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Tiko
Lead life-changing pathways to safety, learning and livelihoods for adolescent girls and young women facing extreme vulnerability. Step into a senior executive role where your leadership will shape a major, multi-country initiative with long-lasting impact.
Tiko
Tiko is an African nonprofit committed to enhancing the potential and resilience of adolescent girls in Africa. We counter the "Triple Threat" of unintended pregnancy, HIV infections, and sexual and gender based violence by building local health ecosystems that ensure access to stigma-free, no-cost and quality assured services. Our model integrates key local actors: Community-Based Organizations with peer mobilisers who act as health companions to the girls; public/private health clinics providing care; and retail partners that redeem "Tiko Miles," our behavior-change incentive program rewarding service engagement and feedback. We invest in partners by building CBO capacity, training workers and providers, supporting clinic quality improvement, and compensating based on performance. Our tech platform seamlessly connects these actors, enabling referrals, verifying service delivery, facilitating payments, and generating real-time data.
Tiko operates in seven countries including Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Zambia and Nigeria. We recommend watching this quick video for a clear overview of what we do.
Tiko's people are young and our culture is global and dynamic. Globally, our team is a vibrant community of over 240 enthusiastic colleagues. In Ethiopia, our impact is driven by a team of nearly 20 professionals, based in our Addis Ababa office or working remotely within the city. We are dedicated to implementing our projects in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other key partners to deliver essential triple threat services.
We welcome applicants who are currently based in Addis Ababa.
The Job
Tiko is launching a major 5-year initiative to expand services for vulnerable adolescents and young women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This large-scale program is built on three core pillars: livelihoods, education, and social protection. The aim is to achieve holistic empowerment and economic inclusion.
We are looking for a Project Director to lead this project, which includes:
Livelihoods: Providing sustainable livelihoods through targeted vocational training and job placement in high-growth industries.
Education: Supporting participants through education re-entry and TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) programs to ensure they have the foundational and technical skills required for successful long-term employment.
Social Protection: Offering comprehensive care, including safe housing support for the most vulnerable participants, alongside case management for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
The Project Director will manage complex operations, secure strategic partnerships, liaise with the government during implementation, manage major contracts and specialist partners, and ensure strong measurement of results across education, livelihoods, and social protection.
Key Responsibilities
Upstream Leadership and Fiduciary Management
• Serve as the primary representative for the donor, government partners and senior external stakeholders in Ethiopia.
• Provide full fiduciary oversight of a multimillion-dollar budget, ensuring compliance with donor regulations, government procurement rules and Tiko’s financial policies, and lead all major financial and contractual reporting with accuracy and timeliness.
• Guide the strategic direction of the programme, evolving the theory of change and adapting implementation approaches based on evidence and learning.
• Lead policy and advocacy efforts to strengthen national and regional systems that support adolescent girls and young women facing extreme socioeconomic vulnerability.
Downstream Delivery and Execution
• Lead and support the implementation team to meet programme milestones, outputs and outcomes on time and within budget.
• Ensure rigorous tracking and measurement of results in education, livelihoods and social protection, maintaining clarity on integrated programme impact.
• Oversee partners, suppliers, construction or refurbishment and sub-award management, ensuring high-quality performance, contractual clarity and compliance, including building or rehabilitation work led by external technical partners.
• Promote the effective use of technology and digital systems to enhance quality, efficiency, monitoring and real-time decision-making.
Strategic Partnership Building
• Coordinate and oversee a diverse network of implementing partners and suppliers, including specialist NGOs focused on social protection (e.g., safeguarding girls) and private sector companies providing infrastructure (e.g., constructing safe houses).
• Ensure effective management of all subcontracts, including regular performance monitoring, technical assistance, and quality assurance across specialised delivery areas such as construction, education, or livelihood development.
About You
You combine the strategic instincts of a CEO with a hands-on approach to delivery. You have deep experience in at least two of the programme’s core pillars, which are education, livelihoods and social protection, and can confidently oversee the third through strong partner management.
You are resilient, analytical and comfortable working in high-pressure environments. You know how to measure results for integrated programmes and have experience with rigorous evidence frameworks. You are committed to equity, dignity and shifting the future of adolescent girls and young women facing extreme socioeconomic vulnerability, and you thrive in demanding, meaningful work.
Requirements
Compensation & Benefits
The gross salary range per month for this position is €7,374 - €11,060. Your final salary will be determined based on your experience and alignment with your future colleagues.
In addition to your monthly salary, we offer you:
The Details
Ready to make an impact with us? Apply now! Want more information? Check out our website or contact our Global Recruiter. We only accept applications through the apply links, not by email.
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Tiko prioritizes integrity in our workplace and respects your privacy.
Tiko is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour by its employees at work, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct. This is why we will do reference and background screening checks on successful candidates before hiring. Tiko also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. As part of this scheme, we will request information from your previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during your employment, or incidents under investigation when you left employment. By applying for this position, you confirm you have read and understood these recruitment procedures.
We value your privacy and understand the importance of safeguarding your personal data. We invite you to review our privacy notice for the recruitment process to understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal data during the recruitment process. Click Tiko - Privacy notice for the recruitment process 2025.pdf to view the document. By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our privacy notice.
