# Youth, Gender & Community Engagement Coordinator NGO Job inABLE Canonical URL: https://primejobalerts.com/jobs/youth-gender-community-engagement-coordinator-ngo-job-inable Company: inABLE Category: NGO, Non-Profit & Development Location: Kenya Work type: Full-time Work arrangement: On-site Published: 2026-09-29 Expires: 2026-10-13 ## Job Description Project Management Jobs. inABLE Jobs. Youth, Gender & Community Engagement Coordinator ensuring young persons with disabilities are reached, supported and engaged across the Inclusive Africa Program, requiring a master’s degree in Gender and Development, Disability Studies or Social Work, training in safeguarding and gender equality and 8-10 years experience in youth, gender or disability inclusion programmes, in an NGO development environment, on-site role. Position Purpose - The Youth, Gender and Community Engagement Coordinator will ensure that young persons with disabilities, particularly young women, are reached, selected, supported and engaged as rights-holders, leaders and co-creators across IAP. The role will coordinate OPD and community relationships, gender-responsive participation, safeguarding focal-point functions, reasonable accommodation planning, youth feedback and ethical collection of stories of change. ### Key Responsibilities Youth Outreach, Selection and Participation - Develop and implement inclusive outreach and participation plans with OPDs and country partners across programme locations. - Coordinate transparent, accessible and documented participant identification and selection processes consistent with approved criteria and targets. - Maintain participant engagement calendars, contact protocols, attendance and participation records in coordination with delivery and MEL teams. - Create multiple accessible channels through which youth can shape programme design, delivery, governance, learning and accountability. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion - Serve as the programme gender focal point and support integration of gender analysis, targets, risk mitigation and responsive actions across workstreams. - Monitor barriers affecting young women with disabilities and other underserved participants, and recommend practical adaptations to recruitment, scheduling, communication, travel and learning environments. - Work with women-led and women-with-disabilities organisations to strengthen safe participation, leadership and visibility pathways. - Support colleagues and partners to apply intersectional, youth-friendly and disability-inclusive approaches. Safeguarding and Participant Wellbeing - Serve as a designated programme safeguarding focal point, subject to inABLE’s safeguarding framework, referral protocols and separation-of-duties requirements. - Coordinate safeguarding orientation, codes of conduct, safe reporting information and refresher sessions for staff, consultants, partners and participants. - Receive and immediately escalate safeguarding concerns through authorised confidential channels without investigating beyond the role’s mandate. - Maintain secure, access-controlled safeguarding records and support survivor-centred referrals, incident follow-up and risk mitigation as directed. - Conduct participant-safety and accessibility risk assessments for training, internships, travel, digital engagement, storytelling and public events. Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodation - Coordinate participant-led accommodation assessments and plans covering accessible formats, captioning, sign-language interpretation, connectivity support, personal assistance, transport and venue access. - Work with Finance, Convening, Skilling and service providers to ensure accommodations are budgeted, delivered on time and reviewed with participants. - Monitor the accessibility and inclusiveness of virtual and in-person activities and document corrective actions. - Promote dignity, choice, confidentiality and informed consent in all support arrangements. Community and OPD Partnerships - Maintain respectful working relationships with OPDs, youth-led groups, families or caregivers where appropriate, and community partners. - Coordinate partner orientation, role clarity, feedback, issue resolution and follow-up related to outreach and participant support. - Strengthen OPD capacity in inclusive facilitation, safeguarding, gender-responsive engagement, ethical storytelling and basic programme documentation. - Ensure community feedback and concerns inform programme decisions and are closed through visible response loops. Youth Voice, Stories and Learning - Coordinate ethical identification and collection of stories of change, ensuring informed consent, accessible participation and protection from harm or exploitation. - Support youth speakers, advocates and advisory members to prepare for conference, policy, media and governance engagements. - Work with MEL and Communications colleagues to gather qualitative evidence without compromising confidentiality or participant ownership. - Contribute to participation, gender, safeguarding and community-engagement reports and learning reviews. Education and Professional Qualifications - Master’s degree in Gender and Development, Community Development, Youth Development, Disability Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Public Health, International Development or a related field. - Recognised training in safeguarding, protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, gender equality, psychosocial first aid, case referral or disability inclusion is required or must be obtained upon appointment. - Training in accessible facilitation, reasonable accommodation, participatory methods or qualitative research is desirable. Required Experience - 8–10 years of progressive experience in youth, gender, disability inclusion, community engagement, safeguarding or rights-based programmes. - Demonstrated experience engaging young persons with disabilities, OPDs and community partners in programme design and delivery. - Experience as a safeguarding focal point or in implementing safeguarding systems, confidential reporting and referral processes. - Strong experience in gender-responsive programming and addressing intersectional barriers affecting young women with disabilities. - Experience coordinating accessible training, events, travel or digital participation across multiple locations. - Experience with ethical storytelling, informed consent, qualitative data collection or youth advisory mechanisms is desirable. ### How to Apply Interested candidates should submit their cover letter, detailed CV, expected salary, and proof of similar work completed to: careers@inable.org Application Deadline: 13th October, 2026 Note: Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Early applications are encouraged. ## Requirements Apply by email: careers@inable.org ## Apply Use the canonical Prime Job Alerts page for full application instructions and source verification.