RECRUITMENT ANNOUNCEMENT – PROJECT SPECIALISTS
BACKGROUND
The Government’s Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) has placed significant focus on the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector by prioritizing financial inclusion for MSMEs, value chain approach to MSME products as well as sustainable job creation through the sector.
In this endeavor, the Government of Kenya (GOK), with the support of World Bank, is implementing the Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation (KJET) Project, a significant initiative aimed at addressing key constraints within government and market systems that hinder the creation of high-quality jobs and the adoption of environmentally sustainable practices by Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
The Project’s objective is to address gaps and market failures that prevent high quality job creation and adoption of green practices by Micro Medium and Small Enterprises (MSMEs), including burdensome and costly regulatory frameworks, inadequate Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) promotion, coordinating failures between buyers and suppliers, information asymmetries with respect to capabilities and market requirements, as well as externalities related to climate change.
Its first component Strengthening Business and Investment Enabling Reform will address prioritized Business Regulatory and Investment Policy and Promotion reforms to support private sector growth, through a combination of diagnostics, legal and regulatory reforms, institutional capacity development, and integration of a One Start One Stop (OSOS) digital platform. Throughout implementation, special focus will be given to regulatory constraints faced by exporters and priorities for attracting export oriented Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
The third component Scaling Up Green Financing and Strengthening Climatic Resilience for SMEs is aimed at mobilizing green private capital to support adoption of green technologies through setting up an agile, patient financing structure to crowd in private capital, especially by medium businesses. It will further pilot an innovative instrument to support SMEs in managing compound climatic shocks. The flagship of this component is the Green Investment Fund (GIF), an Alternative Investment Vehicle, providing risk-adjusted, long-term, patient capital, including equity and mezzanine financing to climate resilient SMEs in Kenya and the greater East African Communi-ty. Investment focus sectors will be Cleaner Energy and Material Efficiency and Environmental Resources with priority in Transport (electric vehicles), Building Efficiency, Sustainable Agriculture and Waste Management. It targets to create 45,000 jobs to Kenyans, including at least 6,800 for women through new or improved job opportunities.
Both components will be anchored within the State Department of Investment Promotion (SDIP) and implemented under the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry (MITI)
The State Department for Investment Promotion (SDIP) is therefore seeking to recruit eight (8) Project Specialists who will form the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) responsible for coordinating the World Bank SDIP KJET Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation. The duty station for these roles will be Nairobi, Kenya.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified KENYAN candidates for the advertised vacant positions shown here below:
| S/No. | JOB TITLE | NO. OF POSTS | VACANCY NO. |
| 1. | Project Director | 1 | 1/2025 |
| 2. | Financial Management Specialist | 1 | 2/2025 |
| 3. | Project Accountant | 1 | 3/2025 |
| 4. | Procurement Specialist | 1 | 4/2025 |
| 5. | Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist | 1 | 5/2025 |
| 6. | Communications Specialist | 1 | 6/2025 |
| 7. | Environmental and Social Risks Management (ESRM)
Specialist |
1 | 7/2025 |
| 8. | Legal Specialist | 1 | 8/2025 |
HOW TO APPLY
1. Application letters submitted physically must be enclosed in plain sealed envelopes, marked with the vacancy number and job title together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, certified copies of Academic and Professional Certificates, and contact details of at least three (3) referees and be addressed to:-
The Principal Secretary,
State Department for Investment Promotion (SDIP) Development,
P.O BOx 30057 – 00100 GPO
Bishop Road, Capitol Hill, Social Security House, Block ‘A, 12th Floor
NAIROBI.
2. Application documents may either be submitted physically at the above address OR electronically through [email protected]
3. Applications must be received on or before 31st January, 2025 5pm East African Time
4. Interested eligible qualified candidates may seek further information from the Office of the Principal Secretary, State Department of Investment Promotion at the above address, during normal working hours from 8.00am to 5.00pm East African Time.
5. Complete detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) with detailed scope of work, eligibility and qualifications required as well as contract duration and terms, may be accessed by interested eligible candidates at www.investmentpromotion.go.ke and www.tenders.go.ke
6. The SDIP is an equal opportunity Employer. Female candidates and Persons Living with Disability (PLWDs) are encouraged to apply.
7. The SDIP will only contact the shortlisted candidates, and canvassing will result in automatic disqualification
Abubakar Hassan Abubakar, CBS
Principal Secretary
STATE DEPARTMENT FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION (SDIP)
