Urban Infrastructure Investment Lead Job in Kenya

Vacancy: Urban Infrastructure Investment 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.
 

Urban Infrastructure Investment Lead

Ref: ELSUED04
 

Role Purpose: The key role of the Urban Infrastructure Investments Facility Manager is to design,
develop and establish a sustainable Urban Investment Advisory Facility (UIAF) funded by DFID. 

The facility will have a two-fold investments objective: 

(i) support public-private investment in climate resilient urban infrastructure and 

(ii) support high potential value chains in the Counties. 

The facility will be demand-led, receiving requests from both public and private sector actors seeking investment opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the implementation of the UIAF, working with and coordinating the inputs of public and private finance and the various experts in the PMU


• Provide leadership on the overall technical direction of the project and serve as the main liaison with participating public and private stakeholders and DFID to ensuring buy-in and smooth project implementation


• Work closely with the value chains and infrastructure development leads in project preparation to ensure the bankability of the projects with quantifiable pro-poor impact in the identified Small and Medium Towns (SMTs).


• Manage the end-to-end process, including designing, proposing, obtaining approval for, tendering, and supervising the disbursement of funds for all UIAF projects


• Manage the UIAF operations including but not limited to the finance, donor relations, communications and visibility, reporting etc


• Contribute to the PMU’s knowledge management/development leveraging learnings from UIAF.

Desired Competencies and Experience

• A Master degree in Economics, MBA or in a related business discipline.


• At least 8 years of working experience in a similar environment


• Management or strategy consulting experience, a good understanding of private equity and/or experience of private sector oriented development program design.


• Strong analytical skills, including quantitative, results oriented with proven track record


• Proven ability to create buy-in and build consensus among colleagues and stakeholders


• Knowledge and experience of DFID, USAID or World Bank Group approaches to investments facilities management.

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.