Scholarships Officer

Scholarships Officer - Pharo Schools Kenya

Organisation Overview

Pharo Foundation (“the Foundation”) is a mission-driven, impact-oriented organisation that designs, funds, and operates economic development programmes towards a vibrant, productive, and self-reliant Africa. Over the next decade, our goal is to create maximum impact towards three critical missions:

1. Education: ensure that all students have an opportunity to access a high-quality and affordable education and become productive citizens in a rapidly changing world.
2. Water: ensure that people and communities across Africa have access to a safe and affordable source of water.
3. Productivity: eliminate health, financial, and structural barriers to employment and productivity for working people.

Established within our Education Mission, Pharo Schools are centres of excellence offering top-quality education and integrating extra-curricular activities to ensure an all-rounded approach. Pharo Schools follow their respective countries’ national curriculums and select regional and international ones to ensure our students are competitive. The academic structure is complemented by reading materials and creative technology-based learning solutions. Our schools offer a child-friendly learning environment fostering equality and respect. We strive to ensure all our students realize their full potential. In Kenya, we operate a local curriculum school based in Nairobi, you can read more about the work that we do by following this link; https://www.pharofoundation.org/pharo-schools/kenya-school

The Foundation also operates Pharo Ventures which is the for-profit arm of its operations with sustainable businesses in Ethiopia and Somaliland geared towards job creation and economic empowerment.

With over 700 employees in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Somaliland, we are a diverse, multicultural, and passionate organisation. We have our headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and a liaison office in London, UK, which is home to our parent organisation, Pharo Management.

Opportunity 

This role is responsible for the identification, verification and selection of learners eligible for the Pharo School Scholarship. This is a vital role in terms of the Foundation’s commitment to quality access to education for all.

Position Summary

Position:                  Scholarships Officer

Reporting to:          Head of Education

Location:                 Nairobi - Komarock and Umoja

Contract type:       Fixed Term, 3 months

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Create a learners database with information on financial aid assessments per family and academic performance of the potential learners.
• Maintaining the Foundation’s database for Scholarship beneficiaries.
• Working with the scholarship team to shortlist applicants and process awards.
• Advising students and families on the application process.
• Auditing and keeping scholarship disbursement records.
• Maintaining strong external relationships with families, school management, teachers, etc.

Qualifications and Skills

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in education, social work or a related field.
• 2 years’ minimum experience working with vulnerable communities.
• A certification in counseling or case management will be an added advantage.
• Fluent in Kiswahili and English.
• Working knowledge of using Microsoft office (MS word, MS excel, PowerPoint etc.)
• Ability to work under instruction, as part of a team, and on own initiative.
• Organised and self-motivated with strong administrative skills.
• Outgoing and confident, with a flexible approach to work; willing to adapt to changing situations.
• Ability to interact with a wide range of people.
• High level of professionalism, work ethics, integrity and data collection analysis and reporting.
  
• Strong attention to detail.
  
• Enforce the adherence to Learners Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies.
  
• Highly discreet and ethical, who strongly adheres to the Foundation’s Confidentiality Policy.
  
• Good writing and reporting skills.
  

Application Procedure

Review of applications will be an ongoing process, and only complete applications will be reviewed. Application deadline: December 20, 2024.

Application Requirements

• A detailed CV and cover letter.
• Cover letter - In your cover letter, please state where you heard about this position or saw it advertised for example through our website, jobs board, LinkedIn, etc.
• An updated list of at least (4) referees with their names, titles, current email addresses, and phone numbers as follows; two supervisors and two peers.