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Regional Coordinator
CAP Youth Empowerment Institute Kenya, supported by MasterCard Foundation, is established to provide Basic Employability Skills Training (BEST) for disadvantaged youth with particular focus on women to get equitable, qualitative learning and access to promising labour market oriented opportunities, savings and credit that support their pathways to safe and positive futures.
The key purpose of the organization is to assist 10,000 disadvantaged youth to make informed choices, develop labour-market oriented employability skills and access job placements, savings and enterprise development support.
Overall Responsibilities
Regional Coordinator will be charged with the responsibility of overseeing the operations of the Centers assigned, ensuring that all Centre activities take place in accordance with the Centre calendar for the success of the program.
Duties and Responsibilities
Work to bring in corporate links to facilitate employment and internship opportunities to the youth.
Provide direct supervision of Centre staff.
Review Centre reports and provide feedback to staff to address areas of improvement.
Spearhead major project activities i.e. opening of new Centres, student graduation, BMN meetings, market scan and sectoral meetings among others.
Establish good working relationships with staff and relevant internal and external stakeholders.
Impart appropriate mentoring, coaching and supervision in order to equip, motivate and empower the Centre staff.
Oversee timely and effective implementation of all project interventions.
Organize and undertake one Regional Partners meeting every six months.
Ensure the project is responsive to the needs of the youth in line with the program goals and objectives.
Ensure that the project staff are successfully engaging with key internal and external stakeholders i.e. community leaders, government, religious organizations in order to maximize the impact of program efforts.
Document and report on program progress.
Ensure that all program activities are implemented in line with relevant policies, procedures and donor requirements.
Undertake field visits to monitor and assess programme implementation and take any corrective action where necessary.
Ensure effective monitoring of staff activities to improve efficiency and quality of programme delivery.
Oversee the successful implementation of the program while at the same time supervising program activities and collaborations across the Centres.
Maintain constant communication with the Centre Coordinators to get updates on the progress of their respective Centres.
Chair regular review meetings with Centre Coordinators to get updates on the progress of the program and address any challenges arising.
Interact with key internal and external stakeholders to obtain feedback, address concerns and resolve issues that may surface during the program implementation.
Qualifications, Experience and Competencies
Bachelor’s Degree in project management, social work or related field.
Two years’ work experience providing project and administrative support to donor-funded projects.
Sound knowledge of implementing projects with experience in project documentation.
Previous experience implementing youth projects is desirable.
Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
Strong report writing and networking skills.
Advanced computer skills in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
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