Vacancy: Team Leader
The Organisation: Our client is a highly reputable global firm that offers bespoke management consulting support to leading organisations seeking to enhance business performance.
The Project: The organisation seeks to implement a donor funded 6 year programme, whose core objective is to provide Sustainable Urban Economic Development (SUED) in Small and Medium Towns (SMTs) in Kenya.
The program is anchored on three key pillars:
a) Improved urban economic planning at the County level: comprising demand-led technical assistance to both County governments/ Private Sector actors to maximise sustainable, private sector-led urban growth;
b) Improved sub-national business environment reforms to improve County-level investment climate constraints for private-sector led urban growth and develop pro-poor market development strategies;
c) Establishment of an Urban Investment Advisory Facility (UIAF) to support public-private investment in Infrastructure and high potential value chains.
The Positions: To successfully deliver on this programme, our client seeks to setup a high calibre Project Management Unit, where team members are best fit by position, with the right skills set and a balanced mix of local and international talent.
Team Leader
Ref: TLSUED01
Role Purpose: The Team Leader serves as the face of the programme, and provides the overall Managerial, Technical leadership and Project oversight to ensure successful delivery and generate impact.
Specifically, the team leader will develop strong relationships with government officials at the National and County level, implementing partners, private sector stakeholders among others.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership, guidance and mentorship to the overall programme team
- Develop relationships with key stakeholders to achieve programme impact
- Define detailed roles and responsibilities of the Project Management Unit.
- Develop and establish an effective communication strategy for the programme
- Develop annual action and implementation plans.
Desired Competencies and Experience
- A minimum of 8-10 years of experience leading and delivery large Urban Economic Development projects.
- A relevant Master’s degree such as urban development/economics.
- Proven experience managing large, multi-stakeholder projects preferably with DFID and other donor agencies.
- Demonstrated previous experience supervising teams and capacity building of partners.
- Excellent communications and people skills.
Application Procedure:
Interested candidates who meet the above requirements should submit their applications to include, a cover letter; and an up-to-date CV via email to: cvs@hpdafrica.com.
Please quote the job title and job code in the subject line.
The closing date for receiving applications is October 30th 2015.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.