Action for Children Operations Manager Job in Kenya

Action for Children in Conflict is looking for an Operations Manager to manage its legal assistance, economic empowerment, education empowerment, social work and counselling, and house management programmes in Thika Town.

What is Action for Children in Conflict?

Action for Children in Conflict is a small Non-Governmental Organisation working in Thika since 2004, running rehabilitative and preventative programmes to reduce the prevalence of street children in Thika.

Among other activities, AfCiC includes a free legal assistance and advocacy programme, an economic empowerment programme featuring skills training and microfinance, and an education empowerment programme that features school drop out prevention, school feeding, holiday clubs, and nonformal education for street children.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• In consultation with the Director, managing, developing & expanding our programmes in Thika
• Supervising, supporting and guiding 2 deputy operations managers & a staff/volunteer team of 20-25
• Ensuring that all programmes are meeting their goals and providing effective services to their clients
• Ensuring that the finances of all programmes are being properly managed and kept within budget
• In consultation with the Director, securing training & development opportunities for staff/volunteers,
• Acting as the primary information conduit between the programmes and the Director
• Networking with community, non-governmental, business and government officials
• Advocacy & Lobbying activities with and on behalf of our clients
• Writing monthly and quarterly reports for the Director and donors
• Ensuring effective monitoring & evaluation is conducted at regular intervals for all programmes
• Writing funding proposals & engaging in fundraising initiatives, publicity & events to expand the programmes into new areas of activity to help acutely vulnerable children & their families
• Providing input to the Director in formulating organisation’s policy, procedures and strategic direction

Skills/Qualifications/Attributes Required (Person Specification)

• Qualifications in management/ human resources or other relevant field
• 5 years practical management experience in a multi-cultural and multi-tribal environment, managing staff/volunteer teams of at least 5 or more, including international volunteers
• 5 years experience in financial management (managing multiple budgets)
• 3 years experience in fundraising activities/ events
• 5 years experience working with street & other acutely vulnerable children & families
• Creative, imaginative and innovative
• Excellent communicator with children, parents, staff, colleagues, and the wider community
• Flexible and cooperative with team colleagues
• Competently manages conflicting priorities, works to deadlines and under a high level of pressure
• Manages in a participative and facilitative style
• Effectively promotes staff development and team working
• Excellent written & spoken English
• Good computer skills
• Respect for vulnerable children and their families, putting their interests first
• Maintains discipline fairly and in keeping with Child Protection Policy

How can you apply?

Please submit your CV and a detailed covering letter (either in person or by post) explaining how you meet the Person Specification to the AfCiC Administrator (Nancy Wangui) at the AfCiC Main Office on 2nd Floor, Imara Plaza (next to Thika Farmer’s Hotel), Thika Town.

Please enclose contact details of two professional references (no relatives or personal friends).

Please note we are NOT accepting email applications.

Closing Date: Wednesday 20th April, 5pm

Contact Details

Post: P.O Box 130, Thika

Physical Address: 2nd Floor, Imara Plaza, Thika Town

Telephone: 067 22604/ 0724 509138

Website: www.actionchildren.org

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