County Business Environment Reform Lead Job in Kenya

Vacancy: County Business Environment Reform 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.
 

County Business Environment Reform Lead

Ref: ELSUED03
 

Role Purpose: The County Business Environment Reform expert will provide leadership in the design,
development and implementation of high potential business environment programmes in the counties. 

The role will require a good understanding of the business environment in counties in order to design appropriate interventions to unleash the potential of business environment in the counties.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the National and County governments, review the business environment in the counties and provide leadership in the development of strategies for sustainable pro-poor and rural-focused growth.


• Develop a county business environment scorecard that benchmarks the county’s economic governance.


• Working with the selected counties, identify process to simplify and make effective procedures for businesses including registration, licensing, permits, etc. depending on the needs of the counties.


• Facilitate business entry and operations by identifying and developing interventions to improve quality of business regulations and potential impact on market competition.


• Identify ways to strengthen the enterprise sector’s capability to export to other counties, regional and global markets.


• Identify and define a suitable investments-promotion model taking into consideration the national and county regulations and dispute resolution mechanism.


• Identify ways to facilitate trade within the counties as well as linkages between counties and national governments as well as identify private sector problems and practical solutions.

Desired Competencies and Experience

• A graduate degree in Economics, Public policy, Business administration or other relevant field.


• At least 8 years of experience in Business development, 3 of which must be in Kenya


• Knowledge and experience of DFID, USAID or World Bank Group approaches to business enabling environment and investment climate reform.


• Excellent English and Kiswahili communication skills.

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.