Market Systems Development Senior Associate Job Inkomoko

• Lead rigorous market systems diagnostics and value chain assessments in priority sectors-including livestock, solar energy, finance, logistics, agriculture, textiles, FMCG, and manufacturing-to uncover systemic constraints, incentive structures, and leverage points for inclusive, sustainable change.
• Map and engage a diverse range of market actors-including producers, buyers, service providers, and policy influencers-to strengthen core and supporting market functions and foster well-functioning market linkage systems. Maintain a database of enterprises and identify those with high potential to crowd in and scale inclusive practices.

• Co-design and facilitate catalytic, market-driven interventions that address systemic constraints and root causes of market underperformance. Interventions should be facilitative, reinforcing existing market functions and incentivizing local actors to lead and sustain change.
• Solicit , formally and informally potential partnerships through the development of TORS, Call for applications and Partnership requests to onboard different private and public sector actors to design and implement interventions
• Use adaptive management principles to adjust interventions based on ongoing market analysis, stakeholder feedback, and learning.
• Promote inclusive business models that create value for marginalized market actors, including refugees and host communities. Facilitate the crowding-in of market actors by demonstrating commercially viable solutions, ensuring interventions are scalable, cost-effective, and anchored in market incentives rather than direct service delivery.

• Facilitate and maintain strategic relationships with private sector actors to co-create and support inclusive market opportunities for clients. Support the design and implementation of market-facing activities, such as exhibitions, buyer-seller forums, and trade events, that enhance clients' visibility and access to end markets.
• Engage proactively with start-ups and SMEs to identify systemic barriers to growth, co-develop pathways for upscaling.
• Cultivate a robust network of private sector firms, producer organizations, and relevant development partners-particularly those engaged in agriculture, livestock, retail, and industrial productivity-to foster collaboration and alignment across the market system.
• Develop MoUs, grant agreements, or technical assistance packages with partners based in negotiations and alignment with the
• Facilitate co-creation of business models or behavior changes that address market constraints.
• Manage and nurture ongoing partnerships - acting as a trusted advisor rather than a service provider.

• Lead the use of technology-enabled tools to systematically collect, record, and manage entrepreneur and market actor data to support evidence-based service delivery and adaptive programming.
• Write intervention plans, concept notes, learning briefs, and success stories. Share learnings internally (within the MSD team) and externally (with partners, other programs, or donors)
• Maintain clear and concise intervention logs and updates for internal and donor reporting.
• Oversee the development and use of tools to monitor market actor behavior change, such as the adoption of inclusive business models, investment in support services, and improved market relationships.
• Design and maintain intervention-specific results chains and systemic change frameworks, clearly articulating the linkages between program activities, outputs, outcomes, and intended market system shifts.
• Co-design and implement robust M&E frameworks, including both quantitative and qualitative indicators, to track changes in market systems, particularly in areas such as actor behavior, crowding-in, and inclusion of marginalized groups.
• Ensure high standards of data quality, consistency, and security across all interventions, supporting accurate analysis and real-time decision-making.

• Support in the design and execute market linkage services like buyer engagement, tender distributions, buyer and supplier connections, etc, to enable clients to expand their businesses
• Work with consulting business advisors and Investment officers to identify clients suitable for market linkage opportunities.
• Provide recruitment and training support, as needed.
• Lead market linkage initiatives by sharing key learnings internally, coordinating with business development and investment teams to identify high-potential clients, and supporting them in accessing and utilizing market opportunities.
• Management & Administration (5% of the time )
• Contribute to the development of annual objectives, strategies, and work plans for BGS, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and MSD principles.
• Lead administrative planning for intervention roll-out, including budgeting, procurement requests, and compliance with internal financial and operational procedures.
• Manage project resources effectively, ensuring responsible use of funds, timely reporting on expenditures, and adherence to donor and organizational guidelines.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation of project activities, partner communications, contracts, and operational tools in line with data management standards.
• Supervise or coordinate with support staff (e.g., finance, admin, logistics) to ensure seamless implementation of field activities and operational support across locations.
• Participate in internal coordination meetings, contribute to reporting cycles, and provide updates on progress, risks, and administrative needs

• We are looking for candidates who have previously held Market Systems and project management roles , access to finance interventions ,with demonstrated success, and who align with our company values.
• 5+ years of demonstrated success in program management of complex projects, Market systems programs.
• Master's degree preferred, or Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business administration, value chain management or related field
• Experience with designing and implementing projects with a market-systems approach and/or to create market linkages in Kenya
• Experience working with micro and small businesses as well as overall market dynamics, financial markets and Financial inclusion
• Has a sound of understanding of challenges refugees and the local community face with regards to business growth.
• Highly analytical and organize
• Excellent creative and innovative thinking skills
• Fluency in English and Swahili required. Any other local language is a plus

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