RTIA Project Coordinator, Kenya

VVOB is an international organisation with programmes in 9 countries worldwide. Our head office is based in Brussels, Belgium.

When you join VVOB, you become a key player in VVOB’s mission and shared passion: to ensure the improvement of quality education. Our teams of national and international experts achieve this by providing technical assistance to governmental and other education actors.

Do you share our ambition to ensure that learners around the world can enjoy their fundamental human right to quality education, without exception? Are you convinced that quality education guarantees equal opportunities for everyone and is the key to a better world?

We are looking for a Project Coordinator to join our team in Nairobi, Kenya, to contribute to the development of VVOB’s Gender Responsive Pedagogy initiative as part of the Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA) in different parts of Africa, starting in Kenya, Ghana and South Africa. Do you want to take on this challenge? Then continue reading!

Responsibilities of the Project Coordinator:

The ambition of VVOB is to ensure learners around the world enjoy their fundamental human right to quality education, without exception. In striving for that ambition, we place our values ‘commitment’, ‘integrity’, ‘respect’, ‘quality’ and ‘innovation’ central. As the Project Coordinator you contribute to this ambition and these values by coordinating a specific project to ensure impact, sustainability, relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness.

The Project Coordinator reports to the Country Programmes Manager and is part of the education department. Within a specific project you will be coordinating (no direct management) all the needed resources for the project (technical and operational), in close collaboration with the other departments at VVOB and the RTIA operational partner, Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).

You will:

• Ensure good project management, including amongst others: planning, budgeting, monitoring and a timely realisation of key milestones and final project outcomes.
• Advise, guide, motivate and support the government partner (KICD) in their work, to contribute to project results.
• Identify and communicate needed project-related information towards a wide range of stakeholders (partners, donors, internally).
• Offer technical advice, guidance, and support to colleagues and government partner (KICD) to contribute to capacity development and project results.

If you’re our RTIA Project Coordinator, your workweek at the office will include the following highlights:

• Having a discussion with the Team Leads from the government partner to agree on the workplan and strategise on modalities to achieve the desired milestones for the quarter in line with the approved budget. In this meeting you also discuss the upcoming conceptualisation of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) resources, the composition of the team and timelines.
• You draft the Terms of Reference for the upcoming Needs Assessment Report dissemination workshop, including inputs from the government partner, then share with the Country Programmes Manager for inputs and feedback.
• LUNCH: a perfect time to catch up with your colleagues at the gender hub or even go for a walk in the nearby Karura forest.
• You organise a meeting with your communication colleague to work on the plan for the conceptualisation and design of innovative Information, Education and Communication (IEC) resources for teacher professional development.
• You meet with the VVOB Technical Lead for Gender and Global Strategic Education Advisor to discuss and get feedback on the draft conceptualisation report for the IEC resources. You then prepare a report to the government partner based on the feedback from colleagues

Who are you?

Your expertise and experience

• Relevant master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in project coordination and project management (planning, budgeting, monitoring and report writing), preferably working to strengthen government systems and structures.
• Experience with change management and capacity development processes in the context of educational systems.

Nationality: Kenyan national

Location: Nairobi, Kenya (KEMI/Parklands)

Matching competences

VVOB core competences:

• Cooperation
• Result Orientation
• Continuous Improvement

Function specific competencies:

• Communication Skills
• Agility
• Planning and Organisation
• 360° empathy
• Problem Analysis and Judgement

What we’re offering:

• A full-time contract until 30/09/2026
• A dynamic working environment in an international context
• An exciting job in a growing organisation with varied responsibilities and opportunities for professional development
• A competitive salary and benefits package. Gross salary range for this position is 230,000 – 300,000KES depending on seniority.