Manager - Girl Capital, Africa
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Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Funds
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: $71,400 USD / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 10/01/2025
- Location: Ethiopia
Main purpose of the role
CIFF’s Africa Strategy envisions a future where girls enjoy health, economic opportunities, and agency to help shape a thriving, self-determined Africa, free from child marriage. This strategy layers interventions, tackles root causes, and emphasizes sustainability, execution excellence, and localization. Anchored in three pillars—1) For Africa, By Africa (FABA); 2) Resilient Communities; and 3) Girl Capital (covering child marriage, Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights (SRHR), child protection and wellbeing, education, economic empowerment, and livelihoods)—CIFF Africa’s structure is purpose-built to realize this vision.
Requirements
Role’s responsibilities
Strategy & planning
- Prepare and present high-quality analysis and research, as required, to support the sector in determining future strategic priorities and setting operational plans.
- Contribute to the production of programme strategy and the associated evidence base, alongside other team members, prior to a proposal’s submission for approval.
- Lead on the development of strategies related to adolescent girl-centred programming on SRHR, Education and Livelihoods.
Programme Development, Delivery & Performance
- Lead delivery of the existing programme portfolio , focusing on countries across Africa and manage a pipeline of potential investments aligned with country-driven plans and broader priorities
- Forge robust partnerships to leverage sector investments toward impactful, cost-effective interventions.
- Monitor portfolio performance against corporate and sector targets, preparing summary reports, board reports, and portfolio investment updates to a high standard.
Sector Knowledge & Profile Building
- Keep abreast of developments within the SRHR, Education and Livelihoods 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 the Ethiopian and other priority country governments, NGOs, other foundations, local civil society and beneficiary-led organisations.
Stakeholder & Partner Management
- Manage CIFF’s investments as the relationship lead focus countries, covering equitable access and financing.
- Represent CIFF externally on advisory boards, steering committees, or donor collaborations as required.
- Support internal initiatives, such as the Employee Forum and Anti-Racism & DEI Working Groups.
Team Membership & Leadership
- Adopt a coaching approach with colleagues which instils 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.
Skills & Experience
- 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.
- Effectively champions and promotes causes – credible and professional.
- 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.
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