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Project Manager – Policy and Financial Market Infrastructure

Project Manager – Policy and Financial Market Infrastructure

Job summary:

The Project Manager will be responsible for executing the operational elements of the policy and infrastructure project and support the successful completion and implementation of the project’s listed objectives and deliverables.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 07/10/2022

Grow your Career in International Development

Grow your Career in International Development

Job summary:

Are you a recent graduate with a background in Economics, International Development, Political Science, Environmental Science or a business-related discipline and describe yourself as entrepreneurial, analytical, a problem solver, inquisitive and someone able to work in a multi-cultural environment?

If this describes you, click this link to apply

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 30/09/2022

Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Job summary:

The COO is responsible for driving all aspects of FSD Kenya’s operations to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency with which FSD is able to deliver on its goals; ensuring that FSD’s operations enable it to achieve its mission. In addition, the job holder will lead efforts to develop FSD’s operations, aligning resource use, business processes and use of technology with the evolving needs of FSD.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 30/09/2022

Senior Agriculture Finance Specialist

Senior Agriculture Finance Specialist

Job summary:

The Senior agriculture finance specialist is responsible for leading the Agriculture and processing project, providing superior technical input leading to the development and implementation of interventions and tasks with significant contribution to other FSD projects with focus on Trade, Green finance and Health.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 30/09/2022

Manager, Business Enabling Environment

Manager, Business Enabling Environment

Job summary:

Gatsby Africa’s Approach to sector transformation underscores that an enabling environment is a crucial sector condition for inclusive, sustainable, and competitive market systems. The Manager, Business Enabling Environment will be responsible for working within Gatsby Africa, the project consortium, Government of Kenya ministries and state agencies, sector associations, investors and communities to review policy, regulatory and standards gaps and facilitate the development of inclusive regulatory solutions that incentivize investment into sustainable commercial forestry.

This is a challenging and exciting role that requires an individual who is an analytical thinker with excellent planning and management abilities, can quickly grasp complex problems, an effective communicator and capable team member who can work effectively in a high delivery environment.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 05/09/2022

Recruitment Intern

Recruitment Intern

Job summary:

Cedar Africa Group is a fast-growing advisory and training firm that that seeks a personable and highly motivated Recruitment Intern to play a critical role in providing support in the execution of recruitment services for a period of 6 months.

If you’re ready to kick-start your career in Human Resources and build real-world experience with recruiting, employee development, and the coordination of HR policies and procedures, this is the opportunity for you.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 05/08/2022

Monitoring and Evaluation Research Specialist

Monitoring and Evaluation Research Specialist

Job summary:

The M&E Research Specialist is part of a small team that oversees the development and delivery of GA’s portfolio of programmes across East Africa. He/she will support GA’s cadre of Programme Directors (PDs) and their teams in developing plans for and conducting high-quality socio-economic research.

The M&E Research Specialist will be an integral member of the Portfolio Office team, assuring programmes are gathering the data that they need to evaluate options for where and how to intervene, to assess and demonstrate progress, to learn from what is or isn’t working.
This role may be asked to fulfil other tasks of the Portfolio Office as and when needed.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 29/07/2022

ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Manager

ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Manager

Job summary:

Reporting functionally to the Head of ESG in Stockholm, Sweden, with day-to-day contacts with the ESG team in Stockholm and oversight from the Head of Nairobi Office, the ESG Manager will be part of Swedfund’s ESG Team. The role’s responsibilities include integrating ESG considerations into our investment process. You will be involved in ESG analysis of new potential investments, monitoring our current portfolio companies’ ESG performance, assisting them develop ESG management systems and value creation activities, and contributing to Swedfund’s sustainability framework, tools, and reporting.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 26/07/2022

Programme Advisor

Programme Advisor

Job summary:

The Thematic Advisor will engage with the learning team to ensure that thematic areas implemented within programmes are aligned to GA’s wider approach to these themes. They will also seek to capture lessons internally from good practice that can help to evolve an evidence base of how we apply these themes in practice to our work.

As an integral member of the Portfolio team, he/ she will also have the opportunity to contribute to other areas of the team that is supporting the delivery of GA’s portfolio of programmes.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 10/04/2022

Thematic Advisor

Thematic Advisor

Job summary:

The Thematic Advisor will engage with the learning team to ensure that thematic areas implemented within programmes are aligned to GA’s wider approach to these themes. They will also seek to capture lessons internally from good practice that can
help to evolve an evidence base of how we apply these themes in practice to our work.

As an integral member of the Portfolio team, he/ she will also have the opportunity to contribute to other areas of the team that is supporting the delivery of GA’s portfolio of programmes

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 10/04/2022

Partnerships Manager

Job summary:

This role will need to be able to rapidly assimilate an understanding of the different sector programmes, their strategies and their funding needs/funding opportunities in order to be both credible and effective with external partners. They will need to collaborate well at all levels of the organisation, bringing opportunities for funding to programmes and providing valuable insights as to what would be required to bring in these funds, both in terms of what would need to be covered in any proposal as well as how we would need to work to deliver what is required by the funder in question.

The Partnerships Manager will need critical thinking skills and the ability to carefully manage external relationships, with excellent communications capabilities and attention to detail.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 10/04/2022

Senior Industry Program Manager: Textiles and Apparel – Tanzania

Senior Industry Program Manager: Textiles and Apparel – Tanzania

Job summary:

The ideal candidate will bring a set of senior level networks within the policy, development or wider commercial sector within Tanzania or in an East African context. They will have excellent strategic and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly identify opportunities and risks from different courses of action.

This role is on a permanent basis employment role. The incumbent may be initially based in Nairobi with significant travel to Tanzania and regionally

Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Application deadline: 10/04/2022

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