MRV Country Coordinator

BURN Manufacturing designs, manufactures, and distributes fuel-efficient cooking products. Founded in 2011, the company is located in Kiambu County, Kenya, and operates in the energy, utilities, and manufacturing sectors.

The MRV Country Coordinator will serve as the primary country lead for Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) activities in Kenya, effectively managing all MRV-related projects. This position requires coordinating field data collection, maintaining high data quality, overseeing project execution, and providing leadership to field teams to ensure the timely and budget-compliant delivery of high-quality studies. Working closely with the Regional MRV Manager, the coordinator will manage multiple concurrent projects, assist in recruiting and training field enumerators, promote operational excellence, and ensure all MRV activities align with the company's business objectives. The role demands a strong combination of project coordination, field team leadership, data management, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, data-intensive environment.

1. Support the Regional MRV Manager in supervising field data collection teams across Kenya.
2. Guide MRV teams in executing various studies, including feasibility, baseline, project carbon usage, and kitchen performance tests (KPT).
3. Utilize modern data collection tools and ensure data quality through verification and error correction.
4. Implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and checklists for efficient data collection and analysis.
5. Coordinate multiple high-frequency, high-quality MRV projects simultaneously.
6. Maintain a strategic project calendar and optimize resource allocation.
7. Leverage experience to establish and operationalize efficient coordination in Kenya, expanding the MRV scope.
8. Coach teams on budgetary discipline and maximizing resource utility for projects.
9. Ensure local teams' output aligns with the business strategy.
10. Escalate issues affecting the MRV department's mandate to the Regional MRV Manager, while leading efforts for localized solutions and best practices.
11. Support the Regional MRV Manager in assessing expected project outcomes and customizing training materials accordingly.
12. Review and recommend best practices for recruiting, mobilizing, and training field enumerators.
13. Act as a key collaboration officer for MRV with other BURN teams and departments.

1. Excellent technical ability for audit-like work in a data-heavy environment.
2. Relevant technical data handling skills, including collection using tools like Kobo and basic analysis with Ms. Excel.
3. Proven team leadership and management experience with field teams across multiple locations.
4. Strong soft skills including people and teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
5. Effective field monitoring and evaluation skills, including strong communication to liaise with team members and ensure enumerators meet qualitative and quantitative targets.
6. Effective communication skills for interacting with team members or customers, and providing training.
7. 3 to 5 years of experience in field team leadership and management in areas such as data collection or sales.
8. Strong experience in field teams’ leadership and management.
9. Experience with data collection using platforms and mobile apps like Kobo.
10. Team coordination experience.
11. Project coordination experience.
12. Process audit experience.