Job Reference Number: EMUK1156-2
Job Type: International Development
Assistance/Emerging Markets
Schedule: Contract
Job Location: Kenya; Rwanda; Uganda
Job Summary
Cardno Emerging Markets UK Ltd are seeking 3 Country
Relationship Managers for an anticipated three year DFID/Nike Foundation funded
Assets to Adolescent Girls Initiative programme to be based in Nairobi, Kenya
designed to enhance the economic empowerment of adolescent girls in developing
countries. The Country Relationship Managers will be based in Kenya,
Uganda and Rwanda.
This is an important role whose primary objective shall be
to manage programme activities in country including the identification and
management of potential grantees, service providers, mentors and coaches.
In addition, other duties will include:
- Manage the technical assistance provided to entrepreneurs from local and international suppliers
- Liaise with technical service providers to ensure synergy and coordination of inputs into the programme as required within the structure of the programme
- Organize and manage the delivery of local events in country including launch events and diagnostic sessions
- Develop a pipeline of local incubation and innovation hubs and recruit a sufficient number of these to work with grantees
- Develop a pipeline of potential entrepreneurs and screen for fit within the project’s structure and objectives
- Assist the grant management team in performing due diligence for grantees and provide advice on their selection
- Manage the provision of support to grantees by undertaking diagnostic assessments and making recommendations of programme support needs of individual grantees to the Team Leader
- Monitor grantee implementation and performance on an ongoing basis, and identify additional grantee company needs which can be served through the programme
- Assist the M&E team in collecting ongoing monitoring and performance data from selected grantee organizations
- Organise and run events in country including investor education events
- Coordinate and facilitate grantee attendance to organized events in-country and in Nairobi
Key Responsibilities
The Country Relationship Managers should possess the following
background:
- Degree/Post Graduate Qualification in business or other relevant social science
- Expertise in SME Development and/or Social Enterprise Development including experience gained in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda.
- Experience of working to support the development of women and girls
- Demonstrable Relationship Management experience including at least 4 years' experience managing business to business relationships
- Proven experience of working successfully with stakeholders and beneficiaries at many levels
- Ideally experience of Experience of working on DFID funded programmes
- Ideally experience in undertaking research and knowledge management/dissemination
Cardno have vast experience of managing similar programmes and
were responsible for the implementation of the Value Girls Programme funded by
Nike Foundation and USAID.
