Data Analytics Manager at Code for Africa

The successful candidate will work as part of a multinational and multilingual team across the continent, using digital collaboration tools to create content for a global audience and international media partners.

Required: 

• Demonstrable investigative skills honed from experience in advanced data analytics, business intelligence, machine learning or artificial intelligence. CfA will NOT consider any applicants who has served with government intelligence agencies;
• Technical capabilities in conducting targeted forensic data analysis and or open source investigations;
• Experience with statistical software (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB) and database languages (e.g. SQL) for network analysis.
• A minimum of 2 years managing data analytics projects, research teams or editorial newsrooms, with evidence of successful collaboration/impact, in challenging and/or fast-moving environments;
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience managing several projects at once with high stakes and outputs.

Preferred:

• An understanding of influence operations, including both disinformation and misinformation, as well as digital amplification and viral media techniques would be a benefit.
• An understanding of offshore financial schemes, international money laundering operations, and/or criminal structures would be a bonus.
• Experience of managing or using digital technologies for conducting OSINT investigative research into influence operations and evolving disinformation trends, or alternatively using data-driven network analysis/ named entity recognition tools for analysing PEPs or institutional networks.
• Previous experience working on the digital collaboration tools that CfA uses, ranging from Slack and Google Drive, to Trello would be an advantage.
• Familiarity with mining and handling large datasets would be a plus.
• Ability to speak and write in English and French or Arabic.

Language and Location Requirements:

• Location: Africa 
• Preferred location: Francophone African countries.
• Languages: English and French