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People & Culture Architect
Kampala
• Uganda
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Media Challenge InitiativeProfession (Non-profit, social work, Entry and Basic-level)
Industry (Human resources, Entry and Basic-level)
Seniority (Human resources, Non-profit, social work)
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Description
We are looking for someone who understands that talent development in media is both an art and a system, and who enjoys designing environments where young people can experiment, fail safely, grow fast, and still be held to high standards.
- A systems thinker with a people-first lens
- A mentor and coach, not just an administrator
- Comfortable in creative, fast-moving environments
- Grounded in HR fundamentals but unafraid to innovate
- Deeply respectful of young people and their potential
- Emotionally intelligent, firm, and fair
- Believes HR can be creative, playful, and deeply human without losing structure
- Enjoys working with young, opinionated, expressive, creative people
- Sees mentorship, feedback, and learning as design challenges
- Excited by apprenticeship models, studios, newsrooms, and innovation hubs
Responsibilities
You are the custodian of how MCI is structured and staffed.
- Design and continuously update the organizational structure
- Clarify reporting lines, decision rights, and role purpose
- Ensure every role exists to support the newsroom, apprenticeship outcomes, and sustainability
- Develop people policies across contracts & terms, performance & incentives, transitions, exits, and alumni pathways
- Align HR systems across NGO and Social Enterprise, with clarity on differences
You are the architect running of the apprenticeship newsroom model.
- Design learning pathways and rotations across desks and channels
- Build mentorship, supervision, and coaching structures
- Establish progression, assessment, and graduation frameworks
- Ensure every apprentice has a desk and role, a mentor, a growth plan, and leaves with a portfolio, references, and pathways
- Work closely with the Newsroom Manager to ensure learning happens through real production and performance is developmental, not extractive
You ensure people move where they are most impactful.
- Rotations across Newsroom, Production, Research & Learning, Programs, and Social Enterprise
- Promotion and leadership pipelines
- Graceful exits and transitions
- Tracking alumni outcomes and long-term impact
You design performance systems that measure growth, contribution, and collaboration — valuing learning alongside output.
- Portfolio-based evaluation
- Skills and competency tracking
- Feedback, reflection, and coaching systems
- Clear expectations and accountability
You are the steward of MCI's internal culture.
- Build systems for feedback, coaching, wellness and workload management, and conflict resolution
- Safeguard MCI as a safe space, brave space, fun space, and high-expectation space
- Support leaders to manage people with empathy and clarity
You ensure MCI is not dependent on a few individuals.
- Develop future newsroom leaders, program leads, creative directors, project managers, and media entrepreneurs
- Support leadership transitions
- Design succession plans across key roles
You are a strategic mirror to leadership. You will constantly ask:
- Are we investing enough in S1–S4 (core engine)?
- Are we overstaffed in admin and understaffed in impact?
- Do our people's systems support learning or slow it down?
- Who do we need more of — and who do we need less of?
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