Project Manager – Sustainable Fashion & Employment Creation at Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli (CISP)
Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli (CISP)
Nairobi, Kenya
Permanent
Published 1 month ago · Expires 4 weeks from now
Job description
A reputable organization seeks a dedicated individual for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the overall planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring of KikoRomeo project activities.
- Ensure timely execution of the project work plan and achievement of results.
- Manage the financial and administrative aspects of the project, ensuring compliance with AICS, CISP and KikoRomeo regulations.
- Develop and oversee budgets, financial and narrative reports, and expenditure tracking to ensure effective resource utilization in coordination with the Project Accountant.
- Oversee sourcing of suitable implementation partners (venues, teachers, catering) and ensure accurate contracts are in place.
- Create an enabling environment with staff, partners, stakeholders, and beneficiaries to ensure the program has lasting impact.
- Support the project’s communication, visibility, and advocacy efforts.
- Input in training program curricula to ensure they meet the needs of the target recipients.
- Develop a dissemination plan to ensure awareness of the programs for designers and artisans in the target areas leading to a high number of applicants, especially from Kisumu and Mombasa catchment areas.
- Work with the monitoring & evaluation professional (MEAL) to collect & analyse key data and propose project modifications where necessary.
- Oversee the Fashion Lab residency, securing relevant partners and coordinating with Kisumu and Mombasa partners.
- Develop a successful business model for the Fashion Lab to be self-sustaining after the project ends.
- Develop grant proposals for support and grow after the end of this financing cycle.
- Facilitate community conversations to enable setting up a Fashion Trust to own the assets of and manage the Fashion Lab.
- Manage a team of Fashion Lab Manager (who supervises a Lab Technician), Project Accountant and Project Logistician as well as coordinating with a team of education consultants and monitoring & evaluation expert.
- Coordinate with the Fashion Expert from KikoRomeo and the Program Manager of CISP (weekly meetings)
- Operational Fashion Lab
- Operational Education Program in Kisumu, Mombasa & Nairobi
- Monthly Reports to the MD of Iko Ziwa Africa Ltd
- Quarterly reports for sign o by the MD and delivery to CISP
- Business Plan for the Fashion Lab (by end of year 1)
- Roadmap to setting up the Fashion Trust
- Roadmap to the continued strengthening of the fashion entrepreneurs’ skills and motivation. Requirements:
- A un...