VSO Global Thematic Lead (Employment and Entrepreneurship) Jobs in Kenya
VSO Global Thematic Lead (Employment and Entrepreneurship) Jobs in Kenya
VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty.
Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact.
Our extraordinary volunteers live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. Sharing their unique skills and experience to generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities they work in lift themselves out of poverty.
We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact gene rations to come. Join us and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.
Job Title:
Global Thematic Lead – Employment and Entrepreneurship
Role Purpose:
To shape VSOs global technical approach to employment, entrepreneurship, enterprise development and job creation programmes, and to provide effective technical leadership to a globally dispersed network of programme staff and volunteers who deliver those programmes.
Help drive forward our Livelihoods strategy and support improvements in the quality and impact of VSO’s employment, entrepreneurship, enterprise and job creation programmes globally — including documenting, replicating and expanding effective approaches, in order to help more of the world’s most vulnerable and marginalised people achieve their livelihoods aspirations.
Responsibilities
Leadership: Help lead the implementation of the Resilient livelihoods Programmes strategy and theory of action, with its assets and capabilities core, around which VSO is seeking to build a unique identity in its livelihoods programming.
Promote good practice: Ensure completion of the learning and guidance documentation work around the promising approaches identified in the resilient livelihoods’ theory of action.
Provide support and advice to programmes to improve programme design and the quality of our employment, entrepreneurship, enterprise development and job creation interventions.
External engagement: Support the building of VSO’s external identity and reputation in employment and entrepreneurship programming.
Team work and building: Work as a member of the Knowledge for Impact (KFI) and Resilient Livelihoods Core Programme Area Team (CPAT), with other functions, as well as livelihoods programme managers.
Skills, Qualifications and Experience
Master’s
in Development studies, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship or other relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
Extensive experience of managing and delivering livelihoods programmes and teams.
Extensive experience and knowledge of livelihoods programming, including vocational skills training; enterprise development; and market-led approaches.
Experience of securing external funding and grants, including proposal development.
Evidence of understanding the challenges of donor and contract management and the implications for programme management.
Experience in financial management, including building a budget, monitoring and managing expenditure.
Excellent understanding and experience of project cycle management, organisational assessment, planning and M&E tools and processes.
Effective verbal and written communication skills and experience of compiling donor reports.
Leadership and people management skills.
Self-motivated, ability to use own initiative, flexibility.
Strong representation and negotiation skills: ability to build and maintain relations with internal and external stakeholders.
Oral and written fluency in English, with confidence in communicating to a wide range of audiences
Experience of living and working in developing countries.
Able to travel, including work away from the home base for up to 30% of time, both within the country and occasionally internationally and some weekend and evening work.
Excellent prioritisation and time management skills.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should make an application through this link by Sunday 6th October 2019;
Please note VSO does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process
VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
VSO has zero tolerance of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people.
We expect all our employees/volunteers to ensure we protect children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.
For more information and job application details, see; VSO Global Thematic Lead (Employment and Entrepreneurship) Jobs in Kenya
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