Job Description
Job Purpose
The position is responsible for providing technical and business advisory support
services to KCIC clients as they seek to commercialize and become bankable or
investor-ready through client-tailored support.
The key roles and responsibilities include:
• Provide support in technical advisory, business advisory, and financial analysis
support to KCIC incubated enterprises.
• Provide support in development of concept notes and disbursement memos.
• Provide support in the development of investment teasers.
• Provide support in planning and organizing for mentorship boot camps for the
onboarded clients in liaison with the Mentorship Assistant and the Mentorship
Coordinator.
• Provide support in developing clients’ business proposals/plans through
feedback based on the concept of business model generation by
systematically challenging the assumptions of business models.
• Provide support in executing market research, market feasibility studies,
competitive analysis, and other ad hoc research support as needed.
• Support entrepreneurs in expanding their adoption and use of digital marketing
platforms.
• Assist in the management of due diligence data rooms for prospective portfolio
companies and ensure the collection, organization, completeness of
requested information.
• Contribute to the preparation of a wide range of reports and analysis of
documents assigned including monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual
programme progress reports
• Provide support in identifying business training needs for clients and developing
user-friendly and practical training modules to close the identified needs.
• Assist in organizing client forums and coordinating all the logistics to ensure a
smooth process for events, including communicating with clients regarding the
proposed events.
• Assisti in managing the GreenBiz client tracker and updating necessary client
information.
• Take minutes during departmental or programme meetings and distribute them
to all relevant staff weekly.
• Disseminate information on the services currently offered to support KCIC’s
outreach and partnerships focus.
• Respond to inquiries from internal and external customers via phone,
meetings/discussions, and emails.
• Contribute innovative ideas on how KCIC can offer value to its clients.
Qualifications and Experience
• Degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Sustainable
Waste Management, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural
Science, Water Resources Management, Forestry, Natural Resource
Management, Business Management, Economics or a related filed.
• Knowledge of climate technologies and an interest in environmental
sustainability.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Fluent in English and Swahili.
• Resides within Kenya.
Functional skills
• Analytical skills
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills
• Organizational skills
Behavioral skills
• Professionalism
• Interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Reliability
• Adaptability