Hivos Women@Work Programme East Africa Coordinator Job in Nairobi Kenya

Hivos is looking for a coordinator for the Women@Work programme East Africa to help execute the international programme for the protection and strengthening of women labour rights issues in the cut flower industry in East Africa.
 

Vacancy Name: Coordinator Women@Work Programme East Africa
 

Number of hours: Full time (40 hours a week)
 

Region: East Africa
 

Office: Regional Office, Nairobi Kenya

The Women@Work programme is a multi-year advocacy programme to enhance policy change in the Netherlands through consumer action and through influencing the business sector in order to achieve better labour conditions for women workers.

To protect the rights of women and improve working conditions in global supply chains in the South, we need to show the connection between the women who produce the goods and the women who buy them. 

The public campaign in the Netherlands targets the flower industry, for example, because of the overwhelming number of women it employs and because flowers are a product with a particular appeal for women.

Responsibilities

• To coordinate research initiatives in the region on the position of women in the cut-flower industry (mapping and analysing of labour conditions and certification initiatives) in collaboration with research institutions
• To liaise with the Hivos partners in the Women@Work programme in East Africa; help stimulating their activities in various working groups; help organising their meetings; and manage the Hivos funding portfolio for these partners
• To liaise with the various stakeholders in the flower-industry, mainly the producers, the Kenya Flower Council, but also with the Union, various certification bodies, and the local FSI (Floriculture Sustainability Initiative) representative
• To assist the global Women@Work campaign coordinator with organising meetings with the partners and stakeholders

Skills

• A master's degree in a relevant field (e.g Law)
• 5 to 7 years work experience in a relevant sector
• Excellent communication skills including public speaking in English and Kiswahili
• Strong interpersonal communication and negotiation skill with private sector, civil society organizations, government officials and community
• Good understanding of and strong affinity with civil society, in particular with non-governmental organizations
• Capacity and willingness to strategize and work closely with relative new stakeholders for Hivos such as related private sector actors and government bodies.
• Organization  and administrative skills
• Having respect for humanitarian or humanist principles and willing to work in a non- discriminating, neutral, impartial and gender equal environment

Reporting Line
The Coordinator reports directly to the Global Women@Work campaign coordinator in Hivos Head Office under supervision of the Regional Director in Nairobi.

Like to apply?

Please send your CV plus motivation letter to: jobs@hivos.or.ke, reference number:  CO/W@Wmay2013.

The deadline is Friday May 24th 2013. 

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.