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  • Posted: Aug 14, 2019
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Facebook’s mission is to bring the world closer together, and we’re just getting started. We’re looking for talented people who love to build things and are bold enough to tackle complex issues that make the world better for everyone. We move fast at Facebook, so you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact on your very first day and...
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    Head of Policy Programs

    • Identify, monitor, and analyze policy issues affecting Facebook in Africa with a specific lens on issues around economic impact, digital literacy and human rights
    • Provide strategic guidance to the Programs team to help identify, create and implement proactive approaches to policy challenges and risks
    • Work in partnership with the wider Africa Public Policy team on the strategy for building relationships with policy makers, civil society and academics
    • Manage the budget for all programmatic activity across the region
    • Represent Facebook in meetings with key stakeholders
    • Collaborate and ensure consistency in the delivery and quality of policy programs across the region
    • Manage the overall strategy of the policy programs team and ensure that key goals and objectives are met
    • Work with Regional Policy leads to ensure that programmatic plans are meeting wider policy objectives
    • Provide logistic and/or programmatic execution support when needed
    • Represent the work of the Africa Policy Programs team internally by communicating key milestones and overall team objectives to cross-functional teams

    Minimum Qualification

    • At least 5-10 years designing and implementing programs in/across Africa, ideally with a focus on digital skills development, entrepreneurship, human rights or digital literacy
    • Impeccable integrity, passion for human rights and social impact, sound judgment, creativity and the demonstrated ability to think critically and challenge received wisdom
    • Effective management of a team or departmental budget
    • At least 5-10 years of management experience
    • Ability to provide strategic and logistical support for multiple projects simultaneously
    • Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
    • Ability to think, plan, and execute resourcefully and creatively
    • Passion for technology and its power to address issues related to entrepreneurship, job creation, digital literacy, health and human rights
    • Ability to travel frequently and extensively across the region
    • Flexibility to provide a mix of high-level strategy and on-the-ground logistical support when needed (must be willing to “get your hands dirty”)
    • Passion for Facebook and its mission to make the world more open and connected
    • Superior written and oral communications skills
    • Fluency in English (and Portuguese or French ideally, but not required)

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Facebook on web.facebook.com to apply

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