PowerUp Program Officer at Light for the World Kenya

Key responsibilities

Coordinating the programme activities

• Coordinate work plan and budget development for program implementation.
• Lead in the mobilization, selection, and onboarding of the entrepreneurs.
• Ensure quality and timely delivery of the business skills training according to the entrepreneur’s journey.
• Conduct coaching and follow-ups of the micro entrepreneurs by ensuring that entrepreneurs get access to loans and disburse matching grant-funding to those entrepreneurs who are selected.
• Together with the Business Development Service (BDS) providers, develop the training plans with applicable inclusive training methodologies that fit the needs of the entrepreneurs.
• Work closely with the gender and Disability Inclusion Advisor (DIA) to ensure activities around gender and disability inclusion are carried out according to plan.

Establishing market linkage opportunities for Entrepreneurs.

• Carry out landscape mapping in the county(s) of focus to identify potential clients, to ensure entrepreneurs get connected to buyers, suppliers, and other business partners through the project activities.
• Support, lobby, and advocacy support providers to strengthen activities of the local associations and networks of enterprises established by the project.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Ensure the programme indicators are aligned to programme’s M&E plan and track the programme progress through updating programme monitoring tool.
• Provide M&E information for the programme work plan, field reports, quarterly reports, donor reports or any other to the programme related reports in the agreed format and according to organizational deadlines.

People management

• Supporting BDS providers’ development through coaching, mentoring, growth plans, improvement recommendations and conducting relevant training courses.

Organizational Responsibilities

• Since the programme is implemented through a consortium, the programme officer will play an active role as a member of the consortium in liaison with the Inclusive Business Programme Manager.
• Act as an ambassador, promoting the programme and the work of InBusiness Programme in relevant forums. Network with key institutions relevant to InBusiness including Government, Organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other programme strategic partners.

Expertise and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social science or business or related fields. Bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship or business development (Desirable)
• Knowledge of the SMEs sector in Kenya
• Minimum 3-year relevant work experience in SMEs
• Interacted with small and micro enterprises and most preferably those with disabilities.
• Project planning, management and implementation
• Business linkages experience
• Practical experience of economic models
• Negotiating and managing partner relationships
• A good mastery of English and Swahili languages (both verbal and written)
• Ability to guide and facilitate meetings.
• Affinity with use of social media platforms.
• Sensitive to working in a cross-cultural environment.
• Experience as a trainer or learning facilitator.