Background

Verde Edge Consulting Ltd is a new age executive HR consulting company based in Nairobi Kenya with operations running throughout the republic and the greater East Africa region. We are dedicated to revolutionizing HR practice in the new age through developing long term strategic partnerships with our clients. We are well placed to offer best breed of inno...

Job Description

Verde Edge Consulting Ltd is recruiting on behalf of its client for a strategic and hands-on Program Lead – Humanitarian Response-Giving. The role will lead a global humanitarian response fund and crisis-specific giving initiatives, enabling timely response activation, credible partner coordination, effective fundraising and transparent impact reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the humanitarian response fund and crisis-specific giving initiatives; maintain activation plans, procedures, budgets and response tools; coordinate cross-functional teams; and manage risks, readiness and continuous improvement.
• Monitor humanitarian crises and assess response opportunities; identify credible partners and grant prospects; recommend allocations based on needs, capacity and available funding; and coordinate approved grant implementation, monitoring and reporting.
• Lead fundraising and donor-acquisition campaigns; oversee approved messaging and digital giving channels; engage donors, champions and strategic partners; and ensure effective stewardship, transparent impact reporting and dignified storytelling.
• Monitor program performance, fundraising targets, response timelines and resource utilisation; provide management and governance updates; maintain program records; and lead post-response reviews to strengthen future interventions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Humanitarian Studies, International Development, Disaster Management, Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, Business, or a related discipline.
• At least five (5) years of relevant experience, including significant responsibility in humanitarian response, emergency fundraising, crisis grantmaking or a comparable program.
• Direct experience with a humanitarian-response charity, disaster-relief organisation, grantmaking institution, pooled humanitarian fund or similar crisis-response organisation is required.
• Experience in rapid-response activation, humanitarian partner management, grant/allocation recommendations, donor fundraising and post-response reporting is strongly preferred.
• Experience in digital fundraising, campaign analytics, crisis communications or paid donor acquisition is an advantage. Familiarity with humanitarian standards, safeguarding, localisation, cross-border grantmaking and relief-to-development approaches is strongly preferred.
• Experience in an international or globally distributed organisation is preferred.

Additional Information

• Strong understanding of humanitarian needs, response actors, funding priorities and coordination in disasters and complex crises, including the transition from relief to recovery and longer-term development.
• Working knowledge of recognised humanitarian standards and relevant UN and international-agency coordination practices.
• Excellent program and project management skills, with the ability to lead complex, time-sensitive, cross-functional initiatives.
• Sound judgement under pressure and ability to make evidence-based recommendations using incomplete or rapidly changing information.
• Strong relationship management, fundraising, donor stewardship and stakeholder engagement skills, supported by excellent written and verbal communication.
• Data-informed approach to KPIs, performance analysis and continuous improvement; commitment to safeguarding and dignified representation of crisis-affected communities.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

• Be ready to work in Kenya and beyond as need arises.
• Working hours are expected to substantially overlap with European and U.S. Eastern time zones, typically approximately 1:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Kenya time.
• Occasional extended hours may be necessary during important operational periods.

• Lead the humanitarian response fund and crisis-specific giving initiatives; maintain activation plans, procedures, budgets and response tools; coordinate cross-functional teams; and manage risks, readiness and continuous improvement.
• Monitor humanitarian crises and assess response opportunities; identify credible partners and grant prospects; recommend allocations based on needs, capacity and available funding; and coordinate approved grant implementation, monitoring and reporting.
• Lead fundraising and donor-acquisition campaigns; oversee approved messaging and digital giving channels; engage donors, champions and strategic partners; and ensure effective stewardship, transparent impact reporting and dignified storytelling.
• Monitor program performance, fundraising targets, response timelines and resource utilisation; provide management and governance updates; maintain program records; and lead post-response reviews to strengthen future interventions.

• Strong understanding of humanitarian needs, response actors, funding priorities and coordination in disasters and complex crises, including the transition from relief to recovery and longer-term development.
• Working knowledge of recognised humanitarian standards and relevant UN and international-agency coordination practices.
• Excellent program and project management skills, with the ability to lead complex, time-sensitive, cross-functional initiatives.
• Sound judgement under pressure and ability to make evidence-based recommendations using incomplete or rapidly changing information.
• Strong relationship management, fundraising, donor stewardship and stakeholder engagement skills, supported by excellent written and verbal communication.
• Data-informed approach to KPIs, performance analysis and continuous improvement; commitment to safeguarding and dignified representation of crisis-affected communities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Humanitarian Studies, International Development, Disaster Management, Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, Business, or a related discipline.
• At least five (5) years of relevant experience, including significant responsibility in humanitarian response, emergency fundraising, crisis grantmaking or a comparable program.
• Direct experience with a humanitarian-response charity, disaster-relief organisation, grantmaking institution, pooled humanitarian fund or similar crisis-response organisation is required.
• Experience in rapid-response activation, humanitarian partner management, grant/allocation recommendations, donor fundraising and post-response reporting is strongly preferred.
• Experience in digital fundraising, campaign analytics, crisis communications or paid donor acquisition is an advantage. Familiarity with humanitarian standards, safeguarding, localisation, cross-border grantmaking and relief-to-development approaches is strongly preferred.
• Experience in an international or globally distributed organisation is preferred.