Project Manager Needed

Our mission at Sinapis is to make disciples and alleviate poverty through the power of entrepreneurship. We seek to foster the development of entrepreneurs and the growth of Kingdom businesses. These enterprises are led by entrepreneurs who strive for excellence in their business and who are intentional in reflecting and sharing their values in the marketplace, through the business decisions they make and the relationships they cultivate with employees, suppliers, and customers.

We will be expanding our programs within the coastal bloc of Kenya, with the goal of training more than 200 entrepreneurs each year across 6 coastal districts. This Project Manager position will be responsible for overseeing all operations in the coastal region.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage Sinapis’ coastal office and operations, including managing several coastal-based staff, with support from various departments from Nairobi HQ
  • Maintain strong relationships with relevant project stakeholders, including local and regional government, project funders, key entrepreneurs, investors, and other entrepreneur-support players
  • Represent Sinapis to and build partnerships with a variety of players who work with or can recommend entrepreneurs to join Sinapis programs: government, co-working spaces, universities, churches, etc.
  • Prepare regular reports on project updates to external funders
  • Ensure activities across coastal region fall within project budget
  • Manage quarterly get-togethers and provide any additional support to Sinapis trainers (external consultants) working throughout the coastal region
  • Build lasting relationships with Sinapis entrepreneur alumni, and provide ongoing relational and business support, where applicable; given level of skill, this could be formal consulting or advisory, or more informal catch ups and connections to relevant advisory
  • Plan, execute, and speak at quarterly alumni events (whether in-person or remote), and manage other elements of Sinapis’ coastal alumni network

Required

  • A heart for our organization’s mission and a calling for this work of empowering entrepreneurs
  • At least 7 years of work experience with a track record of success in managing multi-stakeholder projects through to successful completion
  • Experience in managing people and/or teams
  • Highly organized and able to manage multiple work streams, with a knack for continuous improvement
  • An outgoing people-person who enjoys interacting with people, both on phone and in person, and displays highest level of professionalism in these interactions
  • Ability to take initiative and solve problems
  • Either an undergraduate or graduate degree in business or a relevant field from a top school with a solid understanding of business both academically and practically
  • Ability to work in a very small team environment
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
  • Extremely positive attitude, excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
  • Honest with high levels of integrity

Desirable 

  • Experience in the start-up and SME ecosystem, preferably in the coastal region
  • MBA, MPP or other relevant Masters degree
  • Experience as an entrepreneur
  • Experience in training
  • Experience working with local government offices and/or staff in coastal region

Application

Please send us a well-formatted and written cover letter along with your resume in PDF format to careers@sinapisgroup.org by Friday June 11th, 2021.

For full job description: https://sinapis.org/jobs-archive/project-manager-mombasa/

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