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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