Full-time  |  Kenya (Nairobi-based, regional travel required)  |  Reports to the CEO   

About MoFund Africa

MoFund Africa connects African-led organisations to the capital they deserve, through the Africa Impact Academy, a rigorous 10-month capacity-building programme, and the Africa Bridgeworks Fund, which deploys catalytic grants to the changemakers who graduate from it. SikaIQ, our proprietary impact platform, tracks and surfaces the data that makes funders confident and founders visible.

We are a team of five and we all work harmoniously, delivering tasks end to end, but alongside each other. The Program Manager is the person who keeps our programmes running with the discipline and rigour our work requires. This is a delivery-focused role with real ownership. You will not just be managing a team below you. You will be doing the work alongside peers who co-own the results with you. 

The Role

The Program Manager owns the day-to-day execution of the Africa Impact Academy and the Africa Bridgeworks Fund. You will translate quarterly plans into actions, track what is moving and what is stuck, and make sure delivery does not fall behind without the CEO knowing about it. You manage programme budgets, coordinate with in-country partners, and keep the data and documentation in a state that supports both internal decision-making and external reporting.

You will work closely with the CEO, who sets the strategic direction. Your role is to execute against that direction with accuracy and judgment. You will flag problems early, propose solutions, and be the person who closes the gap between what was planned and what actually happens.

You will have a balanced external & internal engagement, where you connect with strategic partners, delivery partners and donors but also the social entrepreneurs that Africa Impact Academy supports. You will contribute to donor reports and partner communications, and you will represent MoFund credibly when required. The lead on funder relationships sits with the CEO, but you will support that work with strong documentation and timely reporting.

Your scope

Programme Delivery. End-to-end delivery management of the Africa Impact Academy programme cycles, including work planning, partner coordination with in-country hubs, delivery logistics, graduation and grant disbursement processes, and post-programme alumni engagement.

Budget Tracking and Efficiency. Tracking programme budgets against outcomes, identifying where spend and impact are misaligned, and flagging adjustments to the CEO. You will not approve major budget decisions unilaterally, but you will be the first person to notice when something is off.

Reporting and Documentation. Preparing narrative and financial updates for donors and supporting the CEO on grant proposals. You will understand our funding landscape well enough to write clearly about what we do and why it works.

Partner Coordination. Maintaining productive working relationships with delivery partners, academic institutions, in-country hubs, and ecosystem stakeholders. You will know who we depend on and what we owe them.

Execution Planning. Working with the CEO to break down organisational strategy into programme-level plans with clear owners, timelines, and measurable outcomes. You will hold the plan, track progress against it, and raise deviations before they become problems.

Who we are looking for

You have managed programmes in resource-constrained environments and you understand what that actually means. You have built work plans, tracked budgets, written reports, and coordinated partners across different locations, and you have done all of this without waiting for someone to hand you a system. You built the system and kept it running.

You are comfortable at the operational level without losing sight of the bigger picture. You can run a high level partner coordination call in the morning, update a tracking sheet in the afternoon, and give the CEO a clear status brief before the end of day. You do not need a fully structured environment to be productive. You create a structure where it is missing and you move.

You care about the quality of what we deliver, because you understand that our values are alive internally and externally, and any funding partner, our changemakers, and the systems we aim to influence all value quality.  Their time and trust are not renewable resources.

You are willing to commit to this engagement for at least 2 years, with the starting month being August 2026

Attributes

• 10 plus years in programme management or operations within the NGO, social enterprise, Accelerator, or philanthropic sector, with direct ownership of programme delivery
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multi-country or multi-partner initiatives
• Exposure to donor reporting and grant compliance, including writing narrative and financial updates
• Strong written communication skills, able to produce clear documentation for both internal and external audiences
• Comfort with data and results frameworks: you understand impact metrics from the lens of an enterprise as well from the lens of a non profit, you know what needs to be measured and translate findings into decisions. 
• Experience working in a small, fast-moving teams
• You are not scared of technology, you use any and all tools available to you to make your work efficient.  
• Familiarity with the African philanthropic or impact investing ecosystem

What you are joining

We are a small team with big dreams, moving in boldness. We chose to build in a space where many have dedicated resources, time, and have been successful, but also have failed. We make bold claims on what we think the next capital base for the African micro enterprise, and impactful community focussed non profits can be. We are not afraid to put our money, time, expertise, and networks where we know it counts and we are very keen on documenting & learning from what doesn’t work. 

There are no departments to absorb the tasks you do not want, we own every mile of our promise to the community embedded changemakers we serve, and the community of philanthropists that support our work. What there is is a clear mission you can believe in, a CEO & a Board who value agility, competent peers, a team that trusts each other, and the chance to contribute to something that changes how African-led organisations are seen and funded.

If this sounds like you, let us talk. Deadline is on 20th of July

Apply:

info@mofundafrica.org

www.mofundafrica.org