Job Description
The Project Manager will supervise and guide the project and will be based in Nairobi with extensive travel. She/he will have the following responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
Project Management
- Organizing and managing the ICSIAPL project support processes.
- Coordinating, supervising ICSIAPL staff and facilitating smooth delivery of the project by consortium partners.
- Oversight for the project team including required performance management.
- Project finance management, regular monitoring and preparing accountability reports to the donor.
- Oversee the implementation of the communication, and marketing strategy.
- Identify local public and private knowledge and training providers to explore their potential contribution to the ICSIAPL project.
- Oversee development and implementation of systems for project monitoring and evaluation of impact.
- Oversee knowledge development agenda which will include – reviewing ICSIAPL Theory of Change, results framework and annual work plans, design and quality assurance of the M&E framework, and design/quality assurance of a framework for documentation of interventions around innovations facilitated by the project.
Partnership management
- Account manager for the strategic partnerships: consortium partnership and partnerships with three County Governments.
- Consolidating and managing identified portfolio of project partners in line with set agreements.
- Identifying partnership/ collaboration opportunities supporting ICSIAPL supply chains and market development and developing partnerships with relevant private sector and other organizations that are relevant stakeholders for implementation.
- Representing the project and its partners in engagement with relevant stakeholders at county and national level on fodder/forage value chain, landscape, and related policy engagement.
Oversee delivery of Project work packages:
Supported by County and Technical Advisors:
- Oversee county level implementation by the ICSIAPL consortium partners and assigned service providers, of agreed work plans with value chain partners - livestock keepers, group ranches, conservancies, cooperatives - on the establishment of forage plots, feedlots, pastures, both on-farm and/or for commercial forage production.
- Oversee and guide operationalization of the business innovation mechanisms in conjunction with the Business Innovation Advisor.
- Facilitate and oversee inputs by KALRO and agreed partners; private sector etc. for successful dissemination of drought-resilient feeding innovations for adoption by farmer organizations and other value chain partners.
- Oversee capacity development of stakeholders to implement climate resilient integrated landscape management strategies.
- Oversee operationalization of policy engagement interventions on identified agenda by studies and validated with county stakeholders
Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Agriculture, Governance and policy development, climate change, Project Management, Integrated Land resources management, or agribusiness or any other related fields.
- She/he should have at least 15 years’ experience, with working knowledge of the ASALs in Kenya.
- Experience and knowledge of the fodder forage value chain and integrated landscape management and working within the private sector would be an advantage.
- Experience of project development and management at sector/systemic level, including the management of projects with a climate change lens.
- Knowledge and experience on adoption and up scaling of climate resilient practices and innovations.
- Experience in partnership development, particularly at the county level.
- Excellent relationship management skills to manage the consortium.
- Proven ability in overseeing M&E and a knowledge development agenda
- Good networks in the ICSIAPL thematic and regional areas of operation
Other requirements
- Good leadership and management skills and experience in working in partnerships.
- The ideal candidate will have a background in fodder forage value chain, landscape management, Climate change and Project Management.
- Should be a team player and an excellent communicator