Business Advisors at Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC)

The Business Advisor will provide strategic and operational support to enhance the development, growth, and sustainability of businesses by offering tailored business advisory services, technical assistance, sector-specific market insights, facilitating market linkages, and supporting enterprises in accessing finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide business advisory and financial analysis support to clients to support climate technology innovators.
• Analyze and evaluate programme requirements to ensure alignment of client’s strategy and the prevailing economic and technological advances through conducting client baseline/assessments.
• Nurture early-stage enterprises through market feasibility studies, product development, customer acquisition and revenue generation support.
• Support portfolio clients through research support in their areas of operation knowledge sharing and ensure collection of data for monitoring and evaluation purposes
• Prepare financial models for enterprises to foster growth and scale up of enterprises.
• Support portfolio clients to develop bankable business plans/ investment proposals/ Investment pitches.
• Analyze business needs for translation into technical requirements and propose mentorship solutions to the identified business problems.
• Identify business training needs for clients and their eventual facilitating preparations.
• Identify suitable events to promote KCIC’S profile and generate client leads.
• Maintain and monitor work schedules for periodic reporting to achieve program objectives.
• Any other duties as assigned from time to time

Professional Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of Two (3) years of experience in enterprises development, advisory, or rural development programs.
• Strong experience in the specific sector, particularly in areas such as value chain development, sustainable practices, or market linkage facilitation.
• Good understanding and relevant networks in climate technology and sustainable business practices.