Windle Trust Kenya Job Advertisements

Windle Trust Kenya wishes to recruit officers for the positions described below to serve in Dadaab refugee secondary schools, Garissa, North-Eastern Province of Kenya.

1. Senior Education Officer
(One post)

In charge of Secondary Education programme

Key Responsibilities
• Responsible for the design, coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of secondary education activities in Dadaab refugee camps in collaboration with education staff.
• Provide adequate and timely technical guidance, supervision, capacity building and management support to the secondary education staff.
• Promote quality secondary education for refugees.
• Promote community self-management in relation to the running of secondary schools.
• Ensure transparency and accountability in management of all school resources.
• Provide essential physical facilities and instructional materials to schools and give special attention to community secondary schools
Qualifications
• A degree in Education with at least 4 years of proven experience in effective and efficient management of secondary education with high quality outputs.
• Excellent planning, analytical, conceptual and organizational skills.
• Ability to motivate staff and students to perform maximally and a good team-player.
• Proven knowledge of Kenya Education systems and rich networks with Key MOE officials.
• Superior writing skills, including proven ability to conceive and write grant proposals and donor reports.
• Mastery of office software (MS Word, Excel, and Power Point) required.
• Demonstrated capabilities and strategies to propel secondary schools to top national performance in curricula and co-curricular activities.
• Able and willing to live, work, travel in fast-paced and insecure environment adhering to strict security guidelines.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

2. Secondary School Teachers
(Six posts)

Key Responsibilities
• Effective implementation of prescribed secondary education curriculum.
Subject Combinations
• Biology - Chemistry - 3 teachers
• Kiswahili- History - 2 teachers
• English- English Literature -1 teacher
Qualifications
• A degree in Education.
• 3 years experience teaching secondary school.
• Proven performance as a secondary school teacher with outstanding results
• Demonstrated capabilities and strategies to propel secondary schools to top national performance in curricula and co-curricular activities.
• Able and willing to live, work, travel in fast-paced and insecure environment adhering to strict security guidelines.
• Mastery of office software (MS Word, Excel, and Power Point) required.
3. Storekeeper
(One post)

Key Responsibilities
• Responsible for the day to day running of secondary stores in Dadaab refugee camps.
• Maintenance of accurate records of all stock manually and in computerized format.
• Receive and issue stock, checking such stock against procurement documents and delivery notes
Qualification
• A diploma in commerce /IPS with stores and supplies option.
• At least 3 years practical experience in stores management
• Mastery of office software (MS Word, Excel, and Power Point) required.
4. Light Vehicle Driver
(One post)

Qualifications
• At least secondary school certificate
• Valid driving license, PSV and at least 5 year driving experience.
• Basic motor vehicle mechanics
• Ability to communicate in English and Swahili.
• Experience in driving in a security risk zone.
Interested and suitably qualified candidates to submit their application including detailed CV, daytime telephone contact, current remuneration and two professional referees to:

Human Resources Manager,
Windle Trust Kenya,
P.O Box 40521 00100,
Nairobi,

or email: hr @ windle.org

on or before Friday, January 29, 2010.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.

Windle Trust Kenya is an equal-opportunity employer.