Deadline: Unspecified
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Future Africa Forum is seeking to hire an Associate Director for its operations in Kenya.
Future Africa Forum is a platform for thought leadership that consults with organizations that are building a better Africa.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement Future Africa Forum’s strategy in conjunction with the CEO
- Have oversight of the organisation’s annual work plans
- Lead the growth of the forum, steering it to achieve maximum impact
- Build and maintain effective partnerships and relationships with relevant organisations, individuals and governments across the continent to inform an understanding of emerging market trends and needs
- Drive strategic and innovative partnerships focused on economic futures, societal futures and resilient futures
- Facilitate engagement between government leaders, corporates and development actor
- Represent and speak on behalf of Future Africa Forum at key and strategic forums and platforms
- Contribute to written thought leadership and publications which will be disseminated across various strategic channels
- Act as a thought partner to internal teams such as fellows, external partners and other stakeholders and experts working with the forum
- Manage, coach and mentor a small but growing dynamic team of professionals
- Manage strategic internal group relationships while fostering a culture that encourages creativity, proactive solutions, accountability and results
- Promote a culture of high performance, high quality and continuous improvement that values learning and feedback
- Identify, evaluate and recommend solutions to improve process efficiency
- Design, incubate and manage networks, communities and programmes that are driving change in Africa
- Support programme implementation through strategy development, partnership building, learning, and management
- Help identify and capture sector knowledge, and tools from projects
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Public Policy, Economics, Public Administration, Law or a related field
- MBA or PhD will be an added advantage
- Experience in a research institute or public sector organisation, with five years of progressively senior management responsibility
- Ten years, minimum, of relevant work experience will be an added advantage
- Excellent advocacy, consensus building, coalition building, and leadership skills
- Experience building strong and productive relationships with diverse constituencies, including individual leaders, networks, funders, NGOs and governments
- Ability to lead teams across multiple projects and functions, cooperatively crafting vision and strategy to serve diverse constituents and sectors with cross-cultural competence and sensitivity
- High standards of personal integrity
- Strong interpersonal, writing, and verbal skills for communicating and collaborating with broad, diverse, and multicultural stakeholders
- Advanced leadership skills, strategic perspective, and organisational agility
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- French and Swahili are an added advantage
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