Development Associate

Development Associate Nairobi, Kenya Apply Development Associate Job Function Research and Evaluation Designation Development Associate, Impact Team Level - Employment Type Full Time Experience level 5 Workplace Type Onsite Location Nairobi, Kenya - 00 Job roleDevelopment Associate, Impact TeamOverviewThe Pharo Foundation is a mission-driven organisation working to build a vibrant, productive, and self-reliant Africa. Founded and fully funded by Pharo Management, an emerging markets hedge fund, the Foundation applies private sector rigour and operational discipline to maximise impact.We invest in economic development programmes and ventures to deliver sustainable impact, meaning outcomes that continue long after the initial investment, rather than gains that require constant external funding to maintain. Thus, our model links two engines together: ventures create jobs and economic activity, while their profits help fund the development programmes that strengthen the conditions for future growth.Over the next decade, the Foundation’s ambition is to deliver lasting impact across three interdependent missions:Empowering the next generation through affordable, high-quality education Solving water scarcity through sustainable infrastructure Driving economic productivity by unlocking jobs, investment, and innovation through both non-profit and for-profit ventures1.The Foundation operates in Ethiopia, Somaliland, Kenya, and Rwanda, employing more than 800 people across three divisions: Pharo Schools, Pharo Development, and Pharo Ventures.OpportunityOver the next 2-3 years, Pharo Foundation will launch new development programmes across water, education, and productivity. As Development Associate, your job is to collaborate with country teams to ideate and surface new programme concepts, then assess their feasibility before capital deployment, design how communities will be engaged, and...