Sustainable Livelihoods Facilitator- Kakamega at Shining Hope For Communities

Position Objectives and Responsibilities

• Mobilize and sensitize community members for Entrepreneurship training and employability training.
• Sensitize members on importance of entrepreneurship training and benefits of the training for their businesses.
• Train members on IGAs that are market oriented and youth in Employability.
• Train the requisite number of members on the comprehensive entrepreneurship module.
• Conduct business mentorship on members to achieve sustainability of businesses.
• Link members to Shofco Sacco for microloans to improve business.
• Track the progress of each mentee through personalized visits and surveys.
• Research the market on viable ideas for IGAs, learn and prepare for training.
• Mobilize and recruit members for IGA training.
• Ensure great collaboration with SUN to grow Livelihoods programs
• Network in and out of operating area and obtain job/intern/artisan opportunities for employability graduates.
• Conduct interview preparation and work ethics interactive activities.
• Assist trainees prepare good CVs and cover letters
• Conduct business assessment for SHOFCO beneficiaries
• Review the Employability, Entrepreneurship training modules and constantly improve on them.
• Develop supplementary material for Employability training
• Mobilize, sensitize and recruitment of refugees.
• Registration and placement of youth in vocational schools for training
• Follow up on the youth placed in vocational Skills Training Institutions.

Academic qualification

• Diploma  in any relevant field/ Discipline

Other requirements (unique/job specific)

• At least 2 years’ experience in economic empowerment or a related task

Functional Skills

• Meeting timescales
• Examining information
• Articulating information
• Exploring possibilities

Behavioural Competencies/Attributes:

• Convincing people
• Directing people
• Producing output
• Thinking positively