Full-Time

Senior Programme Officer – Grand Challenges Africa at The Science for Africa Foundation

Posted by Confidential • Kenya, Kenya, Kenya

📍 Kenya, Kenya 🕒 February 28, 2026

About the Role

Job Description

We are an experienced team of scientists, professionals, and African and global partners.


Senior Programme Officer – Grand Challenges Africa


JOB PURPOSE

The Senior Programme Officer (SPO) is responsible for taking ideas within the strategy through the full programme cycle, ensuring impact. The SPO has his/her primary responsibility to provide technical assistance for the design and implementation of the programme; build partnerships, collaborations and manage networks, deliver high-level project-related research, and provide thought leadership in various areas of science.


The overall aim of the SPO (Grand Challenges Africa) role is to deliver work within the Science, Innovation, Translation and Entrepreneurship (SITE) programme under the Grand Challenges (GC) Africa Initiative. The Science for Africa Foundation hosts GC Africa as part of the Grand Challenges partner family in...

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