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- Consultant, Digital Systems and Reporting
- Director, Deal Room
- Deputy Director, Green Deals
- Deputy Director, Non-Green Deals
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Job Openings at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Consultant, Digital Systems and Reporting
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Consultancy 
Key Responsibilities
System Development and Digital enablement
- Analyse the business need for the deal room and recommend the best fit solution.
- Design in collaboration with the Director Deal Room and oversee the implementation of digital tools for investment pipeline management and deal room operations.
- Incorporate emerging technologies (i.e AI) in the system design to process diverse data sources and simplify workflows.
- Support investment tracking platforms and ensure accessibility, user-centric design and security of the deal room tools
- Support integration and interoperability of system tools with other government data sources and stakeholder platforms or user interfaces
Reporting and Analytics
- Support the Director Deal Room on dashboard design and iteration exercises to align with pre-agreed KPI’s, documented bottleneck and deal progression stages
- Generate real-time insights from system data to support strategic decision making for deal room operations, cross-functional coordination with deal owners (sector leads) and the Investment Committee preparedness
- Prepare routine and on-demand analytical reports for key internal stakeholders and relevant public sector actors for active strategic deals in project mode
- Coordinate with Pipeline managers and analysts at the deal room to ensure consistent data
Operational Coordination
- Support coordination of cross government tasks teams by availing up to date data and system status reports
- Ensure consistent data input for effective pipeline management such as clear escalation paths and targeted interventions
Capacity Building and Knowledge Management
- Train deal room staff on use of new digital tools and system including ad-hock iterations that support deal room coordination with key stakeholders.
- Document system operational routines, user guides and workflows
- Support delivery culture formation through continuous collecting of user feedback and adaptation to deal room tools
Required Competencies
- Outcome focused and agile project and people management capabilities; creative and resourceful problem-solver with a can-do attitude
- Strong analytical skills, including great comfort with business financials and data
- Business acumen: a good understanding of private sector, quick to comprehend industry dynamics and trends
- Strong written & spoken communication skills: able to produce high-quality reports and executive level presentations.
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Method of Application
Key Responsibilities
- Pipeline delivery and deal progression
- Drive proactive engagement with deal owners/sector leads, investors and relevant ministries to understand deal context, requirements and barriers requiring unlocks
- Coordinate and operationalise the deal lifecycle from triaging, structuring to clear hand-offs with deal owners
- Apply standardised frameworks and tools to increase quality deals through evaluation, qualification and prioritisation.
- Monitor and manage each deal’s movement through milestone levels and ensure clear hand-offs for investment implementation or closure.
- Operational management and delivery
- Supervise strategic deals managers and analysts providing guidance to ensure high-quality outputs supported by standard operating procedures, common user tracker, dashboards and tools.
- Track performance using pre-agreed KPI’s, timelines and escalation protocols in alignment with the Director Deal Room role of secretariat to the Investment Committee.
- Develop and lead pipeline intelligence function which supports decision making, investor dialogues, negotiation preparations and institutional performance reviews
- Prepare requests and briefs for escalation and Issue resolution
- Institutionalise learning by distilling insights from deal facilitation into reusable resources.
- Build internal capacity through targeted mentorship, skills coaching and leadership of delivery routines to strengthen the team’s quality of execution.
- Develop the green deals division sustainable resource mobilisation plan.
- Strategic Coordination and Stakeholder engagement
- Act as the primary point of contact and senior level champion for high-impact green deals
- Build and maintain senior relationships with key actors in green investments and key touchpoints.
- Set clear agenda and provide high-level troubleshooting to support institutional and inter-ministerial unlocks.
- Strategically engage national, county governments, development partners, investors and Technical TBI expertise towards tailored deal support packages, policy and regulatory reforms, incentives, off-take agreements and co-investment structuring.
- Generate key pipeline deal insights and identify key resources to achieve strategic impact.
- Carry out relevant duties assigned by the Director Deal Room to advance strategic investments in collaboration with TBI.
Required Competencies
- Experience in private sector leadership, especially in investment-heavy or project-financed environments, as well as regulatory experience and delivery track record
- Hands-on experience in deal structuring
- Familiarity with green investment and climate-aligned finance
- Prior experience working in Kenya or East Africa is a strong advantage
- Understanding of and working experience with the Government of Kenya
- Proficiency in Swahili is desirable
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