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Kenya/Nairobi/Business, strategic management
SRI Executive

Health care + 1 more

Executive Director

Closed for applications
Nairobi • Kenya
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About NEST360 Alliance

We are an international alliance united to end preventable newborn deaths in African hospitals. Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies 360 (NEST360) Alliance is an international alliance of clinical, biomedical, and public health experts from 23 leading institutions, governments, and organisations, united to end preventable newborn deaths in African hospitals. Partnering with African academic institutions, governments and hospitals, NEST360 implements a systems-change approach to reduce neonatal mortality by integrating:

• Innovative, affordable newborn care technologies,

• Hands-on training for clinicians and biomedical engineers, and

• Data-driven quality improvement systems.

NEST360 is currently active in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Malawi, and Ethiopia. NEST360’s operational hub and leadership team will be located in Nairobi, where the organisation is being newly established as a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) governed by a global fiduciary board. Upon establishment, current financial stewardship, coordination and oversight responsibilities undertaken by Rice University in the United States will be transitioned to the NEST360 hub in a phased approach.

For more information, visit https://nest360.org/

Role Purpose

The Executive Director (ED) provides overall leadership, strategic vision and direction, and accountability for NEST360 operations and programs. The ED will lead a diverse team and work closely with the global alliance as well as collaboratively with governments, donors, and other partners to strengthen partnerships and ensure operational excellence across all domains.

The ED reports to the global fiduciary board and is responsible for guiding the alliance strategy, execution, and overall growth and impact. The ED will also lead alliance positioning, fundraising, partnership management, and operational excellence. The ED’s role is to translate the alliance’s vision into sustained impact by leading a complex, multi-stakeholder, Africa-based coordination hub that supports governments, alliance partners, and donors to reduce preventable newborn deaths. The ED is ultimately responsible for positioning NEST360 as a credible, Africa-led organisation that ensures effective governance, financial stewardship, and efficient fundraising while enabling alignment and high performance across the board.

What Success Looks Like in the Medium Term (3-5 years)

  • Hub operates successfully as a leading organisation in neonatal health in Africa.

  • Sustained multi year funding and diversified funding portfolio for NEST360.

  • Expansion of implementation to new countries while transitioning out of countries that have achieved sustained impact.

  • Efficient management of board operations and support.

  • NEST360 interventions, policies, and best practices embedded in national systems.

  • NEST360 is a leading voice in newborn health advocacy in Africa.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

  • Strategy and Direction

  • Governance and Accountability

  • External Leadership, Positioning, and Advocacy

  • Resource Mobilisation and Financial Stewardship

  • Alliance and Stakeholder Management

  • Organisational Leadership, Operations, and Culture

Operating Environment

  • Operates within a politically nuanced, multi-country public health environment.

  • Works across a broad alliance of academic institutions, NGOs, governments, and donors.

  • For the hub, impact is achieved primarily through technical assistance, coordination, fundraising, and strategic leadership rather than direct program implementation.

  • Decisions often involve ambiguity, competing priorities, and long-term consequences for reputation and sustainability.

  • Funding is donor-dependent and, therefore, can be unpredictable and change quickly at times.

Key Relationships

Internal: Global Fiduciary Board; Senior management team of the hub (direct reports); Hub staff across functions.

External: Ministries of Health and government stakeholders; Donors and philanthropic partners; Alliance member organisations and country leadership teams; Multilateral agencies and regional bodies.

Profile

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

  • Experience: Extensive senior leadership experience (15+ years) leading complex, medium to large development, NGO, or public interest organisations.

  • Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of public health systems and the ability to operate credibly in health-sector discussions. Clinical or neonatal technical expertise is not required, although it is an advantage.

  • Education: Master’s, MD/MBBS, or Doctoral-level degree in relevant fields or Bachelor’s with demonstrated significant relevant experience.

  • Regional Expertise: Proven track record of navigating health systems in sub-Saharan Africa and working with governments, leading multi-country and/or multi-partner programs in Africa. Preferred: citizen of any African country.

  • Financial Acumen: Demonstrated fundraising capability and donor relations experience, and experience overseeing large-scale, multi-year budgets.

  • Stakeholder Engagement: Demonstrated experience collaborating with ministries of health, donors, NGOs, academic institutions, and other partners in public health with proven success leading in multistakeholder, politically complex environments.

Key Competencies

  • Strategic and Political Acumen: Diplomacy, influence without authority, ability to build and foster strategic partnerships.

  • Emotional Intelligence: Relationship building, conflict management, ability to motivate others, and effective communication skills.

  • Startup Mindset: Comfortable building systems from scratch in a fast-paced, evolving environment, often with ambiguity and complexity.

  • Strategic Execution: Able to think “big picture” and organise diverse governing bodies to pursue the same and translate vision into execution.

  • Problem Solver: Creative and adaptive leader with evidence-based practice and innovative approaches.

  • Ethics: Transparency, integrity, good judgment, and accountability.

Terms of Appointment

This is a full-time executive-level role which will require up to 30–40% travel and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Business, strategic managementHealth care, medicalSenior-levelKenya

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