Livelihoods Co-ordinator

AdvertiserGOAL Kenya

Location Nairobi
Job Category NGO, Community & Social Devt
Work Type Full Time

Salary Not specified

GOAL Kenya has been operational in Kenya since 1995 when it sought to address the needs of vulnerable children living in Nairobi’s informal settlements. GOAL’s current programme. implements activities in 4 key sectoral areas, namely: (a) health (community health, HIV and AIDS and environmental health), (b) child empowerment and protection (education and support to schools, and social and economic support to extremely vulnerable children and youth), (c) livelihoods vocational skills training, industrial skills training, apprenticeships, job placements, business set up, and productive assets for vulnerable youth and community groups and (d) emergency response and risk reduction. GOAL mainstreams the cross-cutting issues of gender, HIV and AIDS, environment and child protection throughout its programmatic interventions.


Purpose of the Role:
The Livelihoods Co-ordinator is responsible for the overall quality, management and expansion of the GOAL Kenya (GK) Livelihoods sector. The provision of technical and management guidance and leadership to on-going livelihoods projects and actively seeking livelihoods funding opportunities for GK, in collaboration with the Assistant Country Director are key components of this role. The holder of this post will also be required to establish and develop strong working relationships with key livelihoods stakeholders including, but not limited to, representatives from the Government, UN donors, INGOs, Local NGOS, partner organizations, private sector and other GOAL country programs. Forming strategic livelihoods alliances and/or consortia with appropriate partners is also the responsibility of this position.
The Livelihoods Co-ordinator will liaise and coordinate with the GOAL’s Global Livelihoods Advisor for technical and strategic support.


Key Duties:
Overall responsibility for the strategic direction, planning, implementation and monitoring of the
livelihoods program:

• Provide technical and management support to GK on-going urban livelihoods program,
• implemented through a diverse group of partners
• Promote and develop innovative and integrated youth focus sustainable livelihoods
• solutions (meaningful employment and/or establishing a profitable business) attainable
• by economically disadvantage youths, in high density urban informal settlements, peri
• urban and rural contexts.
• In collaboration with the Assistant Country Director, formulate GK Livelihood strategy
• 2016, and contribute toward organisation technical learning and development.
• Formation of alliances and consortia with key strategic partners including INGO, local
• NGO, and private sector to facilitate securing new business opportunities.
• Actively scanning the environment both in Kenya and globally for new approaches
• within the sustainable livelihood sector, in particular emerging research and successful
• models promoting youth unemployment and woman in business
• Support and provide technical advice to GK livelihoods implementing partners.
• Support implementation of the disaster risk and reduction at community, sub-counties
• and county levels as well as mainstreaming DRR in livelihoods interventions
• Up-scale GOAL Kenya’s livelihoods engagement at Counties, sub-counties and National
• levels in alignment with GK CSP.
• In collaboration with Gender, HIV and Child Protection Focal Points, promote
• mainstreaming of key issues including, but not limited to HIV, child protection, SGBV and
• gender.
• In collaboration with MEL, establish effective monitoring and evaluation tools to track the
• impact of the livelihood program.
• Supported by the Grants and Communication manger, documenting and dissimilating
• project activities, lesson learnt, challenges etc
• Undertaking any other related tasks, or other responsibilities as may be assigned by the
• Supervisor.

Requirements of Position:

• Master Degree Business, Economics or related discipline.
• A minimum of 4 years managing a livelihoods programme, candidates from the private
• sector strongly advised to apply.
• Proven experience in the implementation of sustainable urban livelihoods solutions and
• knowledge of emerging livelihoods solutions and innovations.
• Strong demonstrable experience in all aspects of project management including project
• planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financial management and the
• design/utilization of appropriate project management tools
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational and management skills with extensive experience
• and staff mentoring capacity.
• Exceptional communication, networking, analysis and writing skills
• Legally permitted to work in Kenya