KCB Group Limited
Program Manager
IRC 2154
The Position: Reporting
to the Head of Program, the jobholder is responsible for Program management
(farmer mobilization, access to markets and access to finance), this include
leadership on capacity building for the producer organisations in the areas of
governance, business and financial literacy. Work planning and budget
management as well partnerships management.
Key Responsibilities
·
Manage program, in the areas of
extension services with specific goals on farmers mobilized, number of
trainings conducted, inputs mobilized, and sales achieved by producer
organizations. Access to markets efforts supporting aggregation center model as
well as mobile based access to finance initiatives.
·
Work plan and budget management. Use
of resources (human and assets) allocated to create and follow the planned
activities to achieve set targets. Creation and adherence to set budget without
overspends/underspends and on time re-alignment if need be.
·
Creation of periodic reporting and
support of impact surveys in the allocated region. Weekly updates, monthly and
quarterly quantitative trackers, as well as qualitative monitoring reports as
required by the donors.
·
Partners Management by maintaining
good relations with the program donor/funders and other stakeholders including
input providers, buyers, government officials, donor representatives, official
program visitors etc.
·
Support and contribute to all
initiatives that lead to new business for the program.
The Person
For the above position, the
successful applicant should have the following:
·
University Degree preferably in
Agriculture, Agribusiness, Economics, Business Administration or related
qualification.
·
Master’s Degree and/or Professional
qualifications in related field will be an added advantage.
·
Have at least 6 years’ working
experience, which should include:
·
At least 6 years’ experience in Donor
Funded Programs Management
·
At least 5 years’ experience in the
area of agricultural value chains and markets facilitation
·
At least 5 years’ experience in
working with smallholder producer organizations, co-operatives and sector / sub
sector to develop them.
·
At least 5 years’ experience in
project planning, management and monitoring.
·
Track record of building and managing
strong client and stakeholder relationships with producer groups, private
sector and governments.
·
Computer Literacy
·
Should have good Attention to detail
·
Should have good relationship
management skills
The above position has a demanding
role which the Bank will provide a competitive package for the successful
candidate.
If you believe you can clearly
demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your
application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration
level, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in
the subject field to recruitment@kcb.co.ke.
To
be considered your application must be received by 2nd December, 2016
