Program Director for Africa and Middle East

Place description

Media Growth Funding Fund (MDIF) is looking for to nominate a full time extremely competent and arranged skilled for the place of Program Director for Africa and the Center East.

Key Duties

• Work with MDIF’s Funding Committee (IC), develop methods for and handle MDIF’s work in Africa and the Center East, taking account of wants of native media and dangers and alternatives offered by the native political and financial environments.
• Construct MDIF funding pipeline in Africa and the the Center East by figuring out potential mortgage and fairness candidates; put together supplies for programmatic evaluation of candidates, together with evaluation of candidates in respect of their significance, affect, compatibility with MDIF mission, enterprise prospects, and different related standards.
• Analysis and put together supplies for nation updates and approvals by MDIF Board of Administrators.
• Be a degree of contact for candidates and purchasers on non-financial points; working with different MDIF employees in and outdoors Africa and the the Center East, be accountable for managing all non-financial parts of the funding course of for initiatives within the area.
• Lead the monitoring of the mission-related points of purchasers’ work.
• In shut collaboration with MDIF Media Advisory Companies (MAS) co-ordinate technical help for MDIF purchasers and candidates in Africa and the Center East; in cooperation with challenge groups determine wants of particular candidates, purchasers, and cohorts of equally located purchasers.
• Present strategic recommendation to purchasers throughout the areas of Program Director’s media administration experience.
• On a case-by-case foundation, sit on investees’ Boards of Administrators as MDIF’s nominee.
• Community, construct relationships, and drive partnerships with different media help organisations in Africa and the Center East, and signify MDIF at occasions.
• Take part in fundraising efforts with native funders and media buyers; put together program studies for funders and buyers.
• In shut collaboration with our Managing Director, Media Packages, provoke and handle particular media packages in Africa and the Center East on behalf of MDIF.

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