Director, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) – Africa at Childrens Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

Childrens Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

  • Kenya
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) is an independent philanthropic organisation headquartered in London with offices in Nairobi, New Delhi, and in Ethiopia. CIFF works with a wide range of partners seeking to transform and empower the lives of poor and vulnerable children in developing countries, with the ultimate goal of solving seemi…Director, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) – AfricaRoles and ResponsibilitiesAfrica Leadership and Institutional Leadership:
  • Act as a senior member of the CIFF Africa Leadership Team, contributing to strategy, decision-making, and institutional effectiveness
  • Advise the Executive Director Africa, Executive Team and Board on WASH-related strategy, policy, financing, and system reform
  • Provide visible, values-based leadership that drives clarity, accountability, and performance
  • Represent CIFF as a senior institutional leader and trusted partner, always acting as a corporate ambassador to strengthen the organization's reputation and profile as a professional, visionary, and collaborative philanthropy
Strategy, Systems and Financing Leadership:
  • Lead the development and execution of CIFF Africa's WASH Mission
  • Shape system-level interventions addressing governance, financing, service delivery, and sustainability
  • Lead CIFF's engagement with MDBs, Philanthropies, multilateral agencies and governments
  • Oversee the design and champion innovative WASH financing mechanisms (e.g. blended finance, guarantees, results-based financing) with support from the Development finance team and CEO office
  • Oversee the identification and structure co-financing opportunities that unlock significant public and private capital to address WASH in CIFF Africa priority countries
Programme Portfolio Leadership:
  • Provide strategic, managerial and technical oversight of a large, complex WASH portfolio (circa $250 million)
  • Ensure quality, performance, risk management, and learning across all investments
  • Oversee design of large-scale, multi-country and multi-instrument programmes ensuring value for money, sustainability and scalability
  • External Influence and Partnerships:
  • Lead senior relationships with governments, MDBs, UN agencies, and philanthropic partners
  • Represent CIFF at global and regional forums including UN Water and MDB Spring/Annual Meetings
  • Position CIFF as a thought leader on WASH systems and financing
  • Leadership of the Team:
  • Lead, manage and develop a team of 3-4 senior WASH managers/directors
  • Build a high-performing, inclusive and accountable team culture that models CIFF's code of respect and leadership behaviors, which empowers and enables staff to deliver excellence
  • Coach and mentor senior staff and emerging leaders
RequirementsSkills & Experience:
  • 15+ years of senior leadership experience in WASH, infrastructure, development finance or related sectors
  • Significant experience working in or influencing WASH systems in Africa
  • Proven engagement with MDBs, philanthropies, bilateral agencies and large-scale public financing mechanisms
  • Strong understanding of WASH financing and system reform
  • Exceptional leadership, influencing and partnership-building skills
  • Strong commitment to evidence, learning, and impact
  • Willingness to travel regularly
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