{"id":102312,"date":"2026-07-17T12:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/director-anglophone-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:54:08","slug":"director-anglophone-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/director-anglophone-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Director, Anglophone Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Director, Anglophone Africa\", \"description\": \"How you will make an impact\\nImpact strategy.\u00a0As a member of our Africa Leadership Team, you will develop our regional strategy with a focus on the Anglophone sub-region, mapping where and how we can scale impact, in which countries, sectors, and with which partners, and working with local teams to grow high-performing teams and new offices.\\nPublic-sector reform.\u00a0Empower senior officials through complex reform processes, helping them diagnose root causes, align incentives, and navigate political and institutional realities.\\nPartnership development.\u00a0Drive partnership development across Anglophone Africa, leveraging your strong existing network. You will build and nurture relationships with government, donor, philanthropic, and practitioner stakeholders, and lead compelling, high-impact engagements.\\nDelivery leadership.\u00a0Provide strategic, technical, and team leadership across our projects, driving quality, innovation, and excellent delivery to exceed client expectations.\\nThought leadership and positioning.\u00a0Advance our thought leadership, evolve our technical practice, and work with our communications team to strengthen Instiglio's positioning and influence across regional and global ecosystems.\\nOrganisational development.\u00a0As a steward of our culture, oversee the performance, growth, and health of your teams, ensuring strong performance, wellbeing, and the systems to support sustainable growth.\\nRequirements & qualifications\\nAn ideal candidate will have the following:\\nEducation\\n:\\nA relevant\u00a0postgraduate\u00a0degree focused on international development public administration, public policy, development economics,\u00a0governance\u00a0and institutions.\\nExperience\\n:\\nAt least 12 years' experience, including relevant work in social impact or government advisory, international development, the public sector, management consulting, and\/or development policy and innovation. Combinations of the above are ideal.\\nDemonstrated experience in government institutional reforms and or\/transformation,\u00a0advising\u00a0or\u00a0operating\u00a0in\u00a0senior government\u00a0official\u00a0roles\u00a0on public-sector reforms\u00a0in Sub-Saharan Africa.\\nDemonstrated experience in evidence-based policy design, results-based financing,\u00a0theories of change,\u00a0delivery management, and\/or performance management or related fields.\\nSuccessful\u00a0track record\u00a0in sourcing and managing partnerships\u00a0multiple stakeholders in complex settings, with at least\u00a02\u00a0years\u00a0of\u00a0Government, multi\/bilateral\u00a0donors\u00a0and\u00a0philanthropy.\\nExtensive experience growing and managing\u00a0multicultural\u00a0teams.\\nSkills:\\nExceptional strategic, innovative, and structured thinking, with strong problem-solving skills\\nStrong organisational oversight, continually looking to add value\\nProven experience managing relationships with public-sector leaders and international funding agencies; the ideal candidate will bring their own relationships in the region\\nExcellent project management, able to lead multiple teams on complex tasks\\nExceptional written and oral communication in English, with proven success presenting ideas persuasively\\nLeadership and empathy, with the ability to influence people positively\\nImpact-driven, resilient, results-oriented, with strong commercial acumen\\nWe also welcome:\\nWork experience in management consulting.\\nStrong operational and\u00a0financial management\u00a0experience.\\nKnowledge of Results-Based Financing mechanisms and\/or experience related to the field\u00a0such as theories of change,\u00a0log\u00a0frames\u00a0and results frameworks.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-16\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Instiglio\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-26T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Instiglio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-26<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>How you will make an impact<br \/>Impact strategy.\u00a0As a member of our Africa Leadership Team, you will develop our regional strategy with a focus on the Anglophone sub-region, mapping where and how we can scale impact, in which countries, sectors, and with which partners, and working with local teams to grow high-performing teams and new offices.<br \/>Public-sector reform.\u00a0Empower senior officials through complex reform processes, helping them diagnose root causes, align incentives, and navigate political and institutional realities.<br \/>Partnership development.\u00a0Drive partnership development across Anglophone Africa, leveraging your strong existing network. You will build and nurture relationships with government, donor, philanthropic, and practitioner stakeholders, and lead compelling, high-impact engagements.<br \/>Delivery leadership.\u00a0Provide strategic, technical, and team leadership across our projects, driving quality, innovation, and excellent delivery to exceed client expectations.<br \/>Thought leadership and positioning.\u00a0Advance our thought leadership, evolve our technical practice, and work with our communications team to strengthen Instiglio&#8217;s positioning and influence across regional and global ecosystems.<br \/>Organisational development.\u00a0As a steward of our culture, oversee the performance, growth, and health of your teams, ensuring strong performance, wellbeing, and the systems to support sustainable growth.<br \/>Requirements &#038; qualifications<br \/>An ideal candidate will have the following:<br \/>Education<br \/>:<br \/>A relevant\u00a0postgraduate\u00a0degree focused on international development public administration, public policy, development economics,\u00a0governance\u00a0and institutions.<br \/>Experience<br \/>:<br \/>At least 12 years&#8217; experience, including relevant work in social impact or government advisory, international development, the public sector, management consulting, and\/or development policy and innovation. Combinations of the above are ideal.<br \/>Demonstrated experience in government institutional reforms and or\/transformation,\u00a0advising\u00a0or\u00a0operating\u00a0in\u00a0senior government\u00a0official\u00a0roles\u00a0on public-sector reforms\u00a0in Sub-Saharan Africa.<br \/>Demonstrated experience in evidence-based policy design, results-based financing,\u00a0theories of change,\u00a0delivery management, and\/or performance management or related fields.<br \/>Successful\u00a0track record\u00a0in sourcing and managing partnerships\u00a0multiple stakeholders in complex settings, with at least\u00a02\u00a0years\u00a0of\u00a0Government, multi\/bilateral\u00a0donors\u00a0and\u00a0philanthropy.<br \/>Extensive experience growing and managing\u00a0multicultural\u00a0teams.<br \/>Skills:<br \/>Exceptional strategic, innovative, and structured thinking, with strong problem-solving skills<br \/>Strong organisational oversight, continually looking to add value<br \/>Proven experience managing relationships with public-sector leaders and international funding agencies; the ideal candidate will bring their own relationships in the region<br \/>Excellent project management, able to lead multiple teams on complex tasks<br \/>Exceptional written and oral communication in English, with proven success presenting ideas persuasively<br \/>Leadership and empathy, with the ability to influence people positively<br \/>Impact-driven, resilient, results-oriented, with strong commercial acumen<br \/>We also welcome:<br \/>Work experience in management consulting.<br \/>Strong operational and\u00a0financial management\u00a0experience.<br \/>Knowledge of Results-Based Financing mechanisms and\/or experience related to the field\u00a0such as theories of change,\u00a0log\u00a0frames\u00a0and results frameworks.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to Instiglio on job-boards.greenhouse.io to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. 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