Business Development Coordinator at Sustainet Group

Do you have proven experience in leadership positions relating to operations of international NGOs, development organisations or businesses? Or experience in marketing of complex service products? Or both? Do you aspire to take on a leadership role in an aspiring and rapidly growing Kenyan consultancy company? Then you may be the right candidate for our new Business Development Coordinator position!

SustaiNet Group Ltd (SGL) offers development consulting services to facilitate effective agricultural market-oriented and private sector-led development to clients including governments, international development organisations and agro-businesses. As part of our compliance and operational support services (COSS) business, we provide logistic, event management, HR, finance, legal and other management ‘outsourcing’ services to international development organisations and agro-businesses interested in implementing projects and programmes in the region. We also operate the Shiriki House Office Community to offer an effective and collaborative co-working environment for development companies, projects and NGOs sharing our desire to foster commercially viable, environmentally resilient and socially inclusive rural development. We are headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and operate a Country Office in Kampala, Uganda.

Reporting directly to the CEO, our new BD Coordinator will spearhead rapid growth of our COSS and Shiriki House business areas by providing leadership to establishment and implementation of business area and marketing strategies, oversee the development and mainstreaming of new service products and proactively pursue marketing and sales outreach to prospective clients.

The SGL Nairobi office is located in the Shiriki House Office Community near the Safaricom Headquarters, which offers a modern and dynamic working environment for 12 like-minded companies, NGOs and projects.

Our ideal candidate is a dynamic, ambitious and outward individual who understands the compliance and operational needs of our clients, can strengthen our portfolio of services and convincingly market our COSS and Shiriki House services in Kenya and regionally. You must also be able to inspire and lead our teams contributing to these business areas and contribute to the overall growth of SGL. You will have a minimum of 7 years work experience in progressively responsible management/programme support roles in international development organisations or agro-businesses and/or marketing and sales of complex knowledge and service products (ideally both). You are a networker and team-builder with exposure to cooperation with international development organisations and agri-businesses. You possess a relevant master’s degree