Capacity Building Officer

About the Role

Global Give Back Circle is seeking a dedicated and experienced Capacity Building Officer to join our team. The Capacity Building Officer will be responsible for the identification of capacity needs and gaps, designing, developing, and delivering capacity building training that aligns with GGBC objectives of building the capacity of staff and partners skills and effectiveness in the delivery of the Her Lab program interventions.

The Capacity Building Officer will work in close collaboration with all program teams at partners and GGBC level, and other key departments like Finance, HR, MERL, Gender & Safeguarding, advocacy, etc and the leadership of GGBC and will be responsible for planning, implementing, and overseeing capacity building initiatives aimed at enhancing the skills, knowledge, and performance of individuals or groups within the consortium. The role involves identifying capacity needs/gaps, developing relevant training materials/content, delivering training, and evaluating the impact of capacity-building efforts. This position will require close collaboration with various partners and stakeholders to ensure relevance and continuous improvement.

About the Project

Global Give Back Circle (GGBC) HER Lab model is a dynamic and impactful project aimed at empowering marginalized young women in rural Kenya through the scale-up of the Her Lab Program. Through the scale-up GGBC is committed to increasing the participation of marginalized young women in rural Kenya in dignified and fulfilling work. This initiative goes beyond just economic empowerment; it is a passionate effort to promote gender equality and ensure that young women, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, have access to the skills and opportunities they need to succeed in the workforce or through entrepreneurship.

GGBC has partnered with like-minded organizations in West Pokot, Samburu and Kajiado, to reach marginalized rural adolescent girls and young women across the educational spectrum, including recent secondary school graduates and those who have fallen through the cracks of the formal education system.

A key barrier for many community-based organizations is the lack of commercial skills, which are essential to sustain programs and secure long-term funding. GGBC has been intentional about embedding commercial skills into its programming, ensuring partners have the required skills to implement programs and secure funding. This approach will continue to be applied to sustain the HER Lab Program in Kenya. Alongside day-to-day programming, GGBC will teach its site partners the essential skills to maintain and grow the HER Lab model independently. In addition, GGBC will leverage its international network to connect potential partners and funders with the HER Lab programs, ensuring long-term viability and scaling up the impact.

Position Purpose

The purpose of the Capacity Building Officer’s position is to deliver on GGBC’s capacity development offer to the site partners in West Pokot, Samburu and Kajiado via a hybrid model of in person and virtual sessions. The role functions include identification, design, delivery and documentation of sustainable human and organizational capacity strengthening activities related to the delivery and growth of Her Lab Program. The incumbent will continuously review and update the capacity status of all partners and conduct follow ups to ensure capacity interventions are being applied for the intended purpose and benefits.

Duration: 12 months.

Key Responsibilities:

Capacity assessment, training and Development

• Identify capacity-building needs/skills gaps through assessments, surveys, and consultations with all implementing partners. 
• Design and deliver training programs, workshops, and seminars to enhance the skills and capacity of staff, partners, or target groups.
• Develop and maintain training materials, manuals, and resources.

Program Implementation

• Coordinate the logistics and execution of capacity-building activities.
• Work with internal and external partners to implement training programs and support local capacity-building initiatives.
• Innovatively plan work that identifies and achieves transformative change in terms of stakeholders’ knowledge, skills and abilities in specific work areas.
• Develop capacity improvement plans that increase partners’ readiness to improve learning and adaptive management.
• Facilitate peer to peer learning and mentorship within the consortium.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Develop tools and systems to track the progress and effectiveness of capacity-building programs.
• Conduct regular evaluations and gather feedback to continuously improve program design and delivery.
• Conduct post training follow ups with all partners to ensure that skills are grown and applied for intended purposes.
• Prepare and submit reports on training activities, achievements, and areas for learning.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build relationships with key stakeholders, including internal teams, community leaders, and external partners, to ensure alignment of capacity-building activities with organizational goals.
• Serve as a liaison for capacity-building initiatives, fostering collaboration and communication between various groups.
• Scout for opportunities where staff could participate, leverage and gain knowledge that could help with the program delivery.

Knowledge Management

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of best practices in capacity building and relevant sector trends.
• Share knowledge and lessons learned with team members and stakeholders to foster continuous improvement.

Resource Management

• Manage training budgets, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently for maximum impact.
• Identify and source for external trainers, consultants, or resources as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential competencies

Applicants must demonstrate the following competencies:

1. An excellent, practical understanding of how to develop and deliver a range of participatory approaches or methods.
2. A good understanding of the institutional factors that contribute to or block the effectiveness in decision making and its uptake.
3. Experience developing and delivering training, conducting mentoring or coaching, and/or authoring good practice guides and resources.
4. Strategic thinking skills: able to understand wider contexts and strategic objectives and apply these to developing and delivering our thinking and work.

Additional skills

• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team
• Committed team player, embodying our values of collaboration.
• Ability to communicate complex information simply, clearly and concisely.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of relevant experience; Master’s degree and 5+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience in Leadership and Project management
• Proven experience developing facilitation plans, workshop and training materials and leading training/capacity building sessions.
• Experience in capacity building programs in collaborating, learning, adapting (CLA), knowledge management, and MEL planning.
• Demonstrated experience establishing, implementing and improving learning plans or capacity building plans, tools and activities.