Jobs at Light for the World Kenya

Key Responsibilities:

• Networking & Partnerships
• Represent Light for the World and We Can Work in national and regional agrifood networks.
• Initiate and strengthen relationships with Young Africa Works (YAW) agrifood partners, other consortium partners, government actors, and Organizations for Persons with Disabilities (OPDs).
• Support youth advocates in fostering partnerships to drive disability-inclusive agrifood policies and practices.
• Engage private sector agrifood actors to promote inclusive business practices and opportunities for youth with disabilities.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder consultations and co-creation processes for disability-inclusive agrifood solutions.
• Advising, Training & Capacity Building
• Provide hands-on technical support, coaching, and mentoring to Disability Inclusion Advisors (DIAs), Disability Inclusion Facilitators (DIFs), and YAW partner organizations on disability-inclusive agrifood systems.
• Support the development and implementation of agrifood Disability Inclusion Action Plans (DIAPs) for country and multi country agrifood programs, ensuring alignment with program objectives and best practices.
• Contribute to learning sessions, workshops, Communities of Practice (CoPs), and working groups focused on agrifood systems and disability inclusion.
• Strategize with DIAs and DIFs to tailor interventions to organizational and contextual needs.
• Facilitator Pool Management
• Support recruitment, training, and mentoring DIFs in agrifood systems.
• Ensure high-quality and consistent implementation of advisor and facilitator-led activities through monitoring, learning, and refresher trainings.
• Training Material & Tool Development
• Contribute to co-creation processes for developing training manuals, tools, and learning content for agrifood-focused disability inclusion.
• Identify gaps and propose additional resources or tools to enhance learning, uptake, and impact.
• Knowledge, Monitoring & Information Management
• Support the collection, documentation, and dissemination of insights, lessons learned, case studies, and success stories from agrifood inclusion initiatives.
• Promote knowledge sharing across countries to strengthen regional impact, technical coherence, and adoption of best practices.
• Support the collection and analysis of program data to inform decision-making and continuous improvement of interventions.
• Regional Coordination & Alignment
• Facilitate alignment of agrifood disability inclusion approaches across countries to ensure consistency and adoption of lessons learned.
• Support regional planning, reporting, and coordination with country teams and the Expert Inclusive Agricultural Systems.

Qualifications & Skills:

• University degree or higher in development studies, agriculture, agronomy, agribusiness, program management, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in NGOs, OPDs, or development programs, preferably in agrifood systems.
• Experience with adult learning/participatory training methodologies.
• Practical understanding of barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing opportunities in agricultural value chains and solutions to overcome them.
• Proven experience as a trainer, facilitator, or mentor in capacity-building workshops.
• Excellent interpersonal, networking, and communication skills.
• Commitment to local capacity building and engaging stakeholders in project design and implementation.

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Role profile:

Reporting to the Head of the Disability Inclusion Advisory Unit, the Disability Inclusion Advisor promotes advocacy and capacity building within the networks of organizations of persons with disabilities and manages the disability inclusion academy. S(he) will play a key role in nurturing. partnerships with actors in the civil society, private & public sector and provide hands on technical support in the form of training and coaching, and policy input. Whereas the Disability Inclusion Advisor will be responsible for training and advise different stakeholders on disability inclusion, (s)he will work primarily as a technical advisor on disability inclusion within the Disability Inclusion Academy, and support partners and OPDS. The Advisor will support the Disability Inclusion Facilitators to effectively tailor their interventions to the needs of the organizations they are linked to. The Disability Inclusion Advisor is a powerful ambassador for disability inclusion, a natural networker, an inspirational communicator, as well as a role model and changemaker.

• provide training and support to a growing pool of Disability Inclusion Facilitators; To coach them on specific aspects of training, etiquette, self-expression, communication skills, understanding diverse disabilities, and the business case for inclusion. To be the principal coach for the DIFs, support them with preparation of their career in disability inclusion and beyond, coaching them on how to conduct professional training and ensuring continuous quality and consistency of all the activities of the pool of Disability Inclusion Facilitators by monitoring, facilitation of continuous learning and refresher training.

Training material and tool development:

• To lead and provide input to co-creation processes, building on principles of human centered design; to provide content to training manuals and tools; Pro-actively identify the need for additional training materials and tools, and support the development of those.

Knowledge and information management:

• To gather and disseminate relevant information regarding disability mainstreaming; To document lessons learned, case studies and stories of change. This information is used in the advocacy space with mainstream and OPD players to influence policy.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• University Degree or Higher in a field relating to development work or program management. Master’s degree preferred.
• At least 5years of experience working in the disability inclusion space within public, private & Non-Governmental Organizations, or Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, ideally focused on Capacity Development and Project Cycle Management
• Familiar with Adult learning/ participatory training methodologies
• High exposure to barriers that persons with disabilities face and practical solutions to overcome those barriers, either through lived experience or through previous work experience
• Experienced trainer and facilitator with experience in designing and conducting skills building workshops and other capacity development approaches with a variety of stakeholders.
• Excellent people skills with the ability to develop others and to impart knowledge and experience in an accessible and clear manner.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.