Human Centered Design Associate - Kenya

About CorpsAfrica:

Founded in 2011 by Liz Fanning, CorpsAfrica is an organization that offers Africans the opportunity to serve as volunteers in their own countries, modeled after the Peace Corps. We train young, college-educated Africans and send them to live for up to a year in high-poverty rural communities, where they initiate and facilitate small-scale, high-impact projects identified by the local population. CorpsAfrica aims to promote a culture of public service in Africa by giving participants the opportunity to apply their training, skills, and energy to helping their fellow citizens overcome extreme poverty. www.corpsafrica.org

CorpsAfrica has steadily expanded its operations from Morocco to Senegal, Malawi, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Gambia and South Africa. Having successfully proven the power and effectiveness of the model, CorpsAfrica has begun receiving significant funding from major donors. As we reach a significant inflection point leading to future expansion, we are seeking to add motivated, skilled, and highly effective staff to our team in Kenya.

 About CorpsAfrica HCD Center:

The CorpsAfrica Human-Centered Design (HCD) Training center is an innovative hub dedicated to fostering creative problem-solving through the HCD approach. The center's mission is to empower organizations, communities, and individuals to address complex challenges by placing the needs, aspirations, and experiences of people at the heart of the solution design process.

At the HCD Center, we offer a variety of interactive training, workshops, and consultancy services designed to engage diverse groups in meaningful conversations and design thinking processes. These activities focus on 1. Community-Led Development (CLD): Guiding organizations in developing sustainable, community-centered solutions. 2. Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD): Leveraging local assets and strengths to foster positive change. 3. Human-Centered Design (HCD): A structured approach to co-creating solutions that meet the needs of users, ensuring practical and innovative outcomes.

OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION:

The Human-Centered Design Associate position is a one year contract on full time basis position with the primary responsibility of facilitating high-quality, human-centered design training to government organizations, community foundations, and NGOs through our training center. The Human-Centered Design Associate will assist in the co-development of center grants and proposals, as well as enhance training materials to ensure they are engaging, relevant, and aligned with the needs of our participants and the organizational goals of the HCD Center. 

The ideal candidate should have a background in human-centered design principles and methodologies, or significant experience in facilitation and training, as well as a good background or experience in fundraising and marketing. 
 

Salary and Benefits: CorpsAfrica offers a competitive and comprehensive salary and benefits commensurate with the experience of its staff in accordance with local regulations and laws. 

Specific Responsibilities: 

• Support in planning, coordination, and execution of training sessions, ensuring they meet the objectives and expectations of the HCD Center, its clients, and partners.
• Assist in writing comprehensive reports on trainings conducted, capturing outcomes, challenges, participant feedback, and key learnings for future improvements. 
• Co-plan and develop all necessary training materials, including presentations and handouts, for upcoming workshops.
• Document participant engagement, feedback, and key outcomes for the workshops. 
• Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for workshops, including participant satisfaction, knowledge gain, or behavior change.
• Assist in the marketing of the HCD center through (e.g., blog posts, videos, social media snippets) in collaboration with the communication officer, which highlights the center's HCD activities and impact.
• Research potential clients, partners, establish and build relationships with them
• Co-create and submit comprehensive concept notes and proposals for potential collaboration with the HCD center team and other key staff members. 
• Provide administrative and coordination support for the HCD center

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Community Development, Education, Design, Training, or a related field.
• Experience in sales and marketing strategies, customer acquisition and retention. 
• Excellent judgment, initiative, and creative problem-solving skills 
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Strong written, oral, interpersonal, and communication skills 
• You should have a strong commitment to youth leadership, participatory community development, impact evaluation, transparency, and accountability