Job Summary: Under the direction of the Senior Regional Director, Africa, the Kenya Country Director is responsible for carrying out the mission of Water Mission in Kenya – to honor God by developing, implementing, and sharing best-in-class safe water solutions that transform as many lives as possible, as quickly as possible. This critical position is both a calling and a career. This role is responsible for managing a diverse staff in various functional groups, including community development, human resources, finance, WASH programs, operations, project management, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), ministry, and administration. By applying sound management and leadership, this role will ensure that Water Mission programs are implemented successfully according to Water Mission standards. This role will require establishing full-time residence in Nairobi. Additional short-term travel within Kenya, to Charleston, USA (Water Mission’s Headquarters), and other regional country programs will be required in this role.
Our culture: As a key leader in Water Mission Kenya, the Country Director is responsible for leading staff in developing a biblical worldview culture that leads to God-honoring excellence in all their work and reinforcing the following: providing accurate data, empowering staff to have the skills and mindset needed to acknowledge mistakes or problems as opportunities to find appropriate solutions, and empowering staff to consistently work for excellence in solutions that are consistent with Water Mission’s mission, vision, values, and standards.
The Country must be willing to establish residence in Nairobi.
They should be able to work in field settings for up to one week regularly and
occasionally for longer periods.
Duties
and Responsibilities
Mission Driven
- Maintain
a strong Christian witness and model servant leadership to colleagues,
partners, the communities we serve, and the public.
- Engage
and participate in prayer before and after team meetings.
- Lead
and participate in biblically based staff devotions.
Key Duties
- Lead
a team of over 50 full-time and part-time staff and volunteers in three
offices based in Kenya, including Nairobi, Makueni and Turkana.
- Collaborate
with and provide guidance to Water Mission’s Kenya Matrix Staff, including
the Human Resources Manager and Finance Manager. These staff report
directly to Water Mission’s East Africa regional office.
- Monitor
and evaluate Water Mission Kenya’s performance against budgets, goals, and
key metrics as established in the Business Plan.
- Champion
and foster a culture of quality and excellence in the delivery of WASH
solutions in Kenya.
- Ensure
that Water Mission project management and enterprise accounting systems
are accurate and up to date with operational and project activities.
- Identify
staff knowledge, skill, and ability gaps and plan employee training
activities as required to improve employee performance.
- Proactively
engage with other organizations and Governments in the WASH sector to
advance our mission and vision and evaluate people and organizations for
potential ministry partnerships.
- Collaborate
cross-divisionally to support the grant process, including application,
management, fulfillment, and reporting.
- Perform
supervisory duties including, but not limited to, overseeing staff
training and development, prioritizing project requests, managing
workloads and deadlines, setting goals, meeting schedules, and milestones,
conducting performance reviews, and assisting in recruiting and hiring
direct and indirect reports.
- Champion
initiatives for the care and well-being of Kenya staff.
- Encourage
staff to demonstrate Christian values and behaviors in their work,
focusing on love, excellence, and integrity.
- Contribute
to the development of the Kenya program strategy.
- Oversee
preparation of written budget proposals, program proposals, and cost
estimates.
- Provide
regular country program communication updates to Water Mission’s
Headquarters regarding administrative, financial, and programmatic
updates/needs.
- Prepare
and deliver presentations to Water Mission’s staff, the Kenya Program
Board of Directors, partners, volunteers, and donors as needed.
- Develop
and retain talented, mission-driven employees.
- Oversee,
direct, and develop Water Mission’s Living Water Strategy in Kenya.
- Other
tasks as may be assigned.
Relationship and Alignment
- Personal
and growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Alignment
with Water Mission’s Statement of Faith and core values of Love,
Excellence, and Integrity.
- Alignment
with the principles of servant leadership as embraced by Water Mission.
Qualifications
and Experience
- Bachelor’s
and/or master’s degree from an accredited university in Management,
Engineering, Development or Business, Public Health, or any other related
discipline.
- Proven
experience managing >1,000,000 USD programs.
- At
least 1 year experience living in a developing country; African country
preferred (equivalent experience will be considered).
- 8+
years in a leadership or management position with experience training,
mentoring, and developing new leaders.
- Must
be fluent in English; additional fluency in Kiswahili is an added
advantage.
- Experience
or technical knowledge of the WASH sector.
- Construction,
engineering project management, and/or WASH Program Design experience
preferred.
- Leadership
experience in Christian ministry, evangelism, and discipleship.
- Experience
in establishing and maintaining multiple partnerships with Christian
ministries, NGOs, governments, UN organizations, and other development
agencies.
- Advanced
computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office 365, SharePoint).
Skills and Abilities
- Strong
verbal and written communication skills in cross-cultural settings.
- Ability
and willingness to work flexible hours when necessary.
- Ability
and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, as required,
according to job requirements.
- Commitment
to ending the global water crisis.
How to Apply
