Manager - Girl Capital, Africa
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation, Kenya
Job Description
CIFF operates a hybrid working policy across all locations, which means employees work some of the time in the office and some of the time from home. We are happy to provide more information on this as part of the recruitment process.
The starting salary for this role is KES 13,200,000.
Main purpose of the role
As a recognized leader in your field, to contribute to the development of cutting edge and evidence-based strategies and plans that ensure CIFF’s work across the Girl Capital sector achieves transformational and lasting change; and to develop and manage a high quality portfolio of investment proposals and active programmes, that contribute to the delivery of the Girl Capital pillar of the CIFF Africa strategy and meet the corporate objectives of the CIFF Board.
This role will serve as a key education expert on the CIFF Africa team, guiding CIFF’s Girl Capital Africa strategy goal of keeping all adolescent girls in school and learning, as well as contributing towards the related Girl Capital Africa strategy goals relating to transition to the workforce, expanding youth friendly SRHR, shifting negative social norms, and driving accountability for girls’ outcomes. Specific domains will include (but are not limited to):
- Robust portfolio management designing and managing a growing and complex portfolio
- Working to improve the impact of government efforts in Africa on Girl Capital programming, finding solutions to address the gaps and bottlenecks in the system, with a focus on where the government systems fail.
- Understanding political economy of girls’ education and related sectors in CIFF Africa focus countries
- Approaches that place girls at the center of decisions being taken that impact them on their education and sexual and reproductive health and rights, and to generate greater agency and accountability.
- Build a resilient response for governments and private sector to take affirmative action through strategic engagement and communication.
- Integrate investment approaches with the goals of the Girl Capital Africa team, seeking opportunities to collaborate and leverage broader portfolio including improving the health and nutrition of women and children as well as, reducing harmful gender norms. and so much more.
Role’s responsibilities
Strategy amp; planning
- Provide thought leadership to support the Girl Capital Africa pillar in determining future strategic priorities and setting operational plans.
- Influence strategy development and lead strategy execution and Business Planning under the guidance of Girl Capital Africa leadership, and support other CIFF sectors to develop and execute strategy (as required)
- Working to improve the impact of government efforts in CIFF Africa focus groups on Girl Capital, finding solutions to address the gaps and bottlenecks in the system, with a focus on where the government systems fail.
- Conduct analysis and research on projects, innovations, emerging and best practices, as inputs into strategic priorities and planning.
- Provide support across broader Africa team strategies as needed.
Programme development, delivery amp; performance
- Understanding the political economy of education, life skills and social norms with a focus on girls and young women in CIFF Africa priority countries, particularly with an aim to be catalytic and apply cutting edge approaches to ensure -
- Girls enroll and complete secondary school leading to reducing gender gap in secondary schools
- Girls have life skills to make informed choices about their future including sexual and reproductive health, age of marriage and overcoming gender-based socio-cultural barriers around education and employment.
- Social norms change to shift perceptions and behaviours of parents and societies towards girls and women
- Personally manage a portfolio of live programmes with a value c. $30M of and an active pipeline of potential investments of c. $25M, in accordance with the sector priorities and plan.
- Conduct regular reviews of the progress and performance of programmes under delivery to identify problems and delays, and work with partners to develop effective solutions (escalating to more senior colleagues for support and intervention, where required).
- Against key corporate and sector team indicators and targets, monitor and report internally on the performance of assigned caseload.
- Apply agreed due diligence and risk management protocols appropriately throughout the development and delivery of proposals and programmes, to ensure the interests and reputation of the Foundation are protected.
- Conduct structured feasibility analysis on investment proposals, using an appropriate range of methodologies and techniques,