Corporate Strategy & Planning Officer at National Transport and Safety Authority

REF: NTSA/02/2017/13

Reporting to the Manager, Corporate Strategy and Planning, the Senior Corporate Strategy and Planning Officer, will be responsible for the development of the Authority’s short- and long-range strategic plans that are comprehensive, stretch and realistic.

Duties for the Strategy and Planning Senior Officer Job

• Define, develop and implement business planning processes;
• Coordinate and manage cross-functional teams to improve business planning methods;
• Determine and execute key business initiatives that will drive NTSA business operations;
• Develop and implement best practices and learning plans to meet business objectives;
• Assist management in operations, resource management, budget, revenue accounting, etc.;
• Develop standard procedures to manage and maintain business operational and financial objectives;
• Assist in preparing strategic plan by analyzing trends and forecast;
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of market dynamics such as competitor analysis, market share, demographic trends, and growth projections;
• Identify business problems and provide recommendations for improvements;
• Understand business direction and needs and develop solutions, roadmaps and assessment of potential business impacts; and
• Any other duties assigned from time to time.

Strategy and Planning Senior Officer Job Qualifications

To be appointed to this role, the successful candidate must possess the following key requirements;

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, Finance or in a relevant field from an Institution recognized in Kenya;
• A minimum of six (6) years’ experience in corporate strategy and planning; project management or corporate performance management three(3) of which must be at the level of Planning/Strategy Officer I or in a comparable and relevant position;
• Experience in resource mobilization, donor funds management, monitoring and evaluation of projects/ programmes and proposal writing is mandatory;
• Member of a professional body;
• Practical knowledge of project planning software applications and their use (such as MSProject) is highly desired;