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Job Requirements
Education: Bachelor’s degree
Work experience: 3 years
Language skills: English
Essential qualifications, skills, and experience
- Proven track record, minimum 4 years’ experience in, and knowledge of, the tech sector and startup scene within Kenya
- Strong tech skills
- Able to communicate effectively at all levels, both verbally and in writing, with internal and external stakeholders
- Project management experience including impact reporting.
- Able to do an analysis and summary of the project’s outcomes, lessons and success as well as other work done by the Tech Hub in the ecosystem.
- Experience in handling budgets and finance administration.
- Organized with good attention to detail and able to do timely follow-ups.
- Able to work flexibly and pick up corporate processes quickly.
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Confident at decision making, within agreed boundaries.
- Experience in handling budgets and finance administration.
Desirable qualifications, skills and experience
- Data analysis- Power BI
- Excel
Responsibilities
- Supporting the Director in the implementation/Execution of the UK-Kenya Tech Hub strategy to build on the Hub’s successes and pilot projects across the Kenyan landscape.
- Supporting the Director to initiate and pursue new strategic opportunities for the Hub, cultivating new leads, understanding business and innovation needs across all sectors and convincingly presenting the opportunities for collaboration via the Hub.
- Providing day to day project management of the Hub’s numerous projects ongoing simultaneously as well as the development of new ones. This will include data analysis, comms, reporting, procurement and support on design and delivery of the Hub’s systems and processes.
- Working in collaboration with DSIT, FCDO and other government departments, taking responsibility for delivering delegations (both inward and outward) and events that support the development of the local tech ecosystem.
- Developing and managing relationships with local tech firms, startups and wider tech sector stakeholders, using these to support the development of new partnerships and programmes.
- Collaborating with the other Hubs in the global network to develop the network offering.
- Leading on selected operational management responsibilities, including potentially: project oversight, budget management, impact assessment (monitoring, evaluation, reporting and analysis)
- Organizing/Scheduling of high-level events and meetings, partnerships and strategy meetings as well as giving a high-level summary of proceedings.
- Deputizing for the Director in various leadership roles within the team, including representing the Hub and the British High Commission internally and externally in some circumstances (media, speaking opportunities, event representation).
- Acting as a gender champion in your role. Ensure Gender Equality Act (2014) compliance and support implementation of gender policy and guidance so that, at the least, no harm is done, and gender inequality is not worsened. Actively support PF ambitions on women’s economic opportunities, inclusive growth, and poverty reduction through your team.
