ABOUT THE ORGANISATION
The Nobeah Technologies Foundation is the not-for-profit counterpart of Nobeah Technologies Ltd.,a technology company focusing on technology with deep potential for social impact as well as the strong growth prospects required for sustainability. The innovativ e technology developed by Nobeah Technologies Ltd. targets transformative change, aiming to dramatically impact areas such as literacy, and health care. But in addition to these immediate potential impacts, Nobeah’s core values are to seek deeply insightful solutions that reach the heart of social challenges, changing the very equations so that they solve themselves in a sustainable way. The Nobeah Foundation was created to distribute technologies from Nobeah Technologies Ltd. on a subsidized or free basis where those technologies could have dramatic impact.
Across Africa the Nobeah Technologies Foundation will raise money from both local and international donors to sponsor free distribution of the technologies from Nobeah. Through these activities the foundation will achieve its goal of supporting insightful game-changing innovations that impact the very equations of human suffering and limited opportunity so solutions emerge organically, then building capacity for the solutions to sustain themselves and provide a solid platform on which further innovations may find anchor.
ABOUT THE JOB
ROLE: Volunteer Agricultural and Aquacultural Innovation Programmes Manager-Coordinator-Intern
LOCATION: Nairobi, Kenya
COMPENSATION: 2-3 months internship that could lead to a permanent job
Summary of Position:
The newly formed Nobeah Foundation is seeking a Volunteer Agricultural and Aquacultural Innovation Programmes Manager-Coordinator-Intern responsible for aquaculture and agriculture activities of the Nobeah Foundation’s programs.
The successful candidate will be the local representative for the Nobeah Foundation to a rich network of partners on agricultural and aquaculture matters. In this role, the candidate must have truly exceptional presentation, communication and organizational skills as well as an obvious and infectious passion for using technology to impact social change. They will be responsible for identifying the personnel required in their department and assisting in hiring the teams that will work under them.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
· Identify and lead exploratory discussions with potential partners on agricultural projects. Evaluate opportunities and present recommendations to the management team.
· Create and execute go to market initiatives with partners to meet organizational goals via successfully implemented strategic partnership initiatives on agricultural matters
· Prepare agricultural reports, fisheries projects evaluations and reporting as well
· Communicate and collaborate with a broad range of constituents (product, engineering, marketing, sales, legal and top external executives) and help define the go-to-market strategy.
· Ensure continuous improvement of status within the agricultural space
· Understand the partners’ businesses and strategic objectives and proactively develop programs that deliver measurable and meaningful results to all parties in fishing and other agricultural projects.
· Lead a cross-functional team with members from Nobeah’s various departments to ensure we deliver on contractual requirements and maximize potential return on our key partnerships in agricultural projects
· Oversee day-to-day partner operations including performance tracking and reporting and proactive communication to partners regarding developments within Nobeah or the applicable NGO sector generally which may impact them
· Assist in program managing aquaculture programs and agricultural projects
· Periodically prepare and present program results to internal and external executive audiences on matters in agriculture.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree required, with a background in Agriculture, Agribusiness or Business management strongly preferred.
The successful candidate will have the following skills:
· 2+ years of experience in agricultural management/economics, aquaculture consulting, business development roles in enterprise with demonstrable results.
· Strong attention to detail, highly entrepreneurial, creative, open-minded, persistent and highly collaborative, with a passion for and understanding of Nobeah products and the ability to quickly learn about new technologies.
· Ability to balance competing priorities and manage several time-sensitive projects at once in a fast paced environment with minimal direction.
· Very strong communication skills – both written and verbal. Must be able to develop complex strategies, present to executives, seek buy-off and drive tactical execution.
· In-depth experience operating within and across cross-functional teams (agricultural economics, agribusiness, aquaculture etc.)
· Be able to roll up sleeves and manage execution of evolving requirements
· Be able to autonomously take on planning and execution of various work streams
· Be aggressive and drive accountability in goal setting and execution
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position send an email to hr@nobeahfoundation.org with your resume attached and with the subject line: “Re: Application for Volunteer Agricultural and Aquaculture Innovation Programme Manager-Coordinator-Intern”. Please ensure the subject of the email is written as above in your email to help it be detected by our searches. Also please ensure your name and other contact details are both in your resume and in the email itself.