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Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Role Description
This is a full-time on-site role for a Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder based in Nairobi. The role involves overseeing finance, operations management, business planning, sales, and strategic planning on a day-to-day basis.
Location: Kenya (Remote & On-Ground Hybrid)
Sector: Tech | Holistic Wellness | Social Impact
About Conscious Kenya
Conscious Kenya is a wellness community & platform that connects individuals with holistic wellness practitioners, events, therapies & other resources. Our mission is to co-create a thriving conscious community & tech platform for wellness and conscious living.
We are seeking a visionary Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder to lead us into our next phase of growth and impact.
Role Summary
As CEO & Co-Founder, you will be responsible for steering the strategic direction, growth, and overall performance of Conscious Kenya. You will oversee day-to-day operations, drive business sustainability, scale the platform, and build strategic partnerships while ensuring alignment with our mission and values. This role demands a bold and values-aligned leader with a deep understanding of both holistic wellness and the dynamics of building and scaling tech-enabled platforms in emerging markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate the organization’s mission into actionable, measurable strategies.
- Strategic Leadership & Vision
- Set and implement long-term objectives aligned with conscious community building and platform scalability.
- Serve as the public face of the organization, representing Conscious Kenya in media, industry forums, and partner engagements.
Business Growth & Platform Development
- Identify and pursue growth opportunities, including partnerships with wellness practitioners, eco-conscious vendors, and NGOs.
- Oversee UX/UI, product innovation, and the introduction of new features or services that enhance platform engagement and user satisfaction.
- Leverage data and analytics to inform strategic decision-making and optimize user experience.
Operations & Organizational Development
- Oversee and continuously improve all operational systems, processes, and policies.
- Build and lead a high-performing cross-functional team, instilling a culture of collaboration, accountability, and agile execution.
- Lead conflict resolution strategies and nurture an inclusive, values-based culture.
Financial Strategy & Management
- Develop, manage, and monitor annual budgets to ensure financial sustainability.
- Oversee accounting and reporting processes in compliance with regulatory and audit requirements.
- Drive financial planning, scenario modeling, and risk assessment to guide strategic decision-making.
Fundraising & Resource Mobilization
- Design and implement fundraising strategies to secure grants, donor support, and strategic investment.
- Cultivate and manage relationships with donors, partners, investors, and other stakeholders.
- Position the organization for long-term funding sustainability through social enterprise models and revenue diversification.
Legal, Regulatory & Governance
- Ensure full compliance with all applicable laws, including employment law, data protection (e.g., GDPR), and IP regulations.
- Negotiate and manage contracts, partnerships, and licensing agreements.
- Report to the Board of Directors and ensure best-practice governance structures are maintained.
Qualifications & Experience
- Proven experience in a senior leadership or founder role within a startup, preferably in wellness, social enterprise, or digital platforms.
- Deep understanding of holistic wellness, conscious community building, and the socio-cultural context of Kenya.
- Demonstrated success in strategic planning, business development, financial oversight, and scaling mission-driven organizations.
- Strong track record in fundraising, partnership-building, and stakeholder engagement.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and people management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
- Previous experience in the wellness industry & track record of business growth and success
Preferred Attributes & Skills
- Passion for holistic wellness, sustainability, and community transformation.
- Visionary thinker with entrepreneurial grit and adaptability.
- Tech-savvy with experience in leading digital product teams and innovation cycles.
- Strong ethical grounding and commitment to conscious leadership.
- Experience working in or with donor-funded or hybrid non-profit ventures.
- Finance and Business Planning skills
- Operations Management skills
- Sales and Strategic Planning skills
- Experience in leading and managing teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
What We Offer
- A co-founder equity stake and leadership role in a purpose-led tech venture.
- A chance to shape the future of conscious living in Kenya and beyond.
- A flexible, impact-driven, and collaborative work culture.
Wellness Support Assistant Intern
Conscious Kenya is a wellness platform & community dedicated to providing easy access to high-quality wellness professionals, therapies, events, workshops, courses, retreats, and venues for personal development, holistic living, mental and physical well-being.
Role Description
The Wellness Support Assistant Intern will be responsible for providing communication and customer service support to therapists and wellness clients, assisting with health and wellness programs, and utilizing strong organization skills to help facilitate transformative wellness experiences.
- Are you passionate about consciousness and holistic wellness?
- Are you tech savvy?
- Are you friendly and love helping people thrive?
- Do you keep up to date with the latest trends and hacks on social media?
- Are you very organised, self-motivated/independent, creative and prompt?
- Have you experience in managing events, or clients, or a group of people successfully?
- Have you any experience in onboarding, client success, CRM, Customer Service, Sales, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Automation, and/or Digital Marketing?
The Wellness Support Assistant Intern will be the point of contact for all Conscious Kenya practitioners after they join the platform. Their core responsibility is to help practitioners become comfortable enough with the Conscious Kenya website to use it regularly as a tool to grow their practices. They will also help practitioners build and execute marketing & promotion strategies for the duration of their memberships.
Duties and responsibilities
Practitioner Onboarding
- Welcome practitioners on premium plans and walk them through the website via zoom.
- Support practitioners to complete their profiles & store set up within 2 weeks of joining.
- Help practitioners identify goals and how best the platform will work for them and their practice.
- Encourage practitioners to engage community members and share content regular onto the website by posting events, articles, offers, feed posts and taking ownership of groups & forums.
- Provide support to customers and routinely check on their satisfaction with the platform.
- Increase efficacy & effectiveness of onboarding processes through monthly analyses & reports.
- Update current practitioners sessions, categories, tags – and ongoing where necessary
Marketing Schedule Management
- Create marketing schedules for all practitioners in the first week of their memberships to promote their profiles and services by ensuring they complete profile set up in time.
- Ensure all information required from the practitioners is received in time and encourage practitioners to share content on the website and CK socials often, and tag CK in their posts
- Liaise with the marketing team to ensure all collected practitioner content is added to the marketing calendar and posted on time.
- Encourage practitioners to create groups and forums and take ownership to build strong communities around them and their work on the CK platform.
Client Support & Liaison
- Manage practitioner support tickets and communicate requests to relevant people to assist. • Manage all events submitted via the website by paid practitioners to ensure they are posted and shared on time.
- Help submit events where necessary
- Advise the rest of the team on how the onboarding and practitioner support systems and process can be improved.
- Any other relevant tasks and responsibilities aligned with client success.
Community & Events Manager
- Reply promptly to messages and comments on all social media channels (IG, FB, YT, WhatsApp, TikTok)
- Create automatic responses on all channels in case of a few hours delay
- Support with creating WhatsApp business portfolio, IG shop, etc
- General support when the marketing team requests
- TikTok management, with support, advice and approval from marketing
- Manage regular event schedule for practitioners at the Conscious Kenya Space
- Moderate the community groups and forums, encourage interaction, assign team leaders
Qualifications
- Good Communication and Customer Support skills
- Strong Organization Skills
- Empathy and compassion
- Ability to work effectively in a remote team setting
- Some knowledge or experience in holistic, wellness and conscious living is a plus
- A background in Psychology, Counseling or wellness related field is beneficial but not mandatory
Please send your resume and cover letter to hello@consciouskenya.com by Wednesday 26 April 2023 to apply.