Director Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID)

Christian Blind Mission (CBM) Kenya is an independent Member Association of the CBM Family, registered under Kenyan law as an incorporated company limited by guarantee, having a Memorandum and Articles of Association with a membership, board and company secretary. The association submits an annual audit and company returns. CBM’s work in Kenya aims to impr…

Director Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID)

About the role

• We are looking for an experienced Director* Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID) to lead CBM’s newly refocused CBID Initiative. In this senior leadership role, you will shape the strategic direction of Inclusive Community Support and Care, Inclusive Education, and Inclusive Livelihood, strengthen CBM’s leadership in disability-inclusive development, and drive greater impact for persons with disabilities through community-based approaches worldwide.

• This full-time position is only filled locally in one of CBM permanent established entities. (ex: Bensheim (Germany), UK (Cambridge or remote), Nairobi (Kenya), Abuja (Nigeria), Lomé (Togo), Yaoundé (Cameroon), Lusaka (Zambia), Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Guatemala City, Kampala (Uganda), Niamey (Niger), etc.).

These are your responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Provide overall leadership and management of the CBID Division.

• Lead, develop and inspire a globally distributed team of CBID and technical advisors.

• Manage divisional resources, people, budgets and performance to achieve organisational objectives.

• Position CBM and the CBID work in key global, regional and national processes and alliances which are related to the work of CBID.

• Develop and implement the global CBID strategy and implementation framework within CBM’s overall strategy.

• Monitor emerging sector trends and position CBM as a thought leader in community based inclusive development.

• Grow CBID within CBM as a core pillar of CBM’s strategy.

• Ensure attractiveness of CBM’s CBID work for Individual and Institutional Donors.

Technical Leadership & Quality