UK PACT Kenya Portfolio Manager

The UK PACT Kenya Portfolio Manager is responsible for the management, monitoring and coordination of Kenya-specific UK PACT activities under the Country Programmes component. The Portfolio Manager will work very closely and coordinate with the British High Commission (BHC) team in post and FCDO lead in the UK to support strategy development, and pipeline development and grant management of UK PACT projects.

The UK PACT Kenya Portfolio Manager will be the on-the-ground liaison for Palladium managing and coordinating day-to-day activities in Kenya, in coordination with BHC and UK staff. The position will be based in Kenya.

Person Specification

  .  Excellent programme and grant management skills, with a proven track record of managing a complex portfolio of grantees in various sectors.

  .  Strong reporting skills with proven ability to engage with and manage donor client formal reporting and ad-hoc requests

  .  Good knowledge and/or willingness to learn more about the environmental / low carbon sector in terms of policy landscape, relevant state and non-state actors in relation to climate change, and low-carbon economic development.  

  .  Demonstrated ability to build networks and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders at different levels of seniority;

  .  Good knowledge and understanding of the local political economy and business operating context in Kenya, including socio-economic context and development challenges and priorities

  .  Excellent organisational, inter-personal administration and communication skills;

  .  An ability to see both the big (strategic) picture, identifying opportunities for innovation and value addition for UK PACT, as well as keeping alert to project delivery risks;

  .  Professional fluency in English. Professional fluency in Swahili is an advantage;

  .  A high degree of personal resilience, flexibility and ability to adapt to changing circumstances;

  .  Highly collaborative and committed to close working and open communication with colleagues in post and in the UK, and other UK PACT partners;

  .  Commitment to neutrality in all dealings with stakeholders, including political stakeholders, to build trusted relationships and ensure maximum effectiveness of the programme.

The UK PACT Kenya Portfolio Manager is responsible for the management, monitoring and coordination of Kenya-specific UK PACT activities under the Country Programmes component. The Portfolio Manager will work very closely and coordinate with the British High Commission (BHC) team in post and FCDO lead in the UK to support strategy development, and pipeline development and grant management of UK PACT projects.

The UK PACT Kenya Portfolio Manager will be the on-the-ground liaison for Palladium managing and coordinating day-to-day activities in Kenya, in coordination with BHC and UK staff. The position will be based in Kenya.

Person Specification

  .  Excellent programme and grant management skills, with a proven track record of managing a complex portfolio of grantees in various sectors.

  .  Strong reporting skills with proven ability to engage with and manage donor client formal reporting and ad-hoc requests

  .  Good knowledge and/or willingness to learn more about the environmental / low carbon sector in terms of policy landscape, relevant state and non-state actors in relation to climate change, and low-carbon economic development.  

  .  Demonstrated ability to build networks and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders at different levels of seniority;

  .  Good knowledge and understanding of the local political economy and business operating context in Kenya, including socio-economic context and development challenges and priorities

  .  Excellent organisational, inter-personal administration and communication skills;

  .  An ability to see both the big (strategic) picture, identifying opportunities for innovation and value addition for UK PACT, as well as keeping alert to project delivery risks;

  .  Professional fluency in English. Professional fluency in Swahili is an advantage;

  .  A high degree of personal resilience, flexibility and ability to adapt to changing circumstances;

  .  Highly collaborative and committed to close working and open communication with colleagues in post and in the UK, and other UK PACT partners;

  .  Commitment to neutrality in all dealings with stakeholders, including political stakeholders, to build trusted relationships and ensure maximum effectiveness of the programme.

Palladium is recruiting for a strong programme and grants manager with a passion for carbon reductions to join our UK PACT team in Kenya. The UK PACT programme aims to improve the effectiveness of key institutions (public, private and civil society) in partner countries so that they can deliver accelerated emission reductions and raise the ambition of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) targets. Specifically, the programme will deliver the following results:. An increase in the capacity and capability of partner institutions (national, sub-national and civil society) to deliver enhanced and accelerated climate actions; and. An increase in in-country buy-in to urgently facilitate low-carbon development.

To deliver these results, the programme is composed of three lots:

1. a central delivery partner and bilateral country programming (delivered by Palladium);2. a global challenge fund (delivered by ICF Consulting Services);3. skill-shares and secondments (delivered by PA Consulting);

Palladium’s current contract for the programme runs until 31 December 2023. An tender process is under way which, if successful, would extend Palladium’s contract by three additional years.