Partnership and Engagement Specialist job at iHub
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Vacancy title:
Partnership and Engagement Specialist

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Professional Services , Category: Management ]

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iHub

Deadline of this Job:
15 July 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Partnership and Engagement Specialist
Overview

We are looking to recruit a detail-oriented and results-driven partnership and engagement specialist to lead partnership efforts at the PAUSTI Incubation centre of excellence who will be responsible for engaging with key stakeholders within and outside the innovation centre and will work together with the team to achieve goals and objectives as well as identifying strategic partnership opportunities and growth of the community.
Strategy Development
• Identify opportunities, deploy corporate engagement strategies and build capacity to enhance partnership engagement for PAU Innovation Centre.
• Contribute to the strategic portfolio planning with inputs related to resource mobilisation.
Engagement & Relationship Management
• Create a framework that guides engagement between the university and private sector organizations (corporates, chambers of commerce, trade associations and more).
• Identify specific research projects by partner organizations that can be executed in partnership with the university
• Organize design thinking workshops that helps understand areas of alignment and also expose university staff and students to other innovation clusters within the country and in other regions.
• Manage the process of connecting students to private sector companies for the purpose of research and internships
Event Planning & Stakeholder Communication Management
• Develop cutting-edge presentation and engagement materials, working closely with the communications team where necessary
• Act as focal point for identification and pursuit of opportunities for outreach and collaboration, including on how to anticipate and respond to partners’ concerns and priorities and ensure the innovation centre is well-positioned and represented in relevant forums
• Identify thematic priorities that align with partner interests and develop standardised concept notes for pitching to multiple partners
• Curate relevant activities, stakeholders, events and workshops that will drive innovation in the selected thematic areas
• Develop written content for tailored proposals and concept notes in collaboration with the programme team, ensuring that the content is engaging and well-aligned with partner interests.

Qualifications
• Bachelors Degree in education, social sciences, public administration, communication, or any related field
• Having 2-4 years of relevant experience in building and maintaining positive community partnerships is a bonus.
• Experience working effectively with and understanding the needs of culturally and ethnically diverse populations
• Proven skills in project management
• Creativity skills - in developing programs and methods for engaging an audience toward the success of a goal
• Relationship-building skills - with business leaders, the community, and the target audience of employees, clients, or others
• Organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
• Empathy - using skills that allow the Engagement Specialist to determine what is most important to their target audience, and then working to deliver on an organizational promise
• Engaging - having a natural like of people, a knack for leading, and sales skills that help engage others in goals.
• Strategic - Able to create strategies for improvement of partnership & stakeholder engagement.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Corporate / Organisation Specialist jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 15 July 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 28-06-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 28-06-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 28-06-2065
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