Business Development Manager at Tourism Fund (TF)

This position reports to the Chief Executive Officer and will be responsible for strengthening the Fund`s capacity in resource mobilization from potential donor partners both at regional and international levels and also product development in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities

•    Oversee strategic development of funding strategy in the Fund and take charge of its full implementation
•    Planning, coordinating and implementing resource mobilization and business development processes that are aligned to the Fund`s objectives.
•    Carry out donor mapping relevant to the tourism sector both at regional and international levels to enhance volume of funds and stream line the flow to meet Tourism Fund needs as well as establish and nurture partnerships with stakeholders.  
•    He/she will be responsible for the development of short, medium and long term planning in execution of product development.
•    He /she will be responsible for co-ordination and identification of the potential products and services and profiling of the identified products and services.
•    He/She will play a key liaison role between the Fund and the Parent Ministry and the County Governments who are the custodians of the products developed.
•    Conduct regular and comprehensive audit review of the applicable policies on resource mobilization and business development and provide strategic direction on their appropriateness.
•    Ensure the development of appropriate departmental structures to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.

Minimum requirements

•    Bachelor’s degree in Business strategy, Project management, and Social Science or any other related field from Human resource related area from a recognized university.
•    Master’s degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
•    Registered member of a recognized professional body and must be in good standing.
•    At least ten (8) years of post-qualification experience in resource mobilization with international donors, GOK and other partners of which five (5) should have been at a senior management level.
•    Leadership and integrity qualities as set out in chapter 6 of the Constitution and demonstrated compliance to the public service values and principles as defined in the Constitution.

Key Competencies

•    In-depth understanding of donor environment to link needs of the Fund to the possibilities of potential donors
•    Sound negotiation and proposal writing skills
•    Demonstrate  strong intellectual skills, track record of innovative thinking, analysis and practical activity;
•    Proven ability in fostering strategic and or stakeholder linkages;
•    Demonstrated ability to present content to a range of audiences- including policy makers, public and media
•    Demonstrate distinguished strategic leadership and people skills with a track record of achievements in the Public and/or Private sector;
•    Ability to continuously monitor and acquire knowledge/market intelligence on Tourism  industry trends and developments;
•    Be proficient in the use of modern technology based information management systems.
•    Demonstrate managerial and leadership skills including motivating, mentoring, developing, coaching and leading teams.