Chief Programme Officer

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Tiko

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $1,200,862 USD-$1,801,293 USD / monthly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Location: Kenya
Gender-based violence (GBV) Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
The Company
Tiko believes in a world where all youth have the power to choose where, when, and how they meet their sexual reproductive health needs. Our digital platform delivers scalable and verifiable sexual reproductive health services for young people in 7 markets in Sub Saharan Africa - Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Zambia and Nigeria.

Responsibility areas and deliverables
  • Lead on ensuring Tiko maintains an integrated, AGYW- centric delivery ecosystem that provides critical services to target the Triple Threat of unwanted pregnancies, new HIV infections and SGBV
  • Sustainably scale our impact in our core markets, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia and Burkina Faso from 1 million services today to 5 million girls impacted annually by 2030.
  • Consolidate and scale our community and health systems strengthening efforts in all our operating markets
  • Deliver on monthly, quarterly and annual impact goals in our markets.
  • Ensure our ecosystems deliver more value through robust data driven performance management and a lean operating model, keeping a cost effective cost per service/cost per user
  • Drive necessary delivery system/design changes to improve effectiveness and sustainability of our offers.
  • Be a transformational and visionary leader that provides clear and actionable leadership to your department and the wider organisation. Your teams will include all Country Operations, Marketing, Technical Services, Programmes and Innovation.   
  • Give guidance and provide strategic oversight and linkages  for partnerships with public and private partners. 
  • Shape government co-financing and co-implementation opportunities for relevant countries and oversight their operationalization. 
  • Use (Tiko) data for data-driven insights to continuously improve impact.
  • Provide the strategic oversight and guidance that ensures your teams are equipped and enabled to thrive in a complex network organisation that marries tech and NGO. 
  • Collaborate with the NBD team to develop proposals and ensure future funding for the organisation.
  • Strategically budget and decide on staffing and fund allocation to optimise impact and quality across markets. 
  • Be a key member of the C-suite of Tiko, which requires strategic thinking, hands-on implementation and seamless partnerships across the executive team and the organisation.


Requirements
  • Masters degree.
  • At least 5 years of experience in a senior leadership operational role.
  • A minimum of 10 years of experience operating in a similar context. NGO, public healthcare or other relevant experience in the private sector in our priority markets will be a plus.  
  • Substantive knowledge and experience in 2 or more of Tikos key intervention areas for AGYW (FP, HIV ,SGBV, Mental Health or Menstrual Hygiene)
  • Experience in  successful shaping government co-financing initiatives
  • Experience overseeing operations in multiple countries across Africa.
  • Extensive experience working in a complex, results focused environment.
  • Proven responsibility of having final responsibility over 8-12 million dollar budgets annually. 
  • Experience leading teams within a regional or global capacity, in a matrix, mostly remote and fast paced environment.
  • Experience in representing an organisation to the public and funders 
  • Open to travel within the continent - at least 25% of time spent travelling will be required. 

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