Senior Program Officer, Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)

About the role

Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a Senior Program Officer, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to work remotely. What they do: free knowledge, grantmaking. Open to candidates in: Africa or Brazil or Canada or Colombia or France or Germany or Ghana or India or Indonesia or Italy or Kenya or Mexico or Morocco or Netherlands or Poland or Singapore or South Africa or Spain or Switzerland or United Kingdom or Arizona or California or Colorado or Connecticut or District of Columbia or Florida or Georgia or Idaho or Illinois or Indiana or Iowa or Maryland or Massachusetts or Michigan or Minnesota or Missouri or New Jersey or New Mexico or New York or North Carolina or Ohio or Oklahoma or Oregon or Pennsylvania or Puerto Rico or Rhode Island or Tennessee or Texas or Utah or Vermont or Virginia or Washington or West Virginia or Wisconsin or Wyoming. Tanzania is included. What you will do: managing grant portfolios; developing funding committees; building community partnerships. Apply through the employer's official page using the Apply button.

Key requirements

• Experience in trust-based philanthropy or community-based grantmaking, participatory decision-making, international grantmaking, nonprofit capacity building, and managing complex projects; proven English proficiency; willingness to travel internationally 1 to 3 times per year.