Kenya Community Development Foundation is a national foundation founded in 1997, to support communities to initiate and drive their own development agenda, by harnessing and growing their resources, as well as engaging with government and other development actors to secure their fundamental rights and services.

Key Responsibilities

Partnership Development

•  In partnership with LDOs, support the use of Context and Systems Analysis (CSA) to identify county-level partners, including private sector entities, NGOs, government agencies, and other organizations.
•  Support the LDOs in conducting stakeholder mapping, leading to developing a county-level comprehensive database of potential partners and stakeholders.
•  Support the LDOs in initiating and negotiating partnership agreements, memoranda of understanding, or collaboration contracts.

Private Sector Engagement

•  Support the conducting of County Private Sector Landscape and Investment Analysis in selected counties.
•  Support the LDOs in developing private-sector engagement strategies.
•  Build and nurture relationships with private sector companies, exploring opportunities for collaboration, sponsorship, or investment.
•  Support catalyzing marketing linkages.

Resource leveraging and sustainability.

•  Lead in capacity development of LDOs in resource mobilization and community philanthropy.
•  Support in tracking sustainability milestones in each LDO based on their resource mobilization plans.

Support in documentation, communication, and reporting in related activities.

•  Ensure the maintenance of an active online stakeholder and partnership database.
•  Support in tracking overall leveraged resources, ensuring quantification of in-kind resources.
•  Support the communication team in developing social media content.
•  Support in documenting success stories from the resource mobilization and partnerships.

Minimum Requirements

•  At least eight years of proven experience in partnership development, private sector engagement, or related roles.
•  Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Business, International Relations, Marketing, etc.). A master’s degree may be preferred.
•  Strong negotiation and communication skills.
•  Strong interpersonal skills.