Yetu Initiative - Institutional Strengthening Coach at Aga Khan Foundation

Position Summary:

The institutional strengthening coach will provide and manage capacity strengthening support of LDOs at the counties. He/ She will report to Organization and System Strengthening specialist.

Responsibilities:

• Provide and manage capacity strengthening support to the LDOs
• Work with the organization and system design specialist to strengthen engagements and positioning of county LDOs to effectively engage government, private sector, and other civil society actors in county development agenda
• Coordinate county level review meeting and learning events to enanble sharing of successful practices, collective problem solving and decision making for sustainable county development.
• Provide support in building county level relationships with relevant stakeholders such as community leaders, government, private sector to engage them on county level development issues
• Facilitate close collaboration with other county level projects and USAID organization development partner to position LDOs and CSOs to deliver on their mandate
• Provide support to the initiative to articulate lessons learnt, challenges, and risks emerging from the initiative; and feedback into the planning and implementation processes
• Provide support in work planning and reporting processes respectively, and submission to the donor
• Support the development and maintenance of an M&E framework and system for the iniative ensuring synergies between M&E, program, and finance
• Provide support to ensure the capacity strengthening initiative has a visible profile within and beyond the counties

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, organisational development, business, or related field;
• At least 3 years’ experience with designing and implementing organizational and systems strengthening initiatives, ideally at the county-level in Kenya;
• Advanced skills in facilitation, human centred design, systems thinking, consulting, coaching, program development and management;
• Exceptional written and oral English communication skills. Ability to work in Kiswahili is an advantage;
• Knowledge of and prior experience working on USAID-funded will be an added advantage;