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Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
About the Organisation
GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets donors like you send money directly to the world’s poorest households. In doing so, we aim to accelerate the end of extreme poverty globally.
GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving – and millions of lives – by providing cash grants directly to the world’s poorest. The Brookings Institution estimates that $70B of cash transfers would be required to eliminate the poverty gap; the aid sector currently spends $135B each year, much of it on evidence-free interventions. GiveDirectly wants to change that, establishing cash transfers as a benchmark for foreign aid – as the index fund is a benchmark for the financial industry – and in the process accelerating the end of extreme poverty.
GD has raised over $1B since launching in 2011, delivered cash to more than 1.5 million people in 15 different countries. We’ve also supported large-scale, experimental research that indicates strong recipient impact of our programs. As a result, GD has been celebrated as one of the most innovative non-profit companies by Fast Company, while the growing cash transfer movement (and GD’s leading role within it) have been featured in the New York Times Magazine, This American Life, Foreign Affairs, and The Economist.
Our culture is candid, analytical, agile, and non-hierarchical. Our global team of ~150, and country operations teams of ~650, together come from 21 different countries speaking 69 different languages. Team members bring experiences from the private sector, NGOs and government. From software engineers to seasoned humanitarian workers, former management consultants to public servants, researchers to field operations -- it’s an incredible group of people.
Our values are central and deliberately opinionated. We genuinely center the people we serve in our decision making, and strive to build an ambitious, fast moving and high performing environment. We strongly encourage you to read through our values carefully, if they reflect how you like to work and energize you, this could be a great fit.
We work hard to create an environment in which all our team members can thrive, succeed and grow. We actively seek to recruit individuals from the communities we serve, and are constantly working to foster a workplace that supports diversity, and is truly inclusive in reality, not just intent. We support flexibility, take care of each other, have fun, and create professional growth opportunities.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Job Title
Flex Senior Manager, Africa job at GiveDirectly
GiveDirectly
Job Description
Location: This role is remote but candidates must be based in Goma, Monrovia, Kampala, Nairobi or potentially another location within or near the Central Africa time zone
Role Overview:
GiveDirectly is looking to hire a Flex Senior Manager to lead programming across countries in which we operate. In this role, you will be crucial in designing, launching, and managing new and existing programs. This is an opportunity to drive impact and innovation in the cash sector when cash is receiving unprecedented attention and interest in the public eye.
This role may focus more on work in fragile and conflict affected settings, such as DR Congo, advancing innovation in both development and humanitarian programs.
Travel: You will be expected to travel to any of GiveDirectly’s countries of operation, sometimes on short notice (e.g. a month) and sometimes spending extended periods of time there (multiple months).
Reports to: Regional Director
Level: Senior Manager
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Program management
Own a rich project management plan and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure successful end-to-end execution
Design operational models for new programs, including assessing trade-offs of different design decisions (e.g., targeting, eligibility, payments, follow-up)
Define, track, and report programmatic and budgetary KPIs
Dynamically identify risks (e.g. fraud, misconduct, brand risk etc) and mitigation plans
Directly supervise multi-layered teams whose responsibilities include field team management, programs protocol definition and quality assurance, and maintaining high standards of service to last mile recipients
Maintain high-quality relationships with donors and program partners
Drive communication and alignment across a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including GD senior management, donors, operational partners, researchers, and payment providers
Cultivate, enable, and grow exceptional talent, reinforce a strong team culture rooted in GD’s values
Consolidate best practices across projects and country contexts and generate tools or guidance so our programs can continuously improve and evolve
Other coordination and contribution to the overall success of programs e.g. coordination with other departments, driving recruitment, conducting quality spot checks
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Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Required Skills and Experiences:
4-7+ years of work experience in a relevant role (implementing programs, management consulting, providing technical advisory services)
Exceptional ability to work analytically through complex implementation questions & run robust analyses to inform decisions
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work with a diverse, multicultural, and widely geographically distributed team
Comfort in dynamic environments, which may lack a pre-defined playbook for success and involve significant “learning by doing” and versatility
Ability to approach tasks with resourcefulness and to work in a highly self-directed and autonomous manner
Experience living and working in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, including comfort traveling to high risk settings and responsibly adhering to security protocols.
Aptitude and curiosity to learn more technical aspects of cash transfer program design and related areas of social protection and humanitarian and development assistance
Comfort navigating multiple software systems
Good data analysis skills or willingness and aptitude to learn
Professional working proficiency in French
Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
Desired Skills and Experiences
Experience living and working Central Africa
Experience working in fragile and conflict-affected settings and/or in humanitarian programs
Experience overseeing field teams and call centers
Compensation
At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to ensure that staff’s total compensation package (base compensation + bonus) falls within the 75th percentile of similar roles, at similar organizations. We also have a no negotiation policy to ensure we are paying staff equitably across roles.
The Kenya base salary for this role is $77,500
This role is fully remote, so if you are not based in Kenya, we will share an estimated salary benchmark for the country you are based in during the hiring process.
Why work at GiveDirectly?
At GiveDirectly, we work to ensure that you have everything you need to excel in your role and on your team, including:
A positive and supportive team with opportunities for advancement
A demonstrated commitment to helping all staff develop and grow
A competitive salary
A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country)
Flexible paid time off
Desk allowance
How to Apply
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION MUST BE ONLINE
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Deadline: 03rd January 2025
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