Country Director at GiveDirectly

Responsibilities

Partnership Development

• Own revenue targets and drive fundraising opportunities, maintaining a robust opportunity pipeline to sustain year over year growth
• Identify strategic partnership opportunities
• Build and manage high quality relationships with donors
• Design ambitious cash transfer programs and accompanying budgets

Program Management

• Ensure operational excellence across all programs
• Backstop, manage, and guide an operations team in overcoming challenges, staying on schedule, and delivering quality results
• Be accountable for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) associated with recipients paid, recipient experience, and operational efficiency

Internal Audit

• Collaborate and coordinate with GiveDirectly’s Recipient Safeguarding and Advocacy team in order to prevent misconduct and protect our recipients, including designing appropriate controls
• If necessary, provide leadership and oversight of investigations of alleged misconduct, ensuring zero tolerance for fraud and best in class safeguarding standards

Relationship Management

• Work with national and local government officials to secure permissions for maintenance and expansion of programs
• Communicate about GiveDirectly to donors, the media, and other partners Team Management
• Motivate and coach a large team, including direct management of the country management team
• Build capacity of managers at all levels by ensuring that they have clearly defined metrics for success, regular feedback on progress, and exciting growth opportunities
• Promulgate practices and norms that animate GD’s core values
• Take reasonable steps to ensure the safety and security of the GD team
• Identify key areas in need of hiring / redundancy planning and buffer to increase the resiliency of the team

Strategic Planning

• Lead strategic planning for GiveDirectly in Kenya
• Set and manage towards country goals, that create a roadmap for our success in Kenya

Required Skills And Experiences

• 10+ years of relevant experience - e.g. in non-profit country management, organizational leadership, partnership development, program management, social entrepreneurship or consulting - with a track record of demonstrated excellence and increasing responsibility
• Experience leading government and external stakeholder partnerships
• Proven track records of securing significant funding from major institutional and trust donors (e.g. USAID, FCDO, World Bank, or EU) and/or private sector sources
• Demonstrated ability to lead and set strategic vision at a national level
• Enthusiasm for fast-paced, innovative environments whilst maximizing the long-term sustainability of the GiveDirectly country presence
• Team management experience, including hiring and building teams
• Outstanding relationship management abilities, including ability to represent GiveDirectly at the highest levels
• Exceptional communications skills: written and verbal, including with senior audiences
• Strong organizational and/or project management skills
• A high degree of autonomy and resilience
• Problem solver: you look at problems with an analytical and iterative mindset, with a strong framework for prioritization. You can run robust analyses to inform management and programming decisions
• Alignment with GiveDirectly Values, including the ambition to pursue industry-changing success
• Active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.

Desired Skills And Experiences

• Experience working in Kenya and understanding of the Kenyan context is highly desired