Senior Community Liaison Officer

Background

AmericaShare is a non-profit organization focused on improving the lives of the children living in Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums. Through our education and community programmes, we seek to provide disadvantaged children with access to basic education for sustainable change.

AmericaShare was founded over 30 years ago to provide education opportunities to underprivileged but academically outstanding children. It’s Kenyan affiliate is based in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Nairobi where it supports needy but bright children by sending them to school. AmsharicaShare also runs a Community Resource Centre, with well-equipped libraries and computer labs, providing free computer literacy training programs and digital learning. AmsharicaShare has supported numerous charitable activities in the community like free distribution of masks and food stuff to venerable households during Covid 19 pandemic and also quickly stepped in when hundreds were rendered homeless during government house demolitions.

Key deliverables

Community Engagement

• Build strategic relationships, foster collaborative efforts, and address questions and issues. Recommend responses and action plans based on continuous engagement with stakeholders and the community.

• Improve relationships with existing stakeholders and establish relationships with new ones.

• Develop plans and coordinate activities across several areas, including community outreach, to maintain and raise the visibility of our work.

• Represent AmericaShare at events and meetings to raise awareness about how the educational and community outreach at AmericaShare has positively and significantly impacted the population of Mukuru for the last over 30 years.

Project Management

• Improve and facilitate project feedback, communication, and skills development for AmericaShare staff, partners, and other stakeholders to keep multiple projects on track.

Required Experience and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in community development, social work, project management, or related fields.

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in community-related programs, with 5+ years in a leadership position.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Proficiency with logistics planning, networking, and negotiating.

• Exceptional interpersonal, listening, and verbal skills. Verbal and written proficiency in English and Swahili is required.

• Strong writing skills. All written communications and documents, from internal emails and reports to public-facing information, must be clear, correct, and professional.

• Strong digital literacy, primarily in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Position Benefits

A competitive salary commensurate with level of qualification and experience. Attractive health and retirement plans , annual bonuses, team lunch, annual team building trainings, great Company culture that puts employees’ needs first , participate and enjoys the Nairobi marathonrun yearly and of course join a formidable team that is focused on transforming lives in Mukuru Slums through provision of education sponsorships for the last 30 years.

Application requirements.

If you can fulfill these deliverables and have the required experience, please send your application as one document (Compelling cover letter & CV), clearly stating Senior Community Liaison in the subject line by Friday 20th September 2024. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.