Identify opportunities to create impact through education and skills interventions aligned with the Kenya Country Roadmap.
Develop and execute a programmatic approach that creates synergy, strategic coherence, and alignment across education, skilling, school-to-work transitions, and the preparation and placement of young people in work.
Set workforce development goals and targetsincluding internships, fellowships, job placement, entrepreneurship, and further educationand monitor and report on progress, results, and learning.
Integrate education and skills initiatives with transitions, youth engagement and inclusion, youth-led grassroots solutions, access to finance, and digital enablement.
Provide technical leadership to ensure country programs and partnerships respond to the current and emerging needs of young people, especially young women.
Prepare and present regular reports to senior leadership on key performance indicators, program effectiveness, learning, and areas for improvement.
Youth engagement and inclusion
Establish trusted and accessible forums that enable young people's networks and groups, especially young women, to contribute to program design and implementation.
Support Country Programs colleagues during partnership co-creation to ensure a strong youth lens across education and skilling, access to finance, and digital enablement.
Support implementing partners to build effective youth engagement and outreach mechanisms that keep young women and men at the centre of their approach.
Drive inclusion by ensuring entrepreneurship and transition programs address the specific constraints faced by young people with different needs.
Facilitate innovation and locally led solutions that engage young people and unlock opportunities in emerging economic sectors.
Partnerships and stakeholder management
Identify collaboration opportunities within the existing partner network and develop new partnerships relevant to Kenya's context.
Manage relationships with senior stakeholders, including educational institutions, mandated public offices, government ministries, private sector actors, and youth-led organizations.
Coordinate internal and external meetings involving country program partners on workforce development priorities.
Support the timely preparation of workforce development communications for internal and external audiences and approval.
Financial management and team leadership
Support development of the Workforce Development unit and country program budgets in line with established policies and processes.
Coach and mentor colleagues within the Workforce Development unit and across the wider country program.
Drive and inspire technical excellence within the team.
Lead the team to deliver results in line with Foundation goals and key performance indicators.
WHO YOU ARE
Master's degree in Education, Management, Economic Development, or another relevant social sciences field, together with substantial relevant experience.
Minimum of 12 years of experience in a similar or related role within a fast-paced environment, including local and multinational experience.
Strong operational expertise in education policy and planning, with the ability to lead complex policy and strategy dialogue.
Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience, with an established track record of managing and developing high-performing teams.
Proven ability to influence policy and dialogue across sectors without direct control or authority.
In-depth experience and a strong record of results working across educational practices, disciplines, and institutional boundaries.
Strong partnership management experience involving multiple stakeholders across the public and private sectors.