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Chief Executive Officer and Program Officer Jobs in Kenya - Federation of Community Tourism Support Organizations

The Federation of Community Tourism Support Organizations -Kenya (FECTSO-K) is a consortium of Community Based Tourism Enterprises (CBTEs) in Kenya and a number of organisations that support the initiative.

FECTSO aims to work as a one stop business centre that enables CBTEs achieve competitiveness in the mainstream tourism industry.

To achieve its mandate, FECTSO has vacancies for the following positions:

Chief Executive Officer

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the CEO will drive the Vision of FECTSO through the following:

Duties and responsibilities
·       Overall responsibility of strategic direction, organisation, Administration of FECTSO-K.
·       Develop and implement the FECTSO-K strategic plan.
·       Oversee development and implementation of programmes.
·       Fund raising and resource mobilisation.
·       Financial and human resource management.
·       General coordination between FECTSO and stakeholders.
·       Networking at different levels of society.
Qualifications and skills requirements
·       A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences or a relevant field, an MBA degree will be an added advantage.
·       Minimum of 5 years working experience at Senior management level in a medium to large size organization.
·       Good leadership qualities, team player with good communication skills.
·       Fundraising and resource mobilization skills.
·       At least 35 years of age.
·       Have working knowledge in ICT.
·       Good knowledge of the tourism industry will be an added advantage
Program Officer

The Program Officer will be the implementing agent of FECTSO.

Duties and responsibilities
·       Membership recruitment, awareness and sensitization activities.
·       Maintaining communication with the CBTEs at the regional and grassroots level.
·       Preparation of project proposals.
·       Implementation of FECTSO-K’s programmes.
·       Reporting, monitoring and evaluation.
·       Preparing annual and quarterly reports / budgets.
Qualifications and skills requirements
·       Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Community Development, Tourism or any other relevant field
·       Minimum 3 years experience in project management.
·       Aged 27 years and above.
·       Have working knowledge in ICT.
·       Experience in managing donor financed programmes.
·       Excellent communication skills in English and Swahili.
Applications and CVs to reach the undersigned by 17th June 2011.

Only successful applicants will be notified.

The Recruitment Panel, FECTSO-K
P O Box 47998, 00100 Nairobi
e-mail: wmg@wmgconsultants.org
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