Job details
Job title: Program Manager, Green Trade | Line Manager: Director, Business Competitiveness
CQA: Chief of Programs
Grade: JG 6 | Direct reports: One
Department: Business Competitiveness | Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Job summary
The Green Trade portfolio represents a strategic priority for TradeMark Africa as global and regional trade systems undergo rapid transformation in response to climate imperatives, evolving market standards, and shifting investor expectations. With trade-related emissions increasingly shaping competitiveness and market access particularly for African economies the need for sustainable trade solutions has moved from aspiration to necessity.
The Programme Manager will provide strategic leadership, technical expertise, and oversight across TMA's growing green trade portfolio. The role will be responsible for design and implementation of TMA's Green Trade agenda and supporting the achievement of organisational sustainability targets by integrating climate adaptation and mitigation considerations into programme design and delivery across country and regional operations. The Programme Manager will ensure that projects are underpinned by robust environmental assessments, aligned with national regulations, development partner requirements, and international best practice, while strengthening TMA's internal approaches to managing climate and environmental risks. This includes guiding teams on emissions-conscious programming in priority trade corridors and sectors, and embedding environmental considerations into infrastructure, logistics, and trade facilitation interventions.
The role will provide technical oversight to green projects, shape new programme design, and proactively identify opportunities to advance climate-resilient and low-carbon trade pathways in collaboration with partners and private sector actors. Leveraging TMA's strengths in programme development, infrastructure delivery, and partnership building, the Programme Manager will help originate bankable initiatives capable of attracting climate and blended finance, positioning TMA as a credible leader in sustainable trade programming while ensuring quality, coherence, and scale across the portfolio.
Knowledge management - ensure TMA is implementing and disseminating global and regional best practice in greening trade through the establishment of communities of practice and other knowledge sharing and learning frameworks.
Roles and responsibilities
Responsible for the overall management, oversight and integration of climate and environment considerations into TMA's work in support of the green trade element of TMA's 2023-2030 Strategy. S/he will work closely with all TMA regional and country teams as part of the Business Competitiveness Department.
The core responsibilities are outlined below:
Design and deliver robust mitigation and adaptation programming in the trade sector.
* Actively fundraise for the Green Trade programmes including through multilateral and bilaterial climate funding mechanisms such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
* Identify and develop climate change mitigation and adaptation approaches and programmes in the trade sector, focused on achieving TMA's corporate climate targets as part of its 2023-2030 Strategy.
* Develop new institutional relationships and expand existing ones, with organisations active in climate change programming in the trade sector and involved in international climate financing.
* Lead implementation of TMA Climate Change & Environment programmes (and elements of broader programmes), including donor and internal reporting; work planning and preparing forecasts; and actively participating in external annual reviews or impact evaluations.