Program Manager (Kenya)

Who You Are

• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate program vision into impactful delivery while spotting long-term opportunities.
  
• Partnership builder, with proven success in forging relationships across donors, governments, the private sector, and civil society.
  
• Effective communicator with excellent written, spoken, and presentation skills for donor reports, proposals, and public representation.
  
• Mission-driven leader, committed to youth empowerment, gender equality, and inclusion, especially for adolescent girls and young women.
  
• Team player, able to collaborate across diverse teams and digital platforms to ensure youth-centered and inclusive programming.
  

Work Experience and Education Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
  
• Master’s degree in a related field(added advantage)
  
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in the design, delivery and implementation of health programs both public and private sector
  
• SRH programming experience a plus
  
• Knowledge of international development, international donor priorities and/or health areas required (Gates, CIFF, corporate and foundation donors).
  
• Excellent written, verbal, and cross-cultural communications skills.
  
• Strong, proven skills in Excel, budget management and monitoring, and strong financial acumen.
  
• Excellent analytical/problem solving skills.
  
• Project and staff management skills.
  
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
  
• Ability to multi-task and work effectively in a fast-paced team environment.
  
• Ability to work effectively independently and within diverse teams and contexts.
  
• Highly organized, diligent, reliable, and a self-starter.
  
• Ability to revise and improve processes to improve efficiency
  

• Lead the planning, implementation, and monitoring of project activities to ensure achievement of project goals and targets.
  
• Develop and manage annual, quarterly, and monthly work plans, tracking progress and addressing implementation challenges.
  
• Oversee project performance, ensuring timely delivery of milestones, outputs, and donor commitments.
  
• Monitor country office compliance with donor reporting requirements, performance metrics, financial processes, and operational procedures.
  
• Ensure adherence to donor regulations, government policies, and organizational standards and procedures.
  
• Coordinate consultants, partners, subcontractors, and county stakeholders to ensure effective project execution and alignment with project objectives.
  
• Lead and coordinate digital and community-based demand generation strategies to increase awareness, knowledge, and uptake of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services, particularly among adolescents and young people.
  
• Use audience insights, behavioural data, and performance analytics to continuously optimize demand generation interventions and strengthen conversion from awareness to service uptake.
  
• Map, engage, and maintain strategic partnerships with public and private sector health facilities to strengthen service delivery, referral pathways, and access to sexual and reproductive health services.
  
• Establish and monitor linkages between digital demand-generation platforms and health facilities to facilitate service uptake and continuity of care.
  
• Work closely with county health teams, implementing partners, and service delivery points to monitor the availability of family planning commodities and identify potential stock-out risks.
  
• Support commodity security efforts by tracking family planning commodity supply trends, escalating supply challenges, and coordinating appropriate responses with relevant stakeholders.
  
• Support project monitoring, learning, and adaptive management by reviewing performance data and identifying opportunities for improvement.
  
• Prepare and contribute to donor reports, technical documents, presentations, and other project deliverables.
  
• Foster strong relationships with donors, government counterparts, implementing partners, and health service providers to support project success and sustainability.