Government Liaison Officer, Institute for Human Development

Job Summary

The Hub aims to provide

• Evidence-based professional development courses to frontline workers, policy makers and practitioners in delivering effective ECD care and services
• Technical advisory services to meso- and senior-level government officials, policy makers and practitioners working in the ECD sector to make decisions on priority investments to advance holistic child development and
• Knowledge into action services by translating scientific research from the region and global levels into accessible resources for specific target audiences, including but not limited to, policy makers, frontline workers, program practitioners, and parents/caregivers

Responsibilities

The Government Liaison Officer will facilitate IHD-government engagement and delivery of activities geared towards a common goal. The incumbent will work closely with the counties to identify opportunities, facilitate engagement and follow up on implementation of activities mutually agreed upon between the project team and the government officials. Specifically, the incumbent will:

• Communicate IHD agenda of providing technical support to the county government and facilitate that to happen
• Ensure communication of schedules by both parties to facilitate leveraging on available collaboration opportunities
• Identify and facilitate opportunities for engagement between the Institute, County officials and other partners.
• Work with the county programme officers to identify opportunities for convening; scheduling of activities and leveraging on the planned activities.
• Facilitate procurement of venues, services including travel, accommodation, training and workshop materials.
• Mobilization of meeting participants, payments, and accounting.
• Work closely with ECD Hub Manager and IHD staff to ensure all administrative processes including procurement, payment and accounting are adhered to and initiated on time.
• Supports the Hub Manager in following up on action points and deliverables between different partners.
• Ensure all processes are well documented, minutes of meetings taken and activity reports written.
• Work closely with the Communications Officer and IHD team to ensure significant moments are documented through occasional interviews, testimonials, videos and photos.

Requirements

• Must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Social Science or any other allied field.
• Excellent MS Office, report writing, presentation and communication skills with fluency in English and Kiswahili
• Strong analytical skills.
• Should be willing to travel within and outside the country

Closing Date : 06/12/2022