Program Manager Africa (Remote)

Who We Are

Co-Impact is a global organization that supports locally-rooted coalitions in Africa, Asia and Latin America to transform key systems at scale, with a core focus on advancing gender equality and women’s leadership. We bring together funders from around the world to partner with initiatives that are working to improve education, health, and economic opportunity for millions of people by addressing the root causes of social inequities so that systems work better for everyone. For more information, please visit www.co-impact.org and read our Handbook.

Where You Fit

Together with the regional team, you will support a portfolio of program partners (grantees) in developing effective strategies for systems change to advance gender equitable outcomes, women’s leadership, and gender equality at scale. In this position, you will be responsible for overseeing program management, providing critical support to the LME team in conducting data analysis and impact assessments of program partners (PPs) initiatives for board members, staff, and the broader public. Additionally, you will play a key role in supporting our philanthropic collaboration and communications teams, assisting with the engagement and relationship-building efforts with both prospective and current funding partners.

Reporting to the Associate Director (AD), Africa, you will assist the program team across several areas, including sourcing, vetting, and recommending of grants, supporting program partners to ensure effective implementation, monitoring, and reporting of progress, lessons and impact of their system change interventions.

Application Details

Interested in learning more about our open role? Click the “Apply” button to view the job description, required qualifications, and experience. The deadline to submit your application, including a cover letter and resume, is Friday, January 10, 2025. In your cover letter, 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.

Applications will be reviewed after the deadline, however, the position may close earlier if we receive a strong pool of candidates. Shortlisted candidates can expect to hear from the recruitment team in February 2025.