Requirements

• The overall experience of 10 years with at least 5 in a management and leadership role
  
• Experience in economic justice is an added advantage
  
• Ability to communicate and work in English (ability to also communicate and work in French an added advantage)
  
• Self-starter, flexible, creative and strategic thinker
  
• Ability to work under pressure and a fast-paced environment.
  
• Ability to communicate clearly and work cooperatively in a cross-cultural setting
  
• Willingness to travel.
  

Policy Advocacy

• Develop initiatives and partnerships to engage and influence Africa's leading economic institutions and regional economic communities on tax issues.
  
• Provide support to shaping effective strategies to communicate policies aimed at influencing relevant policy targets.
  
• Provide support to develop strategies to strengthen national tax platforms and encourage the engagement of TJNA members, partners and allies in relevant pan-African programs, networks, and public domains in order to advance the tax agenda.
  
• Maintain a close liaison with global tax advocacy partners, including affiliates and allies of the tax justice movement.
  
• Serve as the key contact person for tax advocacy across the African continent and links with TJNA and allies globally.
  

Programme Coordination

• Lead in the development, planning and monitoring of the execution of the activities in the four programmatic areas of international tax, extractives, investments, and inequality
  
• Develop and monitor the annual budget for all programmatic activities
  
• Develop and effectively manage programmes timelines to ensure timely completion of program deliverables
  
• Coordinate the day-to-day operations of the programmes with guidance from the Executive Director
  
• Monitor and provide quality control in the delivery of the programme activities
  
• Oversee the recruitment, retention and development of highly talented staff with the right technical and personal abilities to meet the programme goals
  
• Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance within the programmes
  
• Ensure regular quality and timely reporting and documentation of work plan implementation against agreed budgets
  

Research Knowledge Generation

• Lead in setting the TJNA research agenda by identifying emerging policy trends that require TJNA research interventions.
  
• Manage TJNA research projects across the four thematic areas of international tax, natural resources and climate justice, investments, and equality to inform TJNA's advocacy agenda including defining research questions/topics/timelines and developing research RFPs and TORs
  
• Coordinate the communication of TJNA research projects to internal and external constituents through different traditional and innovative channels (research reports, convenings, training, conference presentations, web resources, exhibitions etc.)
  
• Develop an internal framework and guideline for TJNA writing, editing, and quality control for research reports/presentations
  
• Work with the thematic leads to coordinate and provide technical backstopping of research projects led or conducted by TJNA members and collaborating partners
  
• Lead in the design and tracking of the implementation of long term policy research projects including the Fair Tax Monitor and the anti-IFF Policy Tracker
  

• Lead the policy team in the compiling and strategic dissemination of TJNA research and knowledge products
  

  Support fundraising for TJNA research activities