Role’s responsibilities

As a member of the Girl Capital Africa Senior Management Team (SMT)


Take full and collective accountability for the development and implementation of Girl Capital priorities and plans, ensuring they are aligned to the Girl Capital strategy
As a subject-matter expert in SRHR/child marriage or protection, provide up-to-date, professional advice to the Africa... Leadership Team, CIFF Executive Team and CIFF Board on related issues, to support the development of strategies, policies and initiatives.
Take the lead on corporate, cross-cutting initiatives and projects, as required by the Director & Pillar Lead - Girl Capital, Africa
Provide compelling, consistent and united leadership which creates clarity for all staff in the Girl Capital pillar and builds a sense of shared accountability for its success and that of the organisation.
Develop and maintain excellent external relationships within the sector specialism, acting at all times as a corporate ambassador for CIFF, to help build the organisation’s reputation and profile as a professional, visionary and collaborative philanthropy.
Deputise for the  Director & Pillar Lead - Girl Capital, Africa, as required.


Strategy & planning


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 CIFF Africa priority geographies
Proactively seek out investment opportunities that integrate Girl Capital with other CIFF Africa pillar priorities, in support of shared higher-level outcomes
Collaborate with broader CIFF teams to identify intersectional, sustainable approaches to delivering investments including but not limited to gender transformation and DEI
Take a leadership role in coordinating the Girl Capital annual business planning process, identifying short, medium and long-term ambitions, and distilling these into annual objectives, key results and investment pipelines.


 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.
Ensure all investment proposals and programmes are underpinned by appropriate monitoring and evaluation processes and procedures, in accordance with the frameworks and guidance of the EME Team, to enable the development of rigorous evidence and analysis that supports CIFF’s advocacy, scaling-up and mainstreaming agendas.
As a recognised subject-matter expert, provide casework advice, specialist guidance and mentoring support to colleagues (within and beyond the team) to deepen the skills, capability and professionalism of the organisation.
Seek out leveraged and co-funding to support the scale up of successful programmes in collaboration with the Co-Funding and Partnerships (For Africa By Africa) pillar team.
Identify and implement improved ways of working that increase operational effectiveness and efficiency.


 Sector knowledge and profile-building


 Actively participate in and contribute to CIFF Africa field building, thought leadership and awareness-raising
Lead the generation and consolidation of Africa Girl Capital SRHR and protection from harmful practices learning for dissemination as global goods aimed at advancing the field
Ensure that Girl Capital Africa’s SRHR 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.
Undertake or commission sector-relevant research and analysis to inform  the effective development, delivery and evaluation of programmes and initiatives.


Stakeholder and partner management


Build and nurture strategic and mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders and partners including governments and line ministries, 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 maximise 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


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 Operations 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.


Requirements

Skills & Experience


Recognised as a subject-matter expert (as evidenced via publications and/or previous programme delivery) in an area relevant to SRHR, child protection, child marriage, GBV preferably with an extensive track record working in one of CIFF’s priority geographies.
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 people 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 on the basis of 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.
Proven track record of building and maintaining strategic relationships and working in partnership.
Experience of identifying and delivering business process improvements.
High-level of financial literacy. more

This role reports to the Executive Director, People & Culture and will work alongside the small team of HR business partner colleagues across CIFF. Support to this role is provided by an HR Assistant, HR Business Partnering, who has a dotted line into this role.

Role’s responsibilities

HR Leadership:


Play an active role, as a senior member of the HR team, in shaping CIFF’s People... Strategy
Be accountable for adapting as needed and driving the execution of the People Strategy for Africa and for the global function this role also supports.
Play a key role in positioning the HR team as true strategic partners to the business, aligning closely to the business sectors, and proactively working to understand their needs, anticipating the people implications and proactively planning and being one step ahead of providing the required support.
Work closely with the ED People and Culture in building a Centre of Excellence for HR Business Partnering at CIFF, keeping abreast of best practice developments in the HR field and how they can be applied to the work the team does to enhance the value add delivered both internally and externally.
Work collaboratively with other internal teams to develop and implement relevant risk management protocols, plans and frameworks, keeping CIFF staff at the centre.
Inspire and mentor HR colleagues both to deliver exceptional performance for CIFF, and to maximise their personal potential.
Act as a true ambassador for the People agenda within CIFF, behaving in a way which exemplifies CIFF’s Leadership Behaviours and Code of Respect.


HR Business Partnering


As a senior member of the team, provide up-to-date, professional advice to the EDs (Africa and one other global function), and Directors in the teams, to support the development of people strategies, policies, and initiatives in line with the overall CIFF People Strategy.
Lead on talent management for their functions, proactively driving discussions around gaps in capability and ways to upskill teams.
Work with the Africa leadership team and other dedicated sector leads to ensure that the people strategy is implemented and adapted based on business requirements.
Lead on planning for business continuity by working closely with the leadership on second line readiness for key roles. 
Build expertise and execution around people management practice across the business.
Manage all HR activity on behalf of the relevant business area including pay and performance review, reporting & analysis.
Maintain a strong knowledge of employment law supporting in informing policy and/or process updates.
Pro-actively use data, metrics, and evidence (including insights from internal surveys - Office Vibe and Your Say) to inform and drive decision making and change across their business areas.
Work with the Director, People, Climate, CEO Office and Employee Engagement to drive initiatives to promote a positive and supportive work environment and build a culture of trust and psychological safety;
Coach and provide feedback to key stakeholders to help improve business efficiency.
Be jointly responsible with all team members under the leadership of the ED, People and Culture for a strong financial and commercial lens across all HR activities and supplier management.
Ensure the Africa office is fully compliant on all HR aspects, working closely with the ED, Africa leadership and the Africa legal counsel on pre-empting risk areas, pro-active scenario planning and taking proactive measures to mitigate current and future risks.
Closely collaborate with the Director, People, SRHR, People Operations and Global Reward on recurring compliance actions.  
Work with external parties where appropriate to ensure compliance is mitigated.


 Employee Relations


Ensure that people management issues of change and growth are managed and develop workforce plans to ensure the right organizational design.
Deliver practical day to day HR policy and practice and advice that fits the business and is not ‘over engineered’.
Lead on all employee relations activity in their client groups, supporting and advising investigation and hearing leads on appropriate processes for disciplinary, grievance, or change management processes.
Work collaboratively with the Director, People, SRHR, People Operations and Global Reward and their team to ensure an effective and efficient HR service across CIFF.


Recruitment & Selection


Lead on all recruitment and selection in their sector teams – either directly at M2 (Senior Manager) grade and above, or overseeing recruitment below this grade -  ensuring that the approach to recruitment and selection supports the People Strategy’s priorities and CIFF’s purpose, and CIFF’s employer brand is built and maximised.
Ensure that a best practice end to end process, using the enhanced and rigorous recruitment process and tools is followed, keeping headhunter involvement and spend to a minimum.
Support hiring managers in designing job descriptions, hiring timelines and advertising outlets.
Lead, participate in and manage panel interviews, leading final selection decisions and making offers to candidates.


Reward


Support the Director, People, SRHR, People Operations and Global Reward and play an active role in the annual pay review cycle, contributing to development of the pay review proposals and supporting processes and be fully accountable for the pay review cycle in their sectors.
Support people managers in their client sectors through all reward processes acting as confidential advisors and experts to ensure CIFF’s approach to reward is applied consistently and fairly across the foundation.
Retain a strong awareness of pay across sector teams identifying changes, particularly in providing insights local to Africa.
Identify areas of employment law change or requirements to inform reward policy and / or process updates.


Learning and Development


Support the Global Head of L&D to develop and embed a first-class L&D strategy.
Work collaboratively with the Learning & Development team in creating a coaching culture through the roll out of coaching skills across the foundation and working with the Executive Team and Directors to ensure they are embedded and sustained.


Global Projects


Take the lead on key new HR initiatives and projects as required.
Provide cover and support for the absences for other HR Business Partners.


Requirements

Skills & Experience 


Extensive and demonstrable experience of business partnering acting as a key strategic partner in all areas of HR and implementing organizational business strategies from a people perspective.
Experience of managing complex stakeholders and operating as a trusted advisor across all organizational levels
Confidential and discreet with experience operating in roles that have confidentiality at their core.
A proven track record of coaching and developing teams.
Excellent knowledge and competency in all the fundamentals of HR – Reward, Recruitment & Selection, L&D, Employee Relations – preferably with a strong grounding in the private sector
International or NGO experience is desirable.
Excellent up to date knowledge of employment law and best practice.
Experience of using HR Information Systems.
Outstanding communication skills, oral & written, influencing and negotiation skills
Strong interpersonal skills with an excellent team work ethic.
Highest levels of judgment and professional integrity.
Knowledge and considerable use of psychometric testing activity and feedback. more

Main purpose of the role
The DTS Team is responsible for effective management of CIFF’s business applications as well as developing and adapting systems and processes to continually be more efficient, effective and relevant. The team own and manage the selection, implementation and development of new business systems and processes. They utilise effective project and change management methodology... and controls to drive the evolution of data management within CIFF.
The Analyst – Business Intelligence role will report to Product Manager and work with the DTS team, programme teams and other global functions, to create data-driven solutions leveraging the Microsoft suite (i.e., Power BI, Azure, Power Platforms). The role will lead data storytelling within CIFF, transforming raw, often complex data into interactive dashboards and reports that provide clear, actionable insights and enable informed decision-making.
The role will lead the efforts to design and develop data models that effectively support business requirements; and ensuring dashboards and reports contain accurate and reliable data.
Role’s responsibilities
Strategy & planning

Designing and developing reports and dashboards:

Understand business requirements, design the data model, and creatively develop visualizations that provide actionable insights.
Understand business stakeholders’ objectives, metrics that are most important to them, and how they measure performance.
Translate data into highly leveraged and effective visualizations, to drive the automation of reporting on CIFF’s Missions, and its strategic scaling.



Delivery and Performance

Data management:

Responsible for managing data sets, ensuring they are clean, accurate, and ready for analysis. This involves data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes.
Knowledge about and able to communicate the latest Power BI features and trends.
Troubleshooting and resolving issues in Power BI reports.
Accountable for proactive monitoring and management of data flow (e.g. daily monitoring of pipeline status).


Ensure data accuracy:

Ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data presented in the dashboards and reports, by validating the data and implementing quality checks.
Review all analytics for quality before final artifacts are delivered to target stakeholders.
Responsible for version control of reports and creating technical documentation.



Stakeholder and partner management

Collaborating with stakeholders:

Work closely with various stakeholders to understand their data needs and deliver solutions that meet them.
Establish good working relationships with colleagues, DTS Staff, vendors and other professionals.
Work with the Product Manager, Business Analysts and Technical Architect to design and build new data system features and infrastructure to facilitate ongoing improvements.
Coordinate & support vendors with the resolution of technical issues during development or maintenance of ETL processes and data visualization.



Sector knowledge and profile-building

Training end-users: train end-users on how to use dashboards and reports effectively. This includes:

explaining how to interpret the data and make data-driven decisions.
Influencing and educating stakeholders on the appropriate data, tools, and visualizations.
Share knowledge and skills with your teammates to grow analytics impact across the organisation.
Train users on how to build simple Power BI reports



Membership of the team

This role does not hold line management responsibility, but we expect all employees to demonstrate good leadership behaviours; this includes adopting a coaching approach with colleagues to help build skills, confidence and capability in particular areas, processes or procedures.


As required, support on the planning and coordination of inductions for new joiners to the team.
We operate a matrix structure so reporting lines can vary between specific aspects of the role.

Requirements
Skills & Experience

Demonstrated success and analytical experience in data and analytics including building reports and dashboards.
Proficiency in Power BI development, including report and dashboard creation.
Understanding of effective contemporary data visualisation; experience with Power BI, Tableau or QlikView or similar.
Strong understanding of data modeling and data visualization concepts.
Experience with SQL for data manipulation and extraction.
Familiarity with data warehouse concepts.
MS Azure, SQL experience essential.
Familiar with Agile, Scrum or Kanban development methodologies.
Strong problem solving, quantitative and analytical abilities.
Solid written and verbal communication skills and knowledge.
Creative thinker; to design and innovate cutting-edge solutions for management and data requirements across the business.
Multi-tasker; able to prioritise, working on large projects and small tasks in parallel.
Able to understand business requirements and translate and action to an IT technological output.
Demonstrate flexibility to learn and work on new systems.
Has the initiative to perform successfully in a rapidly changing environment.
Comfortable with responsibility for business-critical systems.
Is passionate about CIFF’s mission, maintaining perspective on how daily actions contribute to improving the lives of children.
Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.
Adaptability to changing business requirements.

Desirable

Power BI certifications
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) and JavaScript experience.
An understanding of how software design relates to overall system architecture.
Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power BI, and/or Fluxx (Grant Management System) experience helpful.
Familiar with Microsoft platforms.
Azure Portal, Data Factory, Data Lake, Data Warehouse, DevOps, Visual Studio,
Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate/Flow, Power Apps).
Experience in writing production-ready code, with a test-driven development approach, writing unit and functional tests.
Experience developing and integrating with API backends.
Ability to understand and communicate basic financial language

Key working relationships

Other CIFF teams
Contacts within global partners and stakeholders
External vendor partners more

Description
CIFF operates a hybrid working policy across all locations, which means employees work some of the time in the office and some of the time from home. We are happy to provide more information on this as part of the recruitment process.
The salary for this role is KES 13,200,000 per annum.
Main purpose of the role

The Chief of Staff, Africa provides operational and strategic... support to the Executive Director (ED), Africa, the Africa Pillar Leads, the Africa Leadership Team (ALT) and the Africa team as a whole.
The role includes supporting effective operations of the Africa team & the ALT, managing internal and external partnerships and taking responsibility for cross-functional projects and tasks whilst acting as a confidante and advisor to the ED, Africa.
The role leads a small team of talented colleagues in delivering high quality confidential support to the ED, Africa, the Africa Pillar Leads and the ALT
The role also manages a dedicated team of business administration staff to effectively execute business objectives.

Role’s responsibilities
Providing direct support to the ED, Africa

Prioritise the ED’s responsibilities with a strategic lens to ensure the effective management of the ED’s time, looking at the short and long-term travel calendar, evaluating opportunities and determining appropriate fit with priorities to ensure the ED is effective in their leadership of the Africa team and in their board roles externally.
Prioritise, manage, and steer the flow of information and insights to the ED, Africa.
Develop excellent internal relationships with staff in the Africa team and regularly feedback/escalate emerging issues to the ED Africa to enable the ED to maintain a pulse on the team and initiate relevant action as and when necessary.
Develop and maintain excellent external relationships, supporting the ED, Africa to manage strategic partnerships including at Principal level, acting at all times as a corporate ambassador for CIFF, to help build the organisation’s reputation and profile as a professional, visionary and collaborative philanthropy.
Preserve and enhance team connectivity and foster excellent collaboration with other sector and functional teams, notably EME, Finance and People, Culture & OD.
Act as the key focal point for the CEO’s office and represent the Africa team in organization-wide initiatives as required
Work with the FBP to track monthly disbursements and monitor MYV against Business Plan.
Manage the flow of information through the ED, Africa’s office in preparation for key meetings including Board Meetings, offsite, PIC & Pre-PIC meetings, ET meetings and TRMs.
Coordinate the preparation of inputs required for Board reports and the CEO report.
Work with the Head of HR, Africa to ensure all elements of CIFF’s people strategy are prioritized and managed effectively.
Manage the Africa team’s operational budget including travel, consultancy and DCA budget.
Manage the flow of information through the ED, Africa’s office in preparation for key meetings including Board Meetings, offsite, PIC & Pre-PIC meetings, ET meetings and TRMs
Work with the Head of HR, Africa to ensure all elements of CIFF’s people strategy are prioritized and managed effectively.
Coordinate the preparation of inputs required for Board reports and the CEO report.

As a member of the Africa Leadership Team (ALT)

Provide up-to-date, professional advice to the ED and Africa Directors, to support the development of strategies, policies and initiatives drawing on their in-depth knowledge of the ED’s priorities.
Take the lead on cross-cutting initiatives and projects, as required by the ED Africa or as agreed by the ALT.
Provide compelling, consistent, and united leadership which role models and creates clarity for all staff in the team and builds a sense of shared accountability for its success and that of the team.
Develop and maintain excellent external relationships within the region, acting at all times as a corporate ambassador for CIFF, to help build the organisation’s reputation and profile as a professional, visionary and collaborative philanthropy.
Take ownership of and work in collaboration with respective pillar leads, sector teams and other members as appropriate to prepare/review internal communication like key reports (presentations / projects, team takeovers, Year-End team presentation, materials for board meetings, etc.), and updates.
With the support of the EA to the ED, Africa, act as Secretariat to the ALT including managing the cadence of meetings, agendas, and the flow of information to the ED, Africa while ensuring the efficient and smooth running of the ALT.
Work with the Africa EA team and other teams to plan, prepare and where appropriate lead elements of team retreats and offsite events.

Strategy & planning

Oversee and coordinate cross-functional/cross pillar strategy projects.
Work with the Head of Finance, Africa to manage the team’s Business Planning process while ensuring timely inputs and conclusion
Work with the pillar leads to prepare the teams to regularly track progress and ensure the team remains on track and within the defined timelines and where achievement may not be possible, flagging early for course correction.
With the support of the EA to the ED, Africa, manage the end-to-end PIC process for the Africa team including yearly planner of IM’s and Strategies, scheduling pipeline committee slots, writing the PIC agenda, managing ED’s review time, managing dispatch of final documents.

Sector knowledge and profile-building

Oversee high-quality, strategic briefs, talking points, presentations, event materials and briefings ahead of external engagement and events for the ED and where relevant, the CEO.
Contribute to the development and promotion of high-quality thought leadership, PR and marketing materials to raise awareness about CIFF’s work in Africa ensuring alignment with the Foundation’s communications and advocacy strategies.

Leadership of the team

Offer inspiring and motivational leadership that role models CIFF’s values and behaviours and empowers and enables staff to deliver excellence.
Adopt a coaching approach with colleagues which instils a culture of openness and trust, embraces diverse thinking, and encourages continuous improvement and learning.
Provide ongoing support to all direct reports ensuring high performance is enabled through objective setting, clear accountabilities, and regular review.

Requirements
Skills & Experience

Confidential and discreet with experience operating in roles that have confidentiality at their core
A proven track record of organized efficiency and effectiveness
A self-starter, with resilience, pace and interpersonal flexibility
An innovative thinker with pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset
Strong influencing skills
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the international development sector
Excellent people leadership skills and proven ability to motivate, develop and hold to account a small- to medium-sized teams of professionals
Effectively champions and promotes causes – credible and professional, they always present the foundation’s programmes in a compelling way to engage the audience
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
Capacity to work in a range of cultural and socio-economic contexts, adapting style and approach appropriately and in a culturally sensitive manner to maximise effectiveness
Able to think critically and analytically to draw sound conclusions on the basis of complex data
Experience of identifying and delivering business process improvements
High-level of financial literacy more

Main purpose of the role
As a recognized leader in your field, to contribute to the development of cutting edge and evidence-based strategies and plans that ensure CIFF’s work across the Girl Capital sector achieves transformational and lasting change; and to develop and manage a high quality portfolio of investment proposals and active programmes, that contribute to the delivery of the Girl... Capital pillar of the CIFF Africa strategy and meet the corporate objectives of the CIFF Board.
This role will serve as a key education expert on the CIFF Africa team, guiding CIFF’s Girl Capital Africa strategy goal of keeping all adolescent girls in school and learning, as well as contributing towards the related Girl Capital Africa strategy goals relating to transition to the workforce, expanding youth friendly SRHR, shifting negative social norms, and driving accountability for girls’ outcomes. Specific domains will include (but are not limited to):

Robust portfolio management – designing and managing a growing and complex portfolio
Working to improve the impact of government efforts in Africa on Girl Capital programming, finding solutions to address the gaps and bottlenecks in the system, with a focus on where the government systems fail.
Understanding political economy of girls’ education and related sectors in CIFF Africa focus countries
Approaches that place girls at the center of decisions being taken that impact them on their education and sexual and reproductive health and rights, and to generate greater agency and accountability.


Build a resilient response for governments and private sector to take affirmative action through strategic engagement and communication.
Integrate investment approaches with the goals of the Girl Capital Africa team, seeking opportunities to collaborate and leverage broader portfolio including improving the health and nutrition of women and children as well as, reducing harmful gender norms. and so much more.

Role’s responsibilities
Strategy & planning

Provide thought leadership to support the Girl Capital Africa pillar in determining future strategic priorities and setting operational plans.
Influence strategy development and lead strategy execution and Business Planning under the guidance of Girl Capital Africa leadership, and support other CIFF sectors to develop and execute strategy (as required)
Working to improve the impact of government efforts in CIFF Africa focus groups on Girl Capital, finding solutions to address the gaps and bottlenecks in the system, with a focus on where the government systems fail.
Conduct analysis and research on projects, innovations, emerging and best practices, as inputs into strategic priorities and planning.
Provide support across broader Africa team strategies as needed.

Programme development, delivery & performance

Understanding the political economy of education, life skills and social norms with a focus on girls and young women in CIFF Africa priority countries, particularly with an aim to be catalytic and apply cutting edge approaches to ensure -

Girls enroll and complete secondary school leading to reducing gender gap in secondary schools
Girls have life skills to make informed choices about their future including sexual and reproductive health, age of marriage and overcoming gender-based socio-cultural barriers around education and employment.
Social norms change to shift perceptions and behaviours of parents and societies towards girls and women


Personally manage a portfolio of live programmes with a value c. $30M of and an active pipeline of potential investments of c. $25M, in accordance with the sector priorities and plan.
Conduct regular reviews of the progress and performance of programmes under delivery to identify problems and delays, and work with partners to develop effective solutions (escalating to more senior colleagues for support and intervention, where required).
Against key corporate and sector team indicators and targets, monitor and report internally on the performance of assigned caseload.
Apply agreed due diligence and risk management protocols appropriately throughout the development and delivery of proposals and programmes, to ensure the interests and reputation of the Foundation are protected.
Conduct structured feasibility analysis on investment proposals, using an appropriate range of methodologies and techniques, to ensure they are based on logical and robust assumptions, which can withstand scrutiny from the ET and CIFF Board.
With the advice and guidance of the Girl Capital Africa Evidence, Measurement and Evaluation (EME) Business Partner, identify and embed appropriate monitoring and evaluation processes to all proposals and programmes.
Work as part of the Girl Capital team, alongside other pillars within the wider Africa team and senior colleagues, to shape and implement plans for scaling up, replicating or leveraging additional support for successful programmes and initiatives, in accordance with Foundation priorities.
Identify opportunities and options for improving processes, procedures and programme management approaches within (and beyond) the team, to support increased organisational efficiency and effectiveness.
Integrate investment approaches with the goals of the Girl Capital Africa Team, seeking opportunities to collaborate and leverage broader portfolio including improving the health and nutrition of women and children as well as, reducing the prevalence of trafficking, reducing gender violence and discrimination and so much more.

Sector knowledge and profile-building

Keep abreast of developments within the education, wider gender empowerment, and international development sectors, establishing appropriate information gathering networks and channels to deepen professional knowledge and skills.
As required, contribute to the development of thought leadership, PR, marketing and advocacy materials, to support CIFF’s ambitions to scale-up, mainstream and leverage additional support for its initiatives.
Develop mutually beneficial, peer-level relationships with priority country governments, NGOs, other foundations, local civil society and beneficiary-led organisations.
Actively maintain CIFF’s reputation as a valued partner for achieving transformational and sustainable change in education and livelihoods.

Stakeholder and partner management

Conduct rigorous research and evaluation of potential partners, using agreed corporate protocols and techniques, to assess their suitability and credentials for collaborating on CIFF initiatives.
Apply CIFF’s agreed account management disciplines and approaches in all dealings with programme partners and stakeholders, to ensure productive and professional relationships are maintained in a coordinated and strategic manner.
Working alongside senior colleagues, help to develop strategic partnerships to support adoption, replication, co-funding or scaling-up of CIFF programmes.
With a variety of external audiences, develop and maintain strong partnerships and act as a knowledgeable resource about CIFF’s programmes and priority areas.

Membership and leadership of the team

Be a role model to less experienced team members, demonstrating CIFF’s leadership behaviours and providing mentorship to aid their growth.
Adopt a coaching approach with colleagues which instills a culture of openness and trust, embraces diverse thinking, and encourages continuous improvement and learning.
We operate a matrix structure so reporting lines can vary between specific aspects of the role.
This role may have line management responsibility for an analyst.

Requirements
Skills & experience

Experience working in the public education system in Kenya and/or other CIFF Africa focus countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso) and strong understanding of education-related data and trends.
Experience working within government systems and/or experience influencing the policies of government agencies, private sector organizations or donor organisations
Experience designing initiatives that improve education outcomes (especially attendance, retention, learning for children at the system level.
Demonstrable experience in analysis and due diligence; policy, planning and programme delivery, including field experience, all within the development sector
Knowledge of the evidence bases pertaining to programme design and implementation, and belief in the importance of evidence-based decision making
Strong working knowledge of impact measurement and programme monitoring and evaluation
An innovative thinker with a pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset
Ability to analyse an organisation’s strength of management, vision and adaptive capacity. Ability to recruit, guide, influence and/or advise management teams to effectively implement programmes
Effectively champions and promotes causes – credible and professional, they always present the Foundation’s programmes in a compelling way to engage the audience
Skilled in relationship building and strengthening; able to influence others and work collaboratively, uniting groups with a shared purpose
English is CIFF’s business language – we expect all of our people to display outstanding verbal and written communication skills across all aspects of their role
Capacity to work in a range of cultural and socio-economic contexts, adapting style and approach appropriately and in a culturally sensitive manner to maximise effectiveness
IT proficiency (most specifically in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
A proven self-starter, who works with pace and resilience more

The primary purpose of the role
The Team Assistant, Africa will provide comprehensive and proactive support to the Africa Leadership Team, working alongside the Executive Assistant, Africa and the larger Africa team. This support will include diary management for the Africa Directors, travel and event planning and document/information management. The position requires proficiency with Microsoft... Office applications and organising digital information, broad administrative skill, and high efficiency.
The position will be privy to sensitive information that requires the highest level of confidentiality and judgment. This is an excellent opportunity for an organised professional with excellent communication skills who wants to be part of an exciting, growing and mission-driven organisation.
Role’s responsibilities

Manage the calendar of the Africa Directors, schedule appointments and coordinate internal and external meetings.
Support the Africa team with event planning (external and select internal events), including external virtual events, team meetings and offsites.
Arrange travel for Africa Directors. Work with CIFF travel agents to organise flights, hotels, cars and visas. Occasionally, this will extend to support the wider Kenya office with travel requirements and may include organisation of group travel for the team.
Work alongside the Executive Assistant, Africa to manage the fortnightly Africa Operational Leadership meeting agendas, drafting of minutes/action plans and any follow-up actions.
Depending on the Africa teams supported, assist with note taking in team meetings and follow up on agreed actions; in some instances, assist in liaising with grantees for meeting attendance and follow up on agreed actions.
General administrative duties, including management and support for the central administrative online tools for the team, such as Fluxx, budget, pipeline, portfolio, and HR tools.
Support the Directors in the timely processing of expenses on Certify and follow up with finance where required.
Assist the Head of Finance, Africa in administrative finance tasks relating to the Africa team e.g. email reminders to the Africa team on disbursements and update of Fluxx.
Assist the Head of Human Resources, Africa in administrative tasks relating to the Africa team e.g. scheduling of interviews, onboarding preparation, and scheduling team meetings.
General administrative duties including meeting room set ups, business card inputs and working with other Executive Assistants to support the smooth running of the Kenya office.

Requirements

Educated to undergraduate level, or equivalent by experience, within a relevant specialism.
Strong administrative experience, working for a multi-cultural team dynamics or individual in a busy and complex environment; good experience as a scheduler.
Exceptional organisational skills: able to be flexible as priorities and needs change, and works well under pressure
Ability to work well independently, a motivated self-starter with strong problem-solving organizational skills, attention to details and multi-tasking skills
Outstanding communications skills, both oral and written.
Good numerical and analytical skills, with a good understanding of basic budgeting.
Strong experience with digital office tools, automation and workflows (e.g. Office 365).
Experience organising and managing digital information and documents for a team.
Experience with organising and managing virtual events (Teams, Zoom, Blue Jeans, Webex etc), and with managing virtual contacts.
Strong interpersonal skills, great team player and proactive at engaging with others.
Professional, sound independent judgment, strong organisational and project management skills, and the ability to be flexible as priorities and needs change.
Strong interpersonal skills – engages with others to get the best out of them and works well as part of a team.
Demonstrates professional, sound judgement and the highest ethical standards, confidentiality, and personal integrity
Capacity to work in a range of cultural and socio-economic contexts, adapting style and approach appropriately and in a culturally sensitive manner to maximise effectiveness
Numerate, with a good understanding of basic budget processes
IT proficiency – must possess strong Microsoft skills, particularly in Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word, and can learn new packages, when required more

The primary purpose of the role
The Team Assistant will provide comprehensive and proactive support to the Africa Leadership Team, working alongside the Executive Assistant, Africa and the larger Africa team. This support will include diary management for the Africa Directors, travel and event planning and document/information management. The position requires proficiency with Microsoft Office... applications and organising digital information, broad administrative skill, and high efficiency.
The position will be privy to sensitive information that requires the highest level of confidentiality and judgment. This is an excellent opportunity for an organised professional with excellent communication skills who wants to be part of an exciting, growing and mission-driven organisation.
Role’s responsibilities

Manage the calendar of the Africa Directors, schedule appointments and coordinate internal and external meetings.
Support the Africa team with event planning (external and select internal events), including external virtual events, team meetings and offsites.
Arrange travel for Africa Directors. Work with CIFF travel agents to organise flights, hotels, cars and visas. Occasionally, this will extend to support the wider Kenya office with travel requirements and may include organisation of group travel for the team.
Work alongside the Executive Assistant, Africa to manage the fortnightly Africa Operational Leadership meeting agendas, drafting of minutes/action plans and any follow-up actions.
Depending on the Africa teams supported, assist with note taking in team meetings and follow up on agreed actions; in some instances, assist in liaising with grantees for meeting attendance and follow up on agreed actions.
General administrative duties, including management and support for the central administrative online tools for the team, such as Fluxx, budget, pipeline, portfolio, and HR tools.
Support the Directors in the timely processing of expenses on Certify and follow up with finance where required.
Assist the Head of Finance, Africa in administrative finance tasks relating to the Africa team e.g. email reminders to the Africa team on disbursements and update of Fluxx.
Assist the Head of Human Resources, Africa in administrative tasks relating to the Africa team e.g. scheduling of interviews, onboarding preparation, and scheduling team meetings.
General administrative duties including meeting room set ups, business card inputs and working with other Executive Assistants to support the smooth running of the Kenya office.

Requirements

Educated to undergraduate level, or equivalent by experience, within a relevant specialism.
Strong administrative experience, working for a multi-cultural team dynamics or individual in a busy and complex environment; good experience as a scheduler.
Exceptional organisational skills: able to be flexible as priorities and needs change, and works well under pressure
Ability to work well independently, a motivated self-starter with strong problem-solving organizational skills, attention to details and multi-tasking skills
Outstanding communications skills, both oral and written.
Good numerical and analytical skills, with a good understanding of basic budgeting.
Strong experience with digital office tools, automation and workflows (e.g. Office 365).
Experience organising and managing digital information and documents for a team.
Experience with organising and managing virtual events (Teams, Zoom, Blue Jeans, Webex etc), and with managing virtual contacts.
Strong interpersonal skills, great team player and proactive at engaging with others.
Professional, sound independent judgment, strong organisational and project management skills, and the ability to be flexible as priorities and needs change.
Strong interpersonal skills – engages with others to get the best out of them and works well as part of a team.
Demonstrates professional, sound judgement and the highest ethical standards, confidentiality, and personal integrity
Capacity to work in a range of cultural and socio-economic contexts, adapting style and approach appropriately and in a culturally sensitive manner to maximise effectiveness
Numerate, with a good understanding of basic budget processes
IT proficiency – must possess strong Microsoft skills, particularly in Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word, and can learn new packages, when required more