We are currently recruiting a Head of Finance and Administration, who will play a pivotal role in shaping the financial health and operational excellence of our organization and lead in financial planning, management, and reporting while ensuring efficient administrative systems.

Requirements


Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration. Master's Degree is an added... advantage.
Minimum 5 years' in financial management and administration.
Experience working with donor-funded organizations
Proficiency in financial management software and Microsoft Office Suite more

Objective of the Assignment:

The consultant will support Youth Alive! Kenya in compiling and producing youth-friendly infographic guides that demonstrate the importance of youth participation in fostering a healthy democracy. The guides will highlight various forms of participation, utilize existing digital resources, and leverage influencers to enhance dissemination.

Scope of... Work:

Literature review: Review and compile guides on how and when the youth can participate in democratic and development processes at both national and county levels referencing successful best practices in Kenya and across the globe.
KP Development: Develop a knowledge product that is comprehensively informative, visually appealing, and easily understandable by youth while ensuring the content is aligned with the interests and behaviors of the target audience, utilizing digital platforms effectively.

Deliverables:

The consultant will be expected to deliver a comprehensive, visually appealing, and easily understandable Knowledge Product (KP) containing insights on youth participation in key democratic processes.
Timeline: The development and design of the knowledge product should be completed within 21 days, with regular weekly progress and milestone updates.

Qualifications:

 Degree in Communications, Political Science, and Community Development from a recognized University.
 Proven experience in developing educational or informational materials targeting youth.
 Familiarity with youth engagement and democracy promotion issues is preferred.
Reporting: The consultant will report to the SPARKe Project Lead at Youth Alive! Kenya.
Application Process: Interested candidates should submit:
A detailed proposal outlining their approach to achieving the objectives.
Relevant experience and qualifications.
A portfolio of past youth-friendly design work.
Proposed budget and timeline. more

Key responsibilities:
Content Development & Social Media Management

Assist in documenting field activities and prepare materials such as photos, videos, and stories for Youth Alive’s communication channels, including the website, newsletters, and social media.
Manage and maintain social media accounts, including post scheduling and engaging with followers. Provide monthly social media and... website performance reports.
Work with Programs and MEAL team to find and share impactful stories on Youth Alive’s online platforms.

Updating and Maintaining the Comms Playbook

Be responsible for updating content calendars, tracking tasks and transformations within the Comms Playbook, updating our knowledge hub with relevant materials, and updating the opportunities microsite with relevant jobs and resources.

Transformations

Support the implementation of our Content Transformation (which includes using different content types and formats targeted at our growing and diverse audiences).
Initiate a transformation to close any identified gaps within the department.

Business Development

When requested, participate in fundraising, visibility events, meetings and other resource mobilization activities
Research and identify new funding sources and emerging needs to support Y.A.K’s programming, administrative and strategic goals.

Team building and collaboration

Actively contribute to building a strong, innovative, and adaptive communications team
Work across cross-functional teams to plan, execute and evaluate joint activities including digital campaigns

Perform other roles that may be assigned to you by your line manager
Desired Skills & Qualifications
Required

Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, Digital Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism or a related field
1-2 years experience in a communications role ideally involving audiovisual production
Demonstrate interest in /willingness to learn about youth/social issues in Kenya
Demonstrate great to excellent audiovisual and photography production skills
Demonstrate excellent social and professional skills when interacting with colleagues and external partners.
Openness to new experiences for professional and personal development
A great team player who enjoys collaborating and consulting with other team members rather than working autonomously
Working knowledge of editing software and tools such as illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Corel Video Studio and online editing tools such as Canva.
Genuine passion and knack for storytelling
Deals with challenging situations with tact and maturity
Open to receiving and incorporating feedback in their work
Should be below 28 years of age.

Desired

Willing to learn project management using Notion
Demonstrated reporting and graphic design skills
Great to excellent webinar moderating/facilitating skills
Experience /willingness to learn website management.
Experience working in the non-profit sector and media will be an added advantage. more

The objective of this consultancy:
The objective of this consultancy is to conduct an outcome-harvesting activity for the WE-Care project to:

Identify and document the outcomes achieved by the project, both positive or negative, intended or unintended, and the verifiable connection between the project and the outcomes.
Analyze the outcomes to understand the factors that contributed to their... achievement and identify lessons learned
To outline the specific contribution the project made to this change
Provide recommendations for improving the project’s impact and sustainability

Scope of Work:
The consultant will be responsible for the following:

Reviewing project documents and conducting key informant interviews, focus group discussions and document reviews to analyze and identify the outcomes achieved by the project.
Designing and conducting data collection tools, such as questionnaires and interview guides, to collect data on the outcomes
Analyzing the data collected using appropriate methods
Preparing a report that documents the outcomes achieved by the project, including both intended and unintended outcomes, as well as factors that contributed to their achievement and lessons learned
Providing recommendations for improving the project’s impact and sustainability
Develop evaluation knowledge products, in soft copy, to be shared with external and internal stakeholders.

Core deliverables and timeframe:
The consultancy is expected to start on 1st March 2023 and to be completed within 15 days from the start date. The consultant will produce the following:

Proposed budget, methodology and work plan.
Draft Report before feedback.
A final and comprehensive evaluation report after validation
Evaluation knowledge products i.e. A PowerPoint presentation and a blog summarizing finding.

Profile of Consultant:
The consultant will have the following qualifications:

Advanced degree in a relevant field such as international development, public health, or statistics        
Experience in conducting evidence-based research or similar evaluations.
Knowledge of unpaid care work and gender programming
Strong analytical skills and experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis and relevant software such as SPSS or STATA
Excellent writing and communication skills in English more