Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and takes responsibility for their own personal development.
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:

Builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters.
Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
Approachable, a good listener, and easy to talk to.
Creativity:

Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach.
Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency, and builds trust and confidence.
Displays consistent excellent judgment.
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Qualifications, Experience and Skills Essential:

A master’s degree in business management, agriculture, cooperative management, social enterprise, finance, renewable energy, economics or a related discipline with 10 years’ experience working within a complex NGO and matrix structure on program cycle management.
Excellent project management skills, including finance and contract management, client, and stakeholder management, managing inputs from team members, consultants and partners, capability to use program management tools to deliver projects on time and budget to the satisfaction of the client.
Minimum ten years work and management experience in market development and/or business support within INGOs, consultancy or private sectors, in East Africa and internationally, including significant experience in am implementing and managing large field-based program delivery at a similar management and cross-function level.
In-depth understanding of at least two of the following: private sector development, approaches to inclusive market system development (such as M4P), enterprise assessment/support and commercial analysis.