CARE International is a major humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects.

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Director - Regional Program Excellence and Partnerships

Job Type

Full Time

Qualification

BA/BSc/HND

Experience

Location

Nairobi

Job Field

Project Management

What You Will Lead

Program Delivery Quality Assurance: You will lead the development and oversight of robust regional quality assurance systems that elevate program design, implementation, MEAL, and evaluation across all Country Offices. This includes conducting regular program quality reviews, ensuring alignment with CARE’s Programming Standards and 2030 Strategy, driving data-informed improvements, coordinating technical assistance, and stewarding knowledge management and learning agendas to strengthen localization and networked impact across the region.

Regional Proposal Development & Fundraising Coordination: You will coordinate multi-country and regional proposal development processes, ensuring strategic alignment with CARE Member Partners and leveraging regional comparative strengths. This includes managing the regional proposal pipeline, improving proposal quality through reflective learning, and driving a cohesive partnership strategy that positions the region for greater resource mobilization and stronger engagement with donors and strategic partners.

CMP, PSI & IPO Coordination and Support: You will serve as the central regional liaison for CARE Member Partners, PSI, and IPO teams—ensuring structured communication, coordinated program priorities, and effective collaboration. Your role will foster learning exchange, facilitate joint programming opportunities, strengthen access to technical support, and cultivate regional communities of practice that enhance innovation and cross-organizational alignment.

Support to Staff Management & Leadership: You will contribute to strong performance management systems by supporting goal setting, coaching, and professional development across regional and CO program teams. Additionally, you will play a key role in recruitment, onboarding, and capability strengthening efforts, helping to build high-performing teams that can deliver quality programming across the ESA region

Required Qualifications:

You are Our Ideal Candidate If You Have:

Advanced leadership experience in program quality management and multi-stakeholder coordination across complex organizational landscapes

Proven expertise in coordinating cross-regional programs and navigating diverse organizational partnerships with finesse

Exceptional facilitation skills - you're comfortable working within networks and communities of practice, building consensus across stakeholder groups

Track record of excellence in developing and implementing quality assurance systems that drive organizational transformation

Strategic vision combined with practical execution skills in change management and organizational development

Change Management: Strong experience in change management, strategic planning, and leading organisational transformation processes

• Lead the development and oversight of robust regional quality assurance systems that elevate program design, implementation, MEAL, and evaluation across all Country Offices.
• Conduct regular program quality reviews, ensuring alignment with CARE’s Programming Standards and 2030 Strategy.
• Drive data-informed improvements.
• Coordinate technical assistance.
• Steward knowledge management and learning agendas to strengthen localization and networked impact across the region.
• Coordinate multi-country and regional proposal development processes, ensuring strategic alignment with CARE Member Partners and leveraging regional comparative strengths.
• Manage the regional proposal pipeline.
• Improve proposal quality through reflective learning.
• Drive a cohesive partnership strategy that positions the region for greater resource mobilization and stronger engagement with donors and strategic partners.
• Serve as the central regional liaison for CARE Member Partners, PSI, and IPO teams—ensuring structured communication, coordinated program priorities, and effective collaboration.
• Foster learning exchange.
• Facilitate joint programming opportunities.
• Strengthen access to technical support.
• Cultivate regional communities of practice that enhance innovation and cross-organizational alignment.
• Contribute to strong performance management systems by supporting goal setting, coaching, and professional development across regional and CO program teams.
• Play a key role in recruitment, onboarding, and capability strengthening efforts, helping to build high-performing teams that can deliver quality programming across the ESA region.

• Advanced leadership experience in program quality management
• Multi-stakeholder coordination across complex organizational landscapes
• Coordinating cross-regional programs
• Navigating diverse organizational partnerships
• Exceptional facilitation skills
• Working within networks and communities of practice
• Building consensus across stakeholder groups
• Developing and implementing quality assurance systems
• Change management
• Strategic planning
• Leading organisational transformation processes

• Advanced leadership experience in program quality management and multi-stakeholder coordination across complex organizational landscapes
• Proven expertise in coordinating cross-regional programs and navigating diverse organizational partnerships with finesse
• Exceptional facilitation skills - you're comfortable working within networks and communities of practice, building consensus across stakeholder groups
• Track record of excellence in developing and implementing quality assurance systems that drive organizational transformation
• Strategic vision combined with practical execution skills in change management and organizational development
• Strong experience in change management, strategic planning, and leading organisational transformation processes