Chief Operating Officer Job in Nairobi Kenya

Job Title: Chief Operating Officer    

Job Code: COO/ALW/130411
 

Number of Positions Open: 1    

Reports To: CEO
 

Location: Nairobi, Kenya    

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Summary:

Our client is the premier community of young, dynamic and influential leaders in Africa. 

They aim to catalyze prosperity in Africa by: Celebrating and promoting entrepreneurship as the surest way for Africa to achieve prosperity, and creating and strengthening relationships between leaders in Africa such that these relationships can lead to greater intra-African trade, investment, partnership and collaboration.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide effective and inspiring leadership by being actively involved in all programs and services, developing a broad and deep knowledge of all programs.
• Identify opportunities for our client to leverage cross-program strengths to take advantage of new opportunities and/or to address organizational challenges.
• Lead, coach, develop, and retain our client’s high-performance senior management team with an emphasis on developing capacity in strategic analysis and planning and program budgeting.
• Develop and implement training programs and retreats to expand the capacity of all staff.
• Prepare and submit an annual operational budget, manage effectively within this budget, and report accurately on progress made and challenges encountered.
• Ensure the continued financial viability of our clients operational units through sound fiscal management.
• Manage and cultivate existing relationships with funders to secure and expand recurring revenue streams.
• Provide programmatic leadership and input for all strategic plan implementation processes with the CEO and staff. Coach program directors as they implement the strategic plan and transition program operations.
• Develop and implement a system for tracking and reporting on the progress of the strategic plan implementation.

Experience:

• 7+ years of experience

Skills and Certification:

• Minimum BS/BA degree and a track record in senior program management.
• A passion for Africa
• Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach a senior-level staff to manage and develop high-performance teams and develop and implement program strategies.
• Deep experience in program budgeting and fiscal management.
• Track record of effectively leading a direct service organize with a complex array of programs with the ability to leverage strengths across program areas; excellent project management skills.
• Analytic and decisive decision maker with the ability to prioritize and communicate to staff key objectives and tactics necessary to achieve organizational goals.
• Ability to point to specific examples of having led organizational transformation projects and program development.
• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation.
• Fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent public speaking skills.
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, flexible, and innovative approach to operational management.
• Passion, humility, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed.

Other Information:

The position will entail extensive travel across the continent to engage with the most dynamic people bringing innovation and prosperity to Africa!
   
How to Apply:

Interested candidates holding the necessary requirements, good performance and / or references are encouraged to apply with detailed CV’s, inclusive of names and contacts of 3 referees, current telephone number and email address

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