Government Relations Specialist at EIDU

What will you be doing

• Coordinate all communications from EIDU to government officials to ensure a unified communication
• Establish and maintain good relationships with key stakeholders in government on the level of directors and below
• Support EIDU’s management to establish and maintain good relationships with key stakeholders above the level of directors
• Drive the implementation of our goals in the public space by making sure key public officials make them their own top priority
• Map out key public stakeholders and their profiles to prepare our expansion to new counties and the national government

Who we are looking for

Required

• You have professional experience in working directly with government education officials in Kenya, ideally on the national level (we will ask for successful projects with the government that you worked on)
• You have at least 4 years of work experience
• You are willing and able to travel across Kenya, if needed for weeks at a time
• You are comfortable operating in a lean, resource-constrained startup environment and flexible to adapt your role and responsibilities as needed
• Passion for EIDU’s mission overall and for EIDU’s customers in particular

Preferred

• You have worked with government education officials on the national level
• You are willing and able to travel across Africa for our expansion
• You have experience in a fast-growing (tech) start up or NGO

What we offer

• Being part of a social mission-driven yet business-minded start up, founded by highly successful serial tech entrepreneurs
• Working in an entrepreneurial, fun, and result-oriented environment with highly talented people who care
• Contributing directly to solving a pressing global inequality problem by improving what we do and how we do it on a daily basis
• Growing your responsibilities as we grow our scale
• Competitive compensation package