Responsibilities
Strategy Development & Execution
- Design
and implement an ecosystem strategy for NGOs, foundations, and
donor-funded projects.
- Translate
sector needs into targeted Customer Value Propositions (CVPs),
encompassing banking, credit, payments, insurance, and digital channels.
Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management
- Build
and maintain strategic relationships with NGOs, funding partners, UN
agencies, government-aligned programs, and implementation partners.
- Engage
with procurement officers, grant managers, finance directors, and program
leads to provide comprehensive banking solutions.
Ecosystem Structuring & Value Chain Finance
- Map
NGO value chains (e.g., implementing partners, suppliers, contractors,
field agents).
- Develop
and promote financing solutions for:
- NGO
contractors and vendors
- Healthcare
and education programs
- Relief
supply and logistics networks
- Introduce
tailored lending models (e.g., program-based credit, LPO financing,
guarantee-backed funding)
Product Innovation & Digitization
- Co-develop
embedded banking tools for:
- Donor
disbursements
- Beneficiary
payments
- Mobile-based
grant tracking and reporting
- Leverage
fintechs to digitize cash transfer programs, field agent payments, and NGO
treasury services.
Internal Coordination & Collaboration
- Work
cross-functionally with Corporate, Retail, Micro-Banking, DFS, Treasury,
and Bancassurance to deliver aligned solutions.
- Coordinate
ecosystem sales enablement and performance reporting across business
units.
- Ensure
proper revenue attribution and joint scorecard reviews across contributing
teams.
Data & Performance Analytics
- Maintain
an up-to-date NGO ecosystem database with funding levels, projects,
geographies, and transaction volumes.
- Track
and analyze ecosystem KPIs including deposits, credit utilization, product
penetration, and client engagement.
Thought Leadership & Sector Visibility
- Represent
KCB in NGO forums, donor workshops, and sector networks.
- Generate
insights on trends in aid financing, humanitarian innovations, and
regulatory changes impacting NGOs segment.
Minimum
Position Qualifications
Academic &
Professional
Purpose of Job
- The
African Union, established as a unique Pan African continental body, is
charged with spearheading Africa’s rapid integration and sustainable
development by promoting unity, solidarity, cohesion and cooperation among
the peoples of Africa and African States as well as developing a New
Partnership Worldwide. Its Headquarters is located in Addis Ababa, capital
city of Ethiopia.
- In
seeking to achieve this objective, the African Union intends to strengthen
its capacity to deliver by, among others, the implementation of a new
organizational structure and the filling of vacant posts.
- The
Commission of the African Union invites applicants who are citizens of
Member States for a position in the Inter-African Bureau for Animal
Resources (IBAR) Nairobi, Kenya which is mainly in charge of being the
vehicle for the AU to develop an appropriate and independent expertise in
the area of animal health and production for the alleviation of poverty of
those involved in livestock farming and food security in Member States.
- The
Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) is a specialised
technical office of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue
Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE) of the African Union
Commission (AUC). AU-IBAR’s mandate is to support and coordinate the
utilization of livestock, fisheries and wildlife as resources for both
human wellbeing and economic development in the Member States of the
African Union (AU).
- The
Commission of the African Union invites applicants who are citizens of
Member States for a position at the Inter African Bureau for Animal
Resources, Nairobi/Kenya.
Main Functions
- Contribute
to the strategic leadership of the institution in the domain of animal
health.
- Provide
strategic and technical guidance to member states and regional economic
communities in the domain of animal health and diseases control.
- Coordinate
programmes for the control of animal diseases in Africa and provide
support to regional economic communities and member states.
- Maintain,
strengthen and diversify partnerships with international organisations and
technical partners in the animal health domain
Specific
Responsibilities
- Assist
in co-ordinating activities in AU-Member States in the field of animal
health and welfare including control of epizootics and applying the One
health approach.
- Assist
in co-ordinating the control and eradication of trans-boundary diseases in
member states.
- Support
ARIS system to collect, collate and disseminate information on all aspects
of animal health in Africa.
- Assist
in co-ordination and liaison with appropriate authorities of Member
States, Regional groups, Inter-Governmental and International
Organizations on matters of animal health.
- Assist
in monitoring and react to changes and requirements of the International
Animal Code.
- Assist
in facilitating the collaboration framework with the World Organization of
Animal Health (WOAH), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO) such as GF-TADs Africa, and other strategic partners.
- Contribute
towards planning and decision-making to formulate IBAR’s response to any
major animal disease outbreak in a member state.
- Assist
the Chief Animal Health Officer in the networking and management of the
numerous animal health programmes and projects housed within IBAR.
- Support
monitoring the general sectoral issues related to animal health and
support formulation of strategies, programmes and projects and facilitate
the quarterly and annual reporting of animal health.
- Maintain
a continental platform of public and private actors involved in animal
health and assist RECs and AU MSs to work together to address issues of
animal health with a focus of transboundary animal diseases (TADs) and
zoonoses, curriculum content and quality of veterinary services delivery.
- Support
the epidemiology, laboratory and veterinary public health networks in
Africa to efficiently address the main diseases, emerging and re-emerging
diseases and issues of veterinary public health concern including food
safety.
- Support
risk analysis along regional and continental priority livestock value
chains.
- Perform
any other relevant duties assigned by the Supervisor and the Director.
Academic
Requirements and Relevant Experience
- Bachelors
in Veterinary Science, Animal Health or Epidemiology or related field,
with at least five (5) years of progressive relevant experience in
Veterinary and/or Animal Health with a strong background of Veterinary
Epidemiology.
- Or
a Master’s Degree in any of the above or related field, with a minimum of
two (2) years of progressive relevant experience in Veterinary and/or
Animal Health with a strong background of Veterinary Epidemiology.
- Supervisory
experience is an added advantage.
- Professional
work experience in identifying stakeholder’s capacity gaps in animal
health and formulating and implementing capacity building
strategies.
- Experience
in an international work environment is highly desirable
- Proficiency
in one of the AU working languages, fluency in another AU language is an
added advantage
Required Skills
- Sound
project management skills and ability to multi task
- Effective
interpersonal and communication, from project kick offs to stakeholder
meetings
- Strong
negotiation skills
- Possess
leadership skills
- Self-motivated,
creative, and a reliable team player
- Ability
to work in a multicultural setting
- Possess
the ability to use IT tools to enhance any assigned tasks.
How to Apply