Media Focus on Africa Foundation Projects Coordinator Job Vacancy

The Organization:

Media Focus on Africa Foundation (MFA) is a not-for-profit communications for development organization based in Nairobi, Kenya.

It was founded on the premise that increased flows of quality information, reaching out to people living in Africa and beyond build societies that are better informed on priority issues of democratization and human development.

MFA promotes the concept of communication for development (C4D), as a means to empower people through carefully targeted and contextualised messages on key themes.

MFA’s Mission is “To stimulate social change and development in Africa through the media”, while its vision is “A democratic Africa, whose citizens are well-informed and are empowered to participate in development processes.”

Position: Projects Co-ordinator

Will work closely with the Country Director and other staff in the coordination of projects.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Key Tasks

Work closely with the Deputy Country Director and other staff in developing and drafting proposal ideas
Participate in writing both internal and external project reports
Organize and manage all MFA project reports, both external and internal.
Participate in designing the organization’s annual and project work-plans on the organization’s activities
Ensure that project activities are implemented in a timely manner as per the workplan
Update on a monthly basis projects and organizational work-plans progress
Participate in formulating and overseeing the implementation of projects monitoring and evaluation frameworks
Keep a database of participants participating in MFA projects
Manage project logistics, contacts, communications and other tasks as might be requested by supervisor and project managers.
Assist project managers and project staff to coordinate payments of project participants in the field
Assist project managers and project staff in coordinating and organizing logistics for meetings, workshops, outreach activities and events
Assist in the procurement processes for goods and services required for project implementation (i.e. request for quotations, assess quotations)
Take meeting minutes whenever requested

Qualifications and Experience

Should possess at least a university degree in social sciences or communications Three (3) years experience in similar position
Excellent writing and communication skills in English and Kiswahili
Demonstrate project management skills
Experience writing reports and participating in proposal writing
Experience in project implementation and monitoring and evaluation
Interest in governance, democracy, development and communications issues in general
Concise and attentive to detail

If you meet the above qualifications please send your application letter, CV with at least 3 referees to info@mediafocusonafrica.org by latest 2nd March 2012.

Only those who will be shortlisted for interview will be contacted.