Your mission
The Country Director will be KAYA’s leader in Tanzania. They will be a sub-Entrepreneur who will help build KAYA’s portfolio of conservation and restoration projects in a landscape over more than five million hectares. In this process, they will soon be helming a regional organisation of over fifty employees. They will be KAYA’s ambassador in the eastern African region. They will work very closely with the Co-founders in building the organisational brand and business strategy. From skills, they should be an environmentalist with a business acumen and experience of working in environmental markets.
Your responsibilities
Lead the organisational set-up process and thereafter account for all business operations in the country
Build and the lead the Operations, Legal, Finance and Human Resource teams
Maintain an overview of all the projects in the four abovementioned teams and review closely the most critical ones
Identify landscapes and collate supporting information in close cooperation with the Chief Climate Officer for new project development
Work with the Co-founders in ensuring smooth cooperation between Tanzania Office teams and the Berlin Head Office teams
Be the organisation’s liaison to the government and public offices in the country for the relevant matters
Ensure high standards in organisational compliance to matters of law, finance and integrity
Work with the Co-founders in positioning the organisation in the region and represent it in working groups, regional conferences, associations, and among sectorial peers
Your profile
Over five years of experience leading country or regional programmes in environmental work
Experience of leading multiple teams while having a strong understanding of the duties of those teams
Experience in financial planning and executive reporting
Experience in networking and positioning at multiple levels
Ability to relate with and manage relationships with government at federal and local levels
Familiarity with market-based conservation and restoration programmes, like carbon market, biodiversity protection mechanisms, and commodity supply chain conservation mechanisms, is desirable.
Willingness to be based in Arusha or a mutually agreed location in Tanzania
Willingness to travel internationally, both in Africa and outside
Openness to co-creating structures, processes and culture at a start-up while being patient through the developmental phase
Possibility to contact former employers
In addition to English fluency, working proficiency in French and Swahili is desired
Experience of working in eastern Africa is desirable and experience of working in Tanzania is a plus
Higher education in environment and social studies is a plus
What we offer
Offer of a job with purpose
Opportunity to work for the planet and people
Opportunity to learn about climate change mitigation and adaptation from first-hand experience
Global exposure through international colleagues and intercontinental work travel
Possibility to become part of an organisation in its developmental phase
Chance to experience life in Tanzania
Please send us your latest CV along with a summary on why you would like to work at KAYA. Please note, that along the interviewing process we may wish to contact former employers for reference of your work. In case of any questions to aid your application process, please write to us at work@kaya.global .
We at KAYA stand for equal opportunities and recruit based on capability and performance. We welcome everyone - who shares our passion and cares about contributing to our vision - to hand in their application.