Head Of Programme Design And Quality - Kenya

Essential

• Proven substantial experience in designing high-quality, fundable programmes and projects, including leading and shaping the development of complex concept notes and donor proposals for multi-million-dollar initiatives.
  
• Proven successful delivery in programme design, management and quality, and the application of harmonised methodologies, frameworks and tools across the full project lifecycle, with the ability to drive their adoption across teams or regions.
  
• Extensive experience in strengthening organisational systems, processes and ways of working to enhance programme design, quality and implementation at scale.
  
• Strong experience working across multiple countries or regions, with the ability to lead and coordinate cross-regional processes and ensure consistency and alignment.
  
• Proven successful expertise and results in supporting programme development for funded initiatives, with a strong understanding of donor requirements, competitive funding environments, and what makes projects fundable.
  
• Experience working with coalitions, civil society organisations or membership-based networks, including capacity strengthening and support.
  
• Proven ability to provide senior technical guidance and hands-on support to diverse teams, partners and stakeholders, including operating effectively in a matrix structure without direct line management authority, and influencing decision-making at multiple levels of the organisation.
  

Desirable

• Experience in ending child marriage, gender equality, girls’ rights or related sectors
  
• Experience designing large-scale, multi-country programmes with systemic or policy-level impact.
  
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing high-quality programmes in coalitions, alliances, consortia or other forms of multi-partner programme delivery.
  
• Experience designing and facilitating participatory programme design processes (e.g. Theory of Change development, programme development workshops).
  
• Familiarity with using learning, knowledge management, and evidence to inform programme design.
  

Technical Leadership and Programme Quality

• Lead and strengthen programme quality management for our Country Impact work across Africa, Asia and Latin American and the Caribbean.
  
• Lead the development, harmonisation and application of programme tools, frameworks, and processes across the full project lifecycle (e.g. country analysis, project design, theories of change, grantee selection, etc.).
  
• Provide guidance and quality assurance to ensure coherent, consistent, and high-impact programmes across Accelerator and Strategic Engagement (SE) countries, aligned with organisational strategy ambition and quality standards.
  
• Strengthen organisational and team member capacity to manage larger and more complex restricted programmes, enhancing delivery quality across portfolios.
  
• Coordinate and provide technical support packages (e.g., tools, trainings) to member coalitions, covering project design and management, as well as coalition-level organisational strengthening, to ensure high-quality delivery.
  
• Work closely with the MEAL team to strengthen theories of change, results frameworks, and results-based designs approaches to guide implementation and reporting.
  

Program Design and Fundable Programme Development

• Act as the Programme Lead for concept note and proposal development, ensuring high-quality, competitive and strategically aligned submissions to donors working closely with the development team (DOT) and Regional Heads.
  
• Lead and coordinate programme design across regions, ensuring consistent standards and approaches, while maintaining alignment with organisational strategy and donor priorities.
  
• Support regional teams to operationalise organisational strategy into clear, fundable programme designs in Accelerator and Strategic Engagement countries.
  
• Develop and roll out practical programme design tools and facilitate participatory design processes with regional teams, coalitions, partners, and stakeholders where relevant.
  
• Strengthen organisational and team member capacity to design complex and restricted programs, improving both quality and funding readiness.
  
• Provide technical guidance on consortium-based approaches within programme design.