Assistant Manager, A&R Programmes

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Financial Sector Deepening Kenya (FSD Kenya)

  • Career category: Admin, Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Organisation type: Philanthropy
  • Remote option: Not Specified
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Deadline: 08/09/2026
  • Location: Kenya
Economic justice Food security & Nutrition
Job Summary
The Assistant Manager will work closely with the Senior Manager, Adaptation & Resilience Programmes, and the Senior Project Manager, AFIYA, to provide day-to-day programme management, reporting, and coordination support for the AFIYA programme – a multi-country programme funded by the Mastercard Foundation to expand access to gender-intentional agricultural insurance and complementary financial services for young women smallholder farmers and agri-preneurs. The Assistant Manager is the engine room of AFIYA's programme management function. This means keeping AFIYA's project tracking systems current and accurate (Monday.com), maintaining the reporting calendar and compiling inputs for Mastercard Foundation and internal management reports, maintaining budget-versus-actuals (BVA) trackers across the programme budget, and coordinating operational inputs from implementing and delivery partners across AFIYA's continental activities and country-level implementation (Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal in phase 1). In doing so, the Assistant Manager enables the Senior Manager and the AFIYA programme team to focus on programme delivery, partner management, and impact. The Assistant Manager also supports monitoring, evidence, and learning across the programme, working with the Development Impact team and delivery partners to ensure that data required for AFIYA's results framework and resilience measurement is collected, validated, and reported on schedule. While line management of the A&R Programme Assistants and Analysts sits with the Senior Manager, the Assistant Manager supports the day-to-day coordination of Assistants allocated to AFIYA, helping to track workload, maintain quality standards, and ensure consistent use of FSD Africa's templates, processes, and project management tools.

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS
Qualifications and Education
•    Relevant Master's degree and 3 years of experience or Bachelor's degree from a recognised university and 4 years of experience, working in programme management, development finance, financial sector development, or a related field.
•    Excellent skills in written and spoken English.
Essential Experience, Knowledge, and Skills
  • Practical experience in programme or project management support within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment, including managing reporting deadlines and coordinating inputs across teams.
  • Strong data management and organisational skills, with demonstrated ability to maintain project tracking systems, workplan trackers, and reporting trackers to a high standard of accuracy.
  • Experience supporting funder reporting cycles for grant-funded programmes (experience with philanthropic funders such as the Mastercard Foundation desirable), including narrative and financial reporting.
  • Good skills in data analysis, financial tracking (budget versus actuals), and budget administration, with strong attention to detail.
  • Strong coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously and follow up systematically across diverse workstreams.
  • Proficiency with project management tools (Monday.com, MS Project, or equivalent) and strong skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to manage data and documentation electronically and work effectively with digital platforms and tools.
  • Excellent communication skills; a collaborative team player.


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