Director of Project Development Jobs in Kenya

Director of Project Development Jobs in Kenya

Our client, is a social enterprise involved in developing an innovative model for waste-to-energy sanitation services.

They partner with local government to deploy treatment plants that process human waste into firewood substitutes to preserve resources and prevent environmental degradation from untreated human waste.

Our client currently has three operational treatment sites and is actively expanding across East Africa to help numerous communities have access to modern and environmentally friendly sanitation infrastructure.

Our client has earned a reputation of successful project execution in one of the most challenging and yet most critical infrastructure sectors.

On behalf of our client, we seek to recruit a Director of Project Development to bring new sanitation projects to financial close.

The Director of Project Development will lead the replication from prototype to scale and lead the company to focus more on project development.

This role will bring together key partners to ensure new sanitation projects achieve financial close.

This role will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer working alongside the Partnerships, Fundraising and Engineering teams to bring new projects to financial close.

This role will also work closely with the Business Operations team in transitioning from financial close to construction.

This role has the opportunity to be a key thought leader in shaping how project development in sanitation infrastructure is done for developing markets.

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