Country Program Lead, Economic Inclusion

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Côte d'Ivoire.

📋 Description

• Facilitate the implementation of prioritized activities for the Man pilot and other funded projects.

• Assist partners in overcoming obstacles and ensuring action items are completed.

• Maintain monthly work schedules and monitor progress, budgets, donor obligations, risks, and dependencies.

• Suggest corrective measures and ensure follow-up on decisions made.

• Establish and nurture relationships with ministries, implementation partners, development partners, financial institutions, cooperatives, and other stakeholders.

• Offer technical support regarding operational procedures, targeting, coaching, training, supervision, assessments, livelihoods, and market connections.

• Modify tools, curricula, and delivery methods while enhancing partner capacities.

• Advocate for women’s agency, inclusion, safeguarding, and accessible participant feedback mechanisms.

• Collaborate with the MEL Manager and technical specialists on data collection, data integrity, tools, indicators, and technical guidance.

• Leverage evidence, participant feedback, operational capacity, costs, and risks to refine implementation strategies and inform expansion and funding plans.

• Document insights for Trickle Up’s Economic Inclusion practices and for approved external dissemination.

• Create concept notes, proposals, partnership opportunities, and future program designs.

• Identify opportunities to enhance and expand the country portfolio.

• Manage information and documentation with legal, tax, registration, and other advisors.

• Generate monthly work plans, implementation updates, technical outputs, partnership records, program development progress, and concise progress/action reports.

• Collaborate with Trickle Up’s Africa and Economic Inclusion teams, Côte d’Ivoire personnel, implementation partners, and approved advisors.

• Provide authorized technical guidance, coordination, mentoring, and recommendations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of seven years of relevant experience in Economic Inclusion, social protection, livelihoods, or a closely related domain.

• At least five years of experience advising or leading complex programs, multidisciplinary teams, partnerships, or technical assistance initiatives.

• Proficient in French and strong professional English, including written reporting and collaboration with international teams.

• Proven experience in supporting Ivorian government programs or institutions through technical assistance.

• Experience collaborating with government and development partners on program adoption, scaling, public financing, cash transfers, or related social protection initiatives.

• Practical understanding of Economic Inclusion and the Graduation Approach, encompassing program delivery, partner management, budgeting, donor commitments, and capacity strengthening.

• Ability to evaluate data quality, interpret results, synthesize stakeholder feedback, and translate evidence into clear recommendations.

• Demonstrated experience as an independent consultant or advisor, managing deliverable-based assignments requiring independent professional judgment.

• A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.

• Commitment to women’s agency, inclusion, safeguarding, and ethical practices.

• Preferred: experience with market systems, digital coaching tools, or field coordination of impact evaluations, including randomized trials.

• Preferred: established professional knowledge of Côte d’Ivoire’s social protection, livelihoods, public finance, and development partner landscape.

• Availability during the expected consultancy period.

• Submission of résumé/CV, cover letter, financial proposal, availability, and at least two professional references.

🏝️ Benefits

• Longer-term engagement offered initially through a one-year consultancy agreement.

• Contractual protections and applicable Trickle Up policies relevant to the assignment.

• Independent consultancy arrangement with professional autonomy regarding the execution of services.