Job purpose: To oversee economic empowerment intervention of households to increase their income, through value chain development that entails skills development, value addition, access to credit, business startup and linkage and access to market. The aim of economic empowerment intervention is to increase household income which will in turn improve caregivers’ support on educational costs for girls/ and boys to attend regularly, stay in school and learn.
Key deliverables
Project Planning and design
· Design Economic empowerment interventions responsive to the context of households in Mombasa
· Design or review training manuals to aid in delivery of an effective economic strengthening intervention
· Develop project Economic Empowerment implementation plans and strategy
· Develop and maintain relevant database and serve as a hub of data required by stakeholders
· Incorporate workable empowerment model in new projects
Value chain development
Assess the current prevailing conditions among SMEs in regard to agribusiness development
Develop upstream and downstream linkages for SMEs
Support coaching, mentorship and business incubation of SMEs.
Design SME business model, SACCO structure, business development plans, training manuals, model enterprises, enterprise development protocols, communication and sponsorship protocols.
Oversee Implementation of the economic empowerment designed plans for the County
Monitor, evaluate and improve the economic empowerment interventions
Strengthen weak nodes in the value chain path: Production, access to credit, value addition, access to market etc
Support development of business start-ups to caregivers.Support and develop start-ups into SMEs
Promote roll-out of products to the target communities and ensure set targets are met
Project implementation and training
Conduct business needs assessment to inform critical and effective interventions
Carry out entrepreneurship trainings of the different target groups; parents, guardians, SMEs
Develop, review and evaluate business plans to ensure viability and sustainability of businesses
Participate in the development and update of training materials.
Coordinate identification & transfer of appropriate technologies and innovations to target groups.Forge partnerships within the project sites for the attainment of project goals.
Engage business mentors and coaches to mentor and support individuals and groups to excel in their established businesses, SMES or IGAs
Link SMES or IGA groups to inputs, credit and market
Lead in development of marketing plans and strategies that promote market opportunities of product outputs and services to ensure steady generation of profits from the business enterprises;
Promote and disseminate relevant market information to the identified enterprises; and
Lead in establishment of youth empowerment center to help support innovations, start ups and SMEs
Perform any other duty as may be directed by the project supervisor
Project Monitoring & Evaluation
· Compile intervention reports (narrative and data) and submit them to the Project Officer (M&E) as per the set deadlines
· Participate in the design, data collection and analysis of surveys and routine data related to the intervention
· Document evidence and linkage of economic empowerment to education outcomes
· Ensure proper documentation and dissemination of lessons learnt.
· Evaluation of all project interventions conducted.
· Monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees.
Resource Mobilization
Take part in resource mobilization, from donors and corporates, to generate resources for the County to sustain programs
Design, implement and evaluate projects with an aspect of resource mobilization
Minimum education and qualifications
A Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences preferably in Entrepreneurship, Economics, Marketing, Commerce, Agri-economics, Education or agribusiness
Diploma in Project Management will be an added advantage
Knowledge and skills
Strong analytical and operational knowledge of Small and Medium business, start-ups and SME business expansions needs;
Proven track record of creating profitable SMEs
Be an excellent facilitator and can create partnerships within the project area.
Understanding of SME business procedures including: business legal and regulatory systems, financing, human resources, IT needs, operations and sales, and marketing, financing options
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, a keen eye for details, good presentation and interpersonal skills and excellent report writing skills.
People management skills as well as mentorship experience and capability
Experience and Abilities
A minimum of two years training experience in a youth setting on aspects of Education, Empowerment or behavior change in a project setting.
Experience in working with tertiary institutions an added advantage.
Ability to work with a team, foster a team approach and incorporate capacity building activities into the program
Ability to analyze and utilize program development gaps for designing Programs
