Gender and Youth Coordinator

Position Description 

• The Gender and Youth Coordinator will work closely with the BlueBiz team in Kenya and in coordination with the Global Gender Practice to support the delivery of gender and youth integration activities in BlueBiz. This will include technical support to program staff, staff capacity development, direct management of gender and youth integration activities, support to monitoring, reporting, and knowledge management activities, participation in the Gender Champions Network, and overall support to advance TechnoServe’s Gender Equality Policy.

Programmatic Technical Support

Key responsibilities will include:

• Identify, develop, and support deployment of gender- and youth-responsive activities to meet the needs of clients
• Facilitate gender- and youth-related training for staff
• Support the development and adoption of gender analysis tools, with a focus on constraints and opportunities for young people, including a gender and youth action plan which assists with the design and implementation of activities and continuously improve technical excellence
• Conduct assessments and facilitate meetings, as needed, with key stakeholders and clients to identify measures to improve inclusiveness, especially for women and young people within the project scope
• Provide strategic guidance and counsel to program leadership and staff on gender and youth integration approaches, priorities and compatibility with program aims and resource constraints
• Support monitoring of gender integration in activities and inclusion in program reports
• Contribute to reporting on gender- and youth-related topics
• Support the development of key knowledge products (e.g., case studies, lessons-learned documents, etc.) that facilitate program development, program implementation, internal knowledge sharing and the influencing agenda
• Support staff recruitment and hiring processes
• Participate in regular meetings with the Global Gender Practice and the program leadership
• Participate in the Gender Champions Network
• Participate in the Gender and Youth Specialists Community of Practice

Qualifications and Core Competencies

• A Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of experience or a Master’s degree in sociology, anthropology, gender or another relevant discipline.
• Experience implementing practical approaches to advance gender equality in entrepreneurship and regenerative business programs; familiarity with constraints and opportunities in coastal communities
• Experience in adult learning techniques, excellent in-person and virtual facilitation skills
• Must be able to work across teams to influence behavior and build capacity.
• Ability to work both persuasively and diplomatically in a team-based environment with a high degree of complexity and ambiguity.
• Ability to communicate complex gender and age issues with clarity and precision
• Demonstrated success in leading tasks, activities, or initiatives requiring a combination of strong analytical, writing, social and management skills
• A deep, demonstrable commitment to gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, and youth economic empowerment
• Experience implementing approaches to mitigate and reduce gender-based violence in economic growth programs, a plus
• High standards of personal integrity and a flexible, laid back personality with an excellent sense of humor required
• Fluency in English required. Understanding of Swahili is an advantage.