Entrepreneurial Lead at Summit Recruitment and Search

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading strategy development through a series of collaborative discussions with four technical partners in Africa.
• Lead the delivery and program implementation strategy, with the overall regional and global strategic frameworks.
• Overseeing the woman’s cooperative program implementation in Kenya.
• Represent the women’s cooperative to authorities, donors, partners, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Accountable for ensuring that the cooperative’s day-to-day operations are delivered in a safe and secure way.
• Have overall accountability for the cooperative’s security, including development of and ensuring adherence to security procedures, monitoring of the safety situation, analyzing and provision of recommendations.
• Have overall accountability for the cooperative’s policy adherence
• Provide overall budget monitoring.
• Ensure that allocated resources are managed effectively and transparently by respecting and meeting all legal requirements.
• Ensure that required and efficient Supply Chain structures and processes are in place.
• Demonstrates the ability to coach and hold accountable all cooperative members.

Qualifications:

• University Degree in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of professional experience setting up women’s cooperatives and revolving funds in Kenya.
• 5+ years building capacity.
• Experience launching new investments, building successful partnerships, or bringing existing services to scale.
• Experience managing and developing other leaders.
• Capacity to drive toward results in a dynamic and fluid work context.
• Capacity to identify risks and develop thoughtful mitigation strategies.
• Fluency in using data to make decisions.
• Capacity to both develop high-level strategies and work with others to develop detailed operational plans.