Scholarship Coordinator

**Job Title:** Scholarship Coordinator
**Location:** 1 per county (Kwale, Meru, Machakos, Nakuru, Migori)
**Reports To:** Scholarship Officer
**Position Type:** Full-Time

## **Job Overview:**

SHOFCO is looking for a community-oriented, grass-roots based personnel to ensure that Kenya’s most vulnerable girls get the wraparound support they need to enroll, attend school and thrive. The role of the Scholarship Coordinator will be to run and manage SHOFCO’s scholarship program and support to drive re-enrolment in one of 5 target counties, serving as “boots on the ground” support to SHOFCO scholarship recipients. The Scholarship Coordinator will serve as the bridge between SHOFCO, schools, scholars and families to create strong and authentic relationships to ensure SHOFCO scholarship recipients are identified and comprehensively supported. The role will be embedded within SHOFCO’s SHOFCO Urban Network (SUN) approach to community organising, and ensure scholar identification and support remains strongly grass-roots based.

### **Key Roles and Responsibilities:**

1. **Build and Manage Strong Relationships with Scholar Support Ecosystem**

- Liaise with SUN Committees to work with public school leadership (principals and Bursars) to support successful and efficient onboarding, and continuous scholarship recipient support
- Liaise with the SUN and Gender department to identify students who meet the eligibility criteria for support
- Collaborate with Scholarship Officer, SUN facilitators and Gender to deliver mentorship and school holiday programming, including leading on logistics planning
- Liaise with families and build their capacity to support scholar’s learning and well-being, ensuring they understand their role in the scholar’s mentorship
- Build strong relationships with local organizations and government institutions supporting vulnerable girls, including teen moms, to create and advance partnerships for recruitment and support of scholars

**2. Spearhead Case Man