Duma Works
is recruiting the Director of Programs for one of
our clients, Voto Mobile.
Location: Dar es salaam, Tanzania
Voto mobile company is a fast growing social enterprise with offices in Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Zimbabwe, India, Canada, and the US.
Location: Dar es salaam, Tanzania
Voto mobile company is a fast growing social enterprise with offices in Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Zimbabwe, India, Canada, and the US.
Our
services help partners distribute and collect information by engaging difficult
to reach populations through their mobile phones.
We serve a
wide variety of use cases including: journalists who run national public
interest surveys, rural clinics who distribute maternal health education,
policy makers who study vaccine supply chains, economic development
organizations who reach out to farmers, urban planners who monitor water
distribution access, and academics who research the effect of public health
interventions.
We also
have an API used to power existing mobile service providers.
In the past 3 years, our product has been used by 500 organizations to reach over 3 million people across 39 countries. We offer the most robust platform in the industry and work across all sectors.
In the past 3 years, our product has been used by 500 organizations to reach over 3 million people across 39 countries. We offer the most robust platform in the industry and work across all sectors.
We have
already set-up the international connections that allow us to call every phone
on the planet.
Further,
through conducting a number of tests, we have developed a large number of best
practices that help our partners to push the boundary on what’s possible in
terms of mobile engagement rates.
Some of our
most active users include: the World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, Ghana Health Services,
Stanford University, McKinsey & Company, the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, Esoko, Unilever, MIT, IDEO.org, Camfed, ONE Campaign, Innovations
for Poverty Action, Vodafone Foundation, FHI360, and Equal Access.
About the Role: In short, you will be the ambassador in your region and a leader within the M4D movement.
About the Role: In short, you will be the ambassador in your region and a leader within the M4D movement.
Your main
role is to make sure that every large development organization knows about VOTO
and our offering, and to design impactful M4D interventions with these
organizations.
More specifically:
More specifically:
1. Work with
partners to create and launch effective mobile engagement projects. This will include
establishing and building relationships, co-designing projects, preparing
budgets, writing concept notes, and responding to RFPs. This will be done in
collaboration with NGOs, donors, social enterprises, private companies,
government agencies, and research institutes.
2. Build
relationships with decision makers in those organizations by demonstrating how
our platform can help them cost effectively scale their impact. This includes
developing a compelling and unique value proposition for each organization,
regardless of their business model and sector of activity. This will require
you to become a world-class M4D expert.
3. On-board
program staff or organizations interested in partnering with VOTO Mobile and
work with our Operations team and Technical team to ensure our partnership is
successful and expectations are met.
Team
interactions:
You will report to our VP of Growth (Kevin Schuster). We anticipate you spending 80% of your time in your focus country (Tanzania) and 20% of your time explore other geographies for expansion.
You will
join a growing team of entrepreneurial people who will have the same job in
other countries and with whom you will be able to learn and share insights
(mostly virtually, but also in person during regular Program team meetings).
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- 3+
years of work experience. Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree
preferred.
- Experience
living and working in Tanzania.
- Experience
of 2+ years in as many of these contexts as possible: ICT4D, business
development, startup, INGO/donor , social enterprise, mobile network
operator.
- Excellent
problem solving skills.
- Excellent
written/oral communication skills (including budgeting, and proposal
writing skills).
- Demonstrated
self-management/entrepreneurial skills. Adaptability and resourcefulness.
- Sense
of humour, charming and fun personality.
Our Team
and Culture: We believe
that More Voices leads to Better Choices. This means giving valuable
information to poor households to help them make better lifestyle decisions,
and it also means giving a voice to those same households to influence national
and development policy in their country.
Three
billion people are disconnected from the information economy and VOTO Mobile is
using simple mobile technology to bridge the pervasive literacy, distance and
infrastructure gaps.
VOTO Mobile is a technology startup. We are proud of our product, the leader in the M4D space.
VOTO Mobile is a technology startup. We are proud of our product, the leader in the M4D space.
We are the
only platform that integrates both IVR and SMS, that is setup to call every
phone on the planet, and has a unique “smart delivery node” that allows
organizations to perform their mobile engagement programing even in the context
of nonreliable internet connections. We are at the cutting edge of M4D.
We have a learning approach and understand that most of us are working outside of our comfort zone.
We have a learning approach and understand that most of us are working outside of our comfort zone.
If you ask
anyone at VOTO what their favourite part of working here, they’ll say the team…
even those that are working remotely!
If you are
interested in helping people get connected to the information economy, please
consider joining VOTO.
VOTO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please send your CV and cover letter to director-programs-tz@dumaworks.com.
Deadline for receiving applications: 5th June 2016
VOTO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please send your CV and cover letter to director-programs-tz@dumaworks.com.
Deadline for receiving applications: 5th June 2016
