Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 13, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Description
The Employment Pathways Director will be responsible for contributing to the development of a real-time labour market information system and facilitating the design and implementation of employment pathways and partnerships that create economic opportunity for youth in Mombasa County. The Pathways Director will facilitate learning and capacity building in the local youth jobs ecosystem, sharing data insights and research to drive adoption of effective practices. S/he will directly manage 2-3 full time staff and supervise the work of vendors and consultants.

COMPETENCIES
Leadership:
• A self-motivated and highly flexible individual with strong interpersonal skills who can manage multiple tasks and priorities
• Combination of technical and managerial knowledge to effectively lead and manage
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and decision making discretion related to labor market and employment programming
Strategy:
• Ability to think strategically and creatively to solve problems and find effective and efficient ways to accomplish goals
• Experience in data collection, analysis, research and forecasting
• Uses data to inform strategy and decision making
Project Management:
• Ability to lead and manage technically complex projects with multiple workstreams
Domain expertise:
• In depth understanding of the public and private sector employment practices, potential job types and roles available for the opportunity youth in the Mombasa ecosystem
• Knowledge of and relationships with key government and regulatory bodies e.g. industry and trade associations, skills commissions etc.
• Strong understanding of marginalised communities, specifically youth at the bottom of the economic pyramid
Financial management:
• Experience with creating and managing complex program budgets, and financial reporting
Funder management
• Grant writing, administration, and reporting skills
Data / technical experience
• Knowledge and experience with cloud-based platforms for analyzing and managing data

ACTIVITIES AND DESIRED RESULTS
• Strategy development and implementation
• Develop overall program strategy and workplan for creation of youth employment pathways in Mombasa County, including selection of priority industries and segments
• Drive demand-driven training and employment models - working with the GOYN team you will be responsible for expanding demand-driven approaches within the youth employment ecosystem in Mombasa County
• Demand mapping
• Develop a method to collect labour market data to inform the design of youth employment pathways
• Oversee design and execution of employer and job seeker surveys across the county including to MNCs, SMEs, informal sector
• Collaborate with ecosystem actors and technology vendors to design and build a digital Labor Market Information System that provides real-time reports and dashboards
• Facilitate ecosystem learning and data-sharing
• Facilitate sharing of data and research within the youth employment ecosystem
• Provide primary and secondary analysis of all research data to support the development of or contributions to key findings.
• Directly contribute to and manage the creation of research reports and presentations, including drafting the findings report and presentation and collaborating with stakeholders on design and production
• Partnerships development and relationship management
• Facilitate connection of youth to economic opportunity - the ultimate KPI for this role is the number of youth connected to economic opportunity, including formal and informal jobs and entrepreneurship pathways
• Develop and maintain relationships with key project actors e.g. government agencies, funders, INGOs, skilling providers, employers
• Fundraising and financial reporting
• Research fundraising opportunities; Develop funding proposals and submit them to potential donors.
• Network with relevant funders to identify synergies and develop winning proposals
• In collaboration with other team members, prepare quarterly budgets and reports to be shared with potential funders

Qualifications
• A minimum of 7-10 years’ experience in the area of expertise
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant equivalent experience. Master’s Degree preferred.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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Interested and qualified? Go to Global Development Incubator (GDI) on jobs.smartrecruiters.com to apply  

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