KOMAZA Country Director Job in Kenya

KOMAZA - Coast Province (Kenya)

Job Description

KOMAZA is seeking a world class candidate to serve as Country Director for our Kenya operations.

The Country Director will develop and lead all business functions in Kenya required for rapid growth, reporting directly to our President and working closely with our Founder/CEO both which are based in San Francisco, USA.

This is a big opportunity for a superstar candidate. The role of the KOMAZA Country Director will be the management of all Kenya operations. This includes

• Project Management: Supervise managers as they plan, organize, staff, and direct activities. Coordinate major activities overseen by other managers into a cohesive work plan
• Finance: Direct short-term and long-range budgeting; provide oversight to management team on financial planning and reporting; oversee monthly/quarterly/annual financial management.
• Human Resources: Manage HR team in recruiting and training all levels of staff
• Partnership Development: Liaise with local and Nairobi government officials and other businesses to build relationships that will facilitate the quality and scaling of our operations
• High-Level Strategic Planning: Work with founder/CEO, President and other corporate leadership to develop long-term, annual and quarterly goals and prioritize areas of focus and resource allocation

Desired Skills & Experience

• Education: College degree; MBA or similar preferred
• Work: 15+ years in senior management with international corporation including full P&L responsibility
• Financial Management: Experience owning P&L: revenue/sales growth and expense/margin control
• Technology: Internet & MS Office fluency required; demonstrated passion for technology integration (project management software, bar coding for chain of custody, GIS mapping, etc.)
• HR: experience hiring and firing all levels of staff – from frontline workers to senior managers
• Project Management: Strong background managing complex projects; passion for building slick systems to scale high-quality operations; strong attention to key performance indicators
• Training & Mentorship: Experience training all levels of staff from managers to field staff.
• Communication: Excellent writing/verbal, interpersonal, public speaking, and presentation skills
• Willingness to Travel: Some travel will be required within Kenya, e.g. to Nairobi or to Western/ Nyanza Province; also possibly occasional international travel
• Entrepreneurial: Comfortable with ambiguity; flexibility, self-motivation, and keen to lead a fast-paced, rapidly-growing program; interested in a work environment that is creative and data-driven

Big Pluses:

• Experience in farm extension: experience building farmer extension networks, consolidating produce from small holders and moving it through entire value chain
• Forestry and Wood Processing: growing, harvesting & processing trees for high-margin wood products
• Organizational Growth: proven ability to build and substantially grow an organization; start-up experience is even better

Company Description

KOMAZA is one of the most highly-awarded early-stage social enterprises in the world, working to end extreme poverty for rural families living in dry lands.

We provide families with access to the complete forestry value chain: planting inputs for a half-acre tree farm, farmer training and maintenance support, and harvesting, processing and wood sales operations.

Founded in 2008, KOMAZA has won support from several prestigious international foundations: Draper Richards Kaplan, Mulago, Peery, and Jasmine.

We currently have over 100 fulltime staff in Kenya. To date we have planted over 675,000 trees with nearly 3,000 families.

Our forestry operations are transitioning from proof-of-concept to scaling and we are developing a pilot for our decentralized tree harvesting and processing operations.

We aim to become the largest forestry enterprise in Africa, with a target of 50,000 farmers by 2015. We are headquartered in San Francisco, California USA. www.komaza.org

To Apply: please send CV and cover letter to Country_Director@komaza.org