Deputy Country Director/ Director Programs Delivery

  • Contractor
  • Nairobi, Kenya
  • TBD USD / Year
  • Living Goods profile




  • Job applications may no longer being accepted for this opportunity.


Living Goods

To oversee the implementation of the strategy and meeting of impact KPIs. Support the development and management of Programs Delivery team. Find solutions to improve the impact of Living Goods interventions and help ensure that branch supply chain and accounting policies are followed. Strengthening of public supply chain by forecasting & quantification. Operationalization of experiments & innovation for Learning. Support country responsibilities including financial approvals & signatory to the Bank.

Key Responsibilities / Duties / Tasks

  • Guide, manage, coach & support career development of the Programs Delivery team members.
  • Lead the operationalization of experiments & innovation for organizational Learning.
  • Support country responsibilities including financial approvals & signatory to the Bank.
  • Partner with the Country Director to shape Living Goods’ Kenya strategy and develop the geographic and operational growth plans for Kenya in line with Living Goods’ mission and values.
  • Lead the evolution of our model to become even more impactful, cost effective, replicable, and coordinated with government to deliver our long-term goal of national scale implementation.
  • Oversee the implementation of the growth strategy whilst meeting all our key health impact KPIs aligned to contextual government needs.
  • Strengthen Living Goods Kenya operational excellence processes to build highly efficient and effective teams.
  • Review performance against key indicators and take action to ensure on-going measurable improvements.
  • Work with the Country Director and CFO to budget and carefully monitor and control all costs and ensure all internal control procedures are followed.
  • Support the Country Director and the Business Development team in developing relationships with donors and other implementing partners to deepen and expand Living Good’s current funding base and to identify other possible long term funding solutions.
  • Partner with the Government Relations team to develop strong county and sub county government relationships at all levels.
  • Deputises the Country Director in all fronts e.g. represent the organization at key internal and external meetings and events.
  • Work closely with Global & Regional teams to share learnings and continually seek improvements to our processes and ways of working.
  • Partner with the Country Director and Senior Management in building a culture of high performance at Living Goods.
  • Recruit and provide line management, coaching, mentorship and support to the team
  • Development/oversight/approval/review of budgets, expense reports and disbursements
  • Enforces policies to improve the overall compliance environment

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills)

Academic Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Business Administration, Public Health or a related field from a recognised university.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Public Health or a related field.

Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies

  • NI

Work experience required

  • Over twelve (12) years’ relevant experience with over five (5) years at Senior management level.
  • Private sector commercial leadership experience strongly desired
  • Demonstrated experience in leading big teams with highly complex operational completes

Competencies/Attributes

  • Strong analytical skills with in-depth passion for data & numbers
  • Strategic thinker with a keen focus on details to operational levels
  • Leads the development of operational plan contributing to longer-term organizational strategy
  • Provides leadership in effective management and stewardship of programs/business units
  • Interpersonal and leadership skills and high levels of integrity
  • Builds commitment through collaboration, consultation and consideration of the stakeholders and the team
  • A strong champion for performance management

Reports to

  • Country Director

Direct reports

  • Senior Manager Field Operations Effectiveness,
  • Program Managers
  • Regional Field Managers

How to apply

Closing date: 31th March @ 23:59 GMT

Please click on the link here to be redirected to the Red Sea site. For this role, kindly submit an MS Word version of your CV and a cover letter detailing your motivation and how you are suited to this role.

Please name your submitted files with the following reference: LG_DCD

Please note that the interview dates for this role will be confirmed with you should your application be successful.

Red Sea is committed to meeting the standards set out in their Equality and Diversity recruitment policy; this includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of the workforce in encouraging equality and diversity.


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