Deputy Director, Non- Green Deals at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

The Deputy Director will draw on TBI’s broader expertise from within the Kenya country team (e.g. on political economy issues and stakeholder management) and from global teams (e.g. on investment facilitation, industrial policy, energy and climate, trade and infrastructure, etc.). 

Expected Tasks

• Pipeline Delivery and Deal Progression
• Drive proactive engagement with deal owners/sector leads, investors and relevant ministries to understand deal context, requirements and barriers requiring unlocks
• Coordinate and operationalise the deal lifecycle from triaging, structuring to clear hand-offs with deal owners
• Apply standardised frameworks and tools to increase quality deals through evaluation, qualification and prioritisation.
• Monitor and manage each deal’s movement through milestone levels and ensure clear hand-offs for investment implementation or closure.
• Operational Management and Delivery
• Supervise strategic deals managers and analysts providing guidance to ensure high-quality outputs supported by standard operating procedures, common user tracker, dashboards and tools.
• Track performance using pre-agreed KPI’s, timelines and escalation protocols in alignment with the deal room director’s role of secretariat to the Technical Investment Committee (TIC)
• Develop a pipeline intelligence function which supports decision making, investor dialogues, negotiation preparations and institutional performance reviews
• Prepare requests and briefs for escalation and Issue resolution
• Institutionalise learning by distilling insights from deal facilitation into reusable resources.
• Build internal capacity through targeted mentorship, skills coaching and leadership of delivery routines to strengthen the team’s quality of execution.
• Develop the non-green deals division sustainable resource mobilisation plan.
• Strategic Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement
• Act as the primary point of contact and senior level champion for high-impact green deals
• Build and maintain senior relationships with key actors in green investments and KenInvest key touchpoints.
• Set clear agenda and provide high-level troubleshooting to support institutional and inter-ministerial unlocks.
• Strategically engage National, county governments, development partners, investors and Technical TBI expertise towards tailored deal support packages, policy and regulatory reforms, incentives, off-tale agreements and co-investment structuring.
•  Generate key pipeline deal insights and identify key resources to achieve strategic impact.
• Carry out relevant duties assigned by the deal room director to advance strategic investments in collaboration with TBI.

Reporting

• The Deputy Deal Room Director (consultant) will report to the deal room director under the KenInvest CEO oversight.
• The consultant should finalise their workplan within 10 days of starting, with support from the deal room director and TBI technical and delivery team
• The consultant will complete a six (6) month assessment to enable the deal room director and the institute (TBI) to gauge success of the assignment and progression steps
• The consultant will attend meetings and program activities of the institute (TBI) to foster institutional knowledge transfer and cross program learning.
• The consultant will prepare monthly progress reports for the program lead, summarising their achievements, milestones reached, and any recommendations or insights they have gained.
• Towards the end of the consultant's term, they will be responsible for sharing comprehensive hand-over notes. These notes should include lessons learned from their support during the duration of the project, along with any relevant supporting documentation that will facilitate a smooth transition for future activities or team members.