New Investment Program Jobs in Kenya

Abt

Associates in Kenya is actively recruiting qualified professionals for a new

investment program aimed to promote private sector growth for development

gains. 

The

program looks to identify small businesses (and larger when applicable) and

entrepreneurs to mobilize all forms of capital with technical assistance and

transaction advisory services – both by itself and in partnership with other

USAID programming – to seed enterprise growth at scale. 

Target

sectors of the program include: agriculture, clean energy, nutrition, WASH,

regional cross-border trade and other youth and gender oriented

activities. 

Work

is expected to begin December 2016. 

Abt

invites applications from experts and leaders across multiple

disciplines. 

Technical

areas of expertise are expected to include:

Agriculture

Value Chain Development –

demonstrated experience in inputs (seed and fertilizer), production and

agronomy, financing, post-harvest handling and storage, processing,

transport 

Enterprise Marketing –

demonstrated experience in commercial operations and marketing, market

linkages, agribusiness and business planning, facilitating regional and

international trade
 

Investment

and Financial Services –

demonstrated experience in working with financial institutions (banks, MFIs,

equity firms) to develop innovative financial products for the target sectors;

creating favorable policy and enabling environments for investment in target

sectors
 

Institutional

Development –

demonstrated experience in assessing organizational capacity using standard

tools and analyses, as well as designing and delivering tailored

capacity-building programs to SMEs, organizations, businesses and associations

in target sectors

Nutrition through Agriculture –

demonstrated experience in delivering improved nutritional outcomes through

agriculture value chains, designing nutrition-sensitive interventions, behavior

change communications, analytical methodologies for evaluating nutritional

outcomes, and creating favorable policies supporting improved nutrition

Gender and Youth in Agriculture –

demonstrated experience in mainstreaming gender and youth in the target sectors
 

Successful

candidates must have university degrees in agriculture, environmental

management, business administration, finance, law, economics, communications,

health and behavioral or social sciences; as well as a minimum of 8 years of

experience in implementing nationally relevant programs in agriculture for

government, private businesses or non-governmental organizations. 

Interested candidates may send a CV and cover letter to

abtkenya@abtassoc.com

Only

qualified candidates will be contacted.