Alive & Kicking Kenya – TackleAfrica Project Officer Job Vacancy
About us
TackleAfrica was founded in May 2002 by a group of young people from the UK who had all lived or worked in Africa at some point in their lives. The organisation was awarded charitable status in October 2002 and is UK registered charity no 1094439.
From their own experiences in Africa, TackleAfrica’s founders recognised the potential of football as a means of bringing people together, and providing a platform from which to convey hugely important messages about HIV and AIDS.
From these origins, the charity has grown to work regularly with local partners in 6 African countries, reaching over 20,000 young people each year. In early 2007, TackleAfrica piloted a unique way of combining HIV education directly into football coaching drills, publishing the first edition of the HIV education through football coaching manual later the same year. We have since rolled out this programme across our partners, training 450 coaches in 2009 and publishing a second edition of the manual in May 2010.
Since 2005, the majority of TackleAfrica’s funding has come from our annual flagship event, the football marathon, which has raised nearly £400,000 in the last 5 years. This has allowed us to rapidly grow our output in Africa and invest in staff and other infrastructure in the UK to ensure that our internationally programmes are sustainable and fully supported.
In April 2010 we employed a full time Head of Fundraising and Development to work alongside our part-time Managing Director, and by the end of 2010 we will have recruited our second full time position, the Coach Development Manager. These three roles will work closely together to ensure TackleAfrica has the maximum possible positive impact in Africa while maintaining a very cost effective UK base, and over the next 5 years we hope to rapidly develop our programmes and reach hundreds of thousands of young people.
TackleAfrica is governed by an unpaid Executive Committee - currently made up of 8 trustees – each with expertise in relevant areas including international development, fundraising, media relations, and working in Africa. We are also hugely reliant on the support of our volunteers both in Africa and the UK. None of what we do would be possible without the time, effort and expertise provided for free by people with a passion to help TackleAfrica succeed, whether by coaching in Africa, raising money or helping with marketing or admin.
To learn more about TackleAfrica or find out how you could get involved, please contact us at info@tackleafrica.org.
Alive & Kicking Kenya is a “not for profit” social enterprise using sport to address social issues whilst at the same time making large numbers of good quality, affordable, durable, repairable leather footballs, volleyballs & netballs here in Kenya.
TackleAfrica is a UK based organisation that uses football coaching to deliver HIV education to young people,increasing their understanding of HIV and enabling them to live safe and healthy lives.
We are looking for a highly motivated football coach to coordinate TackleAfrica’s work in Kenya and support Alive & Kicking’s HIV Roadshows.
The post will be based in Alive & Kicking Kenya’s Nairobi office.
TackleAfrica Project Officer
For more detailed job description and application procedure, kindly visit the TackleAfrica website: www.tackleafrica.org
Alive & Kicking Kenya is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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