International NGO Community Liaison Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya

International NGO Community Liaison Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya
February 26, 2015 Job Description
Community Liaison Manager
Industry: Health Care
Location: Nairobi
Very Urgent
Our Client, an international NGO whose core business is reproductive health and family planning to millions of the world’s poorest and vulnerable women is seeking to recruit a Community Liaison Manager whose purpose is to design and deliver effective strategies to ensure the fullest possible community engagement, and deliver increased engagement by adolescents and people with disabilities.
Duties and Responsibilities
Development of strategies together with channel teams that realizes wide ranging engagement with communities who will use our services
Overseeing the delivery of strategy through support and development of channel teams
Liaising with organizations and development of partnerships
Close liaison with channel teams to collect and analyze on an ongoing basis the opportunities and threats for increased engagement with the communities in which the organization works to increase impact.
Engaging and liaising with community organizations and associations targeting youth and people with disabilities
Training and supporting the channel teams to develop ideas locally through representation to potential partners.
Development of a substantial list of potential partners
Partnership agreements with key groups for project work
Tracking action plans and supporting innovation
Communicating across the team on strategies, progress, lessons learnt and successes
Skills and Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Sociology, Public Health, or other related field.
Proven 3 years experience in effective community engagement and partnership development
Strategic thinker able to see the opportunities and threats to achieve relevant contact with new potential clients in our communities
Comfortable and confident in liaising with key government departments and local authorities.
Experience in identifying and negotiating workable strategic partnerships
Excellent communicator within teams and with community groups to develop ideas and formal agreements
Proven experience in developing strategic sets of activities
To apply, send your CV and cover letter to cvs@flexi-personnel.com before 28th February 2015.
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