Programmes Director

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy and Thought Leadership:

• Contribute to ICD’s strategy as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, and lead its translation into operational strategies and plans, and its implementation.
• Provide leadership and vision for all existing and new programmatic initiatives to drive impact and cost efficiency and be responsive to a rapidly evolving environment.
• Serve as a thought partner to the ICD Director and other internal stakeholders to continuously re-imagine ICD´s vision, mandate, and strategy in driving cost-effective impact across Africa.
• Lead ICD’s programmatic expansion strategy, including engaging key internal and external stakeholders on strategic programmatic discourse.
• Explore opportunities for collaboration and partnership to enhance programme reach and sustainability.

Programme Development and Management:

• Oversee the design, development, and timely performance of programmes, including setting budgets, annual goals and targets.
• Embed data-driven adaptive programming approaches that identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive timely course-correction and improve programme effectiveness, efficiency and impact.
• Ensure robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks are in place to assess programme effectiveness.
• Ensure programmes are evidence-based and address the specific needs of the target population.
• Drive ICD’s learning agenda, ensuring programmes are evidence-based and documented through programmatic stories that resonate with a wide range of audiences.

Business Development:

• Work closely with programme leads, corporate and ICD’s business development teams to identify, pursue and secure funding opportunities.
• Lead programme design for proposals and concept notes engaging with relevant internal and external partners and stakeholders

Talent Management and Leadership:

• Develop ICD’s programme teams and build a culture of high performance, and an engaged workforce in line with the Amref's values.
• Shape and nurture organizational culture by embodying and championing Amref values of ubuntu, integrity and quality.
• Champion team motivation and wellbeing by supporting recruitment, retention, recognition and career growth.
• Support the building of cross-country and cross-entity effectiveness and efficiencies, making strong operational and strategic linkages for multi-country and multi-entity programmes in the organisation.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Professional Qualifications:

• Masters and professional qualification in relevant areas such as business administration, public health and international development.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• 10+ years’ experience leading complex multi-country programmes in Sub-Sahara Africa, preferably in the health and/or international development sector, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role.
• Demonstrable strategic thinking skills with the ability to rally people and teams behind ambitious goals.
• Ability to inspire, motivate and guide a diverse and geographically dispersed teams of technical and non-technical staff who are direct or indirect reports.
• Experience using data and evidence to drive programme performance and sustainable impact.
• Demonstratable success in creating clear and compelling programme strategies with internal and external stakeholders.
• Solid track record and achievement in overseeing large scale multi-year, multi-country grants.
• Excellent communication and public speaking skills.
• Candidates with both English and French language capabilities will have an added advantage.