Program Manager, Africa Region, Deworm the World
Evidence Action, Kenya
Job Description
About Evidence Action
Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development - we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Our programs have grown since our founding in 2013 to reach over 280 million people annually. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by GiveWell, The Life You Can Save, and Charity Navigator.
We do development differently. We take a data-driven approach to identifying, scaling, and continuously improving programs which deliver immense impact, ensuring these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions. Our Deworm the World Initiative has helped governments in Africa and Asia deliver over 1.4 billion childhood deworming treatments, improving health, education, and incomes. Dispensers for Safe Water provides sustained safe water access to over 4 million people in rural Africa, preventing childhood illness and deaths.
We drive innovation: Our Accelerator builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We are ruthless in exiting programs which do not meet our criteria; those that advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people.
We are global. Across eight countries in Africa and Asia, our 400+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background - with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused.
We have big ambitions. Our goal is to double our impact by 2024, to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action - because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we.
We need great people. Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us.
About the Deworm the World Team
Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative is an incredibly high-impact program, helping to deliver over 1.5 billion treatments to children for intestinal worms since 2014. Deworm the World Initiative provides technical assistance to governments to implement high-quality, cost-effective, and sustainable programming. Our program has been selected by GiveWell as one of their top-rated charities from 2013 to 2022.
Key Responsibilities:
The program manager will serve in the role of being the global representative for our deworming programs in Africa, currently Kenya and Nigeria, with the potential to expand support to additional countries. As a member of the global deworming program team and reporting to the Associate Director, Deworm the World Initiative, the program manager will work in close partnership with our country teams to ensure that programs are following technically sound best practices, and are reaching millions of children each year while maintaining cost-effectiveness. In doing so, the program manager will also be coordinating closely with cross-cutting teams at Evidence Action, including technical, monitoring, learning and evaluation, finance, and cost-effectiveness to ensure that all aspects of the programs are being implemented smoothly and efficiently.
This is a very exciting time to be involved in the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) space, with global momentum to accelerate efforts to achieve the goals set out under the World Health Organization’s 2030 Roadmap for NTDs. Our deworming programs are also evolving in this context, focusing on continuing to enhance treatment, but also thinking through changing operating models with reductions in disease prevalence, as well as moving towards more country ownership. The ideal candidate will be someone who is enthusiastic about being in the midst of this change, is able to parse through large amounts of technical details, and is able to bring structure to ambiguous situations while driving development of strategic recommendations and solutions in close coordination with relevant stakeholders.
- Provide technical and strategic direction and support to country teams to programs focused on planning, high-quality implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) programs, primarily mass deworming. This will include:
- Regular check-ins with country teams, ensuring work plans are aligned with the DtWI Strategy and