Federation of Community Tourism Jobs

Chief Executive Officer and Program Officer Jobs
in Kenya by Federation of Community Tourism Support Organizations

The Federation of Community Tourism Support Organizations -Kenya (FECTSO-K) is a consortium of Community Based Tourism Enterprises (CBTEs) in Kenya and a number of organisations that support the initiative.

FECTSO aims to work as a one stop business centre that enables CBTEs achieve competitiveness in the mainstream tourism industry.

To achieve its mandate, FECTSO has vacancies for the following positions:

Chief Executive Officer

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the CEO will drive the Vision of FECTSO through the following:

Duties and responsibilities

·       Overall responsibility of strategic direction, organisation, Administration of FECTSO-K.

·       Develop and implement the FECTSO-K strategic plan.

·       Oversee development and implementation of programmes.

·       Fund raising and resource mobilisation.

·       Financial and human resource management.

·       General coordination between FECTSO and stakeholders.

·       Networking at different levels of society.

Qualifications and skills requirements

·       A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences or a relevant field, an MBA degree will be an added advantage.

·       Minimum of 5 years working experience at Senior management level in a medium to large size organization.

·       Good leadership qualities, team player with good communication skills.

·       Fundraising and resource mobilization skills.

·       At least 35 years of age.

·       Have working knowledge in ICT.

·       Good knowledge of the tourism industry will be an added advantage

Program Officer

The Program Officer will be the implementing agent of FECTSO.

Duties and responsibilities

·       Membership recruitment, awareness and sensitization activities.

·       Maintaining communication with the CBTEs at the regional and grassroots level.

·       Preparation of project proposals.

·       Implementation of FECTSO-K’s programmes.

·       Reporting, monitoring and evaluation.

·       Preparing annual and quarterly reports / budgets.

Qualifications and skills requirements

·       Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Community Development, Tourism or any other relevant field

·       Minimum 3 years experience in project management.

·       Aged 27 years and above.

·       Have working knowledge in ICT.

·       Experience in managing donor financed programmes.

·       Excellent communication skills in English and Swahili.

Applications and CVs to reach the undersigned by 17th June 2011.

Only successful applicants will be notified.

The Recruitment Panel, FECTSO-K
P O Box 47998, 00100 Nairobi
e-mail: wmg@wmgconsultants.org

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