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The ACBF employs diverse, professional and dedicated team drawn from different countries in Africa. We are a passionate lot with unique backgrounds and qualifications that works towards securing Africa’s future through capacity development. The ACBF is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.  

At ACBF, you will have the opportunity to;

• Build an international career through working with African and International development partners, African governments, the private sector and the civil society.
• Work with other outstanding and culturally diverse professionals.

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Senior Manager, Communication

Head, Agribusiness & Food Sovereignty Program

Position:

Head, Agribusiness & Food Sovereignty Program

Department:

Programs & Impact.

Duty Station:

Accra, Ghana

Deadline:

Friday, June 16, 2023

Background/Job Purpose

The role of Head of Agribusiness and Food Sovereignty  Program is a new one in ACBF and comes about as a result of the ACBF’s new Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Transformative Capacities for a Sustainable & Inclusive Growth in Africa. AgriBusiness and Food Sovereignty is one of four new thematic pillars that will guide the work of the Foundation over the next 5 years. Within this pillar, the Foundation will focus on building capacities for sectoral policy and regulatory reforms creating a conducive environment for private sector investment in agriculture and promote value addition to agricultural products. In addition, the new Strategic Plan has identified four key cross cutting issues: women and youth, digitalization, and data talent.

The Head of AgriBusiness and Food Sovereignty  Program will oversee the design and development of new initiatives focusing on agribusiness and food security, their implementation, monitor the impact of the program, and manage the program team. Working with the ACBF Business Development team, they will also be responsible for securing partnerships for growing the program. The Head of Agribusiness and Food Sovereignty Program will report to the Director, Programs and Impact.

The ideal candidate for this role thrives working within a team structure, sharing information and insights, and engaging in ongoing intellectual exchange. The incumbent must be comfortable building bridges between academia, non-profit, government, and private corporate sectors. He/she should have experience in designing, planning, and implementing cross-country programs and projects, and in managing people and processes.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain functional and empowering relationships with partners, policymakers, government officials, and other interest groups who can either be targets or alliance partners of ACBF’s influencing work
• Contribute to knowledge production and maximise use of the knowledge networks to share strategic thinking and learning more widely to ensure that programming builds on learning and is evidence based, innovative and agile to respond to opportunities for change.
• Map issues, trends, narratives and stay abreast with development and discourses on Agribusiness and Food Security with specific reference to ACBF’s area of work.
• Provide strategic leadership and management of ACBF’s Agribusiness and Food Sovereignty program, while contributing to other program areas
• Working within and across the ACBF Programs and Impact team, ensuring tactical and effective engagement from program staff within designated thematic area

• Work collaboratively with other team members to develop, define, and implement program strategies to achieve significant and scalable impact across Africa
• Coordinate the overall budget management, work planning, administrative requirements, monitoring, and reporting of activities throughout the program cycle, in line with the set-out program work plan and partner requirements.
• Ensure that all program expenditures are in line with the approved budget and properly accounted for.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual program progress reports to ensure smooth implementation of activities and timely submission of reports to ACBF Management team and partners.
• Working closely with the Business Development team, contribute to the development of quality funding proposals to ensure the financial sustainability of Agribusiness and Food Sovereignty programs and projects.

• People management: Attract, motivate, retain, and develop team members, creating a positive work environment.
• Manage and provide the required guidance and support to the program team to deliver the program’s expected results, using the results framework, and work plans including the design of training programs and an outline of learning outcomes.
• Manage team members’ performance.
• Line and matrix manage entire thematic team.
• Manage all Agribusiness and Food Security thematic projects.

• Implement Budget and Annual work plans and projects that emanate from these.
• Design and supervise implementation of team processes and tools that support external engagement (e.g., CRM)

External

• Representing the Foundation in diverse communities, including speaking engagements, attending conferences and participating in other key internal and external meetings

• Network building and connecting grantees, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Build the influence and leverage of ACBF work to achieve greater impact. This includes facilitating and managing partnerships/relationships with other capacity building actors, donors, and other actors to advance the strategy.
• Manage relationships and coordinate engagement with Ministries, and other stakeholders, and role of stakeholder, expected results, and milestones.

Partnership Development

• Build, prioritize and manage a pipeline of prospective partners.

• Actively source new partners for the Foundation and manage a portfolio of existing relationships.
• Help shape the broader strategy for engaging partners at scale as effort matures.
• Manage relationships and coordinate engagement with key partners, and the role of each partner’s expected results, and milestones.
• Develop and sustain effective partnerships and networks for the delivery of an impactful program ensuring the delivery of ACBF’s value add.

Desired Qualifications, Competencies and Experience

• Master’s degree or higher in an appropriate field with a minimum of 10 years professional experience in an appropriate area linked to agribusiness and food Sovereignty.
• Significant experience in program design and implementation gained at a relevant organisation /institution, with experience of employing market-based solutions to address complex social and development challenges.
• Leadership and management experience in leading the delivery of complex operations and program strategy with a multi-disciplinary team, working with multiple external stakeholders, across locations and time zones.
• Strong understanding of market-based solutions, ideally with experience engaging with investors/donor communities.

• Deep understanding of political, economic, and social trends in Africa, with an ability to work across different sectors in the continent.
• Strong project management skills, deadline management, sense of responsibility and accountability and the ability to effectively multi-task.
• Powerful conceptual and analytical skills, with a track record in using data and analytics to inform dynamic strategy implementation, priority setting, and decision-making.
• Experience in communicating externally, either in large groups, or in smaller engagements for representational and influencing purposes.
• Ability to travel frequently, particularly within Africa.

Personal Characteristics

• An intellectually curious but humble leader with a high degree of compassion, able to engage, enable and inspire.
• A hands-on approach to all activities with real passion and high levels of energy. Agile and comfortable adapting to different environments.
• Creative and resourceful in overcoming barriers and unexpected roadblocks. Courageous in spirit, driving change through innovation.
• An authentic leader who intuitively engenders an inclusive environment, enabling program to reach its ambitious goals.

• Possesses high personal standards of ethics and integrity towards employees, stakeholders, and beneficiaries.
• Diversity of thought and experience. Continually seeks new perspectives and feedback, takes an inclusive approach,
• High levels of learning-agility with a real interest in the capacity building ecosystem.
• Entrepreneurial and comfortable with ambiguous and change-led environments; self-confident with an authentic style that gravitates to championing change.
• Eager to seek a challenge and expand frontiers; brings a visionary approach. Sets and meets a high bar of goals and principles.

• Servant leadership mentality, deeply committed to serving and listening to others. Natural ability to build strong relationships and enable collaboration through empathy and authenticity.
• Committed to building a community through ACBF’s principles.

Compensation

The African Capacity Building Foundation offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience.  The Foundation provides a very generous package of benefits.

 

Head, Climate Change & Energy Program

Position:

Head, Climate Change & Energy Program

Department:

Programs & Impact

Duty Station:

Accra, Ghana

Deadline:

Friday, June 16, 2023

Background/Job Purpose

The role of Head of Climate Change and Energy Program is a new one in the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and comes about as a result of the ACBF’s new Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Transformative Capacities for a Sustainable & Inclusive Growth in Africa. Climate Change & Energy for productive use is one of four new thematic pillars that will guide the work of the Foundation over the next 5 years. Within this pillar, the Foundation will focus on supporting efforts to enhance climate adaptation by building the capacity of central and decentralised government and private sector entities to develop fundable climate adaptation projects to attract the necessary resources to fund the implementation of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). In addition, the Foundation will support efforts to enhance access to green energy for productive use by building the institutional capacity of the State for energy sector reform and regulation, and building the institutional capacity of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) offering off- grid and mini-grid energy solutions to grow by attracting business opportunities in climate change.

The Head of Climate Change and Energy Program will oversee the design and development of new initiatives focusing on enhancing resilience to climate change, and increased access to green energy for productive use, their implementation, and the monitoring of impact of the program, and manage the program team. Working with the ACBF Business Development team, they will also be responsible for securing partnerships for growing the program. The Head of Climate Change and Energy Program will report to the Director, Programs and Impact.

The ideal candidate for this role thrives working within a team structure, sharing information and insights, and engaging in ongoing intellectual exchange. The incumbent must be comfortable building bridges between academia, non-profit, government, and private corporate sectors. He/she should have experience in designing, planning, and implementing cross-country programs and projects, and in managing people and processes.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain functional and empowering relationships with partners, policymakers, government officials, and other interest groups who can either be targets or alliance partners of ACBF’s influencing work.
• Contribute to knowledge production and maximise use of the knowledge networks to share strategic thinking and learning more widely to ensure that programming builds on learning and is evidence based, innovative and agile to respond to opportunities for change.
• Map issues, trends, narratives and stay abreast with development and discourses on climate change and green energy with specific reference to ACBF’s area of work.
• Provide strategic leadership and management of ACBF’s Climate Change & Energy program, while contributing to other program areas.
• Working within and across the ACBF Programs and Impact team, ensuring tactical and effective engagement from program staff within designated thematic area.

• Work collaboratively with other team members to develop, define, and implement program strategies to achieve significant and scalable impact across Africa.
• Coordinate the overall budget management, work planning, administrative requirements, monitoring, and reporting of activities throughout the program cycle, in line with the set-out program work plan and partner requirements.
• Ensure that all program expenditures are in line with the approved budget and properly accounted for.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual program progress reports to ensure smooth implementation of activities and timely submission of reports to ACBF Management team and partners.
• Working closely with the Business Development team, contribute to the development of quality funding proposals to ensure the financial sustainability of Climate Change & Energy programs and projects.

• People management: Attract, motivate, retain, and develop team members, creating a positive work environment.
• Manage and provide the required guidance and support to the program team to deliver the program’s expected results, using the results framework, and work plans including the design of training programs and an outline of learning outcomes.
• Manage team members’ performance.
• Line and matrix manage entire thematic team.
• Manage all Climate Change & Energy Manager thematic projects.

• Implement Budget and Annual work plans and projects that emanate from these.
• Design and supervise implementation of team processes and tools that support external engagement (e.g., CRM).

External

• Representing the Foundation in diverse communities, including speaking engagements, attending conferences and participating in other key internal and external meetings

• Network building and connecting grantees, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Build the influence and leverage of ACBF work to achieve greater impact. This includes facilitating and managing partnerships/relationships with other capacity building actors, donors, and other actors to advance the strategy.
• Manage relationships and coordinate engagement with Ministries, and other stakeholders, and role of stakeholder, expected results, and milestones.

Partnership Development

• Build, prioritize and manage a pipeline of prospective partners.

• Actively source new partners for the Foundation and manage a portfolio of existing relationships.
• Help shape the broader strategy for engaging partners at scale as effort matures.
• Manage relationships and coordinate engagement with key partners, and the role of each partner’s expected results, and milestones.
• Develop and sustain effective partnerships and networks for the delivery of an impactful program ensuring the delivery of ACBF’s value add.

Desired Qualifications, Competencies and Experience

• Master’s degree or higher in an appropriate field with a minimum of 10 years professional experience in an appropriate area linked to climate change and green energy
• Significant experience in program design and implementation gained at a relevant organisation /institution, with experience of employing market-based solutions to address complex social and development challenges.
• Leadership and management experience in leading the delivery of complex operations and program strategy with a multi-disciplinary team, working with multiple external stakeholders, across locations and time zones.
• Strong understanding of market-based solutions, ideally with experience engaging with investors/donor communities

• Deep understanding of political, economic, and social trends in Africa, with an ability to work across different sectors in the continent.
• Strong project management skills, deadline management, sense of responsibility and accountability and the ability to effectively multi-task.
• Powerful conceptual and analytical skills, with a track record in using data and analytics to inform dynamic strategy implementation, priority setting, and decision-making.
• Experience in communicating externally, either in large groups, or in smaller engagements for representational and influencing purposes
• Ability to travel frequently, particularly within Africa.

Personal Characteristics

• An intellectually curious but humble leader with a high degree of compassion, able to engage, enable and inspire.
• A hands-on approach to all activities with real passion and high levels of energy. Agile and comfortable adapting to different environments.
• Creative and resourceful in overcoming barriers and unexpected roadblocks. Courageous in spirit, driving change through innovation.
• An authentic leader who intuitively engenders an inclusive environment, enabling program to reach its ambitious goals.

• Possesses high personal standards of ethics and integrity towards employees, stakeholders, and beneficiaries.
• Diversity of thought and experience. Continually seeks new perspectives and feedback, takes an inclusive approach,
• High levels of learning-agility with a real interest in the capacity building ecosystem.
• Entrepreneurial and comfortable with ambiguous and change-led environments; self-confident with an authentic style that gravitates to championing change.
• Eager to seek a challenge and expand frontiers; brings a visionary approach. Sets and meets a high bar of goals and principles.

• Servant leadership mentality, deeply committed to serving and listening to others. Natural ability to build strong relationships and enable collaboration through empathy and authenticity.
• Committed to building a community through ACBF’s principles.

Compensation

The African Capacity Building Foundation offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience.  The Foundation provides a very generous package of benefits.

 

Head, Program Quality & Innovation

Position:

Head, Program Quality & Innovation

Department:

Programs & Impact

Duty Station:

Accra, Ghana

Deadline:

Friday, June 16, 2023

Background/Job Purpose

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has recently developed a new strategic plan: Transformative Capacities for a Sustainable & Inclusive Growth in Africa 2023-2027 that focuses on four thematic program pillars: Economic and Social Governance, Climate Change and Energy for Productive Use, Trade as an engine of economic development, and Agribusiness and Food Sovereignty. In addition, the new Strategic Plan has identified four key cross cutting issues: women and youth, digitalization, and data talent.

The Head, Program Quality and Innovation will be responsible for developing a monitoring mechanism that tracks, generates, and assesses timely and reliable information to ensure evidence-based program management. S/he will be responsible for the implementation of the Strategy Results Measurement Framework (SRMF) that will support the result-based Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) of the Strategic Plan. The Head, Program Quality & Innovation will provide leadership, coordination, strategic support and/or mutual learning on program design, planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. The Head, Program Quality & Innovation will report to the Director, Programs & Impact.

The ideal candidate for this role thrives working within a team structure, sharing information and insights, and engaging in ongoing intellectual exchange. The incumbent must be comfortable building bridges between academia, non-profit, government, and private corporate sectors. He/she should have experience in designing, planning, and implementing program quality systems, and in managing people and processes.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain functional and empowering relationships with partners, policymakers, government officials, and other interest groups who can either be targets or alliance partners of ACBF’s influencing work
• Contribute to knowledge production and maximise use of the knowledge networks to share strategic thinking and learning more widely to ensure that programming builds on learning and is evidence based, innovative and agile to respond to opportunities for change
• Map issues, trends, narratives and stay abreast with development and discourses on program quality and innovation with specific reference to ACBF’s area of work
• Provide strategic leadership and management of ACBF’s Program Quality and Innovation portfolio,
• Working within and across the ACBF Programs and Impact team, ensuring tactical and effective engagement from program staff within designated thematic area

• Accompany and support the transformation of program quality practices in ACBF in line with its strategic ambition and quality standards, policies, and processes. The position will provide mentorship, guidance, coordination and direct support on relevant program quality and innovation topics fostering linkages with innovative approaches at scale
• Work collaboratively with other team members to develop, define, and implement program strategies to achieve significant and scalable impact across Africa
• Coordinate the overall budget management, work planning, administrative requirements, monitoring, and reporting of activities throughout the program cycle, in line with the set-out program work plan and partner requirements.
• Ensure that all program expenditures are in line with the approved budget and properly accounted for.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual program progress reports to ensure smooth implementation of activities and timely submission of reports to ACBF Management team and partners

• Working closely with the Business Development team, contribute to the development of quality funding proposals
• People management: Attract, motivate, retain, and develop Program Quality team members, creating a positive work environment
• Manage and provide the required guidance and support to the program team to deliver the program’s expected results, using the results framework, and work plans including the design of training programs and an outline of learning outcomes.
• Manage team members’ performance
• Design and supervise implementation of team processes and tools that support external engagement (e.g., CRM)

• Implement a knowledge and learning approach for innovation including design learning questions, co-creation of knowledge, development of knowledge products and use of knowledge by internal and external audience. This will include both how ACBF innovates in Africa and the innovative solutions developed

External

• Representing the Foundation in diverse communities, including speaking engagements, attending conferences and participating in other key internal and external meetings
• Network building and connecting grantees, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Build the influence and leverage of ACBF work to achieve greater impact. This includes facilitating and managing partnerships/relationships with other capacity building actors, donors, and other actors to advance the strategy.

• Manage relationships and coordinate engagement with Ministries, and other stakeholders, and role of stakeholder, expected results, and milestones.

Desired Qualifications, Competencies and Experience

• Master’s degree or higher in an appropriate field with a minimum of 10 years professional experience in an appropriate area linked to program quality and innovation in development, with significant experience in program design and implementation gained at a relevant organisation/institution, with experience of employing market-based solutions to address complex social and development challenges.
• Leadership and management experience in leading the delivery of complex operations and program strategy with a multi-disciplinary team, working with multiple external stakeholders, across locations and time zones.

• Strong understanding of market-based solutions, ideally with experience engaging with investors/donor communities
• Deep understanding of political, economic, and social trends in Africa, with an ability to work across different sectors in the continent.
• Strong project management skills, deadline management, sense of responsibility and accountability and the ability to effectively multi-task.
• Powerful conceptual and analytical skills, with a track record in using data and analytics to inform dynamic strategy implementation, priority setting, and decision-making.
• Experience in communicating externally, either in large groups, or in smaller engagements for representational and influencing purposes

• Ability to travel frequently, particularly within Africa.

Personal Characteristics

• An intellectually curious but humble leader with a high degree of compassion, able to engage, enable and inspire.
• A hands-on approach to all activities with real passion and high levels of energy. Agile and comfortable adapting to different environments.

• Creative and resourceful in overcoming barriers and unexpected roadblocks. Courageous in spirit, driving change through innovation.
• An authentic leader who intuitively engenders an inclusive environment, enabling program to reach its ambitious goals.
• Possesses high personal standards of ethics and integrity towards employees, stakeholders, and beneficiaries.
• Diversity of thought and experience. Continually seeks new perspectives and feedback, takes an inclusive approach,
• High levels of learning-agility with a real interest in the capacity building ecosystem.

• Entrepreneurial and comfortable with ambiguous and change-led environments; self-confident with an authentic style that gravitates to championing change.
• Eager to seek a challenge and expand frontiers; brings a visionary approach. Sets and meets a high bar of goals and principles.
• Servant leadership mentality, deeply committed to serving and listening to others. Natural ability to build strong relationships and enable collaboration through empathy and authenticity.
• Committed to building a community through ACBF’s principles.

Compensation

The African Capacity Building Foundation offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience.  The Foundation provides a very generous package of benefits.

 

Head, Program Quality & Innovation

Position:

Head, Program Quality & Innovation

Department:

Programs & Impact

Duty Station:

Accra, Ghana

Deadline:

Friday, June 16, 2023

Background/Job Purpose

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has recently developed a new strategic plan: Transformative Capacities for a Sustainable & Inclusive Growth in Africa 2023-2027 that focuses on four thematic program pillars: Economic and Social Governance, Climate Change and Energy for Productive Use, Trade as an engine of economic development, and Agribusiness and Food Sovereignty. In addition, the new Strategic Plan has identified four key cross cutting issues: women and youth, digitalization, and data talent.

The Head, Program Quality and Innovation will be responsible for developing a monitoring mechanism that tracks, generates, and assesses timely and reliable information to ensure evidence-based program management. S/he will be responsible for the implementation of the Strategy Results Measurement Framework (SRMF) that will support the result-based Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) of the Strategic Plan. The Head, Program Quality & Innovation will provide leadership, coordination, strategic support and/or mutual learning on program design, planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. The Head, Program Quality & Innovation will report to the Director, Programs & Impact.

The ideal candidate for this role thrives working within a team structure, sharing information and insights, and engaging in ongoing intellectual exchange. The incumbent must be comfortable building bridges between academia, non-profit, government, and private corporate sectors. He/she should have experience in designing, planning, and implementing program quality systems, and in managing people and processes.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain functional and empowering relationships with partners, policymakers, government officials, and other interest groups who can either be targets or alliance partners of ACBF’s influencing work
• Contribute to knowledge production and maximise use of the knowledge networks to share strategic thinking and learning more widely to ensure that programming builds on learning and is evidence based, innovative and agile to respond to opportunities for change
• Map issues, trends, narratives and stay abreast with development and discourses on program quality and innovation with specific reference to ACBF’s area of work
• Provide strategic leadership and management of ACBF’s Program Quality and Innovation portfolio,
• Working within and across the ACBF Programs and Impact team, ensuring tactical and effective engagement from program staff within designated thematic area

• Accompany and support the transformation of program quality practices in ACBF in line with its strategic ambition and quality standards, policies, and processes. The position will provide mentorship, guidance, coordination and direct support on relevant program quality and innovation topics fostering linkages with innovative approaches at scale
• Work collaboratively with other team members to develop, define, and implement program strategies to achieve significant and scalable impact across Africa
• Coordinate the overall budget management, work planning, administrative requirements, monitoring, and reporting of activities throughout the program cycle, in line with the set-out program work plan and partner requirements.
• Ensure that all program expenditures are in line with the approved budget and properly accounted for.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual program progress reports to ensure smooth implementation of activities and timely submission of reports to ACBF Management team and partners

• Working closely with the Business Development team, contribute to the development of quality funding proposals
• People management: Attract, motivate, retain, and develop Program Quality team members, creating a positive work environment
• Manage and provide the required guidance and support to the program team to deliver the program’s expected results, using the results framework, and work plans including the design of training programs and an outline of learning outcomes.
• Manage team members’ performance
• Design and supervise implementation of team processes and tools that support external engagement (e.g., CRM)

• Implement a knowledge and learning approach for innovation including design learning questions, co-creation of knowledge, development of knowledge products and use of knowledge by internal and external audience. This will include both how ACBF innovates in Africa and the innovative solutions developed

External

• Representing the Foundation in diverse communities, including speaking engagements, attending conferences and participating in other key internal and external meetings
• Network building and connecting grantees, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Build the influence and leverage of ACBF work to achieve greater impact. This includes facilitating and managing partnerships/relationships with other capacity building actors, donors, and other actors to advance the strategy.

• Manage relationships and coordinate engagement with Ministries, and other stakeholders, and role of stakeholder, expected results, and milestones.

Desired Qualifications, Competencies and Experience

• Master’s degree or higher in an appropriate field with a minimum of 10 years professional experience in an appropriate area linked to program quality and innovation in development, with significant experience in program design and implementation gained at a relevant organisation/institution, with experience of employing market-based solutions to address complex social and development challenges.
• Leadership and management experience in leading the delivery of complex operations and program strategy with a multi-disciplinary team, working with multiple external stakeholders, across locations and time zones.

• Strong understanding of market-based solutions, ideally with experience engaging with investors/donor communities
• Deep understanding of political, economic, and social trends in Africa, with an ability to work across different sectors in the continent.
• Strong project management skills, deadline management, sense of responsibility and accountability and the ability to effectively multi-task.
• Powerful conceptual and analytical skills, with a track record in using data and analytics to inform dynamic strategy implementation, priority setting, and decision-making.
• Experience in communicating externally, either in large groups, or in smaller engagements for representational and influencing purposes

• Ability to travel frequently, particularly within Africa.

Personal Characteristics

• An intellectually curious but humble leader with a high degree of compassion, able to engage, enable and inspire.
• A hands-on approach to all activities with real passion and high levels of energy. Agile and comfortable adapting to different environments.

• Creative and resourceful in overcoming barriers and unexpected roadblocks. Courageous in spirit, driving change through innovation.
• An authentic leader who intuitively engenders an inclusive environment, enabling program to reach its ambitious goals.
• Possesses high personal standards of ethics and integrity towards employees, stakeholders, and beneficiaries.
• Diversity of thought and experience. Continually seeks new perspectives and feedback, takes an inclusive approach,
• High levels of learning-agility with a real interest in the capacity building ecosystem.

• Entrepreneurial and comfortable with ambiguous and change-led environments; self-confident with an authentic style that gravitates to championing change.
• Eager to seek a challenge and expand frontiers; brings a visionary approach. Sets and meets a high bar of goals and principles.
• Servant leadership mentality, deeply committed to serving and listening to others. Natural ability to build strong relationships and enable collaboration through empathy and authenticity.
• Committed to building a community through ACBF’s principles.

Compensation

The African Capacity Building Foundation offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience.  The Foundation provides a very generous package of benefits.