Job particulars
- Job title
- Programme Management Officer
- Hiring organisation
- s Expand Recruitment Services
- Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Employment type
- Contract
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Industry
- NGO
- Level
- Entry
- Posted
- 22 Oct 2026
- Closing date
- 30 Oct 2026
Key responsibilities
- Coordinate the Secretariat’s day-to-day operations and advise the Fund Manager, Resident Coordinator and Head of RCO on pooled financing, the portfolio approach and UN Development System reform.
- Serve as Deputy Secretary to the Fund Board. Prepare agendas, briefing materials, minutes and follow-up for the Board and Technical Review Committees, and quality-assure proposals before they go to the Board.
- Support Government-led portfolio design: prepare analysis, portfolio and results frameworks, and a mapping of existing programmes, joint programmes and financing flows, working with Government technical counterparts and the UNSDCF Results Groups.
- Run day-to-day portfolio coordination with Government counterparts: support portfolio working groups, track the commitments of Government, partners and the UN, and maintain the overall resource-gap picture.
- Manage allocation rounds and calls for proposals, and ensure Fund-supported joint programmes sit within portfolio results frameworks and strengthen coherence across Results Groups.
- Monitor portfolio implementation across partners against agreed indicators, flag bottlenecks and risks, and recommend corrective action.
- Ensure gender equality, human rights, youth, climate resilience, disability inclusion, conflict sensitivity and Leave No One Behind are integrated into portfolios and programmes, and track trends that affect them.
- Develop the investment pipeline aligned to portfolio priorities and support the resource mobilisation strategy, building partnerships with donors, international financial institutions, foundations, climate funds and the private sector.
- Act as secondary liaison between the RCO, the MPTF Office, PUNOs and development partners, and manage Fund agreements, disbursements and compliance with the Administrative Agent’s procedures.
- Oversee allocation and financial performance, and coordinate results-based monitoring, evaluation and risk management.
- Consolidate PUNO and partner reporting into high-quality reports for the Board, Government, donors and the MPTF Office at portfolio and Fund level.
- Produce lessons learned, case studies and good practice from portfolios and Fund-supported programmes, and promote innovation in integrated programming, financing and partnerships.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Candidate requirements
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in development studies or international development, economics, international relations, political science, governance and public policy, social sciences, or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree combined with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted instead of the advanced degree.
- Successful completion of degree or non-degree programmes in data analytics, business analytics or data science is desirable.
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Hiring organisation
s Expand Recruitment Services