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Educational Promotion Officers  

Nature Kenya is recruiting Education Promotion Officers to coordinate and implement environmental education, awareness-raising, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge management activities under the Symbiotic Project, and to manage the Resource Centre in Marafa (Dakatcha Woodland, Kilifi County), Isecheno Forest Station (Kakamega Forest, Kakamega County), Kobujoy Forest Station (South Nandi Forest, Nandi County), Sabaki River Mouth (Kilifi County), Murungaru (Kinangop Grasslands, Nyandarua County), Kapcherop Forest Station (Cherangany Hills, Elgeyo-Marakwet County) and Kereita Forest Station (Kikuyu Escarpment, Kiambu County) as hubs for conservation learning, information sharing, and community action. 

You qualify if you: 

• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Education, Environmental Science, Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Community Development, Communication or related field;
• Have at least three (3) years’ experience in environmental education, community mobilization or conservation awareness programs
• Have experience working with schools, community groups and conservation stakeholders
• Poses strong communication, facilitation and report writing skills
• Have experience in knowledge management and documentation;
• Live near the above-mentioned sites and have good local knowledge of the landscape and its conservation challenges

What you will do as an Educational Promotion Officer:

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Resource Centre
• Coordinate and implement site-based environmental education and awareness-raising activities
• Conduct regular school-based environmental education programmes
• Organise and execute community outreach and stakeholder engagement activities
• Engage youth and women in environmental conservation
• Document and communicate project success stories, lessons learned and best practices
• Coordinate stakeholder participation in local, national and international environmental events, among other assigned duties.

To view the detailed Terms of Reference, kindly click here.

If interested, please submit your application and CV to office@naturekenya.org. We are currently accepting applications for this position. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their CVs at their earliest convenience, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they are received. Please note that this vacancy will remain open until the position is filled. Early applications are strongly encouraged.

Nature Kenya is an equal-opportunity organisation and actively encourages applications from women and persons with disabilities. Candidates living near the resource centres are at an added advantage.