The State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs is recruiting 299 mentors and mentor supervisors for a 15-month programme targeting various locations across 10 counties.
The department is seeking to fill 280 mentor positions and 19 mentor supervisor positions, with successful applicants offered contracts that will not be renewable.
Applications are open to qualified candidates through the department’s website, socialprotection.go.ke, with the deadline set for November 17, 2026.
For the mentor positions, applicants must have attained at least a mean grade of C- in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or its equivalent.
A diploma in social work, education, psychology or a related field will be an added advantage.
Candidates should also have experience working with young people, vulnerable populations or poverty graduation programmes, alongside good interpersonal and communication skills.
The department requires applicants to demonstrate empathy, reliability and commitment, and to be positive role models with clean ethical records.
The 19 mentor supervisor positions require a bachelor’s degree in social sciences, education, psychology or a related discipline.
Applicants for these supervisory roles must have at least one year of experience in mentorship, youth programmes, community work or poverty graduation programmes.
Knowledge of safeguarding, gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is also required.
Experience working with diverse or vulnerable populations is another requirement.
The recruitment will cover 16 subcounties in Baringo, Turkana, Kisumu, Migori, Makueni, Murang’a, Taita Taveta, Marsabit, Wajir and Tana River counties.
Baringo’s Kolowa and Turkana’s Turkana North subcounties will each receive 28 mentors.
The same number of positions is allocated to Wajir East in Wajir county and Tana North in Tana River county.
In Kisumu county, 14 mentors will be recruited for Kisumu West and another 14 for Nyando.
Migori’s Nyatike and Kuria East subcounties will each have 14 positions.
Makueni county has 14 positions in Kibwezi and another 14 in Mbooni West, while Murang’a county will have 14 positions in Murang’a East and 14 in Murang’a South.
Taita Taveta county has 14 positions in Taveta and another 14 in Mwatate.
Marsabit county will have 14 positions in Saku and 14 in North Horr.
The 19 mentor supervisors will be selected from the same locations covered by the mentor recruitment.
Interested candidates are required to submit their applications online through the State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs website before the November 17 deadline.
Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to appear in person before the interview or recruitment panels.
