Director, Girl Capital - Africa

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Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

Hybrid
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Funds
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: KSh15,880,000 KES / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 09/05/2025
  • Location: Kenya
Child protection/ Children’s rights Movement building
The main purpose of the role  

CIFF’s Africa strategy, envisages an Africa where girls have the health, economic opportunity and agency to contribute to a thriving and self-determining Africa. To do so, the strategy takes an integrated portfolio approach that layers interventions, addresses root causes and prioritises sustainability, execution excellence and localization. The CIFF Africa structure is designed to meet the demands of this ambition and is anchored to three strategic pillars: 1) For Africa, By Africa (FABA); 2) Resilient Communities; and 3) Girl Capital (the consolidation of Girls’ Choices – SRHR, Girl’s protection and wellbeing – GBV, Child Marriage and Girls’ Opportunities – Education, Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods).   

The purpose of this role is to contribute to the development and execution of high impact, evidence-based strategies and plans that ensure CIFF Africa’s Girl Capital ambition is realized and delivers transformational and lasting change 

And 

To manage and mentor a team of Managers and Analysts, developing their capacity in effectively managing programmes, delivering quality outputs, and furthering the broader aims and goals of the CIFF Africa strategy and priorities.

Management dimensions

  • The role’s portfolio management will sit under the accountability of CIFF’s Director Girl Capital, Africa
  • This role will have direct management oversight of Managers and an Analyst with a technical specialization in SRHR.


Requirements

Skills & Experience

  • Recognised as a subject-matter expert (as evidenced via publications and/or previous programme delivery) in an area relevant to SRHR, child protection, child marriage, GBV preferably with an extensive track record working in one of CIFF’s priority geographies.
  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of the African context
  • Detailed understanding of using cost-benefit and ROI methodologies and metrics to inform strategy and business planning
  • Excellent people leadership skills and proven ability to motivate, develop and hold to account a small- to medium-sized teams of professionals
  • Ability to think critically and analytically to draw sound conclusions on the basis of complex data.
  • Proven success in building and maintaining strategic relationships and working in partnership; has highly developed influencing and negotiation skills, and effectively collaborates to deliver maximum impact
  • Strong management skills with a background of leading, inspiring and empowering others, plus demonstrable experience of supporting workplace diversity.
  • Proven track record of building and maintaining strategic relationships and working in partnership.
  • Experience of identifying and delivering business process improvements.
  • High-level of financial literacy.

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