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BNBR Jobs. Project Coordinator supporting the planning, coordination, and execution of projects from start to completion, requiring a Bachelor’s degree in Education or Development Studies with at least five years relevant professional experience in project coordination, in an NGO environment, on-site role in Nairobi.\n\nBasic Needs Basic Rights Kenya is seeking a highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented Project Coordinator to support the planning, coordination, and execution of projects from start to completion. The ideal candidate is reliable, resourceful, and comfortable managing multiple priorities, tracking deadlines, coordinating teams, and ensuring that project activities remain organized and on schedule. The position will be for an initial period of nine (9) months, effective 1st October 2026, with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nDesign Phase Coordination \n\nCoordinate implementation of the Co-Impact design phase and the overall project development process. \n\nDevelop and monitor a detailed nine-month design-phase workplan, clearly outlining activities, milestones, responsibilities, and timelines. \n\nCoordinate implementation of agreed design activities and ensure that key milestones are completed within agreed timelines. \n\nMaintain coordination among project teams, partner organisations and other stakeholders involved in the design process. \n\nOrganise and coordinate regular design-team meetings, ensuring that decisions, action points and responsibilities are clearly documented and followed up. \n\nMaintain a design-phase action tracker and provide regular progress updates to management. \n\nIdentify emerging implementation risks, capacity gaps or delays and escalate them promptly for resolution. \n\nSystems-Change Strategy Development and Project Design \n\nLead and coordinate the development and refinement of the project’s systems-change strategy. \n\nSupport development and refinement of the original concept, proposal and subsequent project design. \n\nWork closely with the dedicated design team, technical advisers and stakeholders to define the problem, intended systems-level outcomes, target populations and proposed interventions. \n\nSupport the identification and design of interventions capable of producing sustainable institutional and systems-level change. \n\nCoordinate the testing of assumptions supporting the proposed strategy and support the team to refine strategic priorities based on emerging evidence and stakeholder feedback. \n\nAnalyse how policies, institutions, actors, relationships, incentives and practices influence the system supporting children affected by conflict and crisis. \n\nEnsure that the proposed strategy identifies realistic pathways towards long-term systems change. \n\nCoordinate the preparation, review and finalisation of design-phase outputs and strategic documentation. \n\nLiterature Review and Evidence Generation \n\nLead the review of relevant internal and external literature, research, policies, strategies, programme documents and evidence related to education, children affected by conflict and crisis, and systems change. \n\nDevelop an agreed literature-review and evidence-generation framework in consultation with the design team. \n\nReview relevant national and county policies, strategies, institutional frameworks and existing interventions. \n\nIdentify evidence gaps, lessons and potential systems-level interventions. \n\nPrepare concise evidence summaries, analysis and recommendations to inform project design and strategic decisions. \n\nSupport the design team to use evidence to challenge assumptions and refine proposed interventions. \n\nOrganizational Skills and Capacity Mapping \n\nAssess the technical and operational skills required to successfully undertake the design phase. \n\nMap existing skills and capacity within Basic Needs Kenya and partner organisations against identified design requirements. \n\nIdentify critical skills and capacity gaps that may affect successful completion of the design phase. \n\nRecommend appropriate technical expertise, consultants, advisers or partners where required. \n\nCoordinate onboarding and engagement of technical experts supporting the design process, where applicable. \n\nMonitor whether additional expertise is required as the project design evolves. \n\nStakeholder Mapping \n\nCoordinate a comprehensive stakeholder-mapping exercise to identify key actors who influence or are affected by the systems supporting children affected by conflict and crisis. \n\nCoordinate engagement with key actors within the system to understand barriers, opportunities, relationships, incentives and potential interventions. \n\nPlan and facilitate stakeholder-mapping workshops, consultations, focus groups and other engagement forums. \n\nDevelop and maintain a stakeholder engagement matrix capturing stakeholder interests, influence, roles, relationships and proposed engagement approaches. \n\nBuild and maintain relationships with relevant government agencies, education actors, civil society organisations, communities, development partners and other stakeholders. \n\nTrack stakeholder engagements, feedback, commitments and agreed follow-up actions. \n\nEnsure insights from stakeholder consultations are systematically incorporated into project design. \n\nCommunity Engagement \n\nEnsure that the project design reflects the lived experiences, agency, voice and aspirations of the target population. \n\nCoordinate meaningful and inclusive engagement with children, young people, parents, educators, communities and other groups directly affected by the issues being addressed. \n\nWork with the design team to ensure that community perspectives inform problem definition, proposed solutions and systems-change priorities. \n\nPromote meaningful participation of marginalised and underserved groups throughout the design process. \n\nEnsure all engagements involving children and vulnerable groups comply with Basic Needs \n\nKenya safeguarding requirements. \n\nWinning Coalition Development and Partnership Coordination \n\nCoordinate the process of identifying organisations, institutions and individuals capable of forming a strong coalition to support the proposed system-change initiative. \n\nDevelop objective criteria for identifying and assessing potential coalition members. \n\nFacilitate discussions with prospective coalition partners to clarify interests, capabilities, comparative strengths, roles and potential contributions. \n\nCoordinate engagement among prospective coalition members and other key system actors. \n\nSupport the design team to agree on an appropriate coalition structure, roles, responsibilities and ways of working. \n\nSupport development of shared expectations and collaboration arrangements among coalition members. \n\nCoordinate documentation of coalition commitments and agreed next steps. \n\nDesign Phase Project Workshops Facilitation \n\nCoordinate project workshops, design sessions, stakeholder forums and other collaborative engagements required during the design phase. \n\nDevelop clear objectives, agendas and expected outputs for workshops in consultation with relevant technical leads. \n\nFacilitate or support facilitation of structured discussions aimed at generating insights, testing assumptions and refining the systems-change strategy. \n\nEnsure workshop findings, recommendations and decisions are accurately documented. \n\nCoordinate follow-up actions arising from workshops and consultations. \n\nWork closely with the Project Assistant and Operations team to ensure logistical arrangements support effective participation. \n\nLearning and Reporting \n\nMaintain accurate records of design meetings, consultations, workshops, decisions, emerging lessons and strategic changes. \n\nCoordinate preparation of narrative progress reports and other documentation required by management and Co-Impact. \n\nCapture key lessons emerging from the design process and ensure they inform subsequent stages of programme development. \n\nDocument how the strategy evolves in response to evidence, stakeholder engagement and testing of assumptions. \n\nSupport preparation of presentations, briefs, concept documents and other materials required for internal, donor and stakeholder engagements. \n\nSupport preparation of final design-phase documentation and transition materials for the subsequent implementation phase. \n\nAcademic Qualifications \n\nA bachelor’s degree in Education, Education Policy, Development Studies or a closely related field. A background in Education is essential. \n\nA postgraduate qualification in Education, Development Studies, Public Policy, Project \n\nManagement or a related discipline will be an added advantage. \n\nRelevant training or exposure to systems thinking, systems change, or programme design will be an added advantage. \n\nProfessional Experience \n\nAt least five years of relevant professional experience, preferably within education, childfocused programming, humanitarian settings, development programmes or related sectors. \n\nDemonstrated experience coordinating projects involving multiple stakeholders. \n\nExperience in programme or project design and strategy development. \n\nExperience conducting literature reviews, research, policy analysis or evidence synthesis. \n\nPractical experience planning and facilitating stakeholder workshops, consultations or participatory design processes. \n\nExperience engaging government institutions, civil society organisations, communities, donors and other development actors. \n\nDemonstrated ability to coordinate relationships across multiple partners or institutions. \n\nPrevious exposure to programmes serving children in conflict, crisis, marginalised or underserved settings will be an advantage.\n\nHow to Apply\n\nQualified candidates to apply via email  clearly indicating the position they are applying for on the email subject as “Project Assistant” by CDB 18* September 2026.","description_format":"text","description_chars":10000,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Kenya","iso":"KE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-30T11:37:17Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-31T23:47:00Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/bnbr-project-coordinator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/bnbr-project-coordinator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-03T14:11:06Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":19840,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-04T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4489879},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4489879"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbnbr-project-coordinator"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbnbr-project-coordinator"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbnbr-project-coordinator"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/bnbr-project-coordinator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbnbr-project-coordinator"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3520310}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":4489879,"detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3520310},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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