Regional Coordinator – Nakuru
Role Profile:
- Job Title: Regional Coordination Consultant
- Direct Supervisor: Project Manager
- Department: Programs
- Location: Respective Regional Hub (Nakuru)
- Level/Grade: Associate
- Position Type: Project Base
- Job Category: Consultant
- Travel Required: On need basis
Position Overview
To scale our impact, we are seeking a highly motivated and inclusive Regional Coordinator to lead program implementation within the Nakuru region.
Reporting to the NSF Project Manager, the Regional Coordinator will serve as the lead NSF representative within the region and will oversee county-level planning, coordination, implementation, and reporting of all NSF-related activities. The role involves strong community mobilization, stakeholder engagement, Project reporting, and hands-on coordination of youth skilling, digital learning, and Readiness initiatives.
This role requires a highly organized, inclusive and proactive professional committed to empowering youth with disabilities, especially young women, to access decent, fulfilling economic opportunities. .
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Scope of Work requirements and tasks will be guided by the department’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Manual which is reviewed periodically but will fall broadly in the following Key Responsibility Areas (KRASs):
Key Responsibilities
1. Stakeholder Engagement
- Foster partnerships with county government departments, TVETs, OPDs, youth groups, women-led organizations, employer associations, and private sector actors.
- Represent NSF in county-level consortium meetings and stakeholder forums.
- Strengthen relationships with trained participants, including areas of placement.
2. Mobilization & Recruitment
- Identify, mobilize and enroll youth with disabilities adhering to 80% coverage of young women and 20% young men with disabilities.
- Work with OPDs, caregivers, youth groups, chiefs, women-led groups, community structures and county leadership to reach marginalized youth with disabilities.
- Facilitate reasonable accommodation, including assistive devices, peer support, communication support, or childcare services as needed.
3. Program Implementation & Coordination
- Support the rollout of NSF’s Technical skilling and employability Skilling activities in the assigned Region.
- Coordinate delivery of digital skills, technical training, core skills, and job-readiness programs.
- Work with TVETs, CBOs, trainers, and partners to ensure inclusive, accessible learning environments.
- Monitor learner attendance, retention, performance, and certification.
- Timely identification, documentation, and mitigation of program risks.
4. Safeguarding, Gender & Inclusion
- Ensure all activities to integrate disability, youth, gender inclusion, and safeguarding principles.
- Implement safe programming protocols and ensure timely reporting of safeguarding concerns.
- Report and address any safeguarding concerns in line with NSF protocols.
5. Reporting, Data & Learning
- Collect, verify and report accurate and timely program data including training, mobilization, placements, and follow-up.
- Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports highlighting progress, challenges, and success stories.
- Support the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning teams during evaluations, assessments, and monitoring visits.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Technical
- Youths with disabilities mobilized and enrolled in NSF skilling programs.
- 100% retention and completion rate for all program participants.
- 100% tracking and closure of safeguarding issues.
- Timely and error-free reporting.
- Partnerships with regional stakeholders.
- Evidence of inclusive, gender-responsive implementation.
- 100% Successful completion of project within the set constraints of schedule & budget.
PERSON SPECIFICATIONS
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences/IT or a relevant field.
Professional Qualifications
- Relevant professional qualification and membership.
- At lease 2 Years experience of hands-on project field work.
Personal Attributes
- Demonstrate high levels of integrity
- Ability to communicate both inside and outside the organisation, Formal presentation.
- Ability to write complex reports.
- Analytical skills.
- Quality work output contributes to team success, initiating action, applied learning.
- Seeks for continuous learning.
- Formal presentation.
Submission Instructions
Qualified candidates should send their CV and a brief cover letter to recruitment@nextstepfdn.org on or before 26th August 2026.
Subject line:
Application for Regional Coordinator – Nakuru
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Women and Persons with Disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
