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MRV Country Coordinator - Kenya
BURN Manufacturing
Job at a glance
- Employer
- BURN Manufacturing
- Position
- MRV Country Coordinator - Kenya
- Location
- Kenya
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 3 to 5 years in field team leadership
- Salary
- Not stated in the advert
- Application deadline
- 14 January 2027
- Posted on VacancyKE
- 16 October 2026
VacancyKE summary
BURN Manufacturing is hiring an MRV Country Coordinator to lead Monitoring, Reporting and Verification activities in Kenya. You will coordinate field data collection, manage concurrent projects, and supervise field teams to ensure high-quality studies are delivered on time and within budget.
What stands out about this opportunity
- Country lead for MRV activities in Kenya
- Manages multiple concurrent high-frequency projects
- Focuses on data quality and budget discipline
Key responsibilities
- Coordinate multiple concurrent MRV projects, maintaining calendars and optimizing resources.
- Supervise field data collection teams across Kenya, ensuring adherence to SOPs.
- Execute studies including feasibility assessments, carbon usage baselines, and kitchen performance tests (KPT).
- Ensure data quality through verification, error correction, and use of tools like Kobo.
- Recruit, train, and coach field enumerators and team leaders on best practices.
- Manage budgets strictly, maximizing resource utility and minimizing rework.
- Escalate delivery issues to the Regional MRV Manager and implement localized solutions.
- Align local team outputs with broader business strategies and collaborate with other departments.
Who should apply?
This role suits professionals with 3–5 years of experience leading field teams in data collection or sales who possess strong project coordination and audit skills.
Key requirements
- 3–5 years field team leadership
- Data collection proficiency (Kobo)
- Basic MS Excel analysis
- Process audit experience
- Project coordination skills
What you should know
- The role acts as a quasi-Project Manager for all MRV-related projects in Kenya.
- You will report to and work closely with the Regional MRV Manager.
- Applications must be submitted via BURN Manufacturing's online portal.
How to apply
- Apply directly through the BURN Manufacturing careers page linked in the vacancy details.
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The employer’s advert
About the role The MRV Country Coordinator will serve as the country lead for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) activities while acting as a quasi-Project Manager for all MRV-related projects across Kenya. The role is responsible for coordinating field data collection, ensuring data quality, managing project execution, and providing leadership to field teams to deliver high-quality studies on time and within budget.
Working closely with the Regional MRV Manager, the successful candidate will oversee multiple concurrent projects, support the recruitment and training of field enumerators, drive operational excellence, and ensure that all MRV activities align with business objectives. This role requires a strong blend of project coordination, field team leadership, data management, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, data-intensive environment.
Responsibilities:
Coordination of Data Acquisition:
• Support the Regional MRV Manager with proximal supervision of all field data collection
teams across Kenya.
• Guide the MRV Teams in execution of various studies, including but not limited to, feasibility
studies, baseline and project carbon usage studies, and KPT (kitchen performance tests)
studies.
• Utilize contemporary data collection tools and ensure data quality through verification and
error correction.
• Implement SOPs and checklists for efficient data collection and analysis.
Project Coordination:
• Coordinate several high-frequency, high-quality MRV projects simultaneously.
• Maintain a strategic project calendar and optimize resource allocation.
• Utilize their experience in setting up and operationalizing efficient Coordination in Kenya,
while expanding MRV scope in the country.
• Coach upcoming Teams on budgetary discipline and maximizing utility of all resources
availed to projects.
• Ensure local Teams’ output aligned with the business strategy.
Collaboration & Communication:
• Escalate to the Regional MRV Manager, all issues affecting delivery of MRV department’s
mandate, while leading efforts to gain localized solutions and best practices.
• Support the Regional MRV Manager with assessment of expected project outcomes and
customizing training materials to align with those desired outcomes.
• Review and provide best practice approaches to recruiting, mobilization and training of field
enumerators.
• Act as a close collaboration officer for MRV in relation to broader Burn Teams and
Departments.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
• Data Quality: Achieve and maintain consistently high data quality standards across all MRV
and Feasibility studies, exceeding established metrics for accuracy, completeness, and
reliability.
• Project Delivery: Deliver projects on time and within budget, meeting established deadlines
and milestones with exceptional efficiency and minimal rework.
• Cost Management: Operate a cost-effective MRV department, adhering to budgetary
constraints while maximizing resource utilization and achieving optimal value for each
project.
Skills and Experience:
• Individual will need excellent technical ability to carry out audit-like work in a dataheavy environment.
• Relevant technical data handling skills in areas of collection using tools like Kobo and
basic analysis using Ms. Excel.
• Team leadership and management of field teams in multiple locations.
• Required soft skills include people and teamwork skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
• The role-holder is expected to have strong field monitoring and evaluation skills
including effective communication skills to constantly liaise with the team members to
ensure all enumerators or team leaders are achieving both their qualitative and
quantitative targets.
• This specialist should also have effective communication skills to interact with team
members or customers, as well as provide training as needed.
• Possess 3 to 5 years of experience in field team leadership and management in areas
like data collection or sales.
• Strong experience in field teams’ leadership and management
• Data collection using platforms and mobile apps like Kobo
• Team coordination
• Project coordination
• Process audit experience
BURN is an equal opportunity employer.
Qualified female candidates and candidates from across our markets of operation are strongly encouraged to apply.
Working closely with the Regional MRV Manager, the successful candidate will oversee multiple concurrent projects, support the recruitment and training of field enumerators, drive operational excellence, and ensure that all MRV activities align with business objectives. This role requires a strong blend of project coordination, field team leadership, data management, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, data-intensive environment.
Responsibilities:
Coordination of Data Acquisition:
• Support the Regional MRV Manager with proximal supervision of all field data collection
teams across Kenya.
• Guide the MRV Teams in execution of various studies, including but not limited to, feasibility
studies, baseline and project carbon usage studies, and KPT (kitchen performance tests)
studies.
• Utilize contemporary data collection tools and ensure data quality through verification and
error correction.
• Implement SOPs and checklists for efficient data collection and analysis.
Project Coordination:
• Coordinate several high-frequency, high-quality MRV projects simultaneously.
• Maintain a strategic project calendar and optimize resource allocation.
• Utilize their experience in setting up and operationalizing efficient Coordination in Kenya,
while expanding MRV scope in the country.
• Coach upcoming Teams on budgetary discipline and maximizing utility of all resources
availed to projects.
• Ensure local Teams’ output aligned with the business strategy.
Collaboration & Communication:
• Escalate to the Regional MRV Manager, all issues affecting delivery of MRV department’s
mandate, while leading efforts to gain localized solutions and best practices.
• Support the Regional MRV Manager with assessment of expected project outcomes and
customizing training materials to align with those desired outcomes.
• Review and provide best practice approaches to recruiting, mobilization and training of field
enumerators.
• Act as a close collaboration officer for MRV in relation to broader Burn Teams and
Departments.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
• Data Quality: Achieve and maintain consistently high data quality standards across all MRV
and Feasibility studies, exceeding established metrics for accuracy, completeness, and
reliability.
• Project Delivery: Deliver projects on time and within budget, meeting established deadlines
and milestones with exceptional efficiency and minimal rework.
• Cost Management: Operate a cost-effective MRV department, adhering to budgetary
constraints while maximizing resource utilization and achieving optimal value for each
project.
Skills and Experience:
• Individual will need excellent technical ability to carry out audit-like work in a dataheavy environment.
• Relevant technical data handling skills in areas of collection using tools like Kobo and
basic analysis using Ms. Excel.
• Team leadership and management of field teams in multiple locations.
• Required soft skills include people and teamwork skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
• The role-holder is expected to have strong field monitoring and evaluation skills
including effective communication skills to constantly liaise with the team members to
ensure all enumerators or team leaders are achieving both their qualitative and
quantitative targets.
• This specialist should also have effective communication skills to interact with team
members or customers, as well as provide training as needed.
• Possess 3 to 5 years of experience in field team leadership and management in areas
like data collection or sales.
• Strong experience in field teams’ leadership and management
• Data collection using platforms and mobile apps like Kobo
• Team coordination
• Project coordination
• Process audit experience
BURN is an equal opportunity employer.
Qualified female candidates and candidates from across our markets of operation are strongly encouraged to apply.