Industry Director, Aquaculture at Msingi East Africa

Job description

Purpose of the Industry Director - Aquaculture

You will be responsible for oversight of Msingi’s work to develop the commercial aquaculture industry in East Africa. This will role will provide technical and strategic leadership in the development and ongoing improvement of the vision and strategy for the aquaculture industry. The role will be responsible for leading the implementation of this strategy, and building and nurturing a lean but high performing team to execute it. The role holder is a member of the Msingi Senior Management Team that is leading the organization and is key to Msingi’s growth and shaping of the future. Msingi is not looking for individuals with prior experience of aquaculture (although this is not precluded), but you will require excellent strategic and team leadership skills, commercial acumen and analytical skills, and an ability to design and implement programmes. You will be required to manage a high caliber team members as well as a network of world-leading experts and technical advisors.

Terms and remuneration

The contract for this work will be permanent and full-time. The job will be based in Nairobi with regional travel. The salary will be competitive and is negotiable dependent on experience.