Workforce Development Associate
Workforce Development Associate
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Job Description
Job Description: Workforce Development Associate
Our Vision
Africa s solution to bridging the talent gap.
Job Mission
Brighter Monday Kenya Limited has designed a youth skilling and employment impact project to improve employability of the Kenya youth and transition them into dignified employment. To support this goal we seek a Work Force Development Associate. Your mission is to ensure you identify develop and administer strategic partnerships with other organizations to realize key objectives gain operational efficiencies address unmet market needs to achieve placement numbers and identify new business opportunities.
Reporting into Head of Partnerships
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Perform marketing research to identify new businesses and partnership opportunities to support placements
Engage with executives to establish strategies proactively seek and grow partnerships opportunities in focus districts
Create and improve proposals for both new and existing partners.
Oversee the activities of call center agents and placement tracking
Identify and secure technical training and placement partners for the project
Build strong relationships with partners
Source Partners for the Mastercard Foundation project following up on partnership requests and updating the team as required.
Working closely with other teams such as YE for partnership alignment.
Develop other necessary documents such as Partnership tracker Partnership strategy stakeholder mapping etc.
Prepare and maintain reports related to partnerships placement and administration of Call center and Job centers.
Functional
Identify build and manage collaborative partnerships with governments and other stakeholders to push Brightermonday Strategy.
Stakeholders Management
Lead establishment of Job centers across key regions and oversee the activities of each center.
Support the recruitment of Call Center Agents
Develop a learning plan to equip Call Center Agents
Support the recruitment of Job Center volunteers
Support volunteers to source and attract local employers and job seekers within their communities
Develop a learning plan to equip Job Center volunteers
Coordinate all focus districts activities as relate to partnerships and placement of young people
Identify and propose opportunities for how to build and expand our Youth Engagement initiatives in the focus districts to drive more meaningful stakeholders experiences and business results.
Key Relationships
Youth Engagement & Learning team
Strategy team
Sales team
Recruitment team
Business intelligence team
Products team
Finance team
Marketing team
KPIs to measure success
Number of partners secured
Management of dependent teams (Job Center and Call Center)
Employer engagement and success
Placement performance
Key Skills & Competencies
Qualifications:
Bachelor s in social sciences or its related field from a recognized institution.
Experience:
5 years of experience in partnership strategy business development sales or similar roles..
Experience in similar projects is an added advantage
Requirements
Skills required to perform the Job:
The flexibility to multitask and handle multiple requests with varying degrees of priority simultaneously.
Ability to work/communicate with all levels of staff and be able to draw the relevant insights from analyses done or meetings attended in a way that informs decision making and provides a coherent summary for relevant stakeholders.
Proficient in Google Slides Sheets MS Office Suite with PowerPoint skills
Strong project coordination skills
Relationship in the Recruitment Outsourcing sector
Current/previous Work experience in Recruitment
Cross cultural awareness and ability to work amongst a diverse group of volunteers and partners.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative on projects.
Ability to tap into your personal base and network as well as develop new ones for the project
Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
Experience in community and coalition building
Understanding of gender inclusion in community outreach.
Ability to work collaboratively and develop strong working partnership with partners.
Strong project coordination skills
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive constructive attitude
Must also be able to create a supportive working relationship among all project teams.
Employment Type
Full Time
