Job Reference Number
EMUK1164
Job Type
International Development Assistance/Emerging Markets
Schedule
Contract
Job Location
Africa; Kenya; Ghana; South Africa
Job Summary
Cardno is an international professional infrastructure and environmental services company with over 60 years’ experience and 8,000 people shaping the future for communities around the world. Cardno Emerging Markets, part of the Cardno Ltd group, is an international development company with more than 40 years’ experience in providing consulting and Technical Assistance services to international donors and national governments in private sector development, enterprise development, fund management and livelihoods as well as designing of knowledge management and monitoring and evaluation frameworks for multi-year projects. The Emerging Markets Division has eight corporate offices and over 150 project offices on five continents and brings together over 900 technical specialists and development professionals who speak 40 languages.
Cardno Emerging Markets (UK) Ltd. is seeking a Team Leader candidate in our preparation for the anticipated DFID Start-up! programme, focused on improving in the-country support (both financial and non-financial) for start-up companies in DFID focus countries. The aim of the programme is to create a local environment in which entrepreneurs can access the financial capital, skills and professional networks they need to transform a business idea into reality and thus achieve an outcome of supporting the creation of high productivity jobs and improved incomes in key sectors of developing economies.
This will be a post covering multiple countries, including Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. The Team Leader will be responsible for the strategic vision, overall delivery and results of the programme.
Key Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will be a private sector development specialist with at least 15 years’ experience of financial and non –financial instruments and tools. He or she will have:
- At least 5 years’ experience of working for DFID, and/or one of the major bilateral donors including USAID for example
- Practical experience of market systems development/M4P
- Experience in in the design and development of enterprise ecosystems and SME support programmes Sub-Saharan Africa
- Outstanding Team Leadership skills with experience of leading a large multi-annual programme – ideally one covering multiple countries
- Challenge/Grant Fund management experience.
Other Requirements
No other requirements
Employee Benefits
Cardno offers an excellent compensation and benefits package. Cardno is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
