The GOYN Coordinator will assemble and manage a cross-sector collaborative focused on expanding youth economic opportunity in Mombasa County. S/he will facilitate the achievement of GOYN objectives through coordinating and reporting on all activities and providing technical guidance and advice to a diverse group of stakeholders. S/he will be the communications link between GOYN daily goings-on in Mombasa and CRS leadership in Nairobi and will also play a key role in supporting the capacity development milestones of the GOYN local partner host are met. S/he will also work in close coordination with the GOYN global team and local youth ecosystem stakeholders including government, civil society, private sector, academia, and young people. S/he will be responsible for ensuring the initiatives advance by keeping all parties organized, engaged, and moving forward.
Education and Experience
Bachelor's Degree required, along with a minimum of 5 years of work experience in project support, ideally in the field Education, Youth Affairs, Social Work, Human Services or a related field.
Five years of progressively responsible experience with demonstrated talent for forming and leading partnerships between diverse stakeholders working towards a common goal;
Comfortable with public speaking and public presentations;
Understanding of community mobilization, project management, strategic planning, data gathering and analysis, communications, and/or organizational/systems dynamics
Understanding/experience in youth/young people programming a plus.
Document and presentation development; proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other valuable presentation platforms. The role involves creating a variety of engaging reports, presentations, proposals, and communication materials;
Comfort utilizing databases and handling large volumes of data;
Ability to examine and analyze data, research, and facts to uncover and understand cause-effect relationships, and use information as a basis for problem solving, decision making, and prioritization;
Event, logistics, and project management involving coordination of diverse project needs and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Manage diverse stakeholders including senior government actors, senior private sector, etc.
Ensure regular communication occurs between collaborative members, initiative partners, funders, and global GOYN team members;
Continuously champion goals and maintain relationships with partners, stakeholders, and community members to advance the success of the collaborative;
Coordinate local youth convenings;
Develop communications materials as the initiative evolves, potentially including summary documents, brochures, digital media, and web and social media content.
Help identify and coordinate research, policy, data, and other needs on behalf of the initiatives;
Identify, curate, and assess viable solutions for the YHN and other pathways originating from the GOYN approach;
Coordinate successful collaborative design and planning efforts culminating in the creation of a long-term GOYN plan and goal framework;
Contribute to proposals submitted under GOYN framework, through workshop facilitation, technical input and budgeting.
Monitor and track results of funded initiatives through data collection, aggregation, and analysis. Ensure all partners are aware of targets and indicators;
Under the guidance of CRS/Kenya leadership, establish and maintain initiative budgets, timelines, reporting, and other systems to track and monitor initiative progress;
Contribute to the capacity building of GOYN local partner host organization, in collaboration with SPO Capacity Building and Deputy Head of Programming
Job Requirements
Required education
: Bachelor's degree
Required relevant work experience
: 5 years
Required languages:
English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)
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