Spark Microgrants

Senior Communications Manager

Spark MicroGrants believes in a world where everyone lives with dignity and determines their own positive future. Spark has worked in 1000+ villages in 6 countries and has pioneered a community-driven development model in sub-Saharan Africa. Spark works with NGO and Government partners to scale the model's adoption and impact on rural communities – on their own terms. Our model combines facilitated community meetings with a small, discretionary grant to catalyze local action and institution building. Read more about our …

Global Development Director

Donor and External Relations Senior Manager – Rwanda

Spark Microgrants believes in a world where everyone lives with dignity and determines their own positive future. Decades of prescriptive aid have sidelined the poor from the very programs meant to uplift them. We believe in local solutions and catalyzing rural villages facing poverty into action. Building on the success of the Advancing Citizen Engagement (ACE) Project, the Government of Rwanda, through the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) and the Local Administrative Entities Development Agency (LODA), has developed the National …

Product Officer Systems – Malawi

ABOUT THE ROLE The Product Officer – Systems is responsible for providing technical support to end users, ensuring the smooth operation of organizational systems, and maintaining the infrastructure required for effective product use. This role involves troubleshooting technical issues, supporting system setup, and ensuring seamless integration of product tools. The officer works closely with the Product Officer – Engagement to keep stakeholders informed about new product releases, provide training, and address system-related concerns. They serve as the first point of …

Senior Global Programs Director

ROLE OVERVIEW The Senior Global Programs Director (SGPD) provides strategic leadership, oversight, and support to Spark’s Country Directors, ensuring high-quality, nationally scalable, and financially sustainable program delivery across all countries of operation. As a key member of the Global Programs Team, the SGPD strengthens program excellence, fosters cross-country learning, ensures strong operational performance, and aligns country strategies with Spark’s global vision and growth plans. This role requires a seasoned leader with deep experience in international development, government relations, scaling programs, …

Finance and Administration Officer

ABOUT SPARK MICROGRANTS Spark Microgrants believes in a world where everyone lives with dignity and determines their own positive future. Decades of prescriptive aid have sidelined the poor from the very programs meant to uplift them. We believe in local solutions and catalyzing rural villages facing poverty into action. At the heart of Spark’s model, the Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP), are ‘town-hall’ style weekly meetings, in which women, men, young, old, plan together for their community’s future. Each village …

Development Operations Associate

ABOUT SPARK MICROGRANTS Spark MicroGrants believes in a world where everyone lives with dignity and determines their own positive future. Spark has worked in 1000+ villages in 6 countries and has pioneered a community-driven development model in sub-Saharan Africa. Spark works with NGO and Government partners to scale the model's adoption and impact on rural communities – on their own terms. Our model combines facilitated community meetings with a small, discretionary grant to catalyze local action and institution building. Read …

Chief of Staff

PURPOSE Spark seeks a Chief of Staff to partner with the CEO as we scale a proven village-led model through national government partnerships and multi-country growth. This scope of work outlines the role's mandate, core responsibilities and first-year goals. ABOUT SPARK Spark believes that families in every village and neighborhood should have the right to community, purpose, and progress. We have worked in 800+ villages across 6 countries and pioneered a community-driven development model in sub-Saharan Africa. Our model combines …

Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Senior Growth Manager

Senior Growth Manager Spark is seeking a driven and dynamic Senior Growth Manager to join our team to help propel our fundraising efforts to enable a national program in Rwanda to come to reality and unlock billions in development financing for the poorest villages. This role will be instrumental in sustaining and growing Spark's impact by securing grants from foundations, bilateral/multilateral donors, and other institutional funders. The position will work closely with our country teams to effectively identify and manage …