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• Actively participate in designing, adaptation; coordinate
  implementation, and appraise pilot projects by employing human centered
  design thinking approaches
• Work closely with the field team to coordinate and periodically
  develop materials, plan and execute Business Mentor workshops
• Coordinate with the help of the field team to guide Bi-weekly
  meetings within the offices of mandate, by introducing creative materials
  and making them more effective.
• Support new projects, ongoing projects and calendar activities like
  the Innovations Summit; on theme selection, planning and overall execution
• Actively participate in developing materials, inviting external
  resource persons that would be used to transfer knowledge and bridge
  capacities of Business Mentors and Field coordinators
• Participate in gathering of information and identifying sustainable
  partnerships on Financial Inclusion, Value Chain Development, Market
  Intelligence and linkages.
• Write reports and develop presentations on ongoing projects, keep
  the whole team informed and update the documents on the various storage
  platforms like Google drive, and Box e.t.c.
• Occasionally contribute to proposal development by keeping track of
  funding opportunities for the innovations teamwork and pass such
  opportunities to direct supervisor.
• Assist in the development, assessment of standard operating tools
  like the Business Development Kit, Mentoring Guides and any other that may
  be introduced.
• Participate in the development of training support materials like
  picture codes, charts and any other visual or audio aids. o Any other
  innovations work or program support work that may be assigned to you.

• Be an ardent ambassador and advocate on Innovations Teams work
  internally and externally if and when given the opportunity.
• Ensure synchronization of activities between the ACDs/RMs work plans
  and the Innovations teams work by communicating work plans and planned
  activities.

• Weekly check-ins withsupervisor (Plan and structure effective
  One-on-one’s) o Provide information on work plan on Google Work Plan sheet
  on a weekly basis. o Participate and contribute effectively during the
  weekly Innovations T eam meetings o Prompt response to email
  communications/ report deadlines and any follow-ups as may be requested

• Leverage on his/her interpersonal skills to ensure cohesiveness and
  teamwork.
• Coordinator will take the time to understand other Coordinator,
  Manager’s and Director’s projects and actively provide insightful input.
• The Coordinator thinks of how to improve synergies on the team and
  improve workflow as a team

• The Coordinator manages competing tasks and deadlines with openness
  and efficiency
• The Coordinator manages his/her own projects, including tracking
  their own deadlines and deliverables and executing next steps without
  needing to be reminded or prompted.
• Provides desired leadership and guidance, has personal initiative
  and is self-driven towards achieving organizations goals.

• The applicant should hold a university level degree preferably in
  Project Management/Agronomy/Community Development or Business
  Administration and Management
• Previous experience working in the Livelihoods development field,
  Value chains development, Market systems analysis, Market intelligence and
  linkages or rural micro-finance is a plus.
• The Innovations Coordinator should be a creative thinker with a
  natural knack towards developing projects and works that address the goals
  of the organization
• Be a solution oriented individual, who is able to asses, analyze
  situations and come up with well thought out solutions.
• Detail oriented person, who strives to get in-depth understanding of
  pilots and projects through application of Human Centered Design Thinking
  methods.

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