Country Director

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🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote

💵 $65k - $80k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Raspberry Pi Foundation

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2009

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🔧 Hardware

Education • Non-profit • Hardware

Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based charity and company focused on enabling young people to realize their potential through computing and digital technologies. They provide free resources, training, and guidance to teach coding and computing to young people and educators. Their initiatives include Code Club, a global movement of coding clubs, and various projects like the Astro Pi Challenge. The foundation also conducts research on computing education and supports teachers with curricula, resources, and professional development. Raspberry Pi is also known for creating affordable and accessible computing devices suitable for educational purposes.

📋 Description

• Lead the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s work and strategy in Kenya • Develop and implement strategies to increase the reach and impact of the Foundation’s products in Kenya • Develop and manage strategic relationships with county and national government and other mission-aligned partners • Lead engagement with senior education stakeholders and influence the policy environment • Build and maintain relevant networks and organisational relationships • Ensure programmes and partnerships have clear monitoring and evaluation plans • Use data and feedback to ensure quality and identify improvements • Collaborate across the Foundation to develop and improve educational products for Kenyan educators and young people • Build, lead, and manage a highly skilled team • Ensure accessibility, inclusion, and safeguarding commitments are implemented across programmes and partnerships • Manage the Kenya budget and report progress to key funders with the Chief Growth Officer • Contribute to the organisation’s strategic direction, culture, and values as a Leadership team member • Represent the Raspberry Pi Foundation externally • Report to the Chief Growth Officer • Travel regularly within Kenya and to the UK

🎯 Requirements

• Must be eligible to work in Kenya • Significant track record of leading educational programmes at scale within Kenya • Experience developing and managing high-value strategic partnerships with governments, NGOs, and other mission-aligned organisations • Existing relationships with senior government officials and wider education stakeholders in Kenya • Senior management and leadership experience, including building diverse teams and supporting them to do great work • Ideally, experience managing remote and geographically dispersed teams • Track record of delivering impactful learning experiences, products, and programmes, ideally focused on young people • Strong understanding of measuring learner success, demonstrating programme impact, and using data to improve programmes • Proven ability to leverage thought leadership, advocacy, and policy influence to drive systemic change • Demonstrable commitment to diversity and inclusion, with experience translating this into programme design, delivery, and evaluation • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with credibility and presence to represent the Foundation at senior levels externally • Genuine commitment to the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s mission • Required to undergo a background check and further periodic checks to work with children

🏖️ Benefits

• 21 days of paid annual leave for full-time employees in Kenya, plus 3 additional paid leave days for the company-wide year-end closure • 8% employer pension contribution, alongside a minimum 4% employee contribution • Comprehensive private healthcare for employees, their legal spouse, and up to 3 dependents, including dental and vision cover through CIC • Flexible working over when and where you work • Life assurance • Group Personal Accident Insurance (WIBA/GPA) • Learning and development resources, training, and dedicated development time • Flexible full-time, part-time, or flexible working arrangements

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