Junior Coordinator – Programme Operations

About the role

The Junior Coordinator provides day‑to‑day operational and administrative support to the KCC programme team delivering freight electrification and climate logistics initiatives across East Africa. This role ensures tasks stay on track, documentation is current, and partners are coordinated, allowing senior staff to focus on technical and strategic work.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain workplans, task trackers and milestone schedules for active projects.
• Track action items from meetings, chase outstanding items and flag risks or delays early.
• Manage shared inboxes, partner contact databases and draft routine external communications.
• Organise filing systems, produce documents and presentations to KCC standards, and take accurate meeting minutes.
• Support vendor sourcing, quote collection, purchase‑order preparation and expense reporting.
• Coordinate workshops, site visits, learning meet‑ups and other events.

Required profile

• Ability to thrive in a fast‑moving environment with frequent task switching.
• Strong individual ownership and proactive problem‑solving.
• Comfort with regular external engagement and occasional travel within East Africa.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines.

Required skills

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on impactful climate logistics projects across East Africa.
• Collaborative, lean team environment with exposure to international partners.