Operations Specialist at World Resources Institute (WRI)
Job Highlight:
You will support the financial, operations, and administrative processes for
the P4G initiative within WRI. Your daily work will include updating budgets,
processing contract agreements, ensuring grant compliance, collaborating with
P4G staff on projects, and guiding staff through internal processes and
systems. You will be supported bythe P4G operations team and partnerships team
as well as various operations staff members across WRI. You will report to the
Operations Manager, P4G.
This position will be a hybrid model of remote and in-office
What you will do:
Budgeting and Financial Management (30% time)
- Support
the P4G Operations team on day-to-day project finances, reviewing
financial transactions and keeping budgets up to date in WRI’s financial
software
- Support
budget monitoring of the project against a multiyear output-based budget
- Supporting
financial reporting and financial audits
- Support
the development of annual budgets linked to the workplan and result
frameworks
- Contribute
to the long-term financial strategies, including the development of new
proposal budgets and financial growth strategies.
Grants & Contracts Management (30% time)
- Collaborate
with P4G team to ensure compliance with terms and conditions of funding
awards
- Process
and maintain subgrant and contract agreements with partners, including
administering payments, and amending agreements in collaboration with the
partnerships team as needed.
- Support
the P4G Operations Manager and grants management team in monitoring
sub-awardee compliance with administrative grant requirements, including
the timely submission of reports and audits.
Operations and Administration (40% time)
- Support
the P4G Operations Manager to ensure the timely and accurate submission of
progress and financial reports as well as compliance with internal
budgeting, contract, and procurement processes and deadlines.
- Assist
in resolving operational issues and mitigating operational risks.
- Coordinate
with the P4G team and HR on recruitment of new personnel and support
onboarding of new staff and consultants.
- Provide
support to P4G on coordinating internal and external events, workshops,
and conferences, as needed.
- Collaborate
with the P4G team to manage the digital archiving of information within
SharePoint, ensuring all the data is organized, up-to-date, and easily
retrievable.
- Provide
administration support on an as-needed basis to the Executive Director.
What you will need:
- Education: You
have a completed bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance
accounting or any other related area of study.
- Experience:You
have 3+ years’ full-time relevant work experience
- You
have experience in project or organizational operations, finance,
administration, scheduling, or bookkeeping, or as an executive assistant
for a non-profit organization
- Experience
using Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience
running virtual meetings using Zoom or Teams
- Experience
working with a geographically dispersed team
- Experience
organizing the coordination of events/workshops and liaising with external
stakeholders
- Experience
working with Workday will be an added advantage
- Languages: You
have verbal and written proficiency in English.
Potential Salary: Salary is commensurate with
experience and other compensable factors. WRI offers a competitive renumeration
and benefits package.
How to Apply:
Please submit a resume with cover letter by the date of
22 June 2026. You must apply through the WRI Careers portal to
be considered. We may close for applications sooner if we receive a high volume
of qualified applications.
Junior Graphic Designer at World Resources Institute (WRI)
Junior Graphic Designer, Communications
This is a hybrid position that requires 8 days per month
in the office. You will be based in our office in Nairobi,
Kenya. Existing work authorization is required at the time of application
submission as WRI is unable to sponsor any visa work sponsorship for this
position.
Job Highlight:
In this role, you will work with both the Core Comms creative team and the WRI
Africa communications team to support programs and internal clients in their
design projects. This position requires very fine attention to detail and an
ability to juggle multiple high-profile projects at the same time. You will
report to the Senior Project Manager on the Core Communications team and to the
Communications & Engagement Director, Africa. You will be based in Nairobi,
Kenya.
What you will do:
Design and produce communications materials for WRI
programs (80%)
- Lay
out knowledge products (reports, issue briefs, working papers…)
- Lay
out communications products (brochures, two-pagers, posters…)
- Build
and package graphics for WRI’s institutional blog and social media
platforms
- Build
and design presentations in PowerPoint
Support institutional projects (20%)
- Support
the WRI Africa communications, development and human resources teams with
their design needs
- Support
the Core Communications team for Institute-wide communications efforts
- Attend
weekly and month team meetings and contribute to the group life of the
team
What you will need:
- A
degree in visual communications or graphic design is desirable. However,
other degrees with communication or visual arts are also useful. Relevant
work experience in lieu of degree is accepted.
- You
have a 1-3 years’ full-time relevant work experience.
- Proficiency
with the Adobe Creative Cloud software: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator,
etc.
- Experience
with Canva, Asana and Figma would be a bonus
- Ability
to share creative and new ideas while being open to feedback on these
suggestions
- Ability
to work through multiple iterations of each project
- Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to
communicate with a wide range of individuals
- Flexibility
and the ability to work under quick deadlines
Existing work authorization is required where this position
is based. WRI is unable to support visa applications.
Salary is commensurate with experience and other compensable
factors.
How to Apply:
Please submit a resume with a cover letter by February
20, 2026. You must apply
through the WRI Careers portal to be considered. We may close for applications
sooner if we receive a high volume of applications from qualified candidates.