Consultancy: Country Program Lead, Cote d'Ivoire

Trickle Up works with women living in extreme poverty to build sustainable livelihoods. We partner with local organizations and governments to expand access to Economic Inclusion, including through the Graduation Approach.

Trickle Up works with women living in extreme poverty to build sustainable livelihoods. We partner with local organizations and governments to expand access to Economic Inclusion, including through the Graduation Approach.

About The Role

Trickle Up seeks an experienced development professional to build and strengthen its Economic Inclusion work in Côte d’Ivoire. This role offers the opportunity to provide ongoing technical and implementation support, develop lasting government and partner relationships, and help shape a growing country program. The Country Program Lead will work closely with the Vice President, Africa, and the Economic Inclusion team to support partners, resolve implementation challenges, and turn learning into better results. We are looking for someone who takes initiative, follows through on commitments, and is interested in contributing to the continued development of Trickle Up’s work in Côte d’Ivoire. This is intended as a longer-term engagement, initially offered through a one-year consultancy agreement. Any extension will depend on funding, program needs, satisfactory completion of agreed deliverables, and the appropriate engagement arrangement.

Key Responsibilities

Program planning and implementation

• Coordinate agreed implementation priorities for the Man pilot and other funded initiatives, supporting partners to address challenges and follow through on actions.
• Maintain a practical monthly work plan and track progress, budgets, donor commitments, risks, and dependencies. Recommend corrective actions and follow up on agreed decisions.

Government and partner relationships

• Build and maintain productive relationships with relevant ministries, implementation partners, development partners, financial institutions, cooperatives, and other stakeholders.
• Clarify roles and technical assistance priorities, prepare inputs for stakeholder and financing discussions, and follow up on commitments that support program adoption and expansion.

Program quality and partner capacity

• Provide technical support on operating procedures, targeting, coaching, training, supervision, assessments, livelihoods, and market linkages.
• Work closely with the Economic Inclusion team to adapt tools, curricula, and delivery approaches and strengthen partner capacity. Promote women’s agency, inclusion, safeguarding, and accessible participant feedback.

Evidence and learning

• Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager and technical specialists on data collection and quality, locally appropriate tools, key indicators, and issues requiring technical guidance.
• Use evidence, participant feedback, delivery capacity, costs, and risks to improve implementation and inform expansion and financing plans. Document lessons for Trickle Up’s wider Economic Inclusion practice and approved external use.

Program development

• Develop agreed concept notes, proposals, partnership opportunities, and future program designs with Trickle Up’s Africa, Economic Inclusion, and business development teams.
• Identify practical opportunities to strengthen and grow the country portfolio, taking account of partner capacity and confirmed or potential funding.

Country establishment

• Coordinate requested information and documentation with designated legal, tax, registration, and other advisers, and follow up on establishment activities.
• Track progress, dependencies, and risks.

Monthly priorities and results

At the beginning of each month, the Consultant and the Vice President, Africa will agree on specific deliverables, expected results, timelines, estimated consulting days, and criteria for assessing completion or satisfactory progress. The recurring areas below will guide this work as the country program develops.

• Workplan and priorities: An updated plan with agreed activities, expected outputs, timelines, and dependencies.
• Implementation and partner support: Evidence of progress, support provided, implementation challenges, and corrective actions.
• Program quality and technical support: Completion or advancement of agreed technical outputs, tools, training, and livelihood or market activities.
• MEL and learning: Progress on data collection and quality, indicators, lessons, and issues requiring technical guidance.
• Partnerships and stakeholder engagement: A brief record of engagement, decisions, and agreed follow-up actions.
• Program development: Progress on concepts, proposals, partnerships, and