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  • Associate Director/Director of Impact 

Health, Nutrition & WASH Manager

    Associate Director/Director of Impact Health, Nutrition & WASH Manager

    About the Role

    The Associate Director/Director of Impact will lead the development and execution of an impact strategy to enhance the effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of our work through data-driven monitoring, evaluation, and learning efforts. As both an individual contributor and a team leader, this individual will implement systems and processes that enable our data to be more reliable and actionable. This role involves strategic planning, creative-problem solving, resource management, team leadership, and collaboration with stakeholders and partners to ensure accurate and effective data collection, with subsequent communication of insights gathered to inform decision-making. This role will be reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer.

    Your responsibilities will include:
    Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Leadership:

    Develop an impact strategy that aligns with Kidogo’s mission and operational goals.
    Serve as a thought-partner to senior leadership, board, and partners on leveraging data to power insights for improving the effectiveness of our work.
    Promote evidence-based decision-making and ensure that program outcomes are systematically tracked and reported.
    Manage and support the professional development of the M&E team towards successful execution of work according to planned targets.

    Scalable MEL Systems, Processes and Products:

    Revamp our quality assurance program to bring alignment between data collected and priority use-cases.
    Structure right-sized research projects to drive continuous improvement.
    Leverage technology to ensure the interoperability of data collection tools and with operational dashboards and other tracking systems.
    Identify, streamline, and define clear measurements on performance metrics across programmatic areas.
    Develop automations around routine analyses and reports.

    Stakeholder Engagement:

    Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, including donors, community partners, and academic institutions.
    Ensure rigorous compliance with donor reporting requirements and contribute to the development of funding proposals.
    Oversee external evaluation and research collaborations.

    Qualifications

    Advanced degree in Education, Public Policy, Economics, Data Science, International Development, or a related field.
    6-10 years of relevant experience, with a strong background in impact measurement within a non-profit or social enterprise.
    Demonstrated proficiency in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.
    Ability to synthesize and present complex data in a meaningful way.
    Prior experience in early childhood development is an advantage.
    Strong leadership qualities with the capacity to motivate and develop teams.
    Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
    Readiness to travel as needed to support program initiatives.

    You will fit in the well with the Kidogo Family, if you are:

    A natural leader: You inspire your teammates to stretch themselves, challenge their assumptions and constantly improve through direct mentorship, and serve as an example. You create a sense of mutual accountability, inspire action and follow up effectively to ensure momentum.
    Fiercely compassionate: You exercise empathy and treat all people with respect and dignity. You combine the urgency of getting things done while appreciating the complexities of working in informal urban settlements.
    Visualize the path to the goal: You are highly strategic. You understand how decisions get made; you can take in multiple inputs simultaneously, make decisions with imperfect information and chart a path forward for your team. You stay focused on the most important things, not getting lost in the noise.
    Adaptable / Agile: You have a willingness to learn and adapt. You are comfortable revisiting and refining aspects of a program and iterating based on lessons learned during the development lifecycle.
    Intrapreneurial: You see solutions, not challenges. You have a gritty, experimental spirit and actively find opportunities to reach our goals in more effective ways by exercising creative resourcefulness.
    Doer: You are efficient, organized and use your time effectively. You can juggle many projects of varying urgency and importance simultaneously and can prioritize effectively. You seamlessly balance both urgent short-term tasks with larger long-term projects.
    Wear multiple hats: You can see problems from different perspectives and can balance competing demands (i.e., sustainability and quality). You are also comfortable juggling detailed tasks one minute and more significant strategic questions the next.

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  • Head of Finance

    Head of Finance

    About the Role:

    Kidogo seeks a Finance Director to lead our financial management and strategic planning at an exciting time of growth. The Finance Director will work closely with the COO, CEO, Board, and donors to develop and implement financial plans and strategies that support Kidogo’s ambitious goals. This is a new role at Kidogo, reflecting the rapid operational growth of the organisation and its increasingly diverse network of international donors.

    Key Responsibilities:

    Financial Management: Advise, co-develop and implement financial plans for long term sustainable growth of the organization. This includes:

    Obtaining an understanding of vision and plans for the foreseeable future from CEO and COO..
    Advise CEO, COO and the Board on financial and taxation matters.
    Co-Develop and implement budgets for the organization and the various projects (ongoing or proposed). Ensuring that the project budgets are in sync with the vision and plans of the organization or the relevant project objectives .
    Develop key financial initiatives that will help the organization track progress against the budgets, demonstrate success and sustainability, successful implementation of the programmes and highlights impact.
    Develop and implement financial policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the applicable financial reporting framework (i.e. Statutory reporting requirements and funder reporting requirements)

    Cash Flow Management: Managing the cash flows of the group such that it optimizes returns and impact of the various projects run by the organization. This includes:

    Management of funds received as donations / grants from various sources and maintaining the funds in the appropriate location and accounts for better liquidity and returns.
    Working with HODs, existing partners / vendors for optimizing cost and payment structures / plans.
    Negotiating with potential partners / vendors for better management of cost / supplier risks and maximizing impact of the projects.
    Identifying financial risks and exposures under the various projects. Taking steps to ensure sufficient financial provisions or coverage is maintained to cover for such risks or exposures.

    Tax and Compliance Management: Developing policies and procedures for better tax and compliance management. This includes:

    Working with tax and compliance experts to ensure compliance towards statutory reporting requirements for funds received as donations or grants received in the US or Kenya. Developing compliance schedule and ensuring timely filing of periodic tax returns / payments.
    Identifying risks / exposure under indirect taxes (VAT or customs duty) for global group structure. Taking steps to mitigate such risks / exposures and ensure compliance with the relevant laws and regulations.
    Identifying risks / exposure under direct taxes (Income Tax, DTAA, Deemed Establishments, WHT etc.) for global group structure. Taking steps to mitigate such risks / exposures and ensure compliance with the relevant laws and regulations.
    Determine the applicable legal framework in collaboration with external subject matter experts. Setup internal policies and procedures that ensure compliance with the applicable legal framework in which the group operates.

    Operational Support:

    Internal Financial Controls: Implementing and periodically reviewing the internal financial controls that ensure compliance with company’s policies and procedures, related to expense and reimbursements. Also ensure that the group’s internal financial controls are aligned with the donors’ / grantors’ policies or expectations.
    Monthly financial reporting / financial analysis: Management reporting that shows consolidated income and expenses, Temporarily Restricted Income / Net Assets and Group performance based on geographical and projects/segments.
    Contract Review: Review of Grant / Vendor / lease contracts before they are sent for approval to the CEO/COO.
    Grant / Funder Reporting : Reviewing the project wise financial reporting before it is shared with them. Ensuring the reporting requirements are met and all the queries or concerns are addressed to their satisfaction.
    Managing Audits: Taking care of statutory audits and grant/funder audits. Ensuring the reporting requirements are met and all the queries or concerns addressed to their satisfaction.
    Ensuring timely payment to employees, vendors and community partners.
    Ensuring compliance with applicable laws.
    Collaborating with HODs and providing support / guidance on financial matters, as and when required.

    About You:

    You have significant experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya.
    You have at least 15 years of financial management experience, including experience managing the financial reporting requirements of international donors.
    You have a track record of achievement in building financial systems and processes, including the development of budgets and financial models.
    You possess extensive knowledge of US accounting practices, including GAAP and other relevant financial regulations relevant to I-NGOs domiciled in the United States.
    You have a proven track record of developing and implementing financial strategies that support organizational growth and sustainability.
    You are a skilled communicator who can effectively convey complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
    You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have experience working with global teams.
    You are passionate about Kidogo’s mission and values and excited to contribute your financial expertise to our efforts to unlock the potential of young children in East Africa.

    Apply via :

    www.linkedin.com

  • Head of Finance

    Head of Finance

    About the Role:

    Kidogo seeks a Finance Director to lead our financial management and strategic planning at an exciting time of growth. The Finance Director will work closely with the COO, CEO, Board, and donors to develop and implement financial plans and strategies that support Kidogo’s ambitious goals. This is a new role at Kidogo, reflecting the rapid operational growth of the organisation and its increasingly diverse network of international donors.

    Key Responsibilities:

    Financial Management: Advise, co-develop and implement financial plans for long term sustainable growth of the organization. This includes:

    Obtaining an understanding of vision and plans for the foreseeable future from CEO and COO..
    Advise CEO, COO and the Board on financial and taxation matters.
    Co-Develop and implement budgets for the organization and the various projects (ongoing or proposed). Ensuring that the project budgets are in sync with the vision and plans of the organization or the relevant project objectives .
    Develop key financial initiatives that will help the organization track progress against the budgets, demonstrate success and sustainability, successful implementation of the programmes and highlights impact.
    Develop and implement financial policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the applicable financial reporting framework (i.e. Statutory reporting requirements and funder reporting requirements)

    Cash Flow Management: Managing the cash flows of the group such that it optimizes returns and impact of the various projects run by the organization. This includes:

    Management of funds received as donations / grants from various sources and maintaining the funds in the appropriate location and accounts for better liquidity and returns.
    Working with HODs, existing partners / vendors for optimizing cost and payment structures / plans.
    Negotiating with potential partners / vendors for better management of cost / supplier risks and maximizing impact of the projects.
    Identifying financial risks and exposures under the various projects. Taking steps to ensure sufficient financial provisions or coverage is maintained to cover for such risks or exposures.

    Tax and Compliance Management: Developing policies and procedures for better tax and compliance management. This includes:

    Working with tax and compliance experts to ensure compliance towards statutory reporting requirements for funds received as donations or grants received in the US or Kenya. Developing compliance schedule and ensuring timely filing of periodic tax returns / payments.
    Identifying risks / exposure under indirect taxes (VAT or customs duty) for global group structure. Taking steps to mitigate such risks / exposures and ensure compliance with the relevant laws and regulations.
    Identifying risks / exposure under direct taxes (Income Tax, DTAA, Deemed Establishments, WHT etc.) for global group structure. Taking steps to mitigate such risks / exposures and ensure compliance with the relevant laws and regulations.
    Determine the applicable legal framework in collaboration with external subject matter experts. Setup internal policies and procedures that ensure compliance with the applicable legal framework in which the group operates.

    Operational Support:

    Internal Financial Controls: Implementing and periodically reviewing the internal financial controls that ensure compliance with company’s policies and procedures, related to expense and reimbursements. Also ensure that the group’s internal financial controls are aligned with the donors’ / grantors’ policies or expectations.
    Monthly financial reporting / financial analysis: Management reporting that shows consolidated income and expenses, Temporarily Restricted Income / Net Assets and Group performance based on geographical and projects/segments.
    Contract Review: Review of Grant / Vendor / lease contracts before they are sent for approval to the CEO/COO.
    Grant / Funder Reporting : Reviewing the project wise financial reporting before it is shared with them. Ensuring the reporting requirements are met and all the queries or concerns are addressed to their satisfaction.
    Managing Audits: Taking care of statutory audits and grant/funder audits. Ensuring the reporting requirements are met and all the queries or concerns addressed to their satisfaction.
    Ensuring timely payment to employees, vendors and community partners.
    Ensuring compliance with applicable laws.
    Collaborating with HODs and providing support / guidance on financial matters, as and when required.

    About You:

    You have significant experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya.
    You have at least 15 years of financial management experience, including experience managing the financial reporting requirements of international donors.
    You have a track record of achievement in building financial systems and processes, including the development of budgets and financial models.
    You possess extensive knowledge of US accounting practices, including GAAP and other relevant financial regulations relevant to I-NGOs domiciled in the United States.
    You have a proven track record of developing and implementing financial strategies that support organizational growth and sustainability.
    You are a skilled communicator who can effectively convey complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
    You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have experience working with global teams.
    You are passionate about Kidogo’s mission and values and excited to contribute your financial expertise to our efforts to unlock the potential of young children in East Africa.

    Apply via :

    www.linkedin.com

  • Junior Marketing & Communications Coordinator

    Junior Marketing & Communications Coordinator

    Job Description
    WHO YOU’LL BE WORKING WITH
    The Kidogo Family is a fun, passionate, driven group of young (and young at heart) people who are creating a world where every child, no matter where they were born, has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
    You will be solely in charge of Kidogo’s marketing and promotion activities both locally in the communities we work in, and nationally. You’ll be situated within Kidogo’s operations team, reporting to the head of the department, while working closely with Kidogo’s hub and spokes managers, as well as head teachers and field staff.
    Kidogo is a meritocratic, collaborative and agile environment and the incoming Marketing & Communications Coordinator working style must promote this culture.
    RESPONSIBILITIES

    Marketing:

    Develop Kidogo’s overall marketing strategy
    Develop promotional/marketing content to increase Kidogo’s brand awareness in the informal settlements in order to increase enrollment and attract new daycares
    Identify and develop new market opportunities for Kidogo in the informal settlements

    Community Engagement:

    Carry out customer surveys to understand demand and manage brand positioning o Lead the design of parent newsletters and other community engagement tools o
    Conduct market research and analysis to better understand target customers, evaluate trends and brand awareness

    Communications / Promotion:

    Organize and oversee all communication and promotional activities, campaigns (social media, newspaper etc.), exhibitions and promotional events
    Liaise with media, printers, graphic designers and publishers as required and manage the production of marketing materials such as leaflets, flyers, posters and newsletters,
    Assist in reporting and documentation for funders, investors and other stakeholders o Assist in event management, where required

    ATTRIBUTES OF A SUCCESSFUL MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

    Do-er: You are efficient, organized and use your time effectively. You take initiative and have the ability to drive projects independently with limited supervision.
    Adaptable / Agile: You have a willingness to learn and adapt. You are comfortable revisiting and refining aspects of a program and iterate based on lessons learned during the development lifecycle.
    Intra-preneurial: You see solutions, not challenges. You have a gritty, experimental spirit and actively find opportunities to reach our goals in more effective ways by exercising creative resourcefulness.
    Fiercely compassionate: You exercise empathy and treat all people with respect and dignity. You combine the urgency of getting things while appreciating the complexities of working in urban informal settlements.
    Resourceful: You embody our value of doing more with less, while flexing your creativity and problem-solving skills.
    Personable / high energy: You’re comfortable interacting with different people of different backgrounds and have a ‘spark’ that makes people believe in what you say. You’re an expert listener.

    EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND:
    You must have:

    Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business or equivalent
    3+ years of professional experience in marketing or related field
    Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    Be comfortable designing basic brochures, flyers, posters etc.
    Comfort with social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)
    English and Swahili fluency
    Willingness to commit a minimum of 2 years

    It would be great if you had:

    Previous exposure / experience in urban informal settlements or lower income communities
    Experience working in a start-up environment, including human-centered design thinking

  • Junior Marketing & Communications Coordinator

    Junior Marketing & Communications Coordinator

    Job Description
    WHO YOU’LL BE WORKING WITH
    The Kidogo Family is a fun, passionate, driven group of young (and young at heart) people who are creating a world where every child, no matter where they were born, has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
    You will be solely in charge of Kidogo’s marketing and promotion activities both locally in the communities we work in, and nationally. You’ll be situated within Kidogo’s operations team, reporting to the head of the department, while working closely with Kidogo’s hub and spokes managers, as well as head teachers and field staff.
    Kidogo is a meritocratic, collaborative and agile environment and the incoming Marketing & Communications Coordinator working style must promote this culture.
    RESPONSIBILITIES

    Marketing:

    Develop Kidogo’s overall marketing strategy
    Develop promotional/marketing content to increase Kidogo’s brand awareness in the informal settlements in order to increase enrollment and attract new daycares
    Identify and develop new market opportunities for Kidogo in the informal settlements

    Community Engagement:

    Carry out customer surveys to understand demand and manage brand positioning o Lead the design of parent newsletters and other community engagement tools o
    Conduct market research and analysis to better understand target customers, evaluate trends and brand awareness

    Communications / Promotion:

    Organize and oversee all communication and promotional activities, campaigns (social media, newspaper etc.), exhibitions and promotional events
    Liaise with media, printers, graphic designers and publishers as required and manage the production of marketing materials such as leaflets, flyers, posters and newsletters,
    Assist in reporting and documentation for funders, investors and other stakeholders o Assist in event management, where required

    ATTRIBUTES OF A SUCCESSFUL MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

    Do-er: You are efficient, organized and use your time effectively. You take initiative and have the ability to drive projects independently with limited supervision.
    Adaptable / Agile: You have a willingness to learn and adapt. You are comfortable revisiting and refining aspects of a program and iterate based on lessons learned during the development lifecycle.
    Intra-preneurial: You see solutions, not challenges. You have a gritty, experimental spirit and actively find opportunities to reach our goals in more effective ways by exercising creative resourcefulness.
    Fiercely compassionate: You exercise empathy and treat all people with respect and dignity. You combine the urgency of getting things while appreciating the complexities of working in urban informal settlements.
    Resourceful: You embody our value of doing more with less, while flexing your creativity and problem-solving skills.
    Personable / high energy: You’re comfortable interacting with different people of different backgrounds and have a ‘spark’ that makes people believe in what you say. You’re an expert listener.

    EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND:
    You must have:

    Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business or equivalent
    3+ years of professional experience in marketing or related field
    Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    Be comfortable designing basic brochures, flyers, posters etc.
    Comfort with social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)
    English and Swahili fluency
    Willingness to commit a minimum of 2 years

    It would be great if you had:

    Previous exposure / experience in urban informal settlements or lower income communities
    Experience working in a start-up environment, including human-centered design thinking