Skills & Experience

• Recognised as a subject-matter expert (as evidenced via publications and/or previous programme delivery) preferably with an extensive track record working in Nigeria
  
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of the African context
  
• Detailed understanding of using cost-benefit and ROI methodologies and metrics to inform strategy and business planning
  
• Excellent leadership skills and proven ability to motivate, develop and hold to account a small- to medium-sized teams of professionals
  
• Ability to think critically and analytically to draw sound conclusions based on complex data.
  
• Proven success in building and maintaining strategic relationships and working in partnership; has highly developed influencing and negotiation skills, and effectively collaborates to deliver maximum impact
  
• Strong management skills with a background of leading, inspiring and empowering others, plus demonstrable experience of supporting workplace diversity.
  

• As a subject-matter expert in child protection/girls’ education and women;s economic empowerment, provide up-to-date, professional advice to the Girl Capital Africa Senior Management Team on related issues, to support the development of strategies, policies and initiatives.
  

• Provide compelling, consistent and united leadership to ensure that CIFF’s investments in Nigeria are strategically anchored, implemented with excellence and embedded withing government systems where possible for long-term sustainability.
  

• Develop and maintain excellent external relationships within the sector specialism, always acting as a corporate ambassador for CIFF, to help build the organisation's reputation and profile as a professional, visionary and collaborative philanthropy.
  

Strategy & Planning

• Lead CIFF’s strategic direction on the intersection between child protection and Girls’ Education, with specific accountability for results achieved through the current and future investment portfolio in Nigeria.
  

• Champion the layering model – ensuring the same girls in the same geographies benefit from comprehensive services in SRHR, education, GBV prevention, economic empowerment and nutrition (where applicable).
  

• Build a pipeline of innovative, evidence-based and/or evidence-generating investments that further the aims and ambitions of Girl Capital Africa in transforming the design, delivery and support of girls’ agency in Nigeria.
  

Programme Development, Delivery & Performance

• Oversee both the development of successful investment proposals and implementation of high- impact programmes by a team of Girl Capital Managers and Analysts, ensuring the quality, timeliness and strategic alignment of their work to strategic priorities and objectives.
  

• Allocate and monitor achievement of individual and team performance targets including but not limited to, new investment design, programme management (forecasting accuracy and disbursements), investment performance, personal development and progression.
  

• Conduct regular reviews of investment proposals under development and programmes in delivery, to monitor compliance with agreed due diligence and risk management protocols, ensuring the interests and reputation of the Foundation are appropriately and proportionately protected. Intervene to take corrective action where necessary.
  

Sector Knowledge and Profile-Building

• Represent CIFF in conversations with the Government of Nigeria, the World Bank and other stakeholders, shaping implementation, technical design and negotiations with risk investors.
  

• Actively participate in and contribute to CIFF Africa field building, thought leadership and awareness raising, particularly in child protection and girls’ education.
  

• Ensure that Girl Capital Africa's work is shaped by up-to-date insights and evidence by proactively maintaining extensive external networks with experts and opinion-formers within the sector and continent.
  

Stakeholder and Partner Management

• Build and nurture strategic and mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders and partners including governments and line ministries, the World Bank, other co-funders, regional bodies to support the achievement of Africa Girl Capital as well as broader CIFF Africa goals.
  

• Advise and support more junior colleagues in identifying, negotiating with and managing appropriate programme partners (as required), to enable CIFF to maximize its philanthropic impact through effective collaboration.
  

• Proactively contribute to growing CIFF Africa's strategic grantee and partner base with a view to growing the proportion of local grantees within the portfolio related to child protection and girls’ education.
  

Leadership of the Team

• Provide inspiring and motivational leadership that role models CIFF's values and behaviours and empowers and enables staff to deliver excellence.
  

• As a member of the CIFF Africa Leadership Team: provide high level programmatic updates; participate in troubleshooting Africa-wide portfolio challenges; contribute to decision making on improved ways of working, staff welfare and boosting and maintaining morale