Country Director, Kenya | ReliefWeb

Mary’s Meals is a fast-growing international charity, currently providing 1,230,171 hungry and impoverished children across four continents with a daily school meal.

The Mary’s Meals Kenya school feeding programme currently reaches over 22,000 children with a daily meal in 25 primary schools in Eldoret and Kisii. The role also has oversight for the partner programme in Turkana feeding 6,000 children in 50 Early Childhood Development Centres. The strategic plan is for the programme to scale up significantly over the next three years.

Reporting to the MMI Director of Programmes, the Country Director will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for the Mary’s Meals programme in Kenya. They will be responsible and accountable for the operational success of the school feeding programme, ensuring the Mary’s Meals school feeding model is consistently delivered to exceptional standards. The Country Director will develop, lead and manage the Kenya senior leadership team and will play the leading role in representing the organisation in Kenya.

It is essential that you have a relevant degree, or equivalent level professional experience and extensive experience working at leadership level including leading a diverse team in a fast paced and rapidly growing environment. You will have a sharp focus on delivery with extensive experience of programme implementation and a particular emphasis on effective delivery, efficient logistics and control of stock

You will be self-motivated and able to work independently, with excellent communication, organisation, prioritisation and time management skills. You will have experience of persuading and influencing at a strategic level and the ability to establish effective and collaborative relationships.

In addition, you will have strong financial management skills, including budget preparation, management and reporting.

If you would like to make a difference to the lives of thousands of children across the world, we’d love to hear from you. We are looking for an exceptional candidate who has significant leadership experience but who can operate at all levels to get the job done.

By contributing to the work of Mary’s Meals, you will become part of a worldwide movement of people who will not accept that any child in this world of plenty should endure a day without a meal.