Sports Manager at CFK Africa

Sports Manager at CFK Africa | Iko Kazi

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Sport-for-Development Programming & Kibera FCs

Set and drive the strategic direction of YDN's sport-for-development work, overseeing soccer and multi-sport leagues, coaching, and youth participation across slum communities, with a focus on inclusion of girls and young women.
Oversee CFK Africa's Kibera FCs — including team management, coaching standards, and competitive performance — building on the momentum of the 2025 women's national championship win and ensuring high standards of player welfare and safeguarding.

**The Slum Sports Digital Platform **

Lead the design, launch, and continuous improvement of the youth-named and youth-branded digital platform, delivering league coordination, verified athlete profiles, health-behavior messaging, education and economic linkages, and a parent/guardian support network. Partnerships & Resource Mobilization
Build and steward partnerships with sporting federations, clubs, scouts, schools, universities, and scholarship providers, negotiating placement and scholarship arrangements that connect verified athletes to opportunity.
Work with the YDN Director to develop compelling proposals and sustainability pathways — including sponsorship and platform-based models — that reduce long-term grant dependency.

**Team Leadership, Financial Management & Impact **

Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing, multidisciplinary team of program officers, coaches, coordinators, and volunteers.
Hold overall accountability for sports-for-development budgets and donor compliance, and work with the MEAL team to define indicators capturing participation, retention, health, education, and talent-progression outcomes.

**SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES **

**Required & Essential: **

A master's degree in a relevant field (e.g. sports management, development studies, public health, education, or social sciences); a bachelor's degree with exceptional relevant experience may be considered.
At least 7 years' progressive experience in sport for development, youth programming, or a related field, including significant senior leadership responsibility.
Demonstrated success leading, growing, or transforming a program, ideally in informal settlement or resource-constrained contexts.
Proven track record managing multi-donor budgets and delivering against ambitious targets in compliance with donor regulations.
Experience building partnerships with sporting, academic, or institutional stakeholders and mobilizing resources or winning funding.
Experience commissioning or managing a digital product or platform, or working closely with a technical delivery team.
Knowledge of Kenya's sporting ecosystem — federations, clubs, scouting, and scholarship pathways.