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The British High Commission in Nairobi is the diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Nairobi. It is located in the Upper Hill area of Nairobi.The British High Commission in Kenya maintains and develops relations between the UK and Kenya.We provide services to British nationals living in an...
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We envisage your role to be evenly split between focusing on UKEF pure activities and working on broader project finance projects in order to drive forward economic growth in the respective country through increased private sector investment in different sectors:
You will be part of the International Export Finance Network, with UKEF functional and task leadership from UKEF Business Development Group in London. The International Export Finance Executives will lead the engagement with local buyers, project sponsors and associated stakeholder networks to develop export growth through the provision of trade finance and credit insurance available from UK Export Finance. The International Export Finance Executive will guide and support UK Export Finance teams in the UK, DIT colleagues and other third parties to provide this specialist market advice.
As a member of the DIT in-country team, the International Export Finance Executive will also be required to mentor and inspire the DIT trade advisors to develop UKEF engagement, ensuring they remain alert to the potential for export finance support within all relevant trade opportunities that arise.
Within Nairobi you will be part of the Department for International Trade’s Commercial Team. This includes: The Deputy Trade Commissioner for Africa, Head of Trade for Kenya, and four further team members. The team works alongside DFID and UK Foreign Office colleagues as part of the Prosperity cluster of the Nairobi High Commission. In total the cluster has 25 staff.
We envisage your role to be evenly split between focusing on UKEF pure activities and working on broader project finance projects in order to drive forward economic growth in the respective country through increased private sector investment in different sectors:
You will be part of the International Export Finance Network, with UKEF functional and task leadership from UKEF Business Development Group in London. The International Export Finance Executives will lead the engagement with local buyers, project sponsors and associated stakeholder networks to develop export growth through the provision of trade finance and credit insurance available from UK Export Finance. The International Export Finance Executive will guide and support UK Export Finance teams in the UK, DIT colleagues and other third parties to provide this specialist market advice.
As a member of the DIT in-country team, the International Export Finance Executive will also be required to mentor and inspire the DIT trade advisors to develop UKEF engagement, ensuring they remain alert to the potential for export finance support within all relevant trade opportunities that arise.
Within Nairobi you will be part of the Department for International Trade’s Commercial Team. This includes: The Deputy Trade Commissioner for Africa, Head of Trade for Kenya, and four further team members. The team works alongside DFID and UK Foreign Office colleagues as part of the Prosperity cluster of the Nairobi High Commission. In total the cluster has 25 staff.
It is essential that the applicants already have the right to live and work in Kenya without the need to apply for a work permit
Main purpose of job:
The Programme Manager will be responsible for developing, managing and reporting on projects in Conflict, Security and Stability in support of the UK’s strategic objectives for South Sudan. The successful candidate will have specific responsibility for developing projects on objectives relating to peace mediation and peace-building programming, and to develop a broad understanding of the UK’s project work in South Sudan,
The post is open to candidates based in Nairobi. The successful candidate will need to be prepared to undertake occasional travel to alternative locations in the region.
Roles and responsibilities
Programme management of National and Local Conflict Prevention projects (30%)
Financial Management of projects (30%)
Monitoring and Evaluation (30%)
Team Support and Learning and Development (10%)
Resources managed
Management of a large conflict, stability and security programme.
Seeing the Big Picture, Collaborating and Partnering, Delivering Value for Money, Delivering at Pace
Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):
The successful candidate will have access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities including training on programme and financial management, monitoring and evaluation, and cross-cutting issues such as gender and conflict sensitivity. This is in addition to large number of training course offered locally by FCO e-learning and opportunities for on-the-job learning and mentoring.
Working with HMG presents an exciting opportunity to be part of a dedicated team working to prevent conflict in South Sudan and globally.
Leave:
Members of staff are entitled to paid annual leave, which is earned, from the day they commence employment. Entitlements are as follows:
Grades B3 (L) 30 days
In addition to annual leave, the BHC normally observes no fewer than 9 and no more than 14 Kenyan and British public and religious holidays in a year. These vary from year to year and are at the discretion of the High Commissioner. A list of holidays is published each year.
Working Patterns:
Monday to Thursday: 0800 - 1630 Friday: 0800 - 1400
Full-time hours required. However, flexible working arrangements welcome and you should take the opportunity to discuss this with the recruiting manager during the recruitment process.
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