Current Vacancies at Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW)

Duties and responsibilities

• This role will support COVAW’s communications work at project and organizational level.

Specific roles and responsibilities are

Social media management

• Seek regular input from program staff for updating COVAW’s social media pages.
• Updating COVAW’s social media pages i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube with key messages and photos from the program activities.
• Increase COVAW’s presence and voice in mainstream and social media by actively engaging in the different social media platforms. This will involve responding to comments and queries from the online audience as well as liking and retweeting relevant content from partners.
• Design high quality posters with key messages from the field for circulation on COVAW social media pages.
• On a monthly basis organize and manage social media campaigns, including Twitter Chat, Facebook live and blogging.

Website Management

• Implement COVAW Communication Strategy in line with COVAW’s Strategic Focus Areas.
• Regularly update COVAW’s website to ensure it remains up to date with the current content, photos and stories of change.
• Prepare write ups, Op-eds for COVAW website based on program work and organisational position.

Management of virtual forums

• Plan and Coordinate virtual meetings/forums on Zoom and Google meet to ensure they run smoothly. Provide a recording of the meetings.
• Maintain a digital folder of COVAW’s radio show and meeting recordings.

Video Production

• Work with the program team to prepare ToR for hiring of media consultants to produce documentaries.
• Support the program team in filming and editing high quality videos of stories of change from the field for sharing on COVAW’s social media platforms.

COVAW Newsletter Production

• Create COVAW’s Newsletter template.
• Work with the Program team to produce a quarterly newsletter showcasing impact of COVAW’s work.
• Update COVAWs contacts/mailing lists and share COVAW news regularly.

COVAW Performance Standards

• The COVAW values of Integrity, Respect, Commitment and Solidarity.
• A sound understanding of COVAWs work on violence against women and girls.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, set, and meet goals in a dynamic work environment.
• Strong commitment to COVAW's values and principles in promoting women's rights.
• Flexibility and willingness to work long and irregular hours, including occasional weekends and holidays.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism or any other related degree with at least two years work experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong interest in working to promote women’s rights;
• Social media management skills;
• Good IT competence, command of main office software programmes, internet communication and social media ;
• Graphic design skills;
• Strong organizational, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines;
• Ability to perform a variety of administrative tasks;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;
• Those with human resource management background are encouraged to apply.
• Excellent knowledge of English with fluency in speaking, reading and writing.

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Duties and responsibilities include:

• Development of periodic project work plans to guide and track accurate implementation of project objectives in Nairobi.
• Implement project activities in Nairobi such as: Awareness raising on human rights violations including SGBV facing women in paid childcare; capacity building of women-led paid childcare providers and stakeholders on how to organize, diversity and inclusion and effective collaboration;Review of existing curriculum from women's rights/ safeguarding and disability inclusion perspective among others.
• Take lead in the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of project activities at community level and with key actors
• Support project activity documentation based on key interventions that are implemented, working with the other project teams.
• Identify, support and work with community level beneficiaries through strategic intermediaries to meet the intended priority outcomes
• Support the program team in the engagement of civil society organisations, private sector actors, government and communities to enhance their capacity to conduct coordinated lobby and advocacy, addressing GBV in paid childcare ecosystem.
• Work with the program team in strengthening linkages and networks between key actors from community, county and national level with a view to strengthening the effectiveness of each actor
• Work with the project team in supporting design, production, dissemination and documentation of content and materials for use in lobby and advocacy and capacity enhancement trainings.
• Prepare accurate and timely reports of all program activities. Prepare monthly narrative reports
• Monitor the utilization of project budgets in adherence to donor and organisational rules and policies
• Support in conducting program monitoring and evaluation, outcome and end of implementation evaluation

Performance standards

• Represent COVAW in meetings and forums with partners and other stakeholders
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to COVAW's values and principles in a fulfillment of all roles and responsibilities
• Flexibility and willingness to travel, work long and irregular hours, including occasional weekends and holidays
• Undertake full operational responsibility over COVAW's assets in use.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Community Development, law or related social science.
• Three years work experience in program implementation and community engagement.
• Financial management and basic procurement experience.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with diverse people and cultures.
• Self-starter, able to work independently but able to consult effectively, prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work in the field, under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Computer Literacy (including excel skills).
• Experience in implementation of projects promoting the rights of childcare workers will be an added advantage.
• Experience in project monitoring and evaluation will be an added advantage

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Duties and responsibilities include:

• Development of periodic project work plans to guide and track accurate implementation of project objectives in Kisumu and Kakamega counties.
• Implement project activities in Kisumu and Kakamega counties such as: Awareness raising on human rights violations including SGBV facing women in paid childcare; capacity building of women-led paid childcare providers and stakeholders on how to organize, diversity and inclusion and effective collaboration;Review of existing curriculum from women's rights/ safeguarding and disability inclusion perspective among others.
• Take lead in the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of project activities at community level and with key actors
• Support project activity documentation based on key interventions that are implemented, working with the other project teams.
• Identify, support and work with community level beneficiaries through strategic intermediaries to meet the intended priority outcomes
• Support the program team in the engagement of civil society organisations, private sector actors, government and communities to enhance their capacity to conduct coordinated lobby and advocacy, addressing GBV in paid childcare ecosystem.
• Work with the program team in strengthening linkages and networks between key actors from community, county and national level with a view to strengthening the effectiveness of each actor
• Work with the project team in supporting design, production, dissemination and documentation of content and materials for use in lobby and advocacy and capacity enhancement trainings.
• Prepare accurate and timely reports of all program activities. Prepare monthly narrative reports
• Monitor the utilization of project budgets in adherence to donor and organisational rules and policies
• Support in conducting program monitoring and evaluation, outcome and end of implementation evaluation

Performance standards

• Represent COVAW in meetings and forums with partners and other stakeholders
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to COVAW's values and principles in a fulfilment of all roles and responsibilities
• Flexibility and willingness to travel, work long and irregular hours, including occasional weekends and holidays
• Undertake full operational responsibility over COVAW's assets in use.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Community Development, law or related social science.
• Three years work experience in program implelemtation and community engagement.
• Financial management and basic procurement experience.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with diverse people and cultures.
• Self-starter, able to work independently but able to consult effectively, prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work in the field, under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Computer Literacy (including excel skills).
• Experience in implementation of projects promoting the rights of childcare workers will be an added advantage.