SHOFCO is looking for a community-oriented, grass-roots based personnel to ensure that Kenya's most vulnerable girls get the wraparound support they need to enroll, attend school and thrive. The role of the Scholarship Coordinator will be to run and manage SHOFCO's scholarship program and support to drive re-enrolment in one of 5 target counties, serving as "boots on the ground" support to SHOFCO scholarship recipients. The Scholarship Coordinator will serve as the bridge between SHOFCO, schools, scholars and families to create strong and authentic relationships to ensure SHOFCO scholarship recipients are identified and comprehensively supported. The role will be embedded within SHOFCO's SHOFCO Urban Network (SUN) approach to community organising, and ensure scholar identification and support remains strongly grass-roots based.
What you will do
Build and Manage Strong Relationships with Scholar Support Ecosystem
Liaise with SUN Committees to work with public school leadership (principals and Bursars) to support successful and efficient onboarding, and continuous scholarship recipient support
Liaise with the SUN and Gender department to identify students who meet the eligibility criteria for support
Collaborate with Scholarship Officer, SUN facilitators and Gender to deliver mentorship and school holiday programming, including leading on logistics planning
Liaise with families and build their capacity to support scholar's learning and well-being, ensuring they understand their role in the scholar's mentorship
Build strong relationships with local organizations and government institutions supporting vulnerable girls, including teen moms, to create and advance partnerships for recruitment and support of scholars
Spearhead Case Management and Scholar Welfare/wellbeing
Implement scholar welfare/wellbeing and serve as mentor to scholarship recipients as necessary
Continuously engage the parents/guardians and beneficiaries to ensure the students are enrolled in school, and are informed on any matters arising; Escalate any issues to the Scholarship Officer for action
Identify and flag students at risk of dropping out or those in need of psychosocial support
Meet with new scholarship students and their families; to onboard them to scholarship programs and policies and ensure they are ready to report to school
Partner with SUN committees on all of the above, working towards community ownership/accountability
Escalate needed cases to Gender
Data Management & Support Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Manage recruitment pipeline from various sources, collecting streamlined data in an organized manner
Conduct data audit and maintain up-to-date scholar data
Ensure scholars submit necessary documents in a timely manner for continued support
Support with all necessary data collection through home and school visits
Plan home visits for scholars
Maintain up-to-date Scholarship Database
Support Innovation
Contribute to the department's ways of work and process evaluations to improve approaches to delivering the interventions
Provide insights as they arise to improve programmatic impact and efficiency
What you bring
At least 2 years of experience working in educational programs or community-based organizations supporting youth
Minimum Diploma-level education. A Bachelor's degree is an advantage
Certification in counselling
Strong interpersonal skills with ability to build personal relationships with students, staff, local community leaders and members, school and government officials
High sense of professionalism in performing duties
Dedicated, proactive, and results-driven
Detail oriented and well-organized
Propensity to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
Psycho-social counselling skills
Data manipulation, analysis and management skills
Strong communication skills
Partnership development skills
Networking skills
What you get
A dynamic and supportive working environment with a diverse team committed to inclusive development
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience and qualifications
Reporting Structure
Reports To: Scholarship Officer
Placement
1 position per county. Target counties: Kwale, Meru, Machakos, Nakuru, Migori.
Interview Process
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that interviews will be conducted in the respective counties of the applicants.
About the company
SHOFCO is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
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