Background

Kalobeyei Initiative for Better Life (KI4BLI) is a refugee-led nonprofit founded in 2018 to transform the lives of displaced and host communities in Kalobeyei, Kenya. Through education, livelihoods, and community development, we're building a future rooted in dignity, sustainability, and hope.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day implementation of BDS activities and workplans.
• Ensure smooth delivery of training, coaching, mentoring, and market linkage support.
• Lead identification, selection, and profiling of refugee and host community enterprises.
• Coordinate BDS support in business planning, pricing, product improvement, branding, customer service, and basic financial management.
• Track enterprise performance, identify high-potential businesses, and provide tailored support.
• Support market assessments and facilitate linkages between entrepreneurs and buyers (individuals, institutions, bulk purchasers).
• Supervise and support BDS facilitators and project staff, including planning, coaching, and performance management.
• Engage internal departments (Finance, M&E, Logistics, Communications) and external stakeholders (community leaders, buyers, financial service providers, ecosystem actors).
• Track key indicators (enterprises supported, sales, jobs, income changes), document lessons and success stories, and prepare timely reports for KI4BLI management and donors.
• Identify risks and ensure safeguarding, accountability, and ethical standards in all project activities.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the organization.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Development Studies, or a related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in project coordination, livelihoods programming, MSME support, business advisory/BDS, or related fields.
• Experience working with refugees, host communities, or other vulnerable groups is a strong advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in enterprise development, market access, and/or inclusive market systems.
• Experience supervising teams and coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Strong project coordination, planning, and organizational skills.
• Practical understanding of business operations, basic finance, and marketing for small enterprises.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to use data for decision-making, reporting, and learning.
• High integrity, accountability, and commitment to community empowerment and inclusion.
• Ability to work effectively in complex, low-resource, and humanitarian settings.

• Coordinate day-to-day implementation of BDS activities and workplans.
• Ensure smooth delivery of training, coaching, mentoring, and market linkage support.
• Lead identification, selection, and profiling of refugee and host community enterprises.
• Coordinate BDS support in business planning, pricing, product improvement, branding, customer service, and basic financial management.
• Track enterprise performance, identify high-potential businesses, and provide tailored support.
• Support market assessments and facilitate linkages between entrepreneurs and buyers (individuals, institutions, bulk purchasers).
• Supervise and support BDS facilitators and project staff, including planning, coaching, and performance management.
• Engage internal departments (Finance, M&E, Logistics, Communications) and external stakeholders (community leaders, buyers, financial service providers, ecosystem actors).
• Track key indicators (enterprises supported, sales, jobs, income changes), document lessons and success stories, and prepare timely reports for KI4BLI management and donors.
• Identify risks and ensure safeguarding, accountability, and ethical standards in all project activities.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the organization.

• Strong project coordination, planning, and organizational skills.
• Practical understanding of business operations, basic finance, and marketing for small enterprises.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to use data for decision-making, reporting, and learning.
• High integrity, accountability, and commitment to community empowerment and inclusion.
• Ability to work effectively in complex, low-resource, and humanitarian settings.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Development Studies, or a related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in project coordination, livelihoods programming, MSME support, business advisory/BDS, or related fields.
• Experience working with refugees, host communities, or other vulnerable groups is a strong advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in enterprise development, market access, and/or inclusive market systems.
• Experience supervising teams and coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives.