Jasiri Program Skilling Lead
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Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW Kenya)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Consultancy
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Deadline: 27/03/2026
- Location: Kenya
Position Summary.
The Jasiri program skilling lead provides technical guidance and expertise on skilling interventions and approaches for the Jasiri program participants, ensuring that the participants acquire transferable, market-relevant skills that increases opportunity for the program participants to build resilience and transition to dignified and fulfilling work opportunities The skilling lead shall ensure that the interventions are evidence-based, align with best practices and contribute to the goals of the Jasiri Program and the Young Africa Works Strategy.
The Jasiri program skilling lead provides technical guidance and expertise on skilling interventions and approaches for the Jasiri program participants, ensuring that the participants acquire transferable, market-relevant skills that increases opportunity for the program participants to build resilience and transition to dignified and fulfilling work opportunities The skilling lead shall ensure that the interventions are evidence-based, align with best practices and contribute to the goals of the Jasiri Program and the Young Africa Works Strategy.
The program skilling lead will carry out the following roles:
- Coordination of program skilling interventions: Coordinate the implementation of the program skilling interventions and ensure effective communication and collaboration between consortium partners, program participants, and all program skilling partners, ensuring that the interventions focus on transferable and market-relevant skills
- Project Management: Ensuring that all skilling interventions are implemented according to the program skilling strategy, work plans, budgets, and timeline.
- Leadership and Team Management: Collaborate with the program skilling leads in the consortium to ensure activity tasks, deliverables, and responsibilities are met in a timely manner.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with relevant stakeholders in the skilling ecosystem, including the private sector, industry bodies, government agencies, NGOs, community organisations, and other key actors relevant to the program.
- Compliance and Reporting: Ensure all skilling interventions are compliant with the Mastercard Foundation charitable purposes, rules and regulations, as per specific contractual requirements. Ensuring adherence to ethical and legal standards, including safeguarding policies, gender equity, and anti-fraud and anti-corruption policies.
- Monitoring and Evaluation: Monitoring and evaluating program performance on skilling, using data and feedback from diverse stakeholders to inform strategic decisions and adjustments to program implementation. Develop indicators that track skill acquisition, employment/start-up outcomes, and income generation.
- Financial and Budget Management: Ensure efficient and accountable use of program resources that support skilling interventions.
- Risk Management: Identify risks that may impact implementation of skilling interventions and lead development of mitigation measures towards ensuring the program’s success.
- Capacity Building:
Qualifications.
- Education: Advanced degree (e.g., in international development, gender studies, social sciences, or a related field) is required. A combination of relevant education and extensive experience is required.
- Experience: A minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in managing skilling programs targeting marginalized and vulnerable young women and girls. Proven experience in managing and implementing international development programs, demonstrated experience working in consortiums is highly desirable.
- Project Management Skills: Strong project management skills, including planning, coordination, budgeting, monitoring, and reporting. Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies.
- Leadership Abilities: Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively manage a diverse team and foster collaboration and teamwork.
- Technical Expertise: In-depth knowledge and expertise in skilling marginalized and vulnerable young women and girls, practical knowledge of gender and women rights , women and girls empowerment , GBV prevention and response strategies, including understanding of best practices, evidence-based interventions.
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