Yetu Initiative – Institutional Strengthening Coach 342 views1 applications

Location: Nairobi 2 (Two) Positions, Mombasa 1 (One) Position

About us

For nearly 50 years, AKF has been partnering with communities, governments and local leaders to harness the best from people from all backgrounds to improve the quality of life. The Foundation’s work is rooted in core values of self-reliance, pluralism, and respect for human dignity. AKF is a member of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), one of the world’s leading poverty solutions networks. The AKDN’s integrated approach makes long-term investments, builds permanent institutions and cultivates an active civil society, impacting tens of millions of people annually in 30 countries. Alongside its sister AKDN agencies, the Foundation implements innovative, community-driven solutions that are based in decades of experience, learning and evaluation.

The USAID and AKF co-financed the Yetu Initiative since 2014, contributing to the self-reliance of Kenyan civil society by building the capacity of Kenyan civil society organizations (CSOs) to engage and catalyze citizen support for their missions. USAID and AKF are both looking to further expand and support civil society in Kenya, through the Kaunti Kuimarisha Uendelevu – Strengthening County Sustainability – Annual Program Statement (APS). The goal of Yetu extension is to “Enhance capacity of Kenyan civil society to catalyze and engage citizen, government and private sector support for county-level development”. Yetu will strengthen the role and capacity of county-wide Local Development Organizations (LDOs) existing local Kenyan entities, and local governments to foster ownership, locally-led development and implementation of sustainable development programs. Yetu will also build the capacity of LDOs and county-level CSOs in community philanthropy to build assets, capacity, and trust in addressing local development and sustainability of local civil society.

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;