Director Trade Facilitation at Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade)

Purpose for the Job

To Continuously analyze the trade facilitation trends available for conducting trade within Kenya and globally and make appropriate recommendations to reduce the impact of tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade. Engage and lobby the trade community in both the public and private sectors across the supply chain with a view to strengthening capacity as regards to measures to facilitate and ease trade in Kenya and the region. Oversee the Operationalization and Management of the National Electronic Single Window System (NESWS) and other Value-Added Systems as Trade Facilitation Tools

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare strategic business models, annual budgets and business and performance work plans to enable trade facilitation.
• To continuously analyze the supply chain and recommend trade facilitation strategies required to improve trade processes and procedures by working closely with relevant stakeholders & other partners, representatives of business and trading community in Kenya and the region in order to identify and specify needs, strengths and weaknesses in the existing systems and procedures for facilitating trade.
• Conduct consultative workshops with relevant partners to strengthen capacity, facilitate and ease trade and cooperate with the trading community.
• To assess the current business and to promote comprehensive cooperation and understanding among public sector and trading community.
• To provide expertise and recommendations as to how to adapt internationally acclaimed trade facilitation measures to local realities.
• To identify institutional, legal and functional gaps which hinder the introduction of trade facilitation measures in the country and recommend appropriate action.
• Ensure good customer service function.
• To engage and lobby the trade community across trade logistics.
• Manage research & development function through the executive and optimal use of the NESWS as a trade facilitation tool.
• To oversee business systems reengineering among the users of single window system continuous improvement of business environment.

Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant experience in trade facilitation of not less than twelve (12) years, seven (7) of which should be in a senior management position.
• Master’s Degree business field - Commerce, economics or in any business related field from a recognized institution.
• Bachelor’s degree in a business field - Commerce, economics or in any businessrelated field from a recognized institution.
• Qualifications and exposure in transport logistics and shipping.
• Knowledge of international convention/agreements such as World Trade Organization, EAC Protocol etc is an added advantage.
• Be a member in good standing to a professional body.
• Leadership development programme lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Meets the provision of Chapter Six of the Constitution.