Title: Senior Manager, Internal Consulting
Location: Nairobi (Office-based in Westlands)
Reports to: Chief of Staff to the COO
Travel: 10–20% within Kenya (subject to project needs)
Work Authorization: Work permit sponsorship will be considered for exceptional candidates
About the Food4Education
Food for Education (F4E) is building the systems that enable large-scale, locally financed school feeding. We deliver hot, nutritious, low-cost meals to public primary school children across Kenya, more than 600,000 every school day, through a model that blends public budgets, parent contributions, and private-sector efficiency.
Our goal is to feed 1 million Kenyan children daily by 2027 and to share our learnings with partners across Africa to reach millions more by 2030.
We’re an African-led, women-led social enterprise that uses technology, logistics, and data to solve one of the continent’s most persistent challenges: ensuring that no child has to learn while hungry.
About the Internal Consulting Team
The Internal Consulting Team is a new, high-impact function designed to supercharge F4E’s growth. Acting as an internal accelerator, the team partners with leaders across the organization—operations, finance, impact, people, etc.—to solve complex problems, strengthen systems, and drive organizational change.
From improving kitchen efficiency to rethinking how we scale to new counties or countries, this team’s work turns big questions into actionable plans. Every project contributes directly to F4E’s next phase of expansion and to our ability to deliver nutritious meals at greater scale and with greater reliability.
This is an early-stage team, which means there’s enormous room to shape how it operates—its identity, standards, and long-term value to the organization.
About the role
As Senior Manager, Internal Consulting, you’ll lead this new team from the ground up.
You’ll build systems, lead projects, and develop a small but mighty team of two Associates (and growing).
You’ll scope and deliver cross-functional projects that strengthen the foundation for scale—whether testing operating models for expansion, improving core internal systems, or partnering with leadership to solve strategic bottlenecks.
You’ll think like a management consultant but act like an operator: comfortable moving from frameworks and data to field realities and follow-through.
What you’ll do
- Scope and build a new function. Define how Internal Consulting adds value and sets standards across F4E.
- Deliver high-value projects. Strengthen the systems that enable F4E’s national expansion and advisory work across Africa.
- Lead and grow a team. Manage two Associates and shape their professional development.
- Engage senior leaders. Work directly with the COO and functional heads on organization-wide priorities.
- Develop as a systems leader. Build experience that positions you for future strategic or operational leadership roles.
Who you are
- You think like a management consultant: you can structure ambiguous problems, use data to drive clarity, and communicate insight simply.
- You’ve managed people and projects and enjoy both.
- You have 5-7 years of experience in consulting, strategy, finance, engineering, or similarly analytical roles in fast-paced, client-service environments.
- You’re confident shifting between doing and leading: building analyses one day and coaching your team the next.
- You have strong organizational and communication skills; you can synthesize information for any audience.
- You value curiosity and humility, your success comes from making others better.
- You’re energized by purpose-driven work and excited by the idea of building systems that feed millions of children.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Team set-up and leadership (~25%):
- Help establish and set up Food4Education’s internal consulting team, including providing input on strategy and processes for soliciting, selecting, and executing projects.
- Inform the design of internal team processes to ensure coordination, common standards, and continual improvement.
- Create, test, and improve tools to enable team management and growth (e.g., project trackers, impact dashboards).
Project management (~60%):
- Lead or co-lead projects that address critical areas of need or opportunity for the organization, from scoping through execution and handover.
- Support the design and implementation of select organizational pilots, innovations, or growth projects to accelerate impact.
- Manage internal client relationships to build demand for the team’s work and ensure work is effective and well-received.
- Create and utilize project implementation tools that establish a long-term standard for this team’s operations.
Ecosystem scanning and engaging (~15%):
- Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the critical dynamics in the markets and environments relevant to Food4Education’s work, including school feeding, nonprofit strategy and operations, and technological innovation.
- Maintain collaborative relationships with select peers, partners, and supporters to enable and sustain information sharing and growth (e.g., think tanks, businesses, and similar non-profits).
- Formulate Food4Education’s Internal Consulting function to be best-in-class relative to peers in the field, utilizing industry knowledge and expertise.
Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning, and we invest in developing our people.
You will have weekly check-ins with your manager and receive regular performance feedback. We hold 360 reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals.
You will have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding, long-term career.
We are an equal-opportunity employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
We appreciate all applications, but due to the high volume received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you don’t hear from us, we encourage you to check our job board for future opportunities that align with your skills and experience.
