Business Environment Advisor for Youth Employment at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

Job Description

The Advisor – Deputy Country Lead will be a seasoned professional who can work with minimum supervising to ensure interpretation and implementation of business environment theme at country level. S/he will line-report to the SNV Country Director in Kenya. Project-wise s/he will report to Project manager while liaising with the business environment component lead based in Brussels: The component lead will provide strategic and technical direction as well as practical oversight related to ‘business environment’.

Specific duties and responsibilities:

• Co-implementing the Strategic Action Plan in close cooperation with the lead partner’s country lead in Kenya.
• Procuring and ensuring oversight of consultants
• Overseeing the SNV activity budget allocation and absorption
• Facilitating and strengthening public-private dialogue processes and consultations to advocate for the creation and growth of entrepreneurship ecosystem actors in Kenya.
• Improving the business environment in Kenya, advocating rules, regulations, and policies conducive to the creation and growth of actors in the entrepreneurship ecosystem
• Working and connecting with various actors in the entrepreneurship ecosystem: Entrepreneurship Support Organisations; Financial Actors; Policy makers, Educators, Communicators (media, influencers, etc).
• Implementing the project’s approach and deliverables towards business environment.
• Ensure M&E of activities implemented at country level.
• Support mapping of existing policies and regulations and of relevant stakeholders at country level.
• Identifying resources that can be mobilised in Kenya (experts, reports, and relevant documentation)
• Supporting the component lead and Project Manager in a learning and knowledge agenda on business environment.
• Building relationships, organising meetings with diverse stakeholders relevant to delivery of the ambitions of the project.
• Coordinating with co-implementing agencies at a country scope.
• Reporting as required.

Qualifications

Education:

• Master’s degree in Business Economics, Entrepreneurship/ investment promotion, or related field.

Experience:

• At least 10 years of experience in Entrepreneurship development; SME development; Business Development Support Services; Business Environment (rules, regulations, policies)
• At least 5 years of experience related to improving the business environment in Kenya, advocating rules, regulations, and policies conducive to the creation and growth of actors in the entrepreneurship ecosystem
• Experience in facilitating and strengthening public-private dialogue processes and consultations to advocate for the creation and growth of entrepreneurship ecosystem actors in Kenya.
• Able to work and connect with various actors in the entrepreneurship ecosystem: Entrepreneurship Support Organisations; Financial Actors; Policy makers, Educators, Communicators (media, influencers, etc).