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  • Program Officer /Career Development officer

    Program Officer /Career Development officer

    Program Officer will support the development and delivery of a comprehensive youth internship, mentorship, apprenticeship and career counseling program for KYES under the leadership of Senior Technical Advisor. Develop relationships with potential employers, screening and orienting youth and employers to ensure successful matches, oversight of activities and communication related to all career development activities. Support in the design and implementation of interventions that assist youth to access opportunities and platforms for internships, apprenticeships, job search activities including labour market and career information. Lead in the implementation of strategies and activities that promote youth engagement, particularly focusing on girls and young women, and marginalized populations in order to access relevant employability trainings, markets, finances, jobs and other employment services.
    Key responsibilities:

    Provide career counseling, assessment, administration and interpretation, building the capacity of implementing partners to deliver the career development support services;
    Coordinate the internship and apprenticeship program including the initial assessment, placement and monitoring and oversight of youth internships, apprenticeship, career, and labour market information needs.
    Coordinate and present specialized outreach programs designed to heighten awareness of careers in collaboration with targeted TVET institutions and service providers under KYES.
    Assist in designing and implementation of KYES customized labour market information platforms and channels.
    Support in management and development of relationships with private sector for provision of internship, apprenticeship and career counseling and youth mentorship providers and agencies.
    Help to coordinate and participate in various events, activities and fairs on topics related to internships, apprenticeships, job placement as well as career counseling for youth
    Work with County teams to ensure targets for Life Skills Training, career counselling and mentorship are met.
    Work with County Board Forums and County teams to monitor implementation and reporting of Labor Market Information activities and outcomes
    Work with employers, VTCs, Life Skills TOTs and Mentors to identify and profile success stories result
    Support in roll out of Behavior Change Campaign Implementation plan
    Support in verification of documents relating to payment of interns stipend and employers’ s fees
    Support in KYES youth mobilization and outreach activities

    Qualifications:

    Applicants must possess a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences with 5 years solid work experience in roles involving working with youth and dealing with multiple stakeholder’s especially private sector and county and national government.
    Preferable experience in Youth workforce Development Programmes and implementing of USAID funded projects.

  • Program Officer

    Program Officer

    Program Officer will support the development and delivery of a comprehensive youth internship, mentorship, apprenticeship and career counseling program for KYES under the leadership of Senior Technical Advisor. Develop relationships with potential employers, screening and orienting youth and employers to ensure successful matches, oversight of activities and communication related to all career development activities.
    Support in the design and implementation of interventions that assist youth to access opportunities and platforms for internships, apprenticeships, job search activities including labour market and career information. Lead in the implementation of strategies and activities that promote youth engagement, particularly focusing on girls and young women, and marginalized populations in order to access relevant employability trainings, markets, finances, jobs and other employment services.
    Job Responsibilities

    Provide career counseling, assessment, administration and interpretation, building the capacity of implementing partners to deliver the career development support services;
    Coordinate the internship and apprenticeship program including the initial assessment, placement and monitoring and oversight of youth internships, apprenticeship, career, and labour market information needs.
    Coordinate and present specialized outreach programs designed to heighten awareness of careers in collaboration with targeted TVET institutions and service providers under KYES.
    Assist in designing and implementation of KYES customized labour market information platforms and channels.
    Support in management and development of relationships with private sector for provision of internship, apprenticeship and career counseling and youth mentorship providers and agencies.
    Help to coordinate and participate in various events, activities and fairs on topics related to internships, apprenticeships, job placement as well as career counseling for youth
    Work with County teams to ensure targets for Life Skills Training, career counselling and mentorship are met.
    Work with County Board Forums and County teams to monitor implementation and reporting of Labor Market Information activities and outcomes
    Work with employers, VTCs, Life Skills TOTs and Mentors to identify and profile success stories result
    Support in roll out of Behavior Change Campaign Implementation plan
    Support in verification of documents relating to payment of interns stipend and employers’ s fees
    Support in KYES youth mobilization and outreach activities

  • Senior Agricultural Policy & Institutional Capacity Building Specialist, Kenya Crop and Dairy Market Systems Development Activity

    Senior Agricultural Policy & Institutional Capacity Building Specialist, Kenya Crop and Dairy Market Systems Development Activity

    RTI is currently seeking qualified candidates for a Senior Agricultural Policy & Institutional Capacity Building Specialist position on the USAID-funded Feed the Future Crop and Dairy Market Systems Development Activity. The goal of the activity is to improve productivity and incomes of smallholder Kenyan farmers and strengthen market systems. The Senior Agricultural Policy & Institutional Capacity Building Specialist is responsible for leading Priority Area 3, Policy Environment for Market Systems Development. He or she will facilitate public-private dialogue forums, engaging public sector stakeholders, including county governments, to and improve national and county level policy formulation related to target value chains. This position will be in Nairobi, Kenya, with frequent travel to Western and Eastern Kenya.
    Responsibilities:

    Support initial value chain assessment and strategy development, including serving as the primary liaison for RTI home office governance short-term technical experts
    Develop and maintain relationships with national and county level public and private sector stakeholders in agriculture sectors
    Lead the project’s strategy for working through county governments and improving policy formulation processes
    Facilitate public-private dialogue between county governments and private agribusinesses
    Develop, adapt, and oversee implementation of governance self-assessment and participatory tools
    Build capacity of county governments to make productive investments in agriculture and utilize data to drive decision-making; Provide ongoing support to government counterparts to implement action plans and evaluate investments; Organize cross-county learning and exposure visits.
    Train local partners as service providers for the public sector
    Lead interventions to improve accountability of public sector agricultural service delivery
    Design and lead capacity building interventions for national-level private sector associations to analyze and advocate for enabling policies.
    Oversee grant making related to project Priority Area 3
    Manage a team of approximately 3 staff based in regional hubs (Eldoret, Kisumu, and TBD Eastern)

    Minimum Qualifications:

    Master’s degree in public administration, economics, business, agricultural or rural development and at least 9 years of experience in agricultural policy or market systems projects;
    Experience in economic growth, agricultural development, or governance programs is required.
    Demonstrated understanding of private sector agribusiness and investment; Knowledge of market facilitation approach (or M4P) is preferred.
    Demonstrated knowledge of Kenyan agricultural policy environment, including county-integrated development plans, food safety standards, traceability systems, seed and fertilizer policies, and animal feed policies.
    Demonstrated success building relationships with Kenyan government and private sector stakeholders.
    Knowledge of global best practices for local governance and accountability.
    Experience with organizational capacity assessments and institutional capacity strengthening.
    Experience in Kenya is required.
    Experience with USAID grant-making is preferred.
    Ability to build consensus and demonstrated ability to recruit and develop high performing teams; demonstrated ability to manage international and national staff.
    Experience and demonstrated capacity to build and sustain partnerships to achieve development results.
    Excellent oral and written skills in English. Fluency in Kiswahili preferred.
    Demonstrated ability to be collaborative across projects, flexible and creative.
    Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.