Strategy Development and Implementation Lead, USAID/Kenya and East Africa Mission’s Localization, Inclusion and Sustainability Activity at Social Impact

The Activity has the following objectives:

1. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL): Strengthen monitoring, evaluation, verification, and data utilization to improve development results.
2. Organizational Development (OD): Improve systems, coordination, collaboration and OD to enhance institutional learning and program effectiveness.
3. Capacity Building: Provide capacity building services to empower and enfranchise local actors.
4. Strategy: Support strategy development, implementation, and process management to enable continuous planning, delivering, assessing, and adapting of development programs.
5. Logistics: Provide logistical support to ensure productive and efficient operations.

Position Description:

SI is seeking a Strategy and Implementation Lead for the upcoming USAID/KEA LIS Activity. This will be a senior technical position on the project, reporting to the Chief of Party (COP), and will be responsible for overseeing and managing technical work under Objective 4 of the Activity. This position will be full-time for the duration of the five-year project and will be based in Nairobi.

**Please note: This is a local position. Only candidates with Kenyan citizenship will be considered.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of services and activities under the Strategy component of the project.
• Develop scope/budget/timelines for assigned activities.
• Provide technical assistance and support to addressing USAID’s gender and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion objectives.
• Manage teams including full-time staff and consultants.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or related field.
• At least eight years of management experience in strategy, OD, and/or implementation on international development projects.
• Experience working on USAID projects strongly preferred.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required; fluency in Kiswahili strongly preferred.

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