Roles and responsibilities and the specific tasks you will undertake:

Technical delivery

• Key technical expert, up to and including Team Leader, for consultancies in the private sector development area, especially around trade and investment, including value chain diagnostics, market assessments, economic impact assessment, and investment appraisal.  
• Act as Project Manager on assignments within your areas of expertise, coordinating project teams and project partners and acting as a key company interface with clients on the projects you are involved in. Ensure that projects you manage are delivered on time, on budget, to an outstanding level of quality, and in compliance with key company and client policies and procedures with major risks to project success properly mitigated. 
• Lead and support the preparation, design and facilitation of workshops and learning events with the client and delivery partners. 
• Present analysis, findings and research clearly both in writing, visually and orally, through case studies, reports and presentations for the client and other stakeholders, to support uptake and sharing of findings. 
• Provide mentoring support and capacity building to colleagues, through formal and on-the-job training, guidance and feedback.

Business development 

• Act as point of engagement for clients and partners in developing our business, proactively develop client relationships and look for opportunities for follow-up work with existing clients. Establish and sustain senior level client relationships. 
• Contribute to business development across the full cycle, from early capture to tender submission. This includes seeking and tracking opportunities, positioning Triple Line within consortia, building suitable project delivery teams, managing the bidding process and co-ordinating inputs, preparing technical and financial inputs for expressions of interest and full tenders, working closely with colleagues across Triple Line.  
• Ensure quality standards are met on all submissions under your direction. 
• Use MIS tools to monitor, analyse and manage BD pipeline. 
• Actively develop a network of external consultants to support in-house teams. 
• Contribute to increasing the visibility of Triple Line through attending conferences, raising profile and networking, producing lesson learning materials and/or publications, and supporting Triple Line hosted events, etc. to develop reputation and attract new clients. 

About you

We are looking for a person who will be contributing to growing Triple Line’s portfolio of trade and investment projects, as a senior technical expert within the wider multi-disciplinary Inclusive Growth and Resilience (IGR) team. You will work with a talented multi-national team located across the London, Nairobi and Addis Ababa offices. Triple Line is committed to developing the capacity of our Nairobi and Addis Ababa offices, and you will provide support and transfer skills and knowledge to colleagues as an important part of the role.

About us

For over 25 years, Triple Line has worked with governments, financial institutions, the private sector, foundations and civil society to deliver an expanding portfolio of development assistance in countries across Africa, Asia and the rest of the world.

Climate change, loss of biodiversity, growing povert, entranched inequality, unemployment, access to decent work and shifting demographics – these are just some of the complex problems standing in the way of the global sustainable development goals. We are helping to address many of them at both a policy level and on the ground. By combining innovative thinking with practical solutions, we aim to help meet today's challenges and prepare for tomorrow's opportunities.

Our ultimate goal is to create opportunities for people, protect the environment and generate prosperity in responsible ways that create lasting value, unleash innovation and build inclusion and equity.

We work across two teams (Inclusive Growth and Resilience and Evaluation, Policy Analysis and Learning) to deliver 7 services to our clients:

• Cities and Infrastructure
• Private Sector Development
• Trade and Industrialisation
• Environment, Forests and Climate Change
• Gender and Inclusion
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
• Fund Management

GDPR declaration

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Recruitment process

Interested candidates should submit an up-to-date CV and covering letter to 3L@tripleline.com referencing the title of the position in the subject line. The cover letter (max 2 pages) should include an explanation of how your experience and qualifications qualify you for this position, reference to availability, and any additional information related to your application that you would like us to consider.    

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The recruitment process will include two rounds of interviews, a practical assessment or case study, and two reference checks.    

Triple Line is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We have a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination within our recruitment process and actively encourage applications from a range of backgrounds.