Key Responsibilities
Strategic oversight:
Programme Strategy: Coordinate technical advice from partner and programme experts and provide strategic direction and guidance to the programme and its partners at regional, national and sub-national level.
Innovation, nexus thinking and systems transformation lens: Foster an environment in which innovation, empowering others, and working politically and holistically are highly valued.
Networking and Relation Management: build and maintain relationships with programme stakeholders, including ministries, local government authorities, private sector, civil society and partners.
Knowledge development: fostering an environment of critical reflection and learning, leading to knowledge development, documentation of learnings and active exchange on what does (not) work. This happens in close collaboration with the Strategic Partnership Knowledge & Learning Advisor, partners, and the donor.
Monitoring and Evaluation:ensure high quality M&E data is being used within the programme to steer programme strategies, stimulate the application of innovative M&E approaches that enable the programme to gain insights into relevant trends, opportunities and challenges in the context, as well as understand how the programme is contributing to (potential) changes in system dynamics; work closely with the senior MEL Lead and the MEL officer, as well as the Strategic Partnership MEL Advisor; account and report to SNV, donor, and clients on programme performance via the Strategic Partnership Programme.
Operational oversight:
Human and Financial Resources: Provide steering to the Associate Operations Manager to ensure efficient management of human and financial resources; ensure effective coordination of programme activities with programme teams.
Operational Support: With the Associate Operations Manager, provide operational guidance and support to programme activities, including developing work plans, budgets, and a competency table within financial responsibilities and mandates.
Qualifications
Minimum requirements:
Bachelor's degree in agriculture, Animal production, Rural Development, Program Planning and Management, Agribusiness, Environmental Sciences and other relevant qualification.
Ten (10) years relevant experience in Program management, extension and community development work.
Experience in managing regenerative agriculture, Productive Use of Renewable Energy and/or MSME business development will be desirable.
Preferred Requirements:
Master's degree in a relevant field.
Minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible work experience[1] in managing and implementing multi-faceted, donor-funded development programmes (i.e., experience that demonstrates growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.
Relevant work experience, background and domain understanding of renewable energy and/or agricultural value chains.
Experience in connecting conceptual approaches and narratives with on the ground realities.
Visionary and able to strategically inspire and energise programme teams.
Demonstratable experience in ability to take risks, fail forward, and think on one's feet (agile management) while maintaining an eye on the bigger picture.
Places strong value on critical reflection and learning, and the role that data plays in adaptive management.
Excellent social, networking and facilitation skills, ability to engage with the private sector, civil society and governments.
Experience working in East Africa, preferably in Kenya. A deep understanding of the local context, cultural nuances, and development challenges would be a plus.
Excellent communication in English (written and oral), reporting and presentation skills.
Willingness to travel to all programme locations in Kenya.