Christian Aid Country Director Jobs in Kenya
Christian Aid Country Director Jobs in Kenya
Job Description Christian Aid’s Africa programmes are transforming lives for women and men, girls and boys. We are looking for someone with the passion, leadership, ambition and experience to lead resource mobilization for Christian Aid’s Africa Programme.
Do you have the influencing and relationship building skills to develop high level partnerships with donors and lead teams to exploit these opportunities? Can you build effective partnerships with Country Teams and senior managers around developing impactful programmes?
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead on the refreshment of the country strategy and the development of a commensurate programming approach for the Kenya programme, which is in line with Christian Aid global strategy ‘Standing Together’ and responds to the main poverty drivers and prevailing funding context in Kenya.
This role brings dynamic and accountable leadership to Christian Aid’s programme and team in Kenya, while enabling Christian Aid to work in partnership with others to contribute significantly to the change we want to see: individuals and communities living in dignity, free from poverty and need; economic, political and social systems transformed to remove power imbalances and other root causes of poverty and inequality; and movements of individuals and communities speaking out against poverty and injustice so that everyone can experience life in all its fullness.
The role champions the operational excellence of Christian Aid’s Kenya programme ensuring that staff capabilities, the quality of our programmes, our financial resilience and digital capability all work effectively together to realise Christian Aid’s vision, goals and ambition.
This is a senior management role which focusses on strategic analysis and choice and the intelligent resourcing for Christian Aid’s contribution in a complex, dynamic and global context. Christian Aid currently has an office and programme in Nairobi, but it is looking to grow the programme.
You will represent Christian Aid in Kenya, and you will manage relationships with key allies and stakeholder
internally and externally. This includes relationships with current and potential local partners, international donors and with our ACT sister agencies. You will line manage the senior managers in the team in Kenya. You will work in close collaboration with our teams in the UK and Ireland, with our senior management spread across Africa and other teams across Africa.
About you
You will have 5 – 10 years’ senior management experience of leadership in the non – profit context, in particular the INGO sector in Kenya.
You will have a deep understanding of the drivers of poverty in country, and experience in leading the refreshing and implementation of a new programme strategy, including reviewing it from time to time. You will have a proven record in thinking strategically, developing a new programming approach and resourcing and business model.
You will be adept at planning, building relationships, collaborating across different audiences, negotiating, and influencing.
You are skilled and experienced in donor relationship management and funding, contract management and fundraising.
You will have in-depth experience in managing people, including working through conflict and leading a growing team.
You will be able to reflect on yourself and shift your own thoughts in the service of progressing a situation positively. You will be able to work with uncertainty, assessing a situation afresh at each step along the way.
You will be fluent in English.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Christian Aid Country Director Jobs in Kenya
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