General Manager at Corporate Staffing

Key roles and responsibilities

Strategic Leadership:

• Provide overall leadership in guiding the organization’s fulfilment of its mission, including the implementation of the strategic plan and related key strategies or business plans.
• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.
• Building and maintaining a strong relationship and diverse network of collaborators, and supporters, including government agencies, development partners and other parties interested in the work of the organisation, and as a way to leverage resources from aligned organizations and partners.
• Maintain, and support the established Technical Committees: serve as an ex-officio member of each committee, seek and build committee involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local operations as well as for programmatic expansion.
• In conjunction with the organisation’s team, implement, and monitor the annual performance organizational work plan and any other work plans, as are used to establish and monitor key milestones, outcomes, and deliverables in the execution of the organisation’s overall mission and strategic plan.
• Planning & business development.

Fundraising & public relations:

• Expand revenue-generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations while simultaneously building operational reserves.
• Oversee the public relations and marketing strategies to effectively position the organisation for successful fundraising and expanded revenue generation.
• Development of media, and publications for presenting the organisation’s work to the public, particular audiences and articulating the organization’s achievements and objectives.
• Build key strategic relationships with diverse allies, collaborators, funders, and others.

Skills and experience

• 10 years of relevant experience and a broad and perceptive technical grasp of conservation, sustainable tourism, and community-led initiatives.
• Strong experience, skillset, and technical understanding of organizational development and/or business development; someone who understands the challenges and imperatives in building effective, high-performing organizations, and who has a proven track record in steering organizations through these challenges.
• Strong organizational diagnostic and analytic skills – the ability to quickly and accurately understand an organization’s strengths, weaknesses, and priorities in a developmental sense.
• Team management experience, with a demonstrated ability to coach direct reports to improve performance.
• Team player; willing and able to adapt to the needs of a dynamic and growing organization.
• Experience in non-profit fundraising and proposal writing.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills in communications, relationship management, and team processes.

Other requirements

• First degree in tourism management, environmental education, social sciences or a related field. 
• A master’s degree in, tourism management, environmental education, social sciences or a related field (preferred).
• Deep understanding of sustainable tourism, environmental conservation, and community development principles. 
• Previous experience managing Association with proven contribution to its growth.
• Additional professional qualifications and Knowledge of global trends in responsible tourism will be an added advantage. 
• The successful candidate will be based at the organization’s Kenyan offices in Nairobi, with occasional local and international travel.