Project Manager at Palladium International

Background of the Programme

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kenya is commissioning a trusted intermediary party to manage a ‘Think-and-Do-Tank’ and act as a facilitator to harness opportunities for private sector in water, food security and energy sectors to contribute to resilience building and economic development in selected ASALs. Its purpose is to make smart use of (mostly) existing data, analyse this and translate it into actionable information. This information needs to be effectively disseminated for application. It is also important to bring together more effectively government, private sector, development partners, research institutions and civil society. It is also envisioned to form the ‘glue’ between several Dutch funded programmes with strong climate resilience and private sector angle, i.e. LISTEN, DESIRA, FLOCCA, and CRAFT. They are to engage with the Think and Do Thank to strengthen and create complementarity between these programmes.

The intervention is aiming to adhere to the following principles:

• Kenya owned and demand driven.
•  Building on past and present efforts
• Action and implementation oriented, while contributing to policy improvement where needed.
• Promoting evidence based decision making
• Utilising and strengthening relevant existing fora and platforms.
• Contributing to improved sector coordination.
• Alignment to national and international calendars (e.g. budget cycle, COP)
• Selected ASALs as main geographic focus
• Strong focus on economic potential of ASALs, role of private sector and economic development.
• Strong focus on sustainability of the project
• Contributing to strengthening ASAL and Drought related Government Institutions both at National and County level.
• Contributing to strengthening Kenyan research, analysis and adaptation capacity.
• Contributing to strengthening an integrated water, food security and energy approach for climate resilience.

Role Requirements:

• Proven experience with project management in the development domain
• Experience with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), and reporting.
• Experience with Finance management of projects with a total budget of EUR 1 mln and above.
• Access to network of experts that are able to provide TA support.
• Specific experience in managing a consortium of partners (min. 3 members).