Malala Fund

Director

• In close consultation with the Chief Executive, provide guide implementation and refinement of the Nigeria Country Framework, ensuring advocacy, partnerships, grantmaking, and communications operate as a coherent and mutually reinforcing portfolio.
• Exercise delegated authority over programmatic and delivery decisions, escalating strategic or reputational risks to the Chief Executive as appropriate.
• Apply deep technical and contextual expertise in girls’ education systems strengthening, ensuring work is grounded in a strong understanding of Nigeria’s education system, political economy, and federal–state dynamics.
• Lead the Partnership Managers to ensure coherence across federal and state advocacy efforts and grantee-led work, supporting aligned, mutually reinforcing approaches to systems change.
• Guide the team to track progress against agreed outcomes and ensure the effective use of policy analysis, evidence, and learning, identifying risks and bottlenecks and supporting timely course correction to strengthen accountability and results.
• Advance approaches that engage men, boys, and influential traditional and religious leaders as part of broader systems-change efforts.
• Represent Nigeria delivery priorities in cross-departmental discussions, ensuring organisational decisions reflect country realities.

Senior Director