Value Chains & Livelihoods Lead

Employer: Village Enterprise

Industry: Nonprofit/International Development/Social Entrepreneurship

Job Title: Value Chains & Livelihoods Lead

Position Type: Full-time.

Reports to: Programs Director.

Location: Kenya.

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Organization Overview:

Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. Village Enterprise targets the poor, provides business training, seed capital/startup funds and on-going mentoring to over 10,000 new entrepreneurs to start 3,000 enterprises each year. Since its inception in 1987, Village Enterprise has started over 40,000 micro-enterprises.

About the Job:

To provide technical leadership and support to the design and implementation of market-driven and climate-resilient livelihood pathways for programme participants, including strengthening market linkages, partnerships, and alignment with government and local systems, to drive income growth and sustainability within the Economic Inclusion Programme (EIP).

This is a hands-on delivery role requiring frequent travel and field engagement in ASAL counties.

The role will work closely with the Programme Director and implementation teams to ensure effective delivery of livelihoods and market systems components.