Team Leader at Cardno International Development

Position Outline

We are seeking an experienced Team Leader with expertise in leadership and delivery of largescale development programmes in the areas of education and skills development.  The Team Leader must have capability to provide overall accountability, strategic direction, technical oversight, lead diverse multidisciplinary teams, and experience with Kenya TVET country stakeholders. The successful applicant must also have previous Team Leader experience, excellent interpersonal and communications skills to build strong relations with government, private sector and civil society stakeholders, previous experience and the leadership skills to build strong connections and influence others.
Based in Nairobi, the Team Leader’s role and responsibilities will include:

Strategic oversight of the programme;

• Building, managing and bridging relationships with key stakeholders at community, civil society, business and government levels;
• Identifying and managing risks to successful programme implementation
• Keeping abreast of skills policy developments in Kenya and the UK, and using this knowledge to spot opportunities for programme interventions which support better skills in Kenya.

 Team Leader required skills and competencies:

• Proven experience in leading higher education and TVET training and employment programmes,
• Strong operational, strategic management and networking skills;
• Verbal and written fluency in the English along with strong communication, interpersonal, effective cross-cultural interpersonal skills and presentation skills;
• Significant knowledge in skill development and related private sector work, including extensive expertise in managing a multi-disciplinary TA team;
• Computer literate, working with Microsoft Windows and able to manage information effectively with available computer systems.

Team Leader qualification requirements:

A minimum of a Master’s Degree in Education or a relevant field, with 15 years of experience in design and operational delivery of large-scale, donor-funded programmes in the areas of

Education and skills development;

• At least 15 years of experience working on major education and skills programmes in low and middle income countries, ideally working with the private sector and building education-to employment partnerships;
• Significant proven social development expertise, including expertise in gender inclusion / women’s empowerment;
• Expertise and skills in delivery of skills training, development of occupational standards, curriculum development, quality assurance, assessment and certification;
• Excellent knowledge of the education sector in Kenya from having worked in the public/private sectors;
• Excellent knowledge of the wider international education and skills sectors, global standards, including in the UK
• Experience in developing policy advice/analysis and delivering successful programmes

  If you are interested and qualified for this position, please send your CV and cover letter before 4th of March 2020.