Incentive Mentor - Changing Lives Project - 32 Posts at Boma Projects

Helping Women Graduate from Extreme Poverty The BOMA Project is a U.S. nonprofit and Kenyan NGO with a proven track record, measurable results and a transformative approach to alleviating poverty and building resiliency in the drylands of Africa. Our Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP) replaces aid with sustainable income and helps women to gradua...

• Facilitate Household Visioning sessions with identified households and support them to develop practical action plans that outline economic, social and financial goals.
• Conduct visioning follow-ups to review progress, challenges and adjustments to the action plans.
• Provide tailored business coaching and mentorship to the agri-food businesses under the Changing Lives project, to help them make decisions about their businesses.
• Conduct regular business monitoring visits to monitor business performance and health indicators, including stock levels, record-keeping, cashflow and profitability.
• Conduct/deliver financial literacy trainings to designated participants on budgeting, savings, credit management, responsible borrowing, investment planning, household financial discipline and planning for shocks.
• Work closely with Savings/Umbrella groups to strengthen saving culture, internal lending, and financial accountability.
• Support businesses to integrate into local market systems, accessing market opportunities, suppliers and private-sector linkages.
• Support business and household connections to formal and informal financial service providers and digital financial platforms.
• Mobilize participants for trainings, field sessions, meetings and follow-ups, working closely with community/block leaders and existing community structures.
• Collect accurate field data using BOMA’s digital tools.
• Upload quality data and information using the BOMA taroworks system (information management technology) while ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Uphold protection, safeguarding, inclusion and Do No Harm principles in all activities, ensuring safe, respectful and inclusive engagement with all household members.
• Represent BOMA in the designated location, including as a representative for the organization in local development committ