Job Description
Organization Background
The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) is a social impact organization operating in
the climate space, committed to supporting micro and small enterprises and driven by
innovation. The KCIC provides incubation, capacity-building services, and financing to
Kenyan entrepreneurs and new ventures that are developing innovative solutions in
renewable energy and energy efficiency, water management, agribusiness, waste
management, and commercial forestry in a bid to address climate change challenges.
KCIC is currently implementing several long term programmes including GreenBiz
supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). The GreenBiz
programme focuses on increasing commercialisation and scaling up of climate-smart
innovations. These innovations are to create decent jobs, increase access to low carbon
energy sources, increase community and household resilience to climate change as well
as contribute to other environmental and social benefits. GreenBiz targets climate smart
businesses with climate smart innovations as its primary clients on five thematic areas
namely renewable energy, agribusiness, water management, waste management, and
commercial forestry. These clients must have developed a prototype and are within KCIC’s
five thematic areas of focus.
KCIC is recruiting two (2) Business Analysts to be based in Nairobi.
Job Summary
The Business Analyst is responsible for supporting entrepreneurs (KCIC clients) to be become
bankable or investor ready by providing client tailored technical assistance and support to
Start-ups, SMEs and Community Based Organizations through business advisory services,
organizing business trainings, coaching clients and linking clients to financiers, markets and
relevant resources.
Responsibilities
• Provide business advisory and financial analysis support to clients to support climate
technology innovators;
• Analyze and evaluate programme requirements to ensure alignment of client’s strategy
and the prevailing economic and technological advances through conducting client
baseline/assessments;
• Nurture early-stage enterprises through market feasibility studies, product development,
customer acquisition and revenue generation support;
• Support portfolio clients through research support in their areas of operation knowledge
sharing and ensure collection of data for monitoring and evaluation purposes
• Prepare financial models for enterprises to foster growth and scale up of enterprises;
• Support portfolio clients to develop bankable business plans/ investment proposals/
Investment pitches;
• Analyze business needs for translation into technical requirements and
propose mentorship solutions to the identified business problems;
• Identify business training needs for clients and their eventual facilitating preparations;
• Identify suitable events to promote KCIC’S profile and generate client leads;
• Maintain and monitor work schedules for periodic reporting to achieve programme
objectives.
Qualifications
• Minimum of Bachelor’ s degree in business related courses.
• Professional qualifications in CPA, ACCA and CFA is desirable.
Experience
• Over 3 years’ experience in business development services, strategic or management
consulting, or in providing technical business assistance ideally working with startup,
early-stage entrepreneurs, Community Based Organizations, and Self Help `groups.
• Experience in the critical analysis of a business, investment plans and financial
statements;
• Experience working with the Climate Change sector is an added advantage;
Functional Skills
▪ Analytical and Problem-solving skills;
▪ Decisions making skills;
▪ Organization and planning skills;
▪ Time-management skills;
▪ Communication skills.
Behavioral Skills
▪Professionalism and Integrity;
▪Interpersonal skills;
▪Adaptability;
▪Creativity and Innovation;
▪Team player.