annual reports against the Government annual plans
  
• Facilitates compilation of regular monitoring reports prepared by different Projects  along with evaluation recommendations
  
• Keeps up to date with developments in MERL, including best practice examples within the country and internationally, and ensure ongoing personal development and learning
  
• Ensures the communication of Participatory M&E concepts within the organization, with partners and other stakeholders
  
• Participates in the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned and best practice
  

• Participates in the assessment of M&E related training requirements for capacity building purpose
  
• Participates in development of capacity of Program staff and partners on Participatory M&E and other related initiatives
  

Job Responsibility #2: Communication

• Reviews, edits and formats reports for project (quarterly, annual and other).
  

• Is responsible for the Branding Strategy for the project
  
• Works closely with the Program Capacity Development staff and M&E staff, and other support to prepare high quality programmatic progress reports to the donor, and ensures they cover key content to meet donor requirements.
  
• Solicits and prepares success stories, which are in line with USAID guidance for success story reporting, to highlight program achievements alongside the progress reporting. Ensure appropriate branding of all reports and other communication material to meet donor requirements.
  
• Transforming raw content provided by program staff into multi-media communications and/or publications.
  
• Identifying potential communication and public relations opportunities
  
• Contributing to the preparation of publications and fundraising materials.
  

Job Responsibility #3: Others

• This position is located in Nairobi and requires travel to project operational areas.
  
• Any other duties as may be assigned by supervisor
  

III Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated effective organizing and planning skills;
  
• Skills in developing MERL, data collection tools, indicators and plans;
  
• Ability to analyse M&E technical issues, to write clear and concise reports and to make effective oral presentations;
  
• Computer literacy in basic database and statistical software and Microsoft applications;
  
• Proficiency in English;
  
• Effective interpersonal skills;
  
• Effective communication skills
  

Academic and Professional Qualifications

• BA/MA degree in Economics, Statistics or other Social Sciences.
  
• Diploma in publishing.
  

Experience

• At least 3 years of relevant work experience in monitoring, evaluation communication and planning activity
  

IV Competencies

• Strong writing and analytical skills
  
• Strong planning and prioritization skills
  
• Team work/building
  
• Problem solving.
  

In addition, some of the behavioral competencies include: Respect, accountability, courage, excellence, facilitating change, and proactive problem solving.
V Application Process
We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications to the attention of Pact HR Office in Kenya via the following email address: kenyahr@pactworld.org clearly indicating in the subject field of your email MERL/Communication Officer by 5th September 2014. All applicants should submit their application with a detailed CV in MS Word (.doc) version, which should include names and contacts of 3 referees.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Pact is a fair and equal opportunity employer.
Pact offices • Umeme Plaza, first floor
Naivasha rd, off Ngong rd • Tel +254.53.800.1803/6
P.O Box 35081-00100 Nairobi, Kenya • pactworld.org




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