KickStart International Inc.
Vacant Position: Project Manager – Climate Resilience / Adaptation Innovations and Donor Funded Projects (DFPs)
Vacant Position: Project Manager – Climate Resilience / Adaptation Innovations and Donor Funded Projects (DFPs)
KickStart International prides itself
in being an award-winning, global nonprofit social enterprise that develops and
mass - markets low - cost irrigation solutions that are bought by thousands of
small - holder farmers in developing countries and used to increase their
income by up to a factor of ten, enabling them to lift themselves sustainably
out of poverty.
The designs/concepts should be
fundable based on lessons leant in the Innovation Hub and can be commercialized
and taken to scale.
The position will carry out detailed
statistical and conceptual analysis on the climate resilience/adaptation
solution and activities on various designs, findings, costing in different
settings.
The position is responsible for
generating the technical and narrative reports for Climate
Resilience/Adaptation Innovations and Donor Funded Projects (DFPs).
The position is responsible for
proactively highlighting the effectiveness of other innovations within Donor
Funded Projects (DFPs) especially on thematic areas which can quickly and cost
effectively be passed on to the Partnership and Sales function of KickStart.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: Country
Director –Kenya
Staff directly reporting to this post: Field Officers
Works with: Cross-functional teams (Product development, Innovations, Financial Services, Donor-funded Projects (DFPs) and other Senior Managers.
Nature and Scope:
Staff directly reporting to this post: Field Officers
Works with: Cross-functional teams (Product development, Innovations, Financial Services, Donor-funded Projects (DFPs) and other Senior Managers.
Nature and Scope:
The incumbent will be responsible but
not limited to:
- Take the lead in implementation of
Donor-funded Projects (DFPs) Innovations deliverables outside sales
numbers that enables wider range of smallholder farmers access MoneyMaker
Pumps
1.
Training the Field officers on the
various deliverables as per Donor agreement
2.
Keep a good tab on the progress made
in a timely manner by various KPIs
3.
Initiate partnership with whom
specific deliverables can be tested and studied.
- Model and implement field test concepts for
new and existing Climate Resilience/Adaptation product innovations and
activities. This may include but not limited to, Water Harvesting, Water
Catchments, Starter pump, Deep lift Solar pump, women & youth
engagement, among others
Key Areas of Accountability:
- Work with the Product Innovation Development
and Country Director to draw up concepts for Climate Resilience/Adaptation
and activities in the Innovations Hub.
- Develop different variations of the solutions
based on different geographies, culture and Agro Climatic Zones.
- Take lead in identifying suitable areas for
testing the solutions
- Identify Partners with whom field tests will
be conducted.
- Develop a training concept for artisans and
entrepreneurs who are interested in taking up the solution to a commercial
level and scale it up.
- Identify Partners who are promoting similar or
related solution and develop a working relationship that aims at scaling
up to their target farmers’ groups.
- Take the lead in tracking the Donor-funded
Projects (DFPs) progress on the ground
- Develop training concepts and materials for
the field officers based on different donor funded project need.
- Train the Field Officers on the delivery of
the training to the farmers, farmers groups and partners staff.
- Identify suitable partners through whom the
Donor-funded Projects (DFPs) dossier would be achieved and develop a
working relationship with the same.
- Keep tab on the progress of each deliverable
in the Donor-funded Projects (DFPs) dossier
- Maintain constant positive relationships with
the partners to enable project delivery over time while seeking for
opportunities for long term engagement.
- Contribute to the generation of concepts that
are fundable from the lessons leant from Donor-funded Projects (DFPs) and
other Innovations with critical innovative inputs that are attractive and
cost effective in the way they are implemented and the end user outreach
in numbers.
- Model and implement field tests concepts for
new innovations in Donor-funded Projects (DFPs). In the medium term the
new innovations will include but not limited to Water harvesting, Water
Catchments, Starter pump, deep lift solar pump, Women outreach and Youth.
- Ensure that each product innovation has
successfully been implemented, data collected, analyzed, lessons and
challenges documented and timely communicated to all the players in a
timely manner.
- Ensure that unforeseen outcomes/observations
from Climate Resilient/Adaptation Innovations and activities, and
Donor-funded Projects (DFPs) are immediately reported and either remedial/corrective
measures or adaption of the same is put in place.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Number of Climate Resilient/Adaptation
solutions generated
- Number of different variations of the
solutions designed
- Field tests results and realistic appraisal of
the solutions
- Partners engaged in the testing process
- Number of farmers trained as per Donor-funded
Projects (DFPs) Dossier
- Number of partners on board for each of
the Donor-funded Project (DFP) as per the dossier
- Regular donor reports as per donor agreement
- Analyzed statistical data on the findings
clearly showing all the different aspects of the field tests and pilot
tests at least every month.
- Critical detailed concept analysis report at
least once every 2 months.
- Number of new concepts developed as an
output of the lessons learnt and encountered challenges in the
Donor-funded Projects (DFPs)
- Quarterly reports generated and shared from
each innovation and geographies
Principle Accountabilities:
- Designing of the Climate Resilience/Adaptation
solutions and activities
- Setting up tests on various innovations in the
field
- Management of outputs of the Donor-funded
Projects (DFPs) in the field, ensuring the innovations aspects of the
project are undertaken.
- Training of the field officers on Donor-funded
Projects (DFPs) deliverables
- Documentation of all outputs from the
Donor-funded Projects (DFPs)
- Hosting of donors in respective projects
- Setting up of innovations field tests in the
respective sites and gaining acceptance by the farmers/communities where
testing is taking place
- Where necessary training the farmer/community
on what to observe and record
- Where the development of the solution requires
a partner, seeks out the right partner through who maximum results can be
attained
- Obtain licenses where necessary for
undertaking such an activity that may require such a document
- Piloting of the products after field tests
have been completed
Reporting:
- Monthly and quarterly Donor-funded Projects
(DFP) reports based on the Dossier agreement
- Monthly work plan per Donor-funded Project
(DFP)and Innovation
- Monthly output and recommendation report on
the findings, challenges, lessons leant and what need to be adjusted for
each innovations
- Historical cycle of the product progress
- Documentation of case studies and pictures
from Donor-funded Projects (DFPs) and Innovations
Qualifications and Experience
- Undergraduate degree required in a relevant
field. Relevant Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
- Strong background and experience in Project
Management.
- Excellent experience and proven skills in
Cross Sector team management with a high sense and level of
responsibility.
- Proven experience working in multi-donor
funded projects
- At least 7 years working experience at a
medium/senior level.
- At least 3 years driving experience
- Experience in team and Partner management
- Experience in training of field staff on
various operational project aspects and series of deliverables
- Experience in working with sales and marketing
teams of physical solutions and/or financial services targeted at poor
investors
Skills and Behaviour
- Excellent interpersonal and communications
skills – a complete team player.
- Exceptional planning, organizational, and
leadership capabilities.
- Strong analytical skills and computer skills
including Microsoft Excel, Ms Word and power point presentation.
- Ability to work in a dynamic and unstructured
environment
- Fluency in both English and Swahili
If you feel you are the right
candidate for this job, kindly email your one page Application Letter, together
with your CV (maximum of 3 pages) to hr@kickstart.org quoting the position
title on the subject line by COB 24th February, 2016
See www.KickStart.org for more
information
Looking for a job? Download the Kenyan Jobs app from Google Playstore and get the latest jobs and vacancies available in Kenya, go HERE>>>
