Jobs Kenya

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  • Operations Manager

    Operations Manager

    About the role
    The Operations Program Manager role is designed to enhance the trailing and reporting of ops pilots. The role requires the employee to have sound project management skills and controls, as well as improving and embedding policies and processes aimed at evaluating and mitigating potential risks. Furthermore, the employee will be responsible for integrating successful pilots into the core operations of the business. The role requires the holder to develop successful relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, produce periodic reporting, develop and maintain an effective and accurate management information system with accurate results that will provide support for the decision making at SunCulture.
    Responsibilities:
    Planning and Coordination

    Planning and developing suitable strategies and objectives for running the projects
    Ensuring that the program outcomes is constantly connected to the organizational needs
    Determining what needs to be done and allocate all resources required to have the work done
    Cross project integration to ensure smooth running of all projects operate smoothly
    Identifying project performance lapse, and re-directs the team so that all program goals are met.
    Creating high-performance teams for every project and realigns duties as and when needed.

    Monitoring and Evaluation

    Monitoring work completion within deadlines for each work team.
    Ensure all programs dependent upon completion of task of another program are fast tracked through nudging of team members or extend the completion deadline.
    Assessing program performance and aim to maximize ROI through reporting on the cost benefit to the projects to the organization.

    Fiscal Analysis

    Overseeing the fiscal integrity of all the projects in the program Developing a target budget for running the projects before resource allocation
    Establishing a financial reporting system for projects for an understanding of individual expenditures and the total
    Preparing all Reports required by COO in reference to your role
    Lead and counsel client and ensure proper vendor governance by improving existing service and performance; enhancing operational stability; contributing to cost savings; and driving revenue opportunities by consistently practicing Vendor Management disciplines including: performance management, relationship management, financial management and contract administration.

    Risk Management

    Analyzing threats to the success or completion of the program and provide a remedy.
    Mitigating risks even when it means changing direction midway or even suspending one or more aspects of the program.
    Maintaining a level head and a focus on the end result
    Analyzing and resolving all higher scope issues Relationship Management
    Manage the contractual relationships with other organizations that may arise from time to time
    In collaboration with the other members of the management team, establish effective working relationships with relevant Stakeholders.

    Leadership Role

    Be visionary and thoroughly informed of the organizational issues in order to adjust programs and ensure they suite the changed needs of the organization
    Maintain an effective working relationship with all other directors to ensure that there is effective co- ordination of all company activities in support of corporate objectives.
    Deliver through others by delegation of duties, proper time management and getting buy in from the team members
    Creating, supporting and maintaining a culture of collaboration, accountability, trust, and customer focus across functional areas
    Direct and control all internal operational employees to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained and carry out their responsibilities to the required standard.
    Ensuring all team members are aligned to their OKR’s and have ownership and give updates on progress on a weekly basis
    Ensure the operations team has all the necessary support, tools and equipment needed for them to execute their role.
    Collaborate with the leadership team whenever required to set business objectives and development goals
    Provide mentorship and be a coach to all the team members

    Must have for the Role

    Hands on, detail oriented and with strong execution skills
    Operational experience with expanding outlets/branches/shops
    Communication Skills and should ensure Information communicated is clear and timely.
    Experience in drafting departmental budgets and financial forecasting
    Futuristic and have the ability to solve complex problem
    Independent thinker able to thrive in a fast paced dynamic environment.
    In-depth knowledge of the industry and current trends adaptable for SunCulture
    Have the ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines
    Skill in prioritizing and triaging obligations
    Be organized and be an expert in time management
    Thrive in resources constrained environments
    Have discretion in using budgetary allocation for the department
    A proven record of ability to achieve through others
    Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time
    Willingness and must have the ability to handle any job assigned under your scope of work

  • Data Analyst

    Data Analyst

    Why SunCulture?
    SunCulture recently closed a round of funding with EDF, one of the world’s largest electric utility companies and a global leader in low-carbon energy. This exciting deal demonstrates that major power players view the off-grid sector as a future cornerstone of their business.
    The person fit for this role will support Business development, Sales, Credit, After-Sales and Research business units to make data driven decisions. The candidate should therefore have experience in data cleaning, data transformation and metrics optimization. S/he will be responsible for understanding company operations and provide accurate and timely data reporting and analysis using statistical techniques to internal teams and relevant stakeholders. This, the candidate will do through gathering data and information from various sources and performing data checks to ensure data accuracy and completeness and evaluate risks.
    Does this sound interesting? If so, are you looking to do;

    Business Analysis

    Work with management team to prioritize business and information needs;
    Understanding business questions and hypotheses and determining output metrics to answer them;
    Business data review and validation;
    Transform raw data to final output metrics and present the findings to business stakeholders;
    Locate and define new process improvement opportunities.

    Data Management

    Data entry management, Data cleaning and database design.
    Diagnosing and solving data entry, storage and quality problems that may arise.
    Collate, query and clean data coming in from internal platforms, including flagging out inconsistencies and/or errors arising from collated data as part of routine data checks.
    Create new processes for data extraction and suggest automation tools for day-to-day analyses.
    Designing and maintaining data flow patterns for ongoing projects and advising projects on optimal systems to minimize data errors.
    Data backup management

    Reporting

    Analyze and interpret large amounts of data to identify trends, gaps, and inconsistencies.
    Produce data for assigned clients and prepare information for client presentation
    Provide support to teams by responding to ad-hoc data requests, answering questions, and providing basic technical support and analysis
    Turn data into insight and communicate findings effectively
    Share different daily/weekly/monthly reports with relevant teams for decision making.

    REQUIREMENTS
    Good, so you are interested in the organization and what the role entails. But, do you have what we are looking for?

    Bachelor of Science in mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, social sciences or related fields.
    Experience developing and implementing data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
    2 to 3 years proven working experience as a data analyst or business data analyst
    Experience developing and implementing data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
    Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
    Proficiency with statistical languages (R, SAS, STATA SPSS)
    Strong working experience with MS Excel, MS Access, MySQL and other databases
    Knowledge of Programming languages, such as, Oracle, and Python
    Data visualization and reporting techniques

    And these other signature skills?

    Fluency and excellent communication skills in English with ability to present and explain data.
    Interest and experience working in a fast-paced working environment.
    Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, a team player
    Independent thinker, able to thrive in a fast paced dynamic environment.
    In-depth knowledge of the industry and current trends adaptable for SunCulture
    Have the ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines
    Comfortable with ambiguity and experience working in a dynamic environment.
    Have discretion in using budgetary allocations
    Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time
    Willingness and must have the ability to handle any job assigned under your scope of work

  • Sales Trainer

    Sales Trainer

    Key Responsibilities

    Actively participate in the recruitment and selection process of new sales agents in the region
    Onboard all new sales agents by scheduling the orientation process, training the agents on the sales process,
    Assist in the development of a training curriculum and ensuring the training conducted is as per he curriculum training curriculum
    Developing the individual coaching plan for each sales agent and ensuring all resources needed by the agent are provided,
    Coaching each agent by observing what they are doing and providing guidance whenever needed,
    Identifying knowledge gap among the sales agents by spending more time with them in the field and giving necessary recommendation in filling the gaps,
    Developing training materials, conducting training sessions, evaluating and recommending areas for improvement, Supporting the training financial objective by ensuring training activities are within budgets allocated and controlling costs.Ensuring all training done are towards achieving the sales strategy in place and reporting on the impact of the training program.

    REQUIREMENTS

    Passionate about developing others’ capabilities and empowering those around you.
    Work experience as a sales agent is an added advantage
    Willing to gain experience in ‘doing’ what is being asked of others before learning how to train it.
    Effective communicator in front of small-medium sized groups of people
    Comfortable with ambiguity and experience working in a dynamic environment
    Experience in solar/ off-grid pump systems not required but would be an advantage.
    Experience working in a start-up not required but would be an advantage
    Experience training experientially would be an advantage.

  • Operations Project Manager

    Operations Project Manager

    About the role
    The Operations Program Manager role is designed to enhance the trailing and reporting of ops pilots. The role requires the employee to have sound project management skills and controls, as well as improving and embedding policies and processes aimed at evaluating and mitigating potential risks. Furthermore, the employee will be responsible for integrating successful pilots into the core operations of the business. The role requires the holder to develop successful relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, produce periodic reporting, develop and maintain an effective and accurate management information system with accurate results that will provide support for the decision making at SunCulture.
    Responsibilities:

    Planning and Coordination

    Planning and developing suitable strategies and objectives for running the projects
    Ensuring that the program outcomes is constantly connected to the organizational needs
    Determining what needs to be done and allocate all resources required to have the work done
    Cross project integration to ensure smooth running of all projects operate smoothly
    Identifying project performance lapse, and re-directs the team so that all program goals are met.
    Creating high-performance teams for every project and realigns duties as and when needed.

    Monitoring and Evaluation

    Monitoring work completion within deadlines for each work team.
    Ensure all programs dependent upon completion of task of another program are fast tracked through nudging of team members or extend the completion deadline.
    Assessing program performance and aim to maximize ROI through reporting on the cost benefit to the projects to the organization.

    Fiscal Analysis

    Overseeing the fiscal integrity of all the projects in the program Developing a target budget for running the projects before resource allocation
    Establishing a financial reporting system for projects for an understanding of individual expenditures and the total
    Preparing all Reports required by COO in reference to your role
    Lead and counsel client and ensure proper vendor governance by improving existing service and performance; enhancing operational stability; contributing to cost savings; and driving revenue opportunities by consistently practicing Vendor Management disciplines including: performance management, relationship management, financial management and contract administration.

    Risk Management

    Analyzing threats to the success or completion of the program and provide a remedy.
    Mitigating risks even when it means changing direction midway or even suspending one or more aspects of the program.
    Maintaining a level head and a focus on the end result
    Analyzing and resolving all higher scope issues Relationship Management
    Manage the contractual relationships with other organizations that may arise from time to time
    In collaboration with the other members of the management team, establish effective working relationships with relevant Stakeholders.

    Leadership Role

    Be visionary and thoroughly informed of the organizational issues in order to adjust programs and ensure they suite the changed needs of the organization
    Maintain an effective working relationship with all other directors to ensure that there is effective co- ordination of all company activities in support of corporate objectives.
    Deliver through others by delegation of duties, proper time management and getting buy in from the team members
    Creating, supporting and maintaining a culture of collaboration, accountability, trust, and customer focus across functional areas
    Direct and control all internal operational employees to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained and carry out their responsibilities to the required standard.
    Ensuring all team members are aligned to their OKR’s and have ownership and give updates on progress on a weekly basis
    Ensure the operations team has all the necessary support, tools and equipment needed for them to execute their role.
    Collaborate with the leadership team whenever required to set business objectives and development goals
    Provide mentorship and be a coach to all the team members

    Must have for the Role

    Hands on, detail oriented and with strong execution skills
    Communication Skills and should ensure Information communicated is clear and timely.
    Experience in drafting departmental budgets and financial forecasting
    Futuristic and have the ability to solve complex problem
    Independent thinker able to thrive in a fast paced dynamic environment.
    In-depth knowledge of the industry and current trends adaptable for SunCulture
    Have the ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines
    Skill in prioritizing and triaging obligations
    Be organized and be an expert in time management
    Thrive in resources constrained environments
    Have discretion in using budgetary allocation for the department
    A proven record of ability to achieve through others
    Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time
    Willingness and must have the ability to handle any job assigned under your scope of work

  • Chief Of Staff

    Chief Of Staff

    About the Role
    SunCulture is looking for a Chief of Staff, reporting to the CEO.
    Tasked with understanding every in and out of the organization, the ideal candidate for this role is both a strategic thinker and an executor, with excellent project management and collaboration skills. Leading with empathy and poise, the CoS will be equally comfortable working with employees, customers, and board members. He/She must be comfortable speaking truth to power, obsessively detail-oriented, and addicted to research and implementation on a variety of tasks.
    Ultimately, the CoS will play a critical role in enabling the CEO to make better and faster decisions by informing the CEO what to focus on and giving key insight and help lead the company from the shadows.
    Key Responsibilities

    The CoS will have a varied set of responsibilities, spanning relationship management, strategic support, event planning, administration, and operations.
    Strategic Execution: Thinking, prioritizing, and operating at least 3 steps ahead of the CEO, the CoS will anticipate problems, fix them before they occur, and then fix them again when everything changes. This will require both structured and creative thinking, a deep understanding of the complexities of the business, and excellent judgment.
    Relationship Management: The CoS will lead building, maintaining, and organizing relationship management with prospective and current investors and partners, ensuring SunCulture maintains excellent relationships with all key stakeholders and the CEO’s time is spent with the most important contacts.
    Leadership: You will help the CEO priorities work and align them based on strategic importance through regular communication with the CEO both onsite and offsite and train the CEO on how best to work with you for smooth work relation.
    Administrative Support: The CoS will schedule and manage the CEOs time, ensuring that he is prepared for every meeting and every meeting is a high leverage use of his time. This will include managing and arranging the CEO’s travel schedule and preparing expense reports.
    Event Planning & Content Creation: Oversee the creation of all external materials including presentations and speeches, as well as the planning of key events.

    Desired Candidate Profile
    Does This Sound Like You?

    You are deeply passionate about SunCulture’s work and mission.
    You have between 5 – 15 years relevant experience.
    You have experience in the Chief of Staff or similar-type position. Past experience in management consulting a plus.
    You’re obsessively detail-oriented.
    You maintain a positive attitude and problem-solving mindset throughout unexpected changes and challenges.
    You’re an excellent collaborator, who is candid, honest, and kind with feedback, and always looking to learn and improve.

  • Sales Trainer (Central and Western Kenya)

    Sales Trainer (Central and Western Kenya)

    Details:
    Why SunCulture?
    SunCulture recently closed a round of funding with EDF, one of the world’s largest electric utility companies and a global leader in low-carbon energy (press release). This exciting deal demonstrates that major power players view the off-grid sector as a future cornerstone of their business. The Sales Trainer has the primary responsibility of training and empowering the sales team with the knowledge and skills required to meet their sales targets. This role is field based and require frequent travel in the region allocated . This role is suitable for a individual who has a passion for training. One who is keen on working in a thriving Tech driven and innovative social impact business focused on small-scale farmers with an aim of transforming business. 
    Key Responsibilities

      Actively participate in the recruitment and selection process of new sales agents in the region
    Onboard all new sales agents by scheduling the orientation process,  training the agents on the sales process
     Assist in the development of a training curriculum and ensuring the training conducted is as per he curriculum training curriculum
    Developing the individual coaching plan for each sales agent and ensuring all resources needed by the agent are provided,
    Coaching each agent by observing what they are doing and providing guidance whenever needed,
    Identifying knowledge gap among the sales agents by spending more time with them in the field and giving necessary recommendation in filling the gaps,
    Developing training materials, conducting training sessions, evaluating and recommending areas for improvement,
    Supporting the training financial objective by ensuring training activities are within budgets allocated and controlling costs.
    Ensuring all training done are towards achieving the sales strategy in place and reporting on the impact of the training program.

    Must have for the role

    Passionate about developing others’ capabilities and empowering those around you.
    Work experience as a sales agent is an added advantage
    Willing to gain experience in ‘doing’ what is being asked of others before learning how to train it.
     Effective communicator in front of small-medium sized groups of people.
    Comfortable with ambiguity and experience working in a dynamic environment. 
    Experience in solar/ off-grid pump systems not required but would be an advantage.
    Experience working in a start-up not required but would be an advantage.
     Experience training experientially would be an advantage.

  • International Expansion Manager

    International Expansion Manager

    Why SunCulture?
    This is a unique opportunity to have a seat at the table in one of the fastest growing technology startups in Africa. SunCulture won the FT/IFC Transformational Business Award in both Excellence in Transformational Business and in the Food, Water, and Land Category in 2018. SunCulture has also recently been recognized as a Bloomberg New Energy Pioneer and named in London Stock Exchange’s inaugural ‘Companies to Inspire Africa’ report. SunCulture’s CEO is recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 and Top Conscious Business Leader.
    About the Role
    SunCulture is looking for an International Expansion Manager who will be responsible for setting up and managing new market pilot team and operations. This includes building new market expansion operation strategy, goals and pilot hand over process.
    Detailed Responsibilities

    Pilot Operations

    Plan and set up new market pilots. This includes pilot scope, HR, admin, operations, budget, legal, timeline, partners, goals
    Identify and setup IT/software needs in collaboration with the Kenya IT team
    Manage new market expansion pilots. This includes HR, partners operations, budget, monitoring
    Build reporting structure to ensure all OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are being measured and shared in a clear and efficient way
    Create handover process and timelines dependent on the new market needs

    Market and Team Expansion

    Formulate a new market expansion pilot strategy, with the business development team
    Work with business development team to increase visibility of SunCulture to drive more sales
    Identify the new market HR needs and ensure they are in line with partnerships and 3rd party contracts
    Ensure the teams training needs are efficiently met
    Build management and reporting structures
    Ensure the new market expansion team have clear goals and directions
    Efficiently monitor the new market expansion teams both onsite and remotely

    Leadership

    Maintain an effective working work relationship with team members and other departmental heads
    Ensure all your team members have OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) that they are aligned with the collaborating teams OKRs and give updates on project progress on a weekly basis
    Collaborate with the other project team members to set project objectives and development goals

    Desired Candidate Profile
    Does This Sound Like You?

    You have 3-5+ years of management experience
    You are an experienced traveler, preferably in rural Eastern Africa
    You have excellent communication skills, both written and spoken with the ability to interact freely with key stakeholders
    You have a passion for project perfection and proactive in decision making
    You are an independent thinker, able to thrive in a fast paced dynamic environment
    You have in-depth knowledge of the industry and current trends adaptable for SunCulture
    You have the ability to handle pressure, meet deadlines and handle multiple projects at the same time
    You are organized and an expert in time management
    You thrive in resources-constrained environments with discretion in using departmental budgetary allocation
    You are an agile trainer capable of training and being trained and be very resilient and flexible

  • Business Development Project Manager

    Business Development Project Manager

    Job description
    Are you a project manager extraordinaire? Are you able to help design a project and oversee its execution? Do you have experience with irrigation engineering? SunCulture is hiring!
    About the Role
    SunCulture has reached an exciting phase in its development and is poised for significant growth. They are looking for a Business Development Project Manager who will be responsible from end to end for NGO/B2B irrigation and solar pumps projects. This includes tendering, project management and reporting.
    Responsibilities

    Tendering
    Understand the project/client needs through analyzing tender documentation and follow up meetings
    Design the layout of the irrigation system/s based on the technical feasibility, documentation and meetings
    Prepare quotes for the project based on the system’s design, logistics, training and service/maintenance needs
    Write technical proposals for the project, elaborating on chosen irrigation design and service offering
    Submit tender before deadline and follow up when needed
    Project Management
    Source for and manage the necessary items and contractors after project plan approval. This includes managing risks and thinking through mitigating strategies
    Create and lead project implementation team: Assign team tasks and deadlines, make sure the necessary tools are available.
    Budget: Ensure project is within provided budget, monitor project spending and adjust accordingly if extra costs occur.
    Monitoring process: Collect and measure data to compare project status with project plan. This includes ensuring project quality is satisfactory to the client
    Training: When applicable make sure the client/beneficiaries have the knowledge to install, operate, maintain and service the installed system
    Reporting: Submit project status, final project and follow up reports to team and stakeholders

    Desired Candidate Profile
    Does this sound like you?

    3+ years relevant experience
    You have experience with AC/DC solar/grid pump systems
    You have experience with drip irrigation
    Experience with tendering and project management
    You have a passion for project perfection and are proactive
    You are great at report writing
    You enjoy being out in the field
    You have excellent soft skills
    You have a passion for project perfection and are proactive
    You are a team leader and can also be a team player whenever required
    An agile trainer/trainee that is very resilient and flexible
    You have excellent grammar skills

  • Head of Finance and Accounting

    Head of Finance and Accounting

    Job description
    Detailed Responsibilities

    Financial Administration

    Plan and manage SunCulture’s fiscal function and performance
    Ensure that SunCulture has the right financial policies, systems, processes and procedures to ensure capital is safe and efficiently used
    Manage budgets and cash flows as well as predict and highlight issues that may arise to senior management
    Develop reporting frameworks for senior management, the Board, investors and other key stakeholders

    Audits and Controls

    Define and manage the different legal structures and accounting standards required to operate in different countries. Optimise the Organisation’s structure accordingly; manage forex exchange risk
    Define SunCulture’s audit and internal control structures, ensuring strict financial controls are in place and adhered to
    Coordinate all external audits. Ensure that recommendations as well corrections identified are implemented
    Ensure that the Organisation complies with all legal and regulatory requirements

    Team Management

    Manage the performance of the Finance team in line with agreed KPIs
    Identify and develop the training required to contribute to the professional growth of the team

    Does this sound like you?

    5 – 15 years’ experience
    Proven ability and demonstrable experience in similar role in a start-up
    Ability to interpret financial models
    Willing and able to make and execute hard decisions – own the process, own the strategy, own the outcomes
    Ability to manage a variety of large tasks with competing timelines and priorities
    Formal accounting or finance qualifications, e.g. CFA, CIMA, CA, ACA
    Kenyan national

  • Business Developement Project Manager

    Business Developement Project Manager

    Job description
    Are you a project manager extraordinaire? Are you able to help design a project and oversee its execution? Do you have experience with irrigation engineering? SunCulture is hiring!
    About the Role
    SunCulture has reached an exciting phase in its development and is poised for significant growth. They are looking for a Business Development Project Manager who will be responsible from end to end for NGO/B2B irrigation and solar pumps projects. This includes tendering, project management and reporting.
    Responsibilities

    Tendering

    Understand the project/client needs through analyzing tender documentation and follow up meetings
    Design the layout of the irrigation system/s based on the technical feasibility, documentation and meetings
    Prepare quotes for the project based on the system’s design, logistics, training and service/maintenance needs
    Write technical proposals for the project, elaborating on chosen irrigation design and service offering
    Submit tender before deadline and follow up when needed

    Project Management

    Source for and manage the necessary items and contractors after project plan approval. This includes managing risks and thinking through mitigating strategies
    Create and lead project implementation team: Assign team tasks and deadlines, make sure the necessary tools are available.

    Budget: Ensure project is within provided budget, monitor project spending and adjust accordingly if extra costs occur.
    Monitoring process: Collect and measure data to compare project status with project plan. This includes ensuring project quality is satisfactory to the client
    Training: When applicable make sure the client/beneficiaries have the knowledge to install, operate, maintain and service the installed system
    Reporting: Submit project status, final project and follow up reports to team and stakeholders

    Desired Candidate Profile
    Does this sound like you?

    3+ years relevant experience
    You have experience with AC/DC solar/grid pump systems
    You have experience with drip irrigation
    Experience with tendering and project management
    You have a passion for project perfection and are proactive
    You are great at report writing
    You enjoy being out in the field
    You have excellent soft skills
    You have a passion for project perfection and are proactive
    You are a team leader and can also be a team player whenever required
    An agile trainer/trainee that is very resilient and flexible
    You have excellent grammar skills