Vacant Positions at Verde Edge Consulting Ltd

Job Description

• Verde Edge Consulting Ltd is recruiting on behalf of its client for a strategic and hands-on Program Lead – Humanitarian Response-Giving. The role will lead a global humanitarian response fund and crisis-specific giving initiatives, enabling timely response activation, credible partner coordination, effective fundraising and transparent impact reporting.
• Lead the humanitarian response fund and crisis-specific giving initiatives; maintain activation plans, procedures, budgets and response tools; coordinate cross-functional teams; and manage risks, readiness and continuous improvement.
• Monitor humanitarian crises and assess response opportunities; identify credible partners and grant prospects; recommend allocations based on needs, capacity and available funding; and coordinate approved grant implementation, monitoring and reporting.
• Lead fundraising and donor-acquisition campaigns; oversee approved messaging and digital giving channels; engage donors, champions and strategic partners; and ensure effective stewardship, transparent impact reporting and dignified storytelling.
• Monitor program performance, fundraising targets, response timelines and resource utilisation; provide management and governance updates; maintain program records; and lead post-response reviews to strengthen future interventions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Humanitarian Studies, International Development, Disaster Management, Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, Business, or a related discipline.
• At least five (5) years of relevant experience, including significant responsibility in humanitarian response, emergency fundraising, crisis grantmaking or a comparable program.
• Direct experience with a humanitarian-response charity, disaster-relief organisation, grantmaking institution, pooled humanitarian fund or similar crisis-response organisation is required.
• Experience in rapid-response activation, humanitarian partner management, grant/allocation recommendations, donor fundraising and post-response reporting is strongly preferred.
• Experience in digital fundraising, campaign analytics, crisis communications or paid donor acquisition is an advantage. Familiarity with humanitarian standards, safeguarding, localisation, cross-border grantmaking and relief-to-development approaches is strongly preferred.
• Experience in an international or globally distributed organisation is preferred.

Additional Information

• Strong understanding of humanitarian needs, response actors, funding priorities and coordination in disasters and complex crises, including the transition from relief to recovery and longer-term development.
• Working knowledge of recognised humanitarian standards and relevant UN and international-agency coordination practices.
• Excellent program and project management skills, with the ability to lead complex, time-sensitive, cross-functional initiatives.
• Sound judgement under pressure and ability to make evidence-based recommendations using incomplete or rapidly changing information.
• Strong relationship management, fundraising, donor stewardship and stakeholder engagement skills, supported by excellent written and verbal communication.
• Data-informed approach to KPIs, performance analysis and continuous improvement; commitment to safeguarding and dignified representation of crisis-affected communities.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

• Be ready to work in Kenya and beyond as need arises.
• Working hours are expected to substantially overlap with European and U.S. Eastern time zones, typically approximately 1:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Kenya time.
• Occasional extended hours may be necessary during important operational periods.

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CORE MANDATE

• Build one coherent, high-performing global organization while respecting local legal and cultural realities.
• Act as a trusted adviser to the CEO, ELT(Executive Leadership Team) and Board on talent, succession, culture, organizational health, leadership effectiveness and people risk.
• Own global people frameworks, standards and quality of people outcomes while working collaboratively with CFO, COO, Legal and regional/local leaders.
• Strengthen talent acquisition, leadership capability, performance accountability, workforce planning and succession depth.
• Build scalable people operations, systems, policies, analytics and controls for a distributed workforce.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES;

• Executive & Mission Leadership
• Talent & Leadership
• Organization & Culture
• Global People Operations
• Compensation & Stewardship
• People Data & Risk

Qualifications

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Typically 15+ years of progressive people-leadership experience, including substantial enterprise/executive responsibility in a complex, distributed organization.
• Demonstrated success recruiting and closing senior global talent, strengthening leadership teams, building succession depth and establishing rigorous performance accountability.
• Broad people-function experience covering talent acquisition, organizational development, employee relations, compensation, people operations, workforce planning and HR technology/analytics.
• Meaningful experience with multi-country workforces and mixed engagement models, including employees, contractors, employers of record and external partners.
• Experience in a global Christian/faith-based, nonprofit, fintech, financial-services, technology, regulated or other mission-driven environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience counseling a CEO, ELT and Board on succession, executive talent, compensation, culture, organizational design and material people risks.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

• An advanced degree in HR, business, organizational leadership, Social Sciences, law or a related discipline—or equivalent relevant executive experience—is appropriate. Senior HR credentials such as CHRP, SHRM-SCP, SPHR or an equivalent international qualification are advantageous. Demonstrated executive judgment and track record are key.

LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS

• Spiritually grounded, humble, servant-hearted and discreet
• Direct yet compassionate; fair, empathetic and respectful
• Low-ego, collaborative, confident and culturally sensitive
• Pragmatic, decisive, resourceful and action-oriented
• Resilient and steady under pressure, ambiguity and change
• Personally hands-on; comfortable building systems from a blank page

WORKING ENVIRONMENT & AVAILABILITY

• Professional office or home-office environment with extensive digital collaboration and sustained screen time.
• Minimum six hours of daily overlap with US Eastern business hours; regular cross-time-zone collaboration and occasional early-morning/evening meetings.
• Domestic and international travel, sometimes on short notice, may be required.
• Requires independent judgment, careful analysis, rapid prioritization and consequential decision-making with incomplete or changing information.
• Requires discretion and composure when handling confidential information, conflict, emotionally charged situations and competing demands.