Capacity Building & Learning Lead Job in Kenya

Vacancy: Capacity Building & Learning Lead

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.
 

Capacity Building & Learning Lead (CBLL)

Ref: FLSUED01

Role Purpose: The CBL Lead will oversee all the development and delivery of the capacity development and learning programmes. 

This will include, Capacity development of county administrations, city councils, NGOs and CSOs who may be involved in the programme.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with county governments and work streams leads, conduct capacity assessment to identify capacity building needs


• Design and develop programmes to build the capacity of county authorities to improve their urban economic planning and business environment reforms management


• Establish repositories and of information, and establish knowledge management tools – establish channels of knowledge dissemination


• Oversee the delivery of the training, ensure quality training is delivered across the different areas of the programme.

Desired Competencies and Experience

• Master’s Degree in Economics, International Development, International Business Administration, Education, Psychology or other relevant fields


• Minimum 6 years of similar experience in programme based capacity building


• Demonstrated capabilities in institutional capacity development, and experience in working effectively with county governments.


• Demonstrated capabilities in methodologies appropriate to complex change processes and capacity development.


• Proven ability to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse partners and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.


• Excellent communication skills in English.

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.