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Join Fauna & Flora as a Senior Programme Manager and drive conservation efforts in Eastern & Southern Africa, using your expertise to ensure excellence at all levels.
Overview
Salary
£62215 - £80000
Location
Fauna & Flora Office, Nairobi, Kenya (for candidates with right to work in Kenya) or Fauna & Flora Office, Cambridge, UK
Expires
Expires at anytime
Fauna & Flora, an organisation dedicated to conservation, is hiring a Senior Programme Manager for Eastern & Southern Africa. Depending on your location, the role can be based in our Nairobi, Kenya or Cambridge, UK office.
Organisation Summary
Fauna & Flora is a respected name in the field of conservation. We are looking for experienced professionals to bring their passion for the environment to our team. This is your chance to significantly influence conservation work in the Eastern & Southern Africa region.
Role Summary
- Provide and facilitate enabling conditions for staff, projects, and partners in the region to perform optimally
- Oversee operational and managerial aspects of conservation projects and programmes
- Focus on capacity building and ensure overall responsibility for Fauna & Flora’s work in the region
Role Requirements
- Experience in managing large funds and grants, especially from statutory or multilateral/bilateral donors
- Fluent spoken and written English
- Conservation sector experience and commitment to rights-based conservation
- Excellent people management skills
Application Process Details
- Download the job application pack for application details
- Initial interviews are planned for the week starting 26 May 2025
- Second interviews, along with a written assessment, will take place in the week commencing on 2 June 2025
- Location: Fauna & Flora Office, Nairobi, Kenya (for candidates with right to work in Kenya) or Fauna & Flora Office, Cambridge, UK
- Salary: Kenya USD 79,975 and UK GBP 62,215
- Contract period: Permanent
- Start date: As soon as possible
Fauna & Flora is seeking a highly experienced and motivated conservation professional to fulfil the role of Senior Programme Manager, Eastern & Southern Africa, providing and facilitating the enabling conditions for staff, projects and partners in the region to excel. The role has a capacity building focus and that also acts as a backstop and assumes overall responsibility for Fauna & Flora’s work in the region.
The successful candidate will have operational and managerial experience in conservation project and programme management, including people management, risk management and mitigation, proposal writing, technical and financial management and reporting of large funds and grants, preferably with statutory or multilateral/bilateral donors and preferably in Africa, as well as a commitment to organisational and national legal compliance.
Excellent people management skills are essential to the role to ensure a professional and motivated team that delivers effectively against project aims, objectives and timelines. The role requires a skilled and credible communicator, who is confident in developing the capacity of in-country teams and partners, both directly and by facilitating the engagement and skills of UK based cross-cutting teams, and ensuring the focus remains on in-country leadership and delivery of results.
The successful applicant will also have substantial experience in the field of conservation, a commitment to rights-based conservation and upholding the highest standards on social safeguard and safeguarding matters. They will enjoy working in a dynamic environment where the ability to respond swiftly and thoroughly to challenges and opportunities is paramount. Spoken and written fluency in English is essential.
Please download the job application pack below for further details on how to apply
The closing date for applications is Sunday, 18 May 2025. First interviews are likely to take place during the week commencing Monday, 26 May 2025, with a written assessment and second interviews planned for the week commencing Monday, 2 June 2025.
