Who We Are

Co-Impact brings together local changemakers and funders from around the world to make health, education, and economic systems stronger and more inclusive – creating impact that lasts. Our commitment to advancing gender equality and women’s leadership is central to this goal. By focusing on systems, we work at the scale of the problem – dismantling the root causes of inequality that disadvantage hundreds of millions of women, girls and marginalized communities. Spanning five continents, our team identifies partners that will create lasting progress when supported with the resources to work at scale. Pooling funding allows us to provide large, flexible grants and strategic support to locally-rooted partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America who know their systems best. Our partners’ initiatives will benefit more than 600 million people and we can go even further together. We aim to deploy over $1 billion by 2030 and achieve a world where everyone can lead fulfilling lives. For more information, please visit co-impact.org and take a look at our Handbook.

Co-Impact partners with Professional Employment Organizations (PEOs) to employ their staff.

Where You Fit

As part of the Program Office, reporting to the Director, Programs (Strategic Planning), you will work in concert with her and other Program Directors and the Leadership Team to enhance the team’s effectiveness and efficiency in achieving Co-Impact’s goals. You will serve as a resource to analyze information, consult, advise, and guide the team towards the effective use of resources (human, financial, and others) and efficient processes to inform programmatic strategy. The Program Office comprises of 4 team members and sits within the Program Team. It also serves as a node/connector with other Co-Impact teams on programmatic team-wide or portfolio-wide matters, and as a facilitator of the Program team collective/space.

The Role

Reporting to the Director, Programs (Strategic Planning) and as part of the Program Office, your core responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Directly support/work with Director, Programs (Strategic Planning) in managing programmatic and leadership responsibilities through program design, project management, research and team coordination.
• Play a lead role in the project management of the Annual Planning process, with guidance from the Director, Programs (Strategic Planning).
• Collaborate with the Director, Programs (Strategic Planning), Program Managers (Regional teams and LME), and the Program Leadership Team to produce high-quality first drafts of materials for Strategy Review and Annual Planning. Prepare write-ups, reports, briefs and other communication materials of our internal and external workstreams. Lead on efficient and effective dissemination of these materials internally and externally.
• Produce strong first drafts of programmatic related guidance and operational materials to facilitate effective Program team functioning.
• Play a critical role in the development and effective operation of portfolio investment, financial, and programmatically related operational processes, including budget management and forecasting, and team “rhythm of business” (ROB). Responsible for effective information sharing across the organization in these key areas of operations, and for the continuous improvement of these processes.
• Support Director, Programs (Strategic Planning) in the consultation of Program team leadership to promote continued enhancement of the impact of grantmaking and resource utilization, and to ensure optimal learning, decision making, and collaboration across team.
• Promote prioritization, efficiency, simplicity and productivity on the team by providing support in programmatic process development and continuous improvement. Produce strong analysis on problem and solution identification, trade-offs and other considerations to support the design, implementation and improvement of tools, reporting, processes and other aspects of team/organizational set-up.
• Maintain understanding of and alignment with Co-Impact cross-organizational initiatives. Actively facilitate the integration of program team members and processes with broader Co-Impact context to increase impact. Responsible for liaising, and fostering transparency and clarity, between Program team and other colleagues – including Operations and Partnerships — regarding business processes, financial reporting, forecasting, and related systems, and tools required for business and operational success.
• Lead coordination and engagement with coordinator counterparts (cross-CI and regions) to propose and implement solutions to address business operations issues and ongoing strategic alignment on shared work.
• As needed, design, contribute to and/or lead special projects in support of team operations and/or in support of programmatic investments and portfolios.
• Contribute towards the cultivation of diverse, equitable and inclusive practices to create a work environment where everyone can do their best work in contributing towards our impact. In partnership with Executive Office and organizational culture group(s), ensure inclusive and gender intentional considerations and practices are integrated into ongoing team practices and rhythm of the business.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or related field. Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) preferred.
• At least 5 years professional experience in strategy or management consulting / strategy planning or a similar role / sector to consulting, with experience in the social impact / philanthropy sector strongly preferred.
• Experience working with executives and team leads.
• Sophisticated project management skills, particularly for strategy development, execution planning, and business process redesign projects, and a successful track record of running multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrate a passion for tackling complex challenges and collaboratively developing innovative solutions with the potential for significant impact.
• Strong consultative and advisory skills. Proven excellence in influence and leadership, ability to build trust, be a team leader and player who motivates and educates other team members and understands the value of interpersonal relationship building.
• Technically proficient and creative; successful in both collaboration and as an independent problem solver.
• Ability to prioritize, focus and achieve results in a fluid, fast paced and sophisticated environment.
• Financial literacy (budget development, financial analysis).
• Ability to build structures and develop frameworks to increase clarity and visibility of decisions, trade-offs and impact on financial and organizational resources.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills (in English) with the ability to effectively synthesize information to reach a diverse audience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and familiar with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

Required competencies and qualities

• Ability to build structures, tools and frameworks to increase clarity and visibility of decisions, trade-offs and impact on financial and organizational resources.
• Strong strategic analysis and interpersonal skills, with a keen ability to identify the root cause/crux of organizational challenges and facilitate simple and effective solutions amongst a busy and diverse group of senior colleagues, via a process that is both light and consultative and which facilitates shared alignment & understanding.
• Financial literacy (budget development, strategic financial analysis).
• Excellent written and verbal communicator.
• Ability to process and analyze large volumes of complex data and effectively synthesize, lift up and communicate key issues to aid strategic planning and decision making.
• Diligent and with strong attention to detail and quality; Good processes to error-check.
• Proactive, dedicated, energetic, humble, kind, curious, servant-leader mindset, with a deep team-first orientation looking to support the organization and colleagues in achieving Co-Impact’s goals. (Note: This is a global support role, not a frontline role.)

Benefits

Co-Impact’s compensation philosophy is guided by the following three principles:

• Equity and Fairness: Our approach to compensation and benefits are designed to ensure that our global team is treated equitably regardless of location and without regard to gender, race, or nationality.
• Transparency: We aim to provide clarity to Co-Impact’s employees about our salary structure so that they feel confident that they are paid equitably, and potential job applicants understand how roles are compensated.
• Accountability: As stewards of the philanthropic resources entrusted to us so that we can support our program partners, we are accountable to our donors, board, staff, and to the public for how we allocate compensation.

In accordance with that philosophy, we include the salary range in our job postings. To maintain equity within the organization and for all candidates, we do not negotiate salary or benefits. This position is full time with an annual salary of US $112,000 plus a comprehensive benefits package including allowance for paid time off.

Application Details

Please apply online HERE by submitting a resume and a cover letter by 5.00 pm EAT 13th March 2025. In your cover letter, please confirm that you are authorized to live and work in Kenya. Please note that Co-Impact cannot cover relocation costs. If you are authorized to live in Kenya but are not currently based there, you will need to cover any relocation expenses.

As we are a small team, we regret that we can only respond to applicants selected for an interview and we are unable to participate in informational calls prior to interviews. Thank you for your understanding.

We will begin reviewing applications after the deadline. Shortlisted candidates can expect to hear from the recruitment team within eight weeks of the deadline.

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