Africa's Voices Project Manager Jobs in Kenya

Africa's Voices Project Manager Jobs in Kenya

Africa’s Voices Foundation (AVF) is a non-profit start-up, spun out of ongoing cutting-edge research at the University of Cambridge.

We conduct innovative research and produce powerful, insightful evidence that helps to amplify the voices of Africans towards key policymakers and service deliverers.

We use media forums to we spark inclusive, interactive discussions, and gather audience opinions through SMS, instant messaging, and social media.

We analyse these conversations - often in low-resource local languages - using our own tested methods.

We combine social science frameworks with data science techniques to provide powerful insights into the beliefs, ideas and priorities of hard-to reach populations and social groups, and how these change over time.

Our evidence helps organisations to better understand, engage with, and respond to target populations.

Our core business is organised in two program areas: Governance & Accountability, and, Citizen Evidence for Social Change. To date we have worked across health, education, humanitarian, governance, livelihoods, security and agriculture domains for a range of partners including UNICEF, Oxfam, Mastercard Foundation, World University Service Canada, Livity Africa, Well Told Story, REACH and BBC Media Action.

AVF combines rigorous academic research and a commitment to innovation with real-world impact.

We provide our researchers with a vibrant interface for engaging with world-leading university research.

Team members often work with faculty, advisors, external researchers, and student interns to bring the latest ideas into our working practices.

Our work has been recognised internationally, including being awarded the Market Research Society’s ‘President’s Medal’ in 2016 for our work with UNICEF in Somalia.

We are based in Nairobi, Kenya, with a small but highly qualified and motivated team that we are seeking to grow in the coming period.

Position Overview:

AVF is launching a new 15-month programme supporting gender equality and social inclusion in Somalia using interactive media formats to drive participatory discussions on critical issues towards greater inclusion of marginalised groups.

The project manager will lead the delivery of this programme, and be responsible for all aspects of programme implementation, including donor reporting and liaison, financial management, planning, monitoring and evaluation.

They will manage the entire project team (Project Officers, Research Assistants, Media and Engagement Specialists) and will work closely with technical specialists, consortium partners and sub-contractors to ensure efficient and impactful project delivery.

Key responsibilities: