Deputy Director, Partnerships at Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

• Reference HR/7/DDP/2021/16
• Job Grade KIP 3
• Basic Salary Scale KES 197, 923 -279,187 per month

Key Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities will entail: -

• Identifying and Coordinating opportunities for fund raising;
• Developing and/or coordinating development of research proposals and bids for research and capacity building projects;
• Developing and implementing resource mobilization strategy and policies;
• Providing technical advice and input in research project implementation processes;
• Managing project budgeting, costing and follow up on payments;
• Ensuring the Institute generates income as per the set targets;
• Providing direction on strategic partnerships and collaborative efforts;
• Coordinating the preparation of annual partnership and networking programmes;
• Liaising with research institutions and other organizations on a collaborative activity;
• Promoting partnership activities for the Institute;
• Providing advice to the Director on a regular basis on ways to improve partnerships by the Institute;
• Enforcing quality control process as Established by the Institute;
• Formulate policies and strategies to guide the Institute’s operations in partnerships and resource mobilization;
• Ensuring timely and efficient implementation of work plans for partnerships programs;
• Providing leadership in the department through supervision of staff;
• Ensuring effective development of partnership plans, budgets and the implementation;
• Facilitating Monitoring and evaluation activities and implement corrective measures;
• Overseeing day to day work in the department;
• Establishing and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders;
• Motivating staff in the department and Ensuring teamwork as well as good working environment;
• Evaluating performance of staff in the department.

Qualifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics or related social sciences from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in Economics, or related social sciences from a recognized institution;
• PhD in Economics, or related social sciences from a recognized institution;
• Knowledge in resource mobilization, communication, marketing, international relations and public relations;
• Strong presentation writing and negotiation skills including the ability to initiate and elaborate partnership projects and grant projects;
• Project management skills;
•  Leadership and management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution:
• Nine (9) years’ relevant work experience;
• Minimum of six (6) publications in peer reviewed journals;
• Minimum of nine (9) research papers including KIPPRA discussion papers, policy
• papers, working papers, special papers as well as book chapters;
• Computer skills including statistical packages; and
•  Fulfil the requirement of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution.

Functional Skills, Behavioral Competencies and Attributes:

• Leadership skills
• Negotiation skills (including the ability to initiate and elaborate partnership projects and grant projects)
• People management skills
• Communication skills
• Modelling skills

Project management skills

• Behavioral competencies and attributes
• Adaptability;
• Innovative;
• Critical thinking;
• Strategic thinking;
• Knowledge in contract management, resource mobilization, communication, marketing,
• international relations and public relations.