Employment type: Full time
Contract type: Contract
BackgroundContract type: Contract
Our client is a 10 year regional dairy industry development program managed by a consortium of partners.
Our client is seeking to fill the position of Project Manager to lead the planning, development and marketing of their Project Proposal for a period of up to 18 months as per the TORs below.
Terms of Reference
(1) Project Manager
Reporting to the Regional Director (RD) and in close collaboration with the Project Working Group, the Project Manager will as needed:
• Develop and agree with the RD a detailed work-plan for the implementation of the assignment with time bound activities and deliverables.
• Design and oversee and/or directly undertake extensive dairy subsector studies in current and target new countries;
• Securing existing, and identify new financiers and partners from the public (national and local), private (including dairy companies, input manufactures, and financial institutions) and NGO sectors.
• Lead the drafting of proposal(s) in collaboration with the Project Working Group and donor guidelines as needed
• Organise stakeholder events including national, regional and international donor/investor meetings/consultations for the proposed project as required
Deliverables:
• Project Development Action Plan and Budget
• Intermediate outputs as agreed in the Action Plan. Those would include: detailed market opportunity assessments in Ethiopia and Tanzania; detailed value chain analyses identifying constraints to the growth of an inclusive and competitive dairy sector; and opportunities for public private partnerships at various levels of the dairy value chains.
• Project draft proposal and investor prospectus
• Raise an estimated sum of US$ 100 – 150 million in cash and in-kind contributions/pledges from basket of donors and investors including –institutional donors; bilateral and multilateral donors; private and public sector investment; farmer equity; and banking sector loans.
Qualifications and Experience
Advanced university degree in business studies, economics or related studies; with over 10 years of related project development/ management and commercial sector experience in eastern Africa; possessing robust analytical writing skills, including market opportunity assessments studies and value chain analyses; excellent communications and networking skills.
Experience writing development of large agro- investment proposals is an advantage
Closing date: June 17th 2011
Applications with detailed curriculum vitae, names of three referees and full contacts should be sent to:
Email: ladhiambo@kgroup.co.ke and copied to info@kgroup.co.ke
Our client is an equal opportunity employer