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.