Centre for Ageing and Rural Development (CARD) is a non-governmental organization facilitates a participatory approach in the implementation of sustainable development solutions for older persons and orphans and vulnerable children. 

Key Responsibilities

• Development of quality proposals, targeted at both in-country donors and corporates as well as external donors for achievement of a diversified grants income as per the targets agreed in the Country Strategy Program;
• Management and coordination of concept papers and proposal development and dissemination in collaboration with the program team;
• Diversification of grants income including organizing fundraising events;
• Provide effective management of relationships with donors and other partners to the organization;
• Provide effective management of grants including grants systems as well as quality and timely reports;
• Development of a fund-raising strategy, action plan and implementation with regular review and revision;
• Effective working relationships are critical for this position, including relationships with donors, implementing partners, corporate entities and other program staff.

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, or other related discipline
• Proven experience in local fundraising, strategic planning, marketing and events organization
• 3 years relevant resource mobilization/fundraising experience in an NGO or corporate setting
• Demonstrated experience in the grants development and management

• Excellent fundraising, proposal and report writing skills for different donor requirements – institutional, corporate and other donors.
• Planning skills and ability to meet strict deadlines
• Excellent grant management skills, including ability to identify challenges and provide or work with teams to propose possible solutions
• Knowledge of programming processes, systems and principles, and the ability to provide leadership and support staff working on grant-related programmes
• Strong negotiation, facilitating and influencing skills
• Networking and relationship development skills
• Strong team building and motivational skills
• Ability to interact and work effectively with others
• Proficiency in computer packages

• The ideal candidate should have a first degree in Statistics, Social Sciences or its equivalent, with four (4) years of relevant M&E experience and professional training in M&E.
• The person should possess advanced report writing skills, excellent database management skills (SQL, Access, Excel), and exceptional analytical skills (STATA, SAS or SPSS).
• Experience in project management, health programs and conversant with various donor and government M&E systems in Kenya are essential.
• S/he must possess superior quantitative and qualitative skills as well as remarkable communication and interpersonal skills.
• S/he must be a person of high integrity, discretion and personal conduct who is also flexible and adaptable to changing working conditions.
• Should be self-motivated, proactive, with good judgment and initiative and is able to prioritize, meet deadlines and work in a multicultural environment.

• Support the development of research protocols and study scheduling.
• Conduct literature searches and desk reviews.
• Support the development and administration of research data collection tools.
• Assist in validation of data elements/data editing and consistency evaluation.
• Participate in data analysis and report writing.
• Provide help in preparation of research manuscripts and research presentations
• Assist in uploading project data in the information management databases and in development and maintenance of research databases including handling and protecting confidential and sensitive data with integrity.
• Conducting research on given scientific and academic topics.
• Collect and analyze data using tools and procedures relevant for the study including focus group discussions, community meetings, social surveys, transect walks, historical trends, social and wealth mapping among others
• Writing and editing research proposals and any other role assigned by the Executive Director

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics or a relevant social science.
• Should have evidence of research studies conducted and successfully completed
• A team player and good in communication and report writing.
• Must have a good command of the English language
• Computer Literacy especially in SPSS programme