Vacancy title:
Program Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Business Management and Administration, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
Echidna Giving

Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, May 3 2025

Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop and Execute Grantmaking Strategy (70%):

• Develop an East Africa-specific Adolescent Life Skills-focused strategy, building towards systems change.
• Administer and support an existing portfolio of approximately 18 grants.
• Help identify the highest leverage opportunities for advancing Echidna Giving's goals, shaping the way the strategy gets implemented and contextualized
• Expand the grant portfolio by identifying new grantees aligned with Echidna Giving's Adolescent Life Skills strategy, with an emphasis on identifying organizations based in the countries in which they work and led by leaders from those countries.
• Review and provide feedback on grant proposals, including assessing programs, outcome metrics, budgets, and leadership capabilities.
• Write funding recommendations and other materials for the Board.
• Represent funding recommendations to the Board during quarterly meetings.
• Act as the primary point of contact for Echidna Giving grantees. Support their work beyond the grant dollars, brokering connections with funders, policymakers, and other organizations in order to amplify their voice and impact.
• Provide support and feedback to fellow Program Officers on your unique areas of expertise.

External Relationship-building and Leadership (30%):

• Develop and maintain strong and trusted relationships with grantees, funders, researchers, policymakers, and other key actors in the Adolescent Life Skills, education, and/or gender equality space.
• Identify and support creative solutions to enable the success of individual grantees and the portfolio as a whole through collaborative working relationships.
• Identify and support creative solutions to build and enable strong leadership on Adolescent Life Skills in East Africa.
• Represent Echidna Giving in key settings that help to support our strategy and goals, e.g., at conferences and meetings, in donor collaboratives, etc.
• Collaborate with colleagues and consultants at Echidna Giving to help iterate and improve on our internal practices in ways that align with our principles and strategic aims.
• Stay on top of current research, issues, and trends in education and gender equity.
• Stay abreast of East Africa policy priorities, initiatives, and opportunities for accelerated systems change.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• We are looking for candidates who have over 12 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in positions that demand ownership of independent decision-making.
• Knowledge and expertise in the education sector, specifically Adolescent Life Skills, with a commitment to gender equity in education.
• Experience or expertise in any of the following areas is a plus: gender transformative education programming, leadership, and organizational development.
• Strong understanding of and networks in the philanthropic sector.
• Strong understanding of the political economy in education in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, and/or Tanzania).
• Strong networks and relationships with education actors in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, and/or Tanzania).
• Experience in the nongovernmental, governmental, and/or philanthropic sectors with an understanding of how nongovernmental organizations operate.
• Ability to gather and synthesize information from a variety of sources, identify what is most important to consider and prioritize, and use it to make timely and confident decisions.
• Ability to understand and critically analyze evidence and research methods.
• Ability to see the "big picture” and translate ideas into practical actions.
• Ability to clearly and consistently communicate, in English, both verbally and in writing with diverse audiences and in a transparent, timely, and respectful manner.
• Commitment to Echidna Giving's principles and overarching mission.
• As a representative, reflect well on and in a manner that is consistent with Echidna Giving's culture and values.
• Curiosity, interest, and ability to collaborate with people with different perspectives and styles, open to listening to and adapting based on feedback, as well as proven dedication to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to be a self-starter who operates effectively independently, with a demonstrated track record of consistently meeting deadlines.
• Candidates who are flexible, mature, and have a sense of humor will have the greatest success at Echidna Giving.
• Work collaboratively, building relationships, trust, and credibility with members of a team, Board, management, and external stakeholders.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 144

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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