CAFOD Programme Development and Funding Officer (East Africa) Job in Kenya

CAFOD works with partner organisations to combat poverty and injustice and to build a strong and dynamic civil society.

We are looking for a highly motivated Programme Development and Funding Officer to work in partnership with local organisations to bring about real change in the lives of poor people and translate our plans for development and justice into reality.

Working as part of the East Africa team you will support CAFOD programme staff and partners in developing high quality programmes and projects, ensuring CAFOD and its partners obtain significant institutional donor funding for its development and humanitarian work, and maintaining and strengthening our relationship with key donors.

You will be fluent in Kiswahili as well as English with excellent spoken and written communication and interpersonal skills, inter-cultural sensitivity and confidence in dealing with a wide range of Church and NGO partners.

You should have experience of developing successful funding applications for institutional donors as well as participatory project design with the use of analytical tools.

We also expect you to be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of developing and implementing monitoring systems to track the effectiveness of programmes and an ability to build cooperative, professional relationships with donors.

To read more and to apply please visit cafod.org.uk/jobs by 15 January.

The post is based in Nairobi but will involve travel to the programme partners in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Please note that this is a national post, which is only open to applicants with current right to work in Kenya

How to apply:

To read more and to apply please visit cafod.org.uk/jobs by 15 January.