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.
