Project Contractor – Inclusive Economies Jobs
Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
Date Posted | July 10, 2020 |
Category |
Administration
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | KES |
Description
Thomson Reuters Foundation is recruiting a contractor for the Inclusive Economies programme who will:
- Co-ordinate and deliver an alliance on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and its outputs.
- Co-ordinate the delivery of a series of online and face-to-face convenings.
- Provide logistical support for projects, events and travel.
- Develop and maintain all systems and processes needed to run convenings and projects efficiently.
- Be responsible for stakeholder outreach, and developing and maintaining engagement databases and tools.
Projects Deliverables and Tasks:
- Co-ordinate and deliver an alliance on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and an event series:
- Organise convenings and support the development of an alliance around ESG indicators.
- Co-ordinate the development of the ESG alliance outputs such as white papers and toolkits.
- Provide logistical support for events, convenings and overseas travel.
- Draft material needed for the implementation of the events and alliance.
- Draft proposal and concept note for funders and partners to grow alliance and event series
- Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed scope and constraints.
- Update project finances monthly, co-ordinating with the finance team.
- Liaising with the Foundation’s communications and digital teams, to produce material and social content for events and alliance.
- Responsible for tailored stakeholder outreach and engagement and for the development and maintainance of the systems and tools needed to deliver the inclusive economy programme effectively:
- Develop and maintain systems and documents for stakeholder outreach and management on the IE economies three pillars with a specific focus on fostering fair and sutainable economic models, capital markets and ESG indicators.
- Co-ordinate new partnerships, coalitions, and networks and deliver the agreed programme outcomes.
- Support with partnerships outreach and management with a specific focus on ESGs and sustainable investors, and data and digital rights key players.
- Help co-ordinate internal groups across the Foundation teams on data and digital rights and shifting economic
models.
- Support with the outreach in Africa for the Stop Slavery Award.
- Work in collaboration with TrustLaw Africa team to align projects and convenings with their strategy.
- Support with administrative tasks such as diary management, invoices and expenses, travel and logistics.
Key skills, knowledge and experience:
- Strong administrative experience.
- Experience in project management and/ or running capacity-building initiatives and coalitions.
- Experience in co-ordinating researches and toolkits scope, development and launch.
- Experience with databases and survey tools (knowledge of Salesforce and/ or SurveyGizmo would be an advantage).
- A proactive, process-oriented individual with strong attention to detail.
- An excellent communicator with first-class written and verbal communication skills.
- A highly motivated self-starter, with an ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- A good understanding of ESGs and sustainable investment in the Africa region preferred or a strong interest in developing expertise in the area.
- Fluent in English, other languages highly desirable.
- Have the right to work in Kenya.
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Applying Instructions
- Deadline for applications: Wednesday 15th July 2020
- First Round Interviews will take place on the 21st & 22nd JulySecond Round Interviews will take place on the 28th July
- The daily rate is relative to the charitable sector.An accurate work statement will be developed with the appointed contractor as part of their services’ agreement contract.
- To apply for this contract, please send your CV and cover letter describing how you will deliver the scope of work to
- Suelen.Petrik@thomsonreuters.com
- Please use as subject: Inclusive Economies C