Inclusive Business Specialist Job at TechnoServe Kenya

Technical

• Help develop selection criteria for participating food processors
• Meet with and select food processors to participate in the program; recommend clients for continuation or cessation of program activities
• Oversee/lead the development of inclusive business plans and inclusive marketing plans, which will include: working closely with short-term value chain specialists; conducting interviews with food processors and other key stakeholders; reviewing data; and organizing/participating in field visits
• Oversee co-investment grants with a subset of selected processors

Program Coordination

• Serve as contact for clients for this initiative; coordinate with the AINFP team, who are the relationship “owners”
• Coordinate with the AINFP team and other TechnoServe programs and specialists to identify potential clients / select clients, and to execute program activities
• Help interview, select, and manage short-term value chain experts brought on to develop IBPs and optimize IMPs.

Program Quality and Impact

• Collaborate with Program Manager and AINFP team members to achieve program targets and objectives
• Assume ownership and accountability for high-quality programming
• Ensure quality controls for any grantee partners, in line with Technoserve policies and procedures

Program Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

• Regularly collect program data, in collaboration with the Program Manager and AINFP team
• Monitor program performance against targets, and work with Program Manager to develop action plans to overcome challenges
• Record learnings from program implementation, and collaborate with Program Manager to develop knowledge products to share these learnings

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Program Execution

• Strong understanding of market systems, agribusiness operations, and inclusive business models or inclusive marketing strategies (base-of-pyramid marketing strategies)
• Client focus. Understands client concerns/priorities, in order to guide technical assistance
• Effectively plans and prioritizes activities
• Committed to strong program performance
• Committed to compliance with organizational policies

Collaboration & Relationship Building

• Works cooperatively with team members to achieve common goals
• Builds trusted, productive relationships with staff, clients, and key stakeholders
• Uses sound judgment to escalate issues when necessary

Strategic and Innovative Thinking

• Builds strategic relationships to achieve program goals
• Seeks out opportunities to learn and actively applies new knowledge and skills
• Analytical; able to assess and diagnose challenges, and evaluate alternative courses of action to produce practical and effective solutions
• “How might we…?” mindset, striving for continuous improvement in program quality and impact

Effective Communication

• Able to tailor communication to different audiences and work at multiple levels
• Strong business writing skills; able to express self clearly and effectively through writing
• Clear speaker; able to convey ideas and information effectively through speaking

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in agribusiness, business, agriculture, or another relevant discipline
• 3+ years of professional experience in agribusiness, business, agriculture, or a related field
• Significant knowledge and understanding of the business and technical challenges of agro-processing in Kenya