Senior Programme Manager at Gatsby Africa

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Are you an experienced Senior Programme Manager with extensive knowledge of market systems development and facilitation? Do you have a proven track record of operating at a strategic level? Would you like to use your skills and experience in an organisation working tirelessly to improve a key Kenyan economic sector and benefit hundreds and thousands of people?

Gatsby Africa is recruiting a Senior Programme Manager to be responsible for a portfolio of interventions within our Kenya Commercial Forestry Programme team. Kenya’s forestry sector is central to its economy and its future, and our ambitious programme is helping stakeholders address the growing wood supply deficit, create jobs, support national carbon mitigation and open up opportunities for industrialisation. While technical forestry know-how would be advantageous for the role, it is not a pre-requisite – more important is significant exposure and practice in implementation of market systems approaches.

This important new role will manage a portfolio of the programme’s intervention areas, developing strategies and innovations that can be tested and scaled with market actors. They will be responsible for intervention planning, budgeting, relationship management plus M&E and learning – ensuring activities are having the expected impact and adapting them where needed. The Senior Programme Manager has a further crucial role in managing, coaching and mentoring team members, ensuring they can develop and fulfil their potential.

Alongside significant market systems experience, the ideal candidate will have substantial management experience at mid-senior levels, and understanding and experience of delivering change. The candidate will also have excellent strategic and lateral thinking skills and good judgement, plus an understanding and belief in Gatsby Africa’s mission and values.

Salary and benefits

This role is for a fixed-term contract of 2 years. Salary will be competitive, based on experience. We offer a generous benefits package.