Twaweza, a dynamic East
Africa wide organization, is looking for a competent, effective and energetic Regional
Manager, What Works Open Government (WWOG)
Job Title: Manager, What Works Open Government
Job Title: Manager, What Works Open Government
Unit: What Works in Open Government (WWOG)
Cluster: Programs
Salary Grade: 8
Supervises: Usually none, except as assigned by the
supervisor
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Overall Role: You will develop and
manage Twaweza’s What Works in Open Government (WWOG) work across East Africa.
You will ensure that the WWOG program will
a) systematically collect
evidence, ideas, data and stories of effective interventions through reference
to global and local experience (doing our homework),
b) systematically identify,
analyze and document the factors behind the outliers who have made a difference
despite the odds (positive deviance), and
c) undertake small
experiments to test hypotheses and ideas to foster greater confidence and
engagement of citizens and more open and responsive government.
Specific Responsibilities
1. Develop
and implement the WWOG program in Tanzania.
2. Together
with team members, gather and organize knowledge of rigorous, locally relevant
and credible evidence of what works in improving governments to be open,
accountable and responsive and citizens to be active and engage with
government.
3. Create
a knowledge database consisting of an accessible and well referenced system of
experiences, studies and literature reviews.
4. Track
progress on and engage with the Open Government Partnership in the region and
Africa overall, include enabling data to be made more open, accessible and
meaningful through better curation and support for ‘infomediaries’.
5. In
collaboration with Public and Policy Engagement unit create a forum for
interveners, researchers and policy makers, where crucial evidence can be
presented and discussed.
6. Drawing
on the academic as well as a practical body of work, implement Twaweza’s Positive
Deviance program in Tanzania related to open and responsive governance:
systematically searching, validating and testing successful locally led
solutions that deviate from the norm.
7. Lead
small scale research projects in Tanzania that are informed by our learning
from existing knowledge. Aim is to find potential solutions that are articulate
and simple in design and are in principle scalable.
8. Collaborate
with the What Works in Education program on governance aspects of education and
explore other synergies and joint work as appropriate.
9. Support
the Public and Policy Engagement unit in specific campaign style activities to
promote open and responsive governance, for instance related to national or
local elections.
10. Manage
the production of compelling written products on a regular basis, including
high quality policy briefs, analyses, research papers, blogs and other social
media for local and global audiences; Present findings at various events,
locally, regionally and globally.
11. Document
lessons in a structured fashion on all aspects of WWOG. Continually monitor and
reflect on quality and effectiveness of the What Works program, and propose
adaptations and improvements.
General Responsibilities
1. Successfully
implement above responsibilities and assigned activities in work plans and
budgets, consistent with Twaweza Policies.
2. Contribute
effectively to planning, monitoring, reporting and information dissemination of
Uwezo’s/Twaweza’s work.
3. Collaborate
with Twaweza staff across units and countries in a spirit of mutual respect and
cooperation to get things done.
4. Communicate
your work through active use of internal platform (SalesForce), electronic
calendar (Gcal) and being accessible on electronic chat (Skype) as per Twaweza
requirements.
5. Participate
actively in organization-wide learning and other joint activities.
6. Comply
with and foster adherence to the established Twaweza values, policies,
regulations, guidelines and procedures.
7. Undertake
any other lawful tasks as may be assigned by your Supervisor and/or Executive
Director.
Core Qualifications
1. Masters’
degree or PhD in social sciences, public policy or related area.
2. At
least seven years of relevant work experience in governance, accountability,
transparency research and analysis.
3. Excellent
contextual understanding of East Africa, and governance thinking and analysis
globally and in the region.
4. Good
knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research, able to use and analyze
data, strong analytical skills.
5. Excellent
communication and writing skills in English and Swahili with keen attention to
detail, ability to articulate organizational positions in writing and with key
audiences.
6. Demonstrable
computer proficiency including web based applications and social media.
7. Good
management skills and ability to work independently and as a part of a team.
8. Ability
to deliver quality on time with minimum supervision.
Changes and Amendments: This job description
may be amended by Twaweza after consultation with the employee and the
supervisor.
Application process:
To apply for this position,
please submit your CV (max 4 pages) tojobs@twaweza.org, including a cover letter
explaining your interests/motivations to work for Twaweza, and 2 samples of
your written work and names of 3 referees, in MS Word or PDF file.
In the subject of your email
write your name, position you are applying for and country.
Deadline for the submission is 15th January 2017.
