PowerUp Program Officer at Light for the World Kenya

About the Role

Light for the World Kenya seeks a dedicated Program Officer to coordinate and manage the PowerUp program in Nairobi. This role is central to delivering entrepreneurship support services, market linkages, and inclusive business development across the organization's focus areas.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinating Programme Activities

• Coordinate work plan and budget development for program implementation
• Lead mobilization, selection, and onboarding of entrepreneurs
• Ensure quality and timely delivery of business skills training aligned with each entrepreneur's journey
• Conduct coaching and follow-up support for micro entrepreneurs, facilitating access to loans and disbursing matching grant-funding to selected entrepreneurs
• Develop training plans with Business Development Service (BDS) providers using inclusive training methodologies tailored to entrepreneur needs
• Collaborate with the Gender and Disability Inclusion Advisor (DIA) to ensure gender and disability inclusion activities are executed according to plan

Establishing Market Linkage Opportunities

• Conduct landscape mapping in focus county/counties to identify potential clients and business partners
• Connect entrepreneurs with buyers, suppliers, and other business partners through project activities
• Provide support, lobbying, and advocacy to strengthen local enterprise associations and networks established by the project

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Ensure programme indicators align with the M&E plan and track progress through monitoring tools
• Provide M&E information for work plans, field reports, quarterly reports, donor reports, and other related documentation in agreed formats and organizational timelines

People Management

• Support BDS provider development through coaching, mentoring, growth plans, improvement recommendations, and relevant training