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# Deputy Director, Supply Chain Business Development and Program Delivery

Organization

• International Rescue Committee

Posted

28 Aug 2026

Closing date

31 Oct 2026

**Job Overview**

The Deputy Director, Supply Chain Business Development and Program Delivery is a senior global role responsible for making IRC's supply chains fit for scale across its most ambitious health and humanitarian programming commitments. The role is designed to translate strategic program targets into operational supply chain solutions that work at country level and ensuring country realities shape global supply chain strategy in return.

The role has three integrated areas of responsibility.

It serves as a primary GSC lead and contributor to business development: identifying, designing, and positioning supply chain funding opportunities with institutional and non-traditional donors, and leading supply chain sections of competitive proposals.

It provides support across IRC's Impact at Scale (I@S) thematic supply chains, driving end-to-end performance from demand planning and forecasting through sourcing, pre-positioning, and last-mile delivery.

It builds country and regional capacity to sustain health supply chain improvements over time, providing direct technical support, deploying to high-priority contexts, and harmonizing tools and SOPs across country programs in collaboration with Regional Supply Chain Directors (RSCDs) and other relevant Global Supply Chain (GSC) units and IRC stakeholder departments.

Reporting to the Director of Emergency and Health Supply Chain, the Deputy Director works in close collaboration with the Health Technical Unit, Global Procurement, Regional Supply Chain Directors, Country Programs, IT, Finance, and external partners including UNICEF, WHO, ECHO, and peer INGOs.

**Key Responsibilities**

**1\. Leadership for Program Delivery**

• The Deputy Director plays an active role in GSC’s business development (BD) function. Supply chain is an increasingly fundable programming area, with institutional donors such as ECHO, SIDA, Gates and non-traditional donors explicitly framing requirements around operational efficiency, commodity management, and supply chain innovation. Additionally, private and corporate donors have expressed specific interest in funding the optimization of health and emergency supply chains.
• Act as the primary GSC focal point within I@S agile working groups and cross-functional scaling teams, ensuring supply chain planning is embedded in program design from the outset and not treated as a downstream implementation task.
• Implement the strategic direction for cross-cutting supply chain enablers including pooled procurement, global pre-positioning frameworks, harmonized delivery models, and digital systems and oversee their development and rollout across priority country programs.
• Provide supply chain leadership and oversight for the addition of any new I@S Ready to Scale thematic areas, ensuring new commodities and delivery models are integrated into IRC's global supply chain architecture without creating fragmentation or duplication.
• Serve as GSC's coordinating focal point with the Research and Innovation Department, contributing to supply chain innovations including AI-enabled solutions.

**2\. Business Development & Resource Mobilization**

• Is responsible for operationalizing the BD strategy, assembling inputs to create compelling bids, gap filling in the BD process as needed/relevant, and driving ultimate bid success through correct donor intel and positioning, strong bid submission, and effective cross-functional collaboration.
• Flag, track and route relevant funding opportunities to GSC Leadership and work closely with internal stakeholders to plan for staff needs and business development capacity requirements to successfully write and budget for winning bids based on the pipeline
• Lead or co-lead the technical design of supply chain sections for proposals where GSC has a primary role, including narrative writing, logical framework development, and supply chain costing.
• Collaborating with program and business development leads to embedding supply chain considerations into program design, with specific attention paid to Impact at Scale initiatives
• Contribute to bid assessment, probability-of-winning analysis, and positioning strategy for supply chain funding opportunities with specific focus on I@S thematic areas
• Develop and maintain GSC supply chain capability statements and value propositions relevant to I@S programming areas, for use in capture and proposal development.
• Participate in the BD review cycle for proposals with significant supply chain components, ensuring technical quality and alignment with IRC’s global supply chain strategy.
• Mobilize opportunities with non-traditional partners such as Airlink to improve program delivery and increase cost savings
• Take the lead with External relations and other fundraising teams to enab

Deputy Director, Supply Chain Business Development and Program Delivery

Kenya

# Graphic Designer (Fixed-Term)

Organization

• One Acre Fund

Posted

28 Aug 2026

Closing date

26 Nov 2026

## **About One Acre Fund**

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

## **About the Role**

This role independently manages assigned country and organisational design portfolios, including stakeholder communication and the delivery of farmer-facing materials, reports, newsletters and other design collateral. The role oversees multiple projects from conceptualisation through completion with minimal managerial supervision, reviews project needs and recommends effective design approaches, and ensures high-quality execution, adherence to brand standards, and delivery within agreed timelines. The role also identifies and contributes to improvements in design processes, templates and ways of working.

## **Responsibilities**

Essential function - Direct Design Production

• Independently manage and deliver high-quality, creative and brand-aligned design work across assigned country and organisational portfolios.
• Own design projects from initial brief and concept development through stakeholder review, production and final delivery.
• Review project briefs and recommend effective design approaches that respond to audience, communication and project needs.
• Ensure consistent quality, technical accuracy and appropriate adaptation across different materials, audiences and country contexts.

Essential function - Stakeholder Communication and Project Management

• Portfolio Management: Independently manage design portfolios for 2–3 countries.
• Serve as the primary Design team contact for assigned portfolios, managing stakeholder communication and aligning on briefs, deliverables, timelines and expectations.
• Ensure timely delivery of projects, maintain brand consistency, and align deliverables with stakeholder requirements across assigned portfolios.
• Independently prioritize and manage multiple projects, maintaining clear work plans and ensuring delivery within agreed timelines.
• Explain design decisions clearly, navigate feedback constructively and guide stakeholders towards effective design solutions.
• Proactively identify project risks, unclear requirements, competing priorities or potential delays, and communicate these early to relevant stakeholders and the manager.
• Identify and contribute to practical improvements to recurring design processes, templates, workflows, and stakeholders' ways of working.

## **Career Growth and Development**

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

## **Qualifications**

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

Technical skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least five years of professional graphic design experience, including independently managing projects from brief through final delivery.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Strong print and digital design skills with print production knowledge, including preparing accurate, production-ready files.
• Strong understanding of layout, typography, visual hierarchy, brand application and designing for different audiences and communication needs.
• Foundational experience in packaging design, from concept development to production-ready artwork.
• Working proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace; experience with Canva is an advantage.

Soft skills:

• Strong project management and stakeholder communication skills, including managing multiple priorities, setting clear expectations, proactively communicating timelines, and constructively navigating feedback.

## **Preferred Start Date**

As soon as possible

## **Job Location**

Nairobi, Kenya.

## **Benefits**

Health insurance, paid time off

## **Contract Duration**

2 years

## **Eligibility**

This role is only open to 

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