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Sanivation is a social enterprise that partners with local governments in Africa to create clean, healthy, and productive cities through waste management.
We are looking for a new Project Manager to manage the delivery of our sanitation interventions in cities across Kenya
About Sanivation
Our mission is to improve the dignity, health, and environments of urbanizing communities in low-income countries. We have been operating in Kenya since 2014, partnering with local governments to support the research, design, implementation, and monitoring of safely managed sanitation. We utilize market-based approaches, combined with integrated stakeholder engagement, to create, implement, and operate lasting fecal sludge management (FSM) solutions.
Because of our experience of operating across all phases of the fecal sludge management (FSM) value chain from a for-profit enterprise perspective, we understand how theory meets practice to drive service delivery. Having seen too often failed or forgotten sanitation interventions, we inherently understand the need for understanding local context and market-driven business models to ensure lasting solutions. Our company model is based on short term and long-term contracts for sanitation service design and delivery focused on the following categories:
Master Planning – evaluating and designing the sanitation needs and interventions
Waste Collection – evaluating, designing, and operating the services to remove human waste out of a community
Treatment Plants – feasibility studies, design, construction, and operation of sustainable waste treatment plants
Role Overview:
This role will be ideally based in Naivasha, Kenya at Sanivation’s Head Quarters, or in Nairobi, but will require travel up to 60% of the time to project locations across Kenya.
Responsibilities
Quick Summary
Sanivation is a social enterprise that partners with local governments in Africa to create clean, healthy, and productive cities through waste management.
We are looking for a new Project Manager to manage the delivery of our sanitation interventions in cities across Kenya
About Sanivation
Our mission is to improve the dignity, health, and environments of urbanizing communities in low-income countries. We have been operating in Kenya since 2014, partnering with local governments to support the research, design, implementation, and monitoring of safely managed sanitation. We utilize market-based approaches, combined with integrated stakeholder engagement, to create, implement, and operate lasting fecal sludge management (FSM) solutions.
Because of our experience of operating across all phases of the fecal sludge management (FSM) value chain from a for-profit enterprise perspective, we understand how theory meets practice to drive service delivery. Having seen too often failed or forgotten sanitation interventions, we inherently understand the need for understanding local context and market-driven business models to ensure lasting solutions. Our company model is based on short term and long-term contracts for sanitation service design and delivery focused on the following categories:
Master Planning – evaluating and designing the sanitation needs and interventions
Waste Collection – evaluating, designing, and operating the services to remove human waste out of a community
Treatment Plants – feasibility studies, design, construction, and operation of sustainable waste treatment plants
Role Overview:
This role will be ideally based in Naivasha, Kenya at Sanivation’s Head Quarters, or in Nairobi, but will require travel up to 60% of the time to project locations across Kenya.
Key Responsibilities
Implementing functional area systems, staff, and practices to reach company strategic goals for growing our project division.
Coordinating messaging and updates to all external partners and internal leaders at Sanivation about projects statuses.
Always be aware of ongoing projects, arranging project tasks based on their significance, effectively managing time each day, keeping all progress reports current, and communicating updates to relevant staff to maintain accuracy across the company.
Build and maintain strong relationships with project stakeholders ensuring that stakeholder needs and expectations are met throughout the project lifecycle.
Implementing talent plans to ensure you have the talent required to reach our projects targets.
The implementation of projects while applying standard best-practice routines such as project kick-off, status, and close-out meetings and reports
Monitor project progress, track tasks, ensure adherence to the project plan and provide updates on project progress.
Reaching standard quality of deliverables, communications reports
Reviewing deliverables against project scope, schedule, and budget
Ensuring the project management tracking
High emotional quotient and flexibility to deal with the ever-changing nature of projects in coordination with different stakeholders
Excited to travel and work with a wide range of people and project content
Highly motivated, organized, and innovative thinker
Comfort with the ambiguity that comes with a start-up environment.
University degree in a relevant field (project management, business, or related field)
PMP certification or some other similar certification in project management is desired but not a must.
Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
Ability to coordinate external stakeholders and partners.
Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and effectively manage cross-functional teams.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
Understanding of project budgeting, and use of profit/loss statements to drive project decisions to reach targeted margins
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