Operations

Project Director

InSupply Health·Nairobi, kenya·Full Time·Contract
OperationsFull TimeContract
-Closes Oct 21, 2026

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Project Governance

  • Provide overall strategic leadership and direction for the project.
  • Translate project objectives and contractual commitments into clear priorities, implementation approaches and measurable results.
  • Establish effective governance, accountability, decision-making and performance management mechanisms.
  • Provide strategic oversight across participating countries while ensuring interventions are adapted to country contexts and priorities.
  • Champion equity, innovation, sustainability, local ownership and value for money.

Country Implementation & Project Delivery

  • Provide strategic oversight of project start-up, country planning and implementation.
  • Ensure country teams translate project strategy into realistic, prioritised and measurable implementation plans.
  • Oversee delivery of agreed milestones, outputs and outcomes within approved timelines, resources and quality standards.
  • Ensure effective coordination across country, technical, operational and functional teams.
  • Lead timely corrective and adaptive action where implementation deviates from approved plans or expected results.

Government, Consortium & Strategic Partnerships

  • Serve as the senior project representative with donors, governments, consortium partners and other strategic stakeholders.
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with government ministries, procurement agencies, regulatory bodies, financing institutions and other national stakeholders.
  • Promote government leadership, ownership and sustainability.
  • Lead effective coordination across consortium partners, ensuring clear roles, accountabilities and delivery expectations.
  • Represent inSupply Health in relevant national, regional and international forums.

Financial & Resource Stewardship

  • Provide overall accountability for effective stewardship of project resources.
  • Ensure resources are strategically allocated across countries, interventions and activities to maximise results and value for money.
  • Review financial performance, forecasts, expenditure and material variances and ensure timely corrective action.
  • Work closely with Finance and Operations leadership to ensure effective financial controls, forecasting, budget management and donor reporting.
  • Ensure personnel, consultants and other project resources are appropriately planned and deployed.

People Leadership & Project Capability

  • Lead multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams, fostering a collaborative, inclusive and accountable environment.
  • Establish clear performance expectations, decision rights and accountability across the project leadership structure.
  • Guide, coach and support Project Managers, technical leads and other project leaders.
  • Ensure the project has the skills, capacity and leadership capability required to deliver its objectives.
  • Promote staff engagement, wellbeing, safeguarding, inclusion and organisational values.

Quality, Compliance, Risk & Safeguarding

  • Provide oversight of compliance with donor agreements, contractual obligations, applicable laws and organisational policies.
  • Oversee strategic, financial, operational, implementation, safeguarding and reputational risks.
  • Ensure high and critical risks have clear owners, mitigation measures and escalation pathways.
  • Ensure material compliance issues, audit findings and management actions are addressed within agreed timelines.
  • Promote a culture of integrity, accountability, ethical conduct and safeguarding.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Evidence

  • Provide strategic oversight of monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting systems.
  • Ensure reliable data and evidence inform strategic decisions, adaptive management and resource allocation.
  • Monitor progress towards improvements in MNH product access, including on-shelf availability of selected tracer products.
  • Lead cross-country learning and knowledge exchange.
  • Promote documentation and dissemination of evidence, innovations and good practices to support replication and scale-up.

Sustainability, Scale & Project Development

  • Provide strategic leadership for project sustainability, institutionalisation, scale-up and transition.
  • Strengthen local systems, government ownership and institutional capacity to sustain results beyond the project period.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage complementary investments, partnerships and financing.
  • Provide senior-level input into proposals, concept notes, project extensions, partnerships and resource mobilisation opportunities.

Project Reporting, Communication & Close-Out

  • Ensure accurate, timely and high-quality donor, technical, financial and management reports.
  • Communicate project performance, achievements, financial status, risks, challenges and opportunities to senior management, donors and stakeholders.
  • Lead periodic project performance reviews and ensure agreed actions are followed through.
  • Provide strategic oversight of project close-out and transition planning.
  • Ensure final evaluations, reports, knowledge products, stakeholder handovers and sustainability or transition plans are completed to the required standards.

Qualifications & Experience

Academic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Public Health, Development Studies, International Development, Supply Chain, Economics or a related field.
  • A Master's degree in a relevant discipline is mandatory.

Professional Qualifications

  • Membership in a relevant professional body, such as PMI or an equivalent recognised professional association.
  • Professional certification in Project or Programme Management, such as PMP, PRINCE2 or an equivalent internationally recognised qualification, is highly desirable.
  • Additional certification in Monitoring & Evaluation, Results-Based Management, Risk Management, Agile Project Management or another relevant discipline is an advantage.

Professional Experience

  • At least 12 years of progressively responsible experience in global health, international development, health systems strengthening, health supply chains or a related field, including substantial senior project or programme leadership experience.
  • Demonstrated experience providing strategic leadership for complex, multi-country, donor-funded projects, with accountability for strategy, implementation, budgets, teams, partnerships, compliance and results.
  • Experience working with government institutions and public-sector health systems, preferably across multiple countries and operating contexts.
  • Strong understanding of health systems and supply-chain ecosystems, including systemic barriers related to access, financing, procurement, policy, data, regulation or service delivery.
  • Proven experience leading multi-partner or consortium-based projects.
  • Demonstrated experience engaging and influencing donors, government institutions, implementing partners and senior stakeholders.
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams.
  • Experience overseeing workplans, budgets, forecasts, risks, contractual deliverables and performance frameworks.
  • Demonstrated experience in monitoring, evaluation, learning, evidence generation and adaptive project management.
  • Experience in maternal and newborn health, health products, pharmaceutical or medical supply chains, procurement, market shaping or related areas is highly desirable.

Key Competencies

We are looking for a leader who demonstrates:

  • Strategic & Systems Thinking
  • Multi-Country & Consortium Leadership
  • Government & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Results & Adaptive Management
  • People & Resource Leadership
  • Risk, Integrity & Accountability

Key skills

BA/BSc/HNDMBA/MSc/MAProfessional Certificate
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Company

InSupply Health

Location

Nairobi, kenya

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

October 21, 2026

Created

October 8, 2026

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Consortium coordination and approvals: Serve as a communications focal point for TeachWell consortium partners. Gather partner inputs, maintain consistent project messaging and branding, and coordinate the review and approval of communications products with the Project Director and relevant IRC and partner teams. Events and external engagement: Support communications for education events, meetings and learning forums in Kenya. Prepare key messages, presentation materials and coverage plans, and document relevant discussions and project contributions. Internal communications and content management: Work with TeachWell outcome leads, including Education, WASH, MHPSS and the Crisis Modifier, to identify communications needs and share project updates. Liaise with IRC's regional communications and creative teams, and organise approved photos, videos, stories and consent records for future use. Ethical and inclusive communication: Ensure content accurately represents the people and communities involved in TeachWell. Follow IRC requirements on informed consent, child safeguarding, image use, accessibility and responsible storytelling throughout content collection and production. Additional skills to include under Qualifications Ability to create clear, professional graphics, presentations and social media assets using Canva or similar design tools. Experience coordinating photography and video production, including writing creative briefs and reviewing edits. Ability to interpret project data and research findings and communicate them accurately to non-technical audiences. Familiarity with digital content publishing and basic social media performance tracking. Strong proofreading, editing and quality-control skills, including checking figures, credits, branding and permissions. Experience collecting stories and images ethically, particularly when working with children or displaced communities, is an advantage.

6 days ago

Project Field Coordinator

Zetech University

Nairobi, kenya

full-time

Job Objective The Project Field Coordinator will serve as the operational link between the Project Director and local stakeholders in Meru (e.g. the farmers). Duties and responsibilities Assist the Project Director in preparing field schedules and coordinating site access and basic logistical arrangements. Communicate with farmers, community representatives, project partners and other stakeholders regarding planned field activities. Maintain simple records of field activities, materials, attendance, challenges and agreed action points. Monitor routine field-level issues and promptly report significant concerns to the Project Director. Provide brief verbal and written updates on field activities and progress. qualification and experience Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or equivalent. Basic experience working with people, communities or field-based activities. Ability to maintain simple records and prepare brief activity updates. Good interpersonal and communication skills. Reliable, organised and able to follow instructions. Must reside in Meru and be available to undertake project activities without requiring travel or accommodation arrangements.

6 days ago