Growth & Partnership Senior Manager at Workforce Africa

Job description
Key Responsibilities: 

Partnership strategy and execution:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive partnership strategy for the African region in line with organisation’s growth plan and priorities.
• Identify and engage with potential partners based on market analysis, and growth opportunities.

Stakeholder engagement and management:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including government entities, industry associations, NGOs, and corporate partners.
• Ensure regular engagement with the key partner stakeholders while serving as the primary point of contact for DPI Centre in the region. Identify opportunities to fast-track DPI Centre’s programs through alignment with existing and new Government Policies, Programs, and Missions. 

Growth and advocacy:

• Drive growth and country adoption initiatives through strategic partnerships, and identification of new opportunities.
• Advocacy for DPI Centre’s initiatives and solutions in the country at a national or sub-national level, including promotion of their adoption and scalability.
• Ensure DPI Centre is represented in the right forums, committees and groups to influence policy and decision-making, and participate as DPI Centre’s representative at these discussions.
• Drive/ support the development of advocacy material and collaterals including concept notes, proposals, among others.
• Stay informed about industry trends, market dynamics, and competitive landscape in Africa.
• Conduct regular market research to identify potential partners and assess market needs.
• Get participation from Government actors to build state capacity to manage digital transformation. 

Collaboration with teams:

• Work closely with program, product, solutions, marcomm, and other teams to drive growth outcomes as per plan.
• Ensure adequate and timely information is available to concerned teams to engage and support the on-ground conversations and engagements. 

Required qualifications and experience 

• An advanced university degree (Master's Level or higher) in one of the following disciplines: ○ Law, political science, international relations, economics, public policy or management from a reputed academic institution 
• 10 years of experience with at least 5 years in a variety of external-facing roles managing key accounts / relationships / programs / growth initiatives of the organization. Exposure to digital transformation or public health initiatives would be an added advantage. 
• Proficient (written and verbal) English language skills with fluency in French is mandatory.

Key skills and competencies 

• In-depth understanding of how governments in Africa are structured across levels (National, sub-national and local) and government procedures and protocols 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills 
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and responsiveness 
• Ability to build and nurture strong relationships 
• Strategic mindset and strong analytical skills 
• Ability to instill trust and is able to gain the confidence of others 
• Tact and diplomacy to influence stakeholders 
• Ability to collaborate and engage effectively with multidisciplinary teams across organizations 
• Adept at engaging and leveraging diverse expertise to drive problem-solving and solution development Travel requirement: 

This role will require frequent domestic and international travel. This role is ideal for you if:

• You are deeply motivated to work with stakeholders to drive collective action to improve the functioning of public institutions.
• You believe that technology is a key lever to change.
• You have a track record of working with stakeholders across civic society, governments, multi-laterals and markets across a variety of projects and initiatives and maintaining strong relationships to enable project success.
• You enjoy engaging with bureaucrats and multilateral stakeholders, around policy ideas and are unafraid to speak your mind with diplomacy and courtesy