Kenya Private
Sector Alliance (KEPSA) is the voice of Kenya’s private sector and the apex
business organization.
KEPSA is a
member-centric organization with corporate and business organization members,
and has positioned itself as the premier convenor of public-private sector
dialogues in Kenya.
To this end,
KEPSA is now searching for exceptional individuals with the right competencies
and strong leadership qualities to enable it deliver on its mandate.
Job Title: Policy Research & Analysis Officer
(Sectoral Policies)
Reports to:
Manager, Research & Policy Analysis
Job Summary:
Is responsible for sector based policy research and analysis
Key
Responsibilities
·
Undertakes
initial policy research, analysis, and advocacy outputs including policy
briefs, policy papers, special studies, board and management presentations, and
all of the content for public private dialogues.
·
Undertakes research
and surveys that provide data and information required for the periodic
business & market intelligence reports, and economic & market surveys.
·
Collects and
collates primary and secondary data and information from public and privates
sector providers.
Candidate
Qualities
The
successful candidate will have:
·
Ability to
produce high quality written outputs in a timely manner
·
Excellent
writing, analytical, and presentation skills
·
Excellent
organizational and coordination skills
·
Excellent
inter-personal and relationship skills
·
Ability to
engage with and maintain excellent relationships with providers of data and
information
We are
looking for a candidate who holds a master’s degree in business, economic,
public policy, or any other related discipline with at least 5 years of
experience since attaining the bachelor’s degree.
The
candidates should also have worked in the private sector, public sector,
business organization or international organizations in public policy analysis
and research positions for at least 2 years.
Job Title: Trade & Investment Officer
Reports to:
Manager, Public Private Dialogue
Job Summary: Is responsible for all
trade & investment related activities
Key
Responsibilities
·
Is lead
researcher & analyst on trade & investment related issues
·
Organizes all
trade & investment related activities and events between members and
international delegations
·
Follows up on
actions agreed on following trade & investment activities and events
·
Is the key
liaison and protocol/events coordinator for KEPSA in trade & investment
related activities.
·
Help build,
track and maintain trade and investments regulatory watch lists.
·
Responsible
for coordination of trade and investment sector board in KEPSA
Candidate
Qualities
The
successful candidate will have:
·
Ability to
coordinate well organized events and activities
·
Good writing,
analytical and presentation skills
·
Good
inter-personal and relationship management skills.
·
Ability to
develop and manage KEPSA’s trade & investment activities
We are
looking for a candidate who holds a masters’ degree in business, economic,
public policy, or any other related discipline with at least 5 years of
experience since attaining the bachelor’s degree.
The
candidates should also have at least 3 years of direct experience in trade and
investment related positions in the private sector, public sector, business
organization or international organizations.
Job Title: Public Private Dialogue Officer (Sector
Boards)
Reports to:
Manager, Public Private Dialogue
Job Summary: Is responsible for
organization of all public private dialogue between sector boards and national
government ministries.
Key
Responsibilities
·
Organizes all
public private dialogue activities and events between sector boards and
national governments
·
Follows up on
all public private dialogue publications and outputs from the sector boards
·
Is initial
liaison between sector boards and national government.
·
Is the
protocol and events coordinator for KEPSA in public private dialogues involving
sector boards.
·
Is secretary
to assigned sector boards, takes the minutes, provides content for the agenda,
and coordinates the sector board activities
Candidate
Qualities
The
successful candidate will have:
·
Ability to
coordinate well organized events and activities
·
Good writing,
analytical and presentation skills
·
Good
inter-personal and relationship management skills.
·
Ability to
develop and manage KEPSA’s project activities
We are
looking for a candidate who holds a master’s degree in business, economic,
public policy, or any other related discipline with at least 5 years of
experience since attaining a bachelor’s degree.
The
candidates should also have worked in the private sector, public sector,
business organization or international organizations in project management, business
management, or policy research positions for at least 2 years.
Job Title: Public Private Dialogue Officer (Counties)
Reports to:
Manager, Public Private Dialogue
Job Summary: Is responsible for
organization of all public private dialogues with devolved government.
Key
Responsibilities
·
Organizes all
public private dialogue activities and events with devolved governments
·
Follows up on
all public private dialogue publications and outputs
·
Is initial
liaison between KEPSA and devolved government institutions
·
Is the
protocol and events coordinator for KEPSA in public private dialogues with
devolved governments.
Candidate
Qualities
The
successful candidate will have:
·
Ability to
coordinate well organized events and activities
·
Good writing,
analytical and presentation skills
·
Good
inter-personal and relationship management skills.
We are
looking for a candidate who holds a master’s degree in business, economic,
public policy, or any other related discipline with at least 5 years of
experience since attaining a bachelor’s degree.
The
candidates should also have worked in the private sector, public sector,
business organization or international organizations in project management,
business management, or policy research positions for at least 2 years.
Job Title: Manager, Projects & Results Management
Reports to:
Chief Policy & Public Private Dialogue
Job Summary: Is the line manager
business strategy implementation, projects and results management.
Key
Responsibilities
·
Has
managerial responsibility for all projects, including project proposals,
project implementation, project monitoring & evaluation.
·
Is the lead
for the business strategy implementation process, including the Balanced
Scorecard implementation.
·
Has
managerial responsibility for results management, and in particular ensuring
business strategy KPIs that include the ease of doing business and
competitiveness indices are met.
·
Is the
provider of results to the Board and Management of KEPSA.
Candidate
Qualities
The
successful candidate will have:
·
Ability to
develop and manage KEPSA’s project activities
·
Ability to
ensure all current and future project are embedded within the business strategy
to enable internal coherence
·
Ability to
induct entire KEPSA team into the Balanced Scorecard and Hochin Karin strategy
implementation methodologies
·
Ability to
build a reliable internal monitoring and evaluation system for the business
strategy implementation
·
Ability to
produce high quality written outputs in a timely manner
·
Knowledge and
experience of project management tools
·
Excellent
writing, analytical, and presentation skills
·
Excellent
organizational and coordination skills
·
Excellent
inter-personal and relationship skills
We are
looking for a candidate who holds a master’s degree in business, economic, public
policy, or any other related discipline with at least 7 years of experience
since attaining the bachelor’s degree.
The
candidates should also have worked in the private sector, public sector,
business organization or international organizations in project management,
business management, or policy research positions for at least 3 years.
Job Title: Manager, Public Private Dialogue
Reports to:
Chief Policy & Public Private Dialogue
Job Summary: Is line manager for KEPSA’s
public private dialogue forums and events.
Key
Responsibilities
·
Has
managerial responsibility for all public private dialogue activities including
forums, events, and publications.
·
Is the
relationships manager and liaison between KEPSA and national and county
government institutions.
·
Is the
coordinator of all the sector boards, and liaison with members for all public
private dialogue activities
·
Is the
coordinator of all trade and investment activities and events
Candidate
Qualities
The
successful candidate will have:
·
Ability to
engage with and maintain excellent relationships with all levels of
counterparts in the national and county government institutions, as well as
development partners and members.
·
Ability to
plan and execute well organized events and activities
·
Ability to
deliver high quality publications and other materials for public private
dialogues in a timely manner.
·
Excellent
writing, analytical, and presentation skills
·
Excellent
organizational and coordination skills
·
Excellent
inter-personal and relationship skills
·
Sound
knowledge of protocol and event management
We are
looking for a candidate who holds a master’s degree in business, economic,
public policy, or any other related discipline with at least 7 years of
experience since attaining the bachelor’s degree.
The candidates
should also have worked in the private sector, public sector, business
organization or international organizations in public policy analysis and
research positions for at least 3 years.
Job Title: Chief, Policy & Public Private Dialogue
Reports to:
CEO
Job Summary: Is anchor for KEPSA’s
thought leadership on policy issues providing intellectual and advocacy
leadership to policy & advocacy team and public-private dialogue.
Key
Responsibilities:
·
Is the team
leader for policy research, analysis, and advocacy in KEPSA under the National
Business Agenda (NBA).
·
Provides
intellectual and coordination leadership for all the policy team’s outputs that
will include policy briefs, policy papers, special studies, board and
management presentations, and all of the materials for public private
dialogues.
·
Anchors the
public-private dialogues at national and county levels, and is the public face
of KEPSA’s policy advocacy.
·
Provides
intellectual leadership and quality control in the provision of business
information services that will include periodic business & market
intelligence reports, and economic & market surveys.
·
Provides
internal coordination of all policy process between the secretariat, sector
boards, and business member organizations (BMOs).
·
Provides oversight
and leadership to all KEPSA’s project activities
·
Is the key
owner of the business strategy KPIs and ensuring the ease of doing business and
competitiveness indices are met.
Candidate
Qualities
The
successful candidate will have:
·
Ability to
provide thought leadership for complex public policy issues affecting the
business environment and propose practical strategies and solutions to these
issues.
·
Solid
strategic and leadership abilities, confident and capable of providing
intellectual and management leadership to the public-private dialogues, the
policy & advocacy team, the projects team, and relationships with internal
and external partners.
·
Ability to
engage with and maintain excellent relationships with top researchers,
analysts, and public intellectuals in Kenya and elsewhere.
·
Proven
capabilities in coordinating and delivering high quality and timely outputs
under tight schedules and pressure.
·
Excellent
analytical, writing, and presentation skills
·
Knowledge of
how the private sector works and business climate in Kenya
·
Knowledge of
Kenya’s political economy and policy and regulatory processes in the public
sector
·
Familiarity
with regional and global business and regulatory environment
·
Evidence of
ability to interact, relate to, work with, and support the CEO, KEPSA Staff,
the Board, Sector Boards, and other internal and external partners.
We are
looking for a candidate who holds a master’s degree or Phd in business,
economics, public policy, or any other related discipline with at least 10 or
more years of experience since attaining the bachelor’s degree.
The
candidates should also have worked in the private sector, public sector,
business organization or international organizations in public policy analysis
and research positions for at least 5 years.
How to Apply
All
applications including a detailed CV and telephone contact of 3 referees should
be sent to recruitment@kepsa.or.ke with the position applied for as the
subject.
Applications
must be submitted by 12th August, 2014.
Only
shortlisted applicants will be contacted.