Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 14, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Specification: Learning Manager, Managing Consultant
Position: Managing Consultant
Team: Inclusive Growth & Resilience with a focus on private sector development (PSD)
Purpose: To support the growth of the Triple Line Kenya office and to deliver technical MEL services on exciting PSD programmes across the country and region
Contract: Full – Time Employment with IPE Global Africa (trading as Triple Line Consulting)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Remuneration: Competitive, benchmarked to the market
Start Date: ASAP
Deadline: Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis

About Triple Line 
For over 20 years, Triple Line has worked with governments, financial institutions, the private sector, foundations, and civil society to deliver an expanding portfolio of development assistance in countries across Africa, Asia, and the rest of the world.
Climate change, loss of biodiversity, growing poverty, entrenched inequality, unemployment, access to decent work, shifting demographics – these are just some of the complex problems standing in the way of the global sustainable development goals. We are helping to address many of them at both a policy level and on the ground. By combining innovative thinking with practical solutions, we aim to help meet today’s challenges and prepare for tomorrow’s opportunities.
Our ultimate goal is to create opportunities for people, protect the environment, and generate prosperity in responsible ways that create lasting value, unleash innovation, and build inclusion and equity. For more information on our office locations and an introduction to our team please see our website www.tripleline.com/locations.

About the role
The initial focus of this position (~60%) is to join the Triple Line team providing Learning support to a large multinational Foundation and their delivery partners in Kenya working on employment creation, financial inclusion, MSME development and agricultural programmes. The Learning Manager will have primary responsibility for learning and knowledge management, including supporting & facilitating partner learning, generating portfolio level insights, leading on thematic reviews and the annual impact report.
In addition to this exciting client-facing delivery role you will also be a valuable team member of the growing Triple Line team in Kenya, and the Inclusive Growth & Resilience technical team that spans all offices. As a member of the private sector development (PSD) team working on a variety of research, evaluation, and advisory projects, we are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting the role of the private sector and markets in creating jobs, increasing incomes, and providing critical goods and services to poor and disadvantaged people in the developing world.
You will join a team of committed international development specialists delivering consultancy services and proposals for a diverse range of projects and clients. For more information on our work in the region please see www.tripleline.com/insights.

Responsibilities
Project Delivery & Technical Input
The candidates primary responsibility (~60%) for at least the first 12 months will be as the Learning Manager on the recently initiated monitoring and evaluation project based in Nairobi, moving onto other projects within the Private Sector Development field in future.
In this position we would expect the following tasks and activities:
• Overseeing the learning and knowledge management activities of the programme. This includes developing an overarching learning and research agenda, working with fund partners to support and facilitate their learning and insight generation, and capturing and collating these insights;
• Creating an influencing strategy that ensures that knowledge generated by the portfolio reaches key stakeholders, including working with the funder within an adaptive management framework. Support the dissemination and uptake of insights generated through clearly written reports, case studies and presentations to clients and other stakeholders;
• Participating in thematic reviews, learning papers and the annual impact report by providing insights from the portfolio, engaging with partners and beneficiaries (including through surveys, focus groups and site visits), and managing a small research team as necessary;
• Support in the preparation, design and facilitation of client and partner workshops, capacity building and learning events – including the annual partner convening. This would include facilitating insight generation and sharing, and other stakeholder engagement;
• Involvement in a range of large evaluation, learning and research consultancies in the private sector development field, including methodology development, theory of change and results framework design, design and testing of data gathering tools, collection of qualitative data, and data synthesis analysis and reporting writing;
• Support the effective management of projects to ensure that they are delivered by the team on time, to budget and to required quality standard; and
• Maintain effective and professional working relationships with clients and other project stakeholders. 
Business Development
• Support business development by preparing capability statements, references, and drafting inputs for expressions of interest and technical and financial proposals, working closely with colleagues across the Triple Line group. 
• Proactively develop client relationships and look for opportunities for follow on work with existing clients.
• Contribute to increasing the visibility of Triple Line through attending conferences, networking, producing lesson learning materials and/or publications, and supporting Triple Line hosted events, etc. in order to promote the high quality of our services and expertise, develop reputation and attract new clients. 

Qualifications and Experience
Essential
• 5 - 7+ years’ experience in similar position
• Experience working within the development or humanitarian sector in Kenya
• Knowledge of standard MEL tools (e.g.: theory of change, results chains, indicator design), and demonstrated experience in working with MEL frameworks for projects/programmes.
• Experience in learning and insight generation as part of a MEL framework, and in collating data across projects to understand impact and learning more broadly
• A high degree of initiative and problem-solving skills, with the ability to plan, prioritise and manage workload effectively and independently.
• Excellent standard of written and spoken English, with demonstrated experience in producing high quality technical reports.
• A University degree in a relevant academic discipline
• Proficiency in the MS Office suite (e.g. MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Excel)
• Right to live and work in Kenya

Desirable
• Including 2+ years of MEL experience specifically related to private sector development i.e. employment creation, MSME development and/or agriculture.
• Experience of working with, or for, an international consultancy firm, and experience working in the east African region
• Experience in conducting evaluations of projects or programmes
• Working directly with partners to support learning and insight generation
• Experience in managing small teams
• Demonstrable experience of facilitating workshops and/or giving presentations.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant academic discipline
• Experience using presentation and facilitation tools to deliver remote learning
• Fluent in Swahili

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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Job application procedure
Interested candidates should submit an up-to-date CV and covering letter to Hannah.swan@tripleline.com referencing the title of the position in the subject line. The cover letter (max 2 pages) should include an explanation of how your experience and qualifications qualify you for this position, reference to availability, salary expectations, and any additional information related to your application that you would like us to consider.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The recruitment process will include two rounds of interviews, a practical written assessment or case study, and two reference checks.
Triple Line is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We have a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination within our recruitment process and actively encourage applications from a range of backgrounds.

GDPR Declaration
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