Desired Experience and Qualifications:
Excellent verbal & written (English) communication skills
Fluent Kiswahili
Experience of living, working or studying abroad
A minimum of five years’ experience of independently working in a dynamic environment
Digitally excellent in a variety of programs and suites
Experience in the private sector
Experience working with development practitioners, academia and government
Master’s degree in a relevant discipline
Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage and assist with consulting services, overseeing programme delivery and execution of client initiatives.
Evaluate, develop, and implement communications and other strategies, initiatives, and solutions, improving current infrastructure to meet objectives.
Facilitate discussions with the client to elaborate on the areas of proposed improvements
Define the problem concisely and hypothesise the proposed solution
Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis to drive the proposed solution
Develop and present plans to implement the recommended changes
Act as the primary liaison with clients, addressing service needs, requests, and issues.
Manage and support consulting teams and senior leadership, coordinating account activities and evaluating performance.
Identify business opportunities and obtain accounts, assisting with bid management and contract development.
In this role you will:
Commit to a period of intensive training, shadowing a mentor and learning Well Made Strategy’s unique methodology:
Show a desire to learn new skills and identify gaps where further training is needed
Independently review/create strategies for at least six partners by close of first twelve months:
Independently provide strategic communications advice to partners that include academics, technical experts, ministry officials, business leaders and junior staff with varying levels of expertise
Interact with clients, funders and donors at all levels of expertise and rank
Review client communications and provide inclusive remedial advice in a timely, logical and easy to execute manner
Support partners to develop realistic, implementable communications strategies that deliver measurable change
Lead strategy processes in excellent spoken English (and other languages if possible)
Write well-reasoned clear strategies and reports in excellent written English
Mentor at least six teams in the first year:
Lead teams of diverse partners (international and national, skilled and unskilled, private and public sector) to successful and timely strategy execution
Lead and present to meetings that include ministers and programme officers, junior staff and CEOs
Identify client capacity strengths and gaps and design strategies to address them
Mentor partners in strategic communications design
Design and provide tailored communications training modules for clients
Bring in two new partners within the first year and contribute to bringing in four more:
Strategically manage contacts and team communications to optimise all abilities, maximise work effectiveness and appeal to new clients
Seek out partners in both public and private sectors who share Well Made Strategy social justice ethos
Self-sign partners and use existing networks to seek new business
Work with team to write proposals and react to sales leads
Use social media and the full digital spectrum – from blog posts to podcasts - to seek work and market to clients
Improve Well Made Strategy’s and your own offering to clients:
Engage in regular personal evaluation and improvement
Communicate transparently with team for maximum self and team improvement
Identify opportunities to productise and help to productise Well Made Strategy’s offering
Identify areas of improvement for self and team
Engage in additional training (self) where gaps and opportunities have been identified
Manage time and maintain professional behaviour at all times
Well Made Strategy never misses a deadline and neither will the employee
Use time tracking software to ensure profitable completion of assignments.
Self-manage assignments in close cooperation with colleagues
Close attention to detail is important in this position, the candidate must be able to work well on teams (the full Microsoft MS0365 Suite) and collaborate with partners to meet their needs.
Job Requirements
Required education
Required relevant work experience
Required languages:
