NGO Portfolio Managers Jobs in Kenya

A leading International Development

organization is looking for Portfolio Managers. 
 

Main Objective: Application of integrated approach to international

economic development that capitalizes on our company’s 90 years as a leading

farm-to-market agribusiness. 
 

Description of Role: We use our practical experience and in-depth

knowledge to facilitate market-driven business solutions that generate economic

growth, improve health and nutrition, and alleviate poverty.  

For more than 3 decades, we have

implemented programs in several countries, facilitating targeted technical

expertise and impact investments that empower local communities to build

sustainable and competitive enterprises. 

One of these is the USAID funded

whose overarching goal is to harness innovations for cutting-edge results

through private sector-oriented strategies to generate significant measurable

increases in household income and/or nutrition.
 

KIE is a venture capital-like

mechanism by which innovations that support food security and nutrition are

proactively sought, incubated and scaled up for widespread impact, particularly

across target populations within Feed the Future (FTF) focus regions in

Kenya. 

KIE supports innovators with grant

funding and technical assistance to grow their businesses. 
 

The Position of a Portfolio Manager

will provide on-going support to a portfolio of 5 – 10 food security

innovations, serving as the innovators’ main point of contact and mobilizing

the various support services KIE provides. 

The Portfolio Manager will take a

lead on identifying innovation scale and co-investing opportunities. 

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in a related field or
  
  Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of related experience.


• 5 years private sector experience (preferred)
  
  in agricultural investing, banking or consulting experience.


• Demonstrated experience and success in
  
  supervising, coaching and developing private sector businesses.


• Demonstrated awareness and knowledge of the
  
  local and regional economic and business climate as well as the Kenyan
  
  agricultural innovation and agribusiness landscape will be distinctly
  
  advantageous.


• Ability to coordinate, collaborate, negotiate
  
  and foster strategic partnerships with private sector firms, host
  
  government officials, NGOs, sub-grantees in implementing project
  
  activities.


• Ability to summarize complex quantitative
  
  information from multiple sources and combine it with text to explain the
  
  underlying reality as clearly and unambiguously as possible.


• Capacity to turn out high quality written work
  
  under tight deadlines.


• Strong inter-personal skills, self-motivated
  
  and result-driven, with ability to effectively build and manage networks
  
  and relationships for program promotion and issues resolution.


• Highly developed conceptual, analytical and
  
  innovative problem-solving ability. Preferred


• Demonstrated track record in initiating new
  
  and innovative approaches.


• Experience in designing, implementing, and
  
  administering USG performance-based grants.


• USAID project experience Location: Nairobi
  
  with frequent travel to the field.

Salary will be negotiated depending

on experience and expertise on the field of over 5 years. 
 

Kindly send your application with a

short written testimonial of your greatest achievement (at Most Half a page)

and expected salary to recruitment@peopleandstrategy.co.ke
 

Note that only shortlisted candidates

will be contacted. 

The candidate will be based in

Nairobi with frequent travel.