Program Manager

Food for the Hungry is an international relief and development organization dedicated to meeting the physical and spiritual needs of the poor.

The Program Manager role at Food for the Hungry (FH Kenya) is responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and management of various programs, with a strategic focus on strengthening social innovation and MSME (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) development within the organization's relief and development mandate. The role ensures compliance, financial integrity, effective stakeholder engagement, and strong leadership of multi-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities (What you’ll do)

• Program Planning and Management
• Strengthen Social Innovation
• Strategic partnerships and business development
• Program Documentation, Reporting and M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation)
• Financial, Procurement and Risk Management
• Leadership, culture and talent development

Qualifications and Requirements

A successful candidate will possess the following qualifications and experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in program management, compliance, and financial management in a similar position.
• Experience in working with social innovation and or MSME development.
• Strong expertise in human-centered design, design research, and design thinking methodologies.
• Experience in working closely with other development partners and stakeholders including but not limited to, sector working groups, county government, international and local NGOs and private and institutional donors.
• Demonstrable experience supervising multi-functional teams.
• Bachelor's degree in development studies/social sciences, business administration, and development agricultural sciences, environment and resilience programming.
• Post graduate qualification in project management, management, development studies, Business innovation or M&E is an added advantage.