GiveDirectly Country Director - Jobs in Kenya

Give Directly Country Director - Jobs in Kenya

GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving - and millions of lives - by providing cash grants directly to the world’s poorest.

The Brookings Institution estimates that $70B of cash transfers would be required to eliminate the poverty gap; the aid sector currently spends $135B each year, much of it on evidence-free interventions.

GiveDirectly wants to change that, establishing cash transfers as a benchmark for foreign aid - as the index fund is a benchmark for the financial industry - and in the process accelerating the end of extreme poverty.

We’re looking for exceptional talent to grow our field team. Our culture is blunt, analytical, non-hierarchical, and fast-paced, We recruit candidates from top organizations across all industries - our team has hailed from consultancies, investment banks, start-ups, non-profits and government.

We value ability and willingness to learn over years of experience. We offer competitive salary and benefits and performance-based bonuses.

Role Overview:

As we scale, we need exceptional emerging leaders to manage our projects in each country. As a country director at GiveDirectly, you will oversee all aspects of our operations in your country, including initial set-up (for new countries), project implementation (working closely with the field director, who you will manage), talent management, external relations (with government, the communities we serve, and donors like USAID) and overall risk management.

You will also work with our global partnerships team to increase the funding for cash to the poor.

In this role, you will build on your proven leadership skills to manage and inspire your team. You will apply your critical thinking skills to a wide and varied range of challenges - on one day, hiring, on another budget setting, on another call center optimization.

You will have significant autonomy to run (and improve) day-to-day operations, with support and mentorship from fellow leaders across the global org.

You will represent GiveDirectly to senior stakeholders in-country, helping to make the case for one of the most exciting emerging trends in development.

Your work will drive impact on a daily basis, with success measured as the amount of money you put into the hands of individuals in need.

Responsibilities:

Depending on the country office needs, you will focus on a combination of the following buckets: