Country Manager - Kenya (Independant Contractor)

Country Manager - Kenya (Independant Contractor)
Location: Kenya (remote)
Salary: 6,896,818 KES – 8,210,497 KES p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
Basis: Contractor (12 months with possible extension)
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in Kenya

The Role

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is seeking a passionate and experienced Country Manager to lead our mission of advancing computing education in Kenya. You will be responsible for establishing and scaling our operations in the country, building and managing a high-performing team, and developing strong relationships with key stakeholders in the education ecosystem.

Main Responsibilities

• Deliver the Foundation's strategy and priorities for advancing our mission in Kenya, addressing both formal education and non-formal learning.
• Coordinate the establishment of Raspberry Pi Foundation operations in Kenya including entity, finance and governance set up, working in close collaboration with the RPF operations team.
• Engage with the education ecosystem, ensuring that the Foundation understands and is influencing computing education policy and is proactively engaging with relevant networks and organisations. 
• Develop and implement strategies to increase the reach and impact of the Foundation's products in Kenya.
• Manage the delivery of programmes and partnerships in Kenya, ensuring the target outcomes are achieved. 
• Support the development and implementation of M&E plans. Use data and feedback to ensure quality and identify areas for improvement. 
• Ensure that all programmes and partnerships implement our commitments to accessibility, inclusion, and safeguarding, and that we are prioritising impact for underserved and educationally disadvantaged people and communities. 
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Foundation to develop and improve products, and share learnings. 
• Build, lead, and manage a highly skilled team, providing them with the clarity and support to enable them to do great work.
• Effective Kenya budget management.
• Report on progress to key funders, working in collaboration with the Managing Director. 
• Represent the Raspberry Pi Foundation externally. 

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth and we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not all of the experience and personal attributes listed here.

• A commitment to the mission and values of the Raspberry Pi Foundation
• An experienced manager and leader, with the ability to build diverse teams and support them to do great work; ideally you will have experience of managing remote teams
• Good commercial and relationship management skills, including the ability to identify and develop opportunities, negotiate contracts and build partnerships
• An entrepreneurial approach, with experience of taking a programme or organisation to scale
• A track record of delivering learning experiences and products, ideally focused on young people.
• A passion for — and understanding of — computing education, STEM education, or related subjects; while you don’t need to be a computer scientist or engineer, you will need to be comfortable with this type of content and genuinely interested in learning more
• A commitment to diversity and inclusion, including experience of addressing issues of educational inequity and disadvantage
• Experience and deep understanding of the Kenyan education system, with strong networks in the Kenyan education, government and technology ecosystem
• Good data and analytical skills, and the ability to use data effectively to improve what we do

About us

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. You can read more about us on our careers page.

Established in 2008 and first known for our product — the wildly successful Raspberry Pi computer — the Foundation has developed education programmes, learning experiences, and products that are helping millions of young people learn vital new knowledge and skills

Through Code Club, we support the world’s largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. Tens of thousands of educators have taken our online courses, and millions of people use our free online learning resources. To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, we conduct academic research, and we use that knowledge to increase the impact of our work and advance the field of computing education.

Across all of our work, we work hard to engage young people who come from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in the field of computing or who experience educational disadvantage. We work all over the world, with teams based in the UK, Ireland, North America, and India, and partnerships with mission-aligned organisations in over 40 countries.

We are at the forefront of the global movement to help young people learn about computing and digital making. You can read more about our mission, values, and goals in our Annual Review 2022 and our Strategy 2022–2025.

Timetable for applications
Closing date: 6 January 2025, 9.00am GMT
Phone screen: On a rolling basis
First-round interview: Week commencing 13 January 2025 - online
Second-round interview: Week commencing 20 January 2025 - in Kenya

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful in the selection process, you will be required to undergo a background check to confirm that you are a suitable person to work with children. Further background checks will be made at regular intervals thereafter.