The Children's Investment Fund Foundation Director, Girl Capital, Child Protection & Girls Education, Nigeria (2 Year FTC) The Children's Investment Fund Foundation • Lagos, Nigeria • via UNjobnet

CIFF’s Africa strategy envisages an Africa where girls have the health, education, economic opportunity and agency to contribute to a thriving and self-determining Africa. To do so, the strategy takes an integrated portfolio approach that layers interventions, addresses root causes such as poverty and child marriage that prevent girls from completing school and accessing dignified jobs. The strategy also prioritises sustainability, execution excellence and localization.

The Director will lead the design and delivery of high impact, evidence-based strategies and plans that ensure CIFF Africa’s Girl Capital ambition is realized and delivers transformational and lasting change in Child Protection and Girls’ Education and skilling for jobs. In addition, the role-holder will be required to mentor a team of Managers and Analysts, to develop their capacity in effectively managing programmes, deliver quality outputs, and furthering the broader aims and goals of the CIFF Africa strategy and priorities.

Contract Type and Employment Arrangement

This role will be offered on a two-year fixed-term contract. While the position will work closely with and support CIFF’s programmes, employment will be through an Employer of Record (EOR). Compensation and benefits will therefore be administered by the EOR rather than directly by CIFF.

• As a subject-matter expert in child protection/girls’ education and women;s economic empowerment, provide up-to-date, professional advice to the Girl Capital Africa Senior Management Team on related issues, to support the development of strategies, policies and initiatives.
• Provide compelling, consistent and united leadership to ensure that CIFF’s investments in Nigeria are strategically anchored, implemented with excellence and embedded withing government systems where possible for long-term sustainability.
• Develop and maintain excellent external relationships within the sector specialism, always acting as a corporate ambassador for CIFF, to help build the organisation's reputation and profile as a professional, visionary and collaborative philanthropy.
• Lead CIFF’s strategic direction on the intersection between child protection and Girls’ Education, with specific accountability for results achieved through the current and future investment portfolio in Nigeria.
• Champion the layering model – ensuring the same girls in the same geographies benefit from comprehensive services in SRHR, education, GBV prevention, economic empowerment and nutrition (where applicable).
• Build a pipeline of innovative, evidence-based and/or evidence-generating investments that further the aims and ambitions of Girl Capital Africa in transforming the design, delivery and support of girls’ agency in Nigeria.
• Collaborate with broader CIFF teams to identify intersectional, sustainable approaches to delivering investments including but not limited to gender transformation and DEI.
• Take a leadership role in coordinating the Girl Capital annual business planning process, identifying short-, medium- and long-term ambitions, and distilling these into annual objectives, key results and investment pipelines.

Programme Development, Delivery & Performance

• Oversee both the development of successful investment proposals and implementation of high-impact programmes by a team of Girl Capital Managers and Analysts, ensuring the quality, timeliness and strategic alignment of their work to strategic priorities and objectives.
• Allocate and monitor achievement of individual and team performance targets including but not limited to, new investment design, programme management (forecasting accuracy and disbursements), investment performance, personal development and progression.

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