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Full Time Kenya Program/Project Management Print


Rank: Field Staff

Grade: SH 3

Section: Member/ Client Services

Department: Essential Services- Community Centers

Location / Work station: Kawangware

Working Hours: Monday – Saturdays | 8.00 AM – 5.00PM.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to: Library Coordinator

Direct reports: N/A

Job Purpose

To be responsible for management of library’s information materials and library clients in line with SHOFCO’s aim to provide education in slum areas.

Key Responsibilities and Job Dimensions

  • Research and select library materials.
  • Develop special programs like outreach program.
  • Prepare budgetary information and reports.
  • Ensure prompt opening of the Library at appointed times.
  • Catalogue, classify and maintain library materials using bar codes and call numbers.
  • Manage users in the library to meet user’s needs.
  • Analyze user’s needs to determine what books are appropriate. Search and provide books for users.
  • Ensure entry of data and regular update of entries into the library system.
  • Return books to shelves.
  • Repair damaged books and maintain catalogue.
  • Induction of new program users providing comprehensive reference and information on resource center activities.
  • Ensure the library environment is conducive for learning.

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills)

Academic Qualifications

  • Certificate in Library and Information Science

Professional Qualifications

N/A

Other requirements (unique/job specific)

  • At least a year’s experience in performing library services
  • Record Management skills will be an added advantage
  • Ability to manage a library and its collection

Functional Skills:

  • Articulating information
  • Examining information
  • Generating ideas
  • Checking things

Behavioural Competencies/Attributes:

  • Directing people
  • Valuing individuals
  • Following procedures
  • Inviting feedback

How to apply

Interested applicants should email their applications together with a detailed Cover letter and CV to [email protected] with a clear subject line Librarian-Kawangware. Applications without this information will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications should reach us no later than 11th September 2026.

Safe recruitment: SHOFCO is non tolerant to all forms of PSEA, harassment and abuse of our staff, communities, partners and especially children.

DEIB– We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO)

Kennedy Odede started Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) in 2004 with passion, 20 cents and a soccer ball. Growing up in Kibera, one of the largest slums in Africa, he experienced extreme poverty, violence, lack of opportunity, and deep gender inequality.

However, Kennedy also witnessed the palpable hope that persists in slums and recognized that people sought something different for themselves, their families and their communities. Visionaries like Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela showed Kennedy that great, systemic change can come from within. Women like Kennedy’s mother inspired him to build the solutions to urban poverty through addressing one if its core obstacles—the prohibitive level of gender inequality.In 2007, Kennedy met Jessica Posner, a bright and driven American student studying abroad. Together they devised the model that SHOFCO utilizes today. SHOFCO’s innovation is to link girls’ education to deeply-needed community-wide services. This increases the value of girls and women, invites both genders to participate in the solution, and allows girls’ schools to be portals for large-scale social change.

Kennedy and Jessica’s partnership is a unique, pioneering collaboration in the field of international development. Bolstered by grassroots knowledge, they have dedicated their lives to bringing hope to urban communities.

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0 USD Kenya CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) Rank: Field StaffGrade: SH 3Section: Member/ Client ServicesDepartment: Essential Services- Community CentersLocation / Work station: KawangwareWorking Hours: Monday – Saturdays | 8.00 AM – 5.00PM.Reporting RelationshipsReports to: Library CoordinatorDirect reports: N/A

Job Purpose

To be responsible for management of library's information materials and library clients in line with SHOFCO's aim to provide education in slum areas.Key Responsibilities and Job Dimensions
  • Research and select library materials.
  • Develop special programs like outreach program.
  • Prepare budgetary information and reports.
  • Ensure prompt opening of the Library at appointed times.
  • Catalogue, classify and maintain library materials using bar codes and call numbers.
  • Manage users in the library to meet user's needs.
  • Analyze user's needs to determine what books are appropriate. Search and provide books for users.
  • Ensure entry of data and regular update of entries into the library system.
  • Return books to shelves.
  • Repair damaged books and maintain catalogue.
  • Induction of new program users providing comprehensive reference and information on resource center activities.
  • Ensure the library environment is conducive for learning.

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills)

Academic Qualifications

  • Certificate in Library and Information Science

Professional Qualifications

N/A

Other requirements (unique/job specific)

  • At least a year's experience in performing library services
  • Record Management skills will be an added advantage
  • Ability to manage a library and its collection

Functional Skills:

  • Articulating information
  • Examining information
  • Generating ideas
  • Checking things

Behavioural Competencies/Attributes:

  • Directing people
  • Valuing individuals
  • Following procedures
  • Inviting feedback

How to apply

Interested applicants should email their applications together with a detailed Cover letter and CV to [email protected] with a clear subject line Librarian-Kawangware. Applications without this information will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications should reach us no later than 11th September 2026.Safe recruitment: SHOFCO is non tolerant to all forms of PSEA, harassment and abuse of our staff, communities, partners and especially children.DEIB- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
 2026-09-12

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