Generation Action Africa Head of Business Development and Innovation Jobs in Kenya

Generation Action Africa Head of Business Development and Innovation Jobs in Kenya



To Be Successful You'll Need:

Knowledge, Qualifications And Experience

  • Bachelor degree in Marketing/Sales.
    10+ years in leadership roles, driving and implementing sales growth.

  • Strong understanding of Kenyan employers and industries relevant to job placements.

  • Proven track record of growing revenue through the development of strong propositions, marketing, branding, and partnerships, and sales execution.

  • Proven experience developing and executing business strategy.

  • Significant general management and P&L experience.

  • History of decision-making based on business metrics.

  • Inspirational leadership style and hands-on approach.

    Skills And Abilities

  • Proficient in MS Office 365 applications.

  • Track record of recruiting and developing A-star staff.

  • Strong organizational management skills.

    Personal Qualities

  • Integrity, positive attitude, and self-directed with a demonstrated passion for Generation’s mission.

  • Strong fit with Generation Kenya’s culture, able to demonstrate highest reflection of values.

    Other requirements

  • Position is located in Kenya and the holder speaks and writes fluent English.

  • Ability to travel frequently within Kenya, and potential occasional travel in the counties.

    What You'll Do:

    The role is required to lead Generation Kenya’s effort to grow the employer pipeline, generate placements and secure employer income

  • Grow the base of employers recruiting from Generation Kenya’s programmes.

  • Oversee all efforts to sign up employers across Kenya.

  • Deliver high rates of interview conversion rate from strong employer engagement, plus feeding back learnings to the curriculum and instruction (C&I) (both local and global) for ongoing improvement.

  • Increase engagement per employer i.e., ‘more recruits
    per employer’ and increased rate of repeat hiring from strong employer account management.

  • Develop strong relationships with 25-50 strategic ‘at-scale’ employers (hands on).

  • Support Generation Kenya with best practices business development structures to optimise impact for key stakeholders – youth, private and public sectors.

  • All the above feed into securing at least 80% job opportunities per program to support Generation Kenya’s growth plans while achieving market-leading rates of employment outcomes and social impact.

  • Grow employer income to cover 50% of operating costs over 3-5 years.

  • Build channel partnerships as routes to market.

  • Build the lead relationships with ecosystem partners like Microsoft, securing vacancies through them as an effective route to market.

  • Build and lead relationships with other ‘lead generating partners such as KAM and KEPSA, etc.

  • Develop a framework / tool for vacancy projections / predictions.

    How to Apply

    Interested candidates please submit your applications to genkcareers@generation.org attaching your latest resume and application. Shortlisting / Interviews will be conducted until the position is filled. Kindly indicate in the Email subject:

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