Somalia: Resident Program Manager, Executive Program, Nairobi

Somalia: Resident Program Manager, Executive Program, Nairobi
Closing Date: Sunday, 24 October 2010

Somalia: Resident Program Manager, Executive Program
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
Closing date: 24 Oct 2010
Location: Kenya - Nairobi

(217059-851)

The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) seeks to hire a Resident Program Manager to implement an executive strengthening program to provide technical assistance and support to key personnel in the Somali principal offices and critical ministries.  The position would be based in Nairobi, Kenya, with travel to Djibouti, Somalia and the broader region.  Available October 2010, this position is funded for one year with possible extension contingent upon availability of funding.

Background

NDI has been active in Somalia since late 2005 with programming supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) aimed at building the core governance and parliamentary capacities of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) including the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP), Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Independent Federal Constitutional Commission (IFCC). The Institute has worked with the principal Offices of the President and Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament, political and administrative heads of more than 30 ministries, and nearly 400 members of parliament (MPs), including two-dozen female MPs.