Girl Effect is a non-profit working with girls to change their lives, empowering them to navigate the pivotal time of adolescence, so they are enabled to live a healthy life, participate in school, and prepare for their future financially.
Job Description
Programme Planning, Design, Implementation, and Monitoring
- Manage the design, planning, delivery, and monitoring of the Tuki-Jituma Initiative across Nairobi and Migori Counties
- Facilitate the recruitment of youth from Girl Effect’s Tukisonga networks, with a focus on vulnerable groups (teenage mothers, school dropouts, low-income households).
- Ensure delivery of skills-building programs, including life skills, financial literacy, and creative/digital industry training.
- Manage partnerships with VTCs and CATCs to deliver certification programs.
- Coordinate mentorship and apprenticeship programs with industry experts in film, media, digital marketing, fashion, and design.
- Support the rollout of the Champions Model using Girl Effect’s Champions App to facilitate peer-led learning and engagement.
- Oversee the onboarding of youth to the digital marketplace, ensuring access to entrepreneurship, internships, apprenticeships, and mentorship opportunities.
- Ensure compliance with donor requirements, government regulations, and Girl Effect’s internal policies.
- Develop annual, quarterly, and monthly work plans and track delivery against set targets.
Stakeholder Management – External
- Build strong and collaborative relationships with national and county stakeholders, ensuring alignment with youth, skills, and economic empowerment priorities.
- Establish and maintain partnerships with creative industry actors, private sector stakeholders, and digital platforms to sustain youth employment linkages.
- Represent Girl Effect in external forums, technical working groups, and sector platforms.
- Provide regular updates, donor reports, and visibility materials showcasing program progress and impact.
- Analyze youth economic empowerment and creative sector trends in Kenya to inform program strategy.
Stakeholder Management – Internal
- Collaborate with in-house technical experts (gender, digital, creative, and monitoring & evaluation) to deliver impactful programming.
- Work closely with the Communications team to amplify program impact stories, youth voices, and Girl Effect’s niche in the sector.
- Support and manage project teams, ensuring performance, motivation, and professional development.
- Keep internal leadership updated on progress, risks, and opportunities, ensuring program alignment with Girl Effect’s broader strategy.
Job Requirements
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate program vision into impactful delivery while spotting long-term opportunities.
- Partnership builder, with proven success in forging relationships across donors, governments, the private sector, and civil society.
- Effective communicator with excellent written, spoken, and presentation skills for donor reports, proposals, and public representation.
- Mission-driven leader, committed to youth empowerment, gender equality, and inclusion, especially for adolescent girls and young women.
- Team player, able to collaborate across diverse teams and digital platforms to ensure youth-centered and inclusive programming.
- 5 years of progressive program management experience in Kenya, preferably in youth livelihoods, skills development, and or creative/digital economy.
- At least 3 years working with bilateral, multilateral, or private donors.
- Strong grasp of gender and gender-transformative approaches in program design.
- Experience meaningfully involving young people in the design, delivery, and governance of programs.
- Demonstrated success in building and managing multi-stakeholder partnerships at the community, county, and national levels.
- Master’s degree in International Development, social sciences, Business, or related field.
Method of Application
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