Senior Industry Programme Manager, Tanzania : Textiles and Apparels
Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam

Role Outline

Gatsby is seeking an ambitious, high-performing Senior Industry Program Manager to oversee its interventions in Tanzania reporting to the Industry Director - Textiles & Apparel and working within the wider Textile and Apparel Industry team. The role holder will work with and assist the Industry Director in leading the implementation of key intervention activities and projects within the industry program with a particular focus on Tanzania and the wider East African region.

The ideal candidate will bring a set of senior level networks across the development sector and in East Africa relating to this work. They will have excellent strategic and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly identify opportunities and risks from different courses of action.

Terms and Remuneration

This role is on a permanent basis employment role. The incumbent may be initially based in Nairobi with significant travel to Tanzania and regionally. The salary range for this role will be TZS 11,545,833.3 – TZS 12,904,166.7

Job Description

Reports to: Programme Director – Textile and Apparel
Direct Reports: TBC
Location: Dar Es Salaam

Key Role Responsibilities

The incumbent’s key responsibilities will be focused on catalyzing growth in manufacturing and investments in the textiles and apparel sector; identifying opportunities to strengthen regional value chains; catalyzing the industry’s efforts to improve the markets and incomes available to local producers; and ensuring the industry leads in the development of environmentally sound and sustainable enterprises within the textiles and apparel sector. The role will involve a high degree of public sector engagement, as such the incumbent should have some experience and understanding of the operational framework of the public sectors in Tanzania or East Africa. The role may also require interventions at a primary production level.

Primarily the candidate will be expected to fulfil the following:

1. Managing industry intervention activities and projects

Conducting some of the following types of activities, for example:
Helping to design technical assistance programmes and managing technical experts to deliver this
Contributing to broking strategic partnerships between firms and the Textile and Apparel Program Team.
Working with policymakers and regulatory stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of industry development propositions focusing on Tanzania.
Managing market assessments and feasibility/technical studies focusing on Tanzania and aligning them with the wider EAC context
Writing motivations for grants or investments to selected firms, as needed, to be presented to the Board of Gatsby.
Facilitating investment promotion work, industry assessment to identify potential partner for linkage with investors in various arrangements including but not limited to equity/debt investment, joint ventures, sourcing arrangements etc.

1. Stakeholder and partner management

Forging and managing relationships across a multitude of stakeholders, understanding the actors within the sector and being able to map their role and influence in Gatsby’s regional TA strategy.
3. Project management

Contributing to overall project management by developing country activity plans and drafting reports for key intervention activities and working with the industry director to ensure activities remain on-target and within budget.
4. Managing technical experts

Helping to identify, engage with and manage external consultants and world-leading technical experts who contribute to the development work in textiles and apparel sector in Tanzania.
5. Conducting industry analysis and supporting country strategy development

Conducting analysis to contribute to the development/refining of industry/sector strategy to transform the sector and working with the wider Gatsby team to periodically review and improve these strategies.
6. Data collection and dissemination

Identifying, designing, and executing the gathering of sector relevant data that will support and validate Gatsby’s textiles and apparel strategy in Tanzania. Producing periodical data that will be relevant to other stakeholders and partners operating in or seeking to participate in the textiles and apparel sector.
Gatsby’s interventions and the focus of different team members will evolve according to the program needs, therefore the ideal candidate should be flexible and open to a role that will evolve according to industry needs and resources available to Gatsby.

You will have opportunities to contribute to work in other industries or potentially in due course to transfer to other Industry Programmes or units within Gatsby Africa, if in-line with both Gatsby Africa’s needs and your professional development objectives.

Person Specification

Competencies;
Good understanding of market sector development approaches is critical.
Strong commercial acumen, analytical and experience of working on solving complex problems
Ability to analyze data and other sources of information, probe for further information, make rational judgements from the available information and understand how one issue may be part of a larger system
Experience and track record in project management and efficient/timely project execution – whether in a commercial or a development sector context
Demonstrated ability to produce quality reports and materials to communicate and share learnings and evidence from program activities with internal and external stakeholders.
Excellent communication and engagement skills with demonstrated ability to form and maintain relationships including building a network in a new market or industry.
Experience working in or with the private sector, government, and development agencies

Personal Attributes
A self-starter with plenty of energy, excellent interpersonal skills, and high level of emotional intelligence
Commitment to extensive travel and onsite engagement with partners and industry stakeholders
A strong attention to detail, quick learner and flexible in a new/changing environment
Specific experience on the Textile and Apparel sector from a private sector, policy or development sector perspective is highly desirable
Ability to speak and write Swahili will be added advantage.
Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications

Gatsby is looking for star-performers that have:
Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university with a commerce, legal, policy or business administration bias.
Professional qualification or a Master’s degree will be a significant advantage. Where these are not held, then relevant work experience will be mandatory.
Minimum of Eight (8) years relevant work experience, with at least five (5) years in a role with significant management responsibility and autonomy, three (3) of which should include managing a budget, revenue line (business) or a large project.
Experience in several the following disciplines: partnership and/or economic development, investment promotion, delivering programmes of technical assistance or business and investment advisory support, financial and quantitative analysis, market studies or corporate strategy

Our Values and Behaviours

We have developed a set of core values that will be used to assess a candidate’s fit with the organisation and provide the basis for the culture that we aspire to use in our operations. Our staff are:
Ambitious – Showing determination to deliver long-term and large-scale impact for others, and to achieve our own potential.
Collaborative – Working together to develop strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, while understanding others’ needs and enhancing their capabilities to drive change.
Thoughtful – Reflecting on evidence and learning from our activities and those of others to design, adapt and improve our work.
Pragmatic – Recognising the motivations of others and the realities of facilitation, seeking opportunities to build momentum for change, and communicating carefully.
Honest – Playing a trusted role as an honest broker for change, being open to learn from others, and admitting our challenges.

Gatsby Africa is an equal opportunity employer.