Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Kenya Private Sector Activity (KPSA) Chief of Party will provide overall strategic leadership, technical leadership, and oversight to the program, ensuring an integrated vision among different components and actors, and a focus on achieving program results. This individual must identify issues and risks related to program implementation in a timely manner and suggest appropriate adjustments. This individual must act as the key liaison with USAID/Kenya and all other counterparts, implementing partners and stakeholders involved with KPSA. The position requires significant coordination skills, broad general and technical knowledge, an ability to cope with multiple interests and challenges, experience in developing countries, and skills to ensure coherence and consistency in the face of urgent deadlines.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide overall responsibility for project management and implementation of project activities.
• Provide overall leadership to all project areas, especially experience accelerating private investment, agricultural firm growth, agricultural outgrowth schemes, and financial investment
• Manage project partners and project staff, ensuring that they are fully engaged and participating in program implementation.
• Serve as the main interface between the project, GoK ministries, United States Government (USG) entities, Palladium senior management, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee the project budget and finances, including budget projections, project spending, and financial performance reporting.
• Represent the project at relevant professional meetings, working groups, and seminars.
• Prepare, contribute to, and provide oversight of analyses, recommendations, briefing notes, white papers, assessments, workplans, and reporting materials for internal and client use. Ensure timely and high-quality submission of deliverables.
• Lead strategic development and support of programming in collaboration with USAID and key stakeholders;
• Serve as Palladium’s primary liaison with donor(s), and other partners including civil society, government, and other related programs and projects;
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with development partners such as government institutions, private sector, other programs in Kenya, civil society, and media;
• Communicate and implement an integrated vision among different components and actors;
• Comply with USAID and Palladium reporting requirements on program impact and implementation;

Required Qualifications:
• Extensive international work experience, particularly in Kenya and/or other countries in the region, implementing financial sector or private sector development programs with demonstrated strong management and coordinating skills
• Significant management experience, including direct supervision of professional and support staff and assembling teams working on multifaceted, complex international development programs.
• Experience with USAID and other USG funding agencies. Additional experience with other international donors preferred
• Extensive experience working in the financial sector, comfort with a wide range of financial instruments (debt, equity, blended finance), private sector investments in agriculture, out-grower schemes, and agricultural corporates in Kenya.
• Extensive experience facilitating investments and mobilizing inclusive agricultural finance through blended and supply chain financing mechanisms.
• Proven track record liaising with investors, financial institutions, SMEs, government, USAID, and other key project stakeholders
• Microsoft office suite proficiency and the ability to operate spreadsheet and word-processing programs at a highly proficient level
• Proactive problem-solving, decision-making and good judgment skills; attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively with managers, colleagues, and clients
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English is required
• Kenyan and EAC nationals are encouraged to apply. Prior work experience in Kenya or the region required.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Palladium International on palladium.csod.com  to apply


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