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Full-time

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Nairobi (Karen), Kenya

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Description (Public)

TICAH is looking for a bold, mission-aligned feminist leader to guide TICAH's next chapter. The Executive Director will have the exciting responsibility of helping imagine, shape and lead the next chapter of TICAH, building on more than two decades of learning and impact while taking the organisation boldly into its future.

TICAH has adopted a shared leadership model where the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director share responsibility, authority, and decision-making for the organization. The ED role includes both shared leadership responsibilities and areas of sole ownership.

Roles Shared Between ED & Deputy ED (20%): Strategy Development, Governance/Board Management & Development, and Legal oversight.

Executive Director Sole Roles:

  • Fundraising & Donor Communication & Engagement (25%)
  • Organizational Leadership, Talent & Culture (20%)
  • External Influence, Communications & Visibility (10%)
  • Partner & Stakeholder Engagement (15%)
  • Financial Management (10%)

Anticipated start is the first half of 2027. The role will be based in the Karen office with two days working from home flexibility. The role involves regular travel within Kenya, regionally and internationally (approximately 5 international and 7 local/regional trips annually).

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

  • Strategy Development: Lead expansion of TICAH's vision, hold SP vision and goals, steer implementation through 2027-2030, lead development of SP 2030+, provide technical leadership for annual reviews
  • Governance/Board Management: Lead board development, coordinate board meetings, prepare and attend board meetings, ensure board decisions are documented and implemented
  • Legal: Oversee legal and compliance matters, risk management
  • Fundraising & Donor Engagement: Hold overall accountability for fundraising, cultivate and steward donor relationships, ensure strategy-aligned communications, maintain oversight of donor portfolio
  • Organizational Leadership: Spearhead organizational design and talent management strategy, ensure wellness is embedded in culture, oversee staff development, support and manage Deputy ED, Head of Partnerships, and Head of Finance and Operations
  • External Influence & Communications: Lead representation of TICAH's agenda, build visibility, oversee external communications, act as main spokesperson
  • Partner & Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with communities and partners, cultivate stakeholder relationships, grow non-funding partnerships, steward relationships with strategic partners
  • Financial Management: Oversee budgets and grant management, provide strategic oversight of financial health, steward long-term financial sustainability strategy including diversifying revenue streams

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

  • 10+ years of leadership advancing social justice work in East Africa
  • Proven senior leadership experience, ideally as an ED or equivalent
  • Robust understanding of SRHR issues in East Africa and in-depth knowledge of relevant laws, policies, regulations and trends
  • Comfortable working on access to safe abortion and the rights of LGBTQI+ people
  • Successfully led fundraising across a diverse portfolio of institutional, philanthropic, and individual donors including securing multi-year and unrestricted funding
  • Experience leading an organisation of 20+ staff, including a senior leadership team of at least three people
  • Has managed an organisational budget of at least $1M
  • Experience working across multiple, multidisciplinary programmes spanning areas such as SRHR, health, food systems, climate justice, art and culture
  • Experience working within or alongside diverse social justice movements and advocacy spaces, particularly in SRHR and gender justice
  • Experience engaging with government ministries, technical working groups and/or policy spaces
  • Deep appreciation for culture and creativity and understanding of interconnectedness of people, community, wellbeing, justice
  • Experience promoting a culture of wellness, self- and collective care
  • Strong influencing, coaching, conflict resolution and performance management skills
  • Working with indigenous communities is an added advantage

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