Responsibilities will include:


Provide a timely, responsive and practical approach to the delivery of legal advice to the Africa region and its stakeholders
Collaborate with the Institute’s global Legal team in London and with counterpart Legal Counsel in other regions
Identify, assess, and inform regional leadership of any internal and external legal matters that may impact operations... at an organizational level, recommending interim or permanent solutions wherever possible and applicable
Manage relevant external counsel and professional advisors, including in different legal jurisdictions across the region
Lead or collaborate with others on special projects and other operational assignments as directed by regional leadership
Manage ongoing corporate compliance responsibilities in the Africa portfolio in accordance with global policies and standards. Ensure the implementation of global policies and standards for operational functions across the region (and any relevant local variations), particularly those related to legal and regulatory risk
Support the Institute’s due diligence process, reviewing (or where necessary, conducting) counterparty due diligence, and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various contracts with donors, counterparties, and key partners
Provide legal guidance in government procurement and tender processes, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations
Support leaders in the region and across the organization to establish TBI’s presence in new countries, including the legal aspects of end-to-end program activation (and, where relevant, closure), such as formation, structuring and operationalisation of the Institute’s foreign branches and subsidiaries and immigration and visa matters
Support the design and delivery of legal training and onboarding for new programs/staff within the region, operationalizing new country programs in accordance with all global/local policies and standards to facilitate the successful delivery for our teams from the outset
As part of the global Legal team, support in the design and implementation of global legal processes and ways of working, risk management reviews and legal services delivery projects from time-to-time


Person Specification


We are looking for an outstanding lawyer with a proven track record of delivery in the public and private sectors.
All candidates will be required to have relevant experience working across multiple national or sub-national geographies in the region and working on multiple projects simultaneously. Above all, we are looking for individuals with high levels of enthusiasm, resilience, adaptability and a can-do attitude.


Candidates must be able to demonstrate the following:


Qualified lawyer in country of work (minimum 8 years PQE) ideally with international experience gained in private practice and/or in-house
Strong understanding of current legislation, regulations, and legal frameworks relevant to the region and the work of the Institute
Ability to recognise legal and regulatory risks and implement risk management strategies
Must be able to take ownership and manage their own workflow with minimal input from management, set their own goals and plan how to achieve them
Dynamic, confident candidate who can articulate legal advice and analysis verbally and by written presentation
Outstanding leadership skills and proven experience in influencing, coaching and delivering change through others, including demonstrated experience collaborating with and providing advice to senior leaders and stakeholders
Highly commercial and entrepreneurial, with experience in navigating growth and ambiguous environments and managing up and across a hierarchy  
Excellent drafting skills with a creative, proactive and highly organised approach, and excited by the opportunity to build something new
Willingness to facilitate the legal training and qualification of junior team members
A personal passion for social impact and government bringing demonstrable expertise in public policy or administration, international development or another similar field
Business fluency in English required, with French and/or Portuguese preferred
Willingness to travel across the Africa region, sometimes at short notice more

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Diary Management – co-ordinate internal and external appointments and book in conference/video calls across multiple time zones.  You will be required to manage busy diaries, keeping confidence and discretion at all times
Meetings and Events – arrange internal and external meetings and events under direction, including scheduling, greeting guests,... coordinating logistics, catering, preparing agendas, circulating papers, tracking action points and taking minutes
Travel support – Assisting with organising visas, flights, trains, accommodation, transfers, currency, inoculations, scheduling meetings and preparing detailed itineraries and supporting briefing/materials
Email management - monitoring mailboxes, drafting responses, highlighting urgent items for action, filing inbox
Correspondence management - file and escalate incoming correspondence and prepare letters/emails
Expense Management – completing monthly claims


General Support:


Filing – creating, maintaining and retrieving paper/electronic materials for review (for example – ahead of meetings or in support of projects)
Maintaining contact database – scanning/typing business cards, filing cards and keeping contacts up to date
Gifts and Entertainment – record gifts/entertainment received on the company register
General admin support – assistance to the wider team as required, plus support to the Executive Assistants including ad hoc tasks


Person Specification

The successful candidate for the role should be able to display the majority of the following:


Previous PA or administrative experience
Excellent communication, time management and organisational skills
Proficient IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
High levels of discretion, interpersonal skills, good judgement and tact
An ability to operate in a fast moving and pressured environment
Understanding and knowledge of current affairs and politics highly advantageous
Proactive team player with positive attitude
Support for the aims of the organisation
Work collaboratively with colleagues and perform other duties as reasonably required to achieve the goals of your team and the Institute
English to business level required
French to good level required
Must have the right to work in Ghana or Kenya. more

Role Summary

Are you ready to lead transformative change and drive impact at the highest political level? TBI is seeking a visionary Country Director to oversee in-country projects across public sector reform, centre of government delivery, digital transformation, and sector-specific innovation.

Key Responsibilities


Strategic Leadership: Build trusted relationships with senior... government leaders, supporting the achievement of sustainable social and economic priorities.
Team Development: Inspire and mentor a high-performing team, ensuring impactful delivery across all workstreams.
Client Excellence: Deliver insights that drive action, backed by TBI’s global expertise and strategic partners.
Operational Oversight: Oversight of operational and program elements, to achieve value-driven efficiencies. 


​What We’re Looking For


10+ years’ experience, including 6+ years advising senior public sector clients, or working at senior government level.
Expertise in public policy and management, digital transformation, political science, governance or related fields.
Proven leadership in strategy development and execution, ideally with advisory or consulting experience.
Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills with a knack for navigating complex political contexts.
Track record of resource mobilisation and complex stakeholder management
A passion for Africa and fluency in English (other languages a plus). more

Developing and evolving the Global Client Solutions Strategies & Offers
Working directly with the Sector/Function Directors, Sr Advisors, and Country Teams to e.g.:
Outline our global/regional priorities and offers to governments for our Sectors & Functions
Conduct analysis to inform the strategic direction of our offers, and help to outline and launch new offers
Create government-facing... pitch decks & explainers on our work
Extract best practice methods and approaches, and build centralised collateral to share with our global organisation
Come up with innovative ideas for and build new tools, solutions and assets to enable our work with governments, such as benchmarking solutions, playbooks and assessments
Providing hands-on country support and application of our offers 
Enable in-country teams to access our centralised expertise and assets, including providing advice and training on how to leverage them for their country needs
Support in-country teams to develop their offers to government, by e.g. supporting Country and Regional Heads on strategy and initiative design, or creating government facing materials such as presidential briefings or proposals
Conducting analysis to inform country-specific proposals and client deliverables
Potential travel to countries to provide support on the ground – e.g. country workshops (as needed)
Capturing lessons learnt and best practices from country engagements to improve the quality of our work, and support the evolution of tools, templates, and guides
Enabling a culture of expertise and sharing across the Institute 
Working with teams across the Institute and with our Communities of Practice to gather user needs for collateral and assets, as well as local, sectoral and functional knowledge to codify and incorporate in our offers
Working with interfacing teams to ensure distribution and uptake of products, and gather feedback from users
Support the management of our TBI Communities of Practice to encourage expertise exchange and identifying opportunities for collaboration across geographies
Provide inputs into internal Learning & Development materials to upskill & train colleagues on our offers and approaches


Person Specification 


The successful candidate should demonstrate the majority of the following:
Experience similar to working as a business analyst, advisor or management/strategy consultant; for public sector or private sector organisations
Strong problem-solving, analysis and structuring skills, with experience in extracting common methodologies and approaches, and identifying opportunities for new solutions and assets
Experience in project management, working with clients from various backgrounds and seniority levels to successfully see through initiatives end-to-end
Experience in strategy design, built on strong analytical and research skills, and the ability to work with a diverse set of content experts to extract relevant insights
Excellent communication skills, with a track record of building effective collateral and assets that meet user needs, across multiple communication channels
Enjoys the opportunity of working across multiple projects within a global portfolio
A team player with high EQ and ability to navigate ambiguous and matrixed environments, and is comfortable at managing up and beyond hierarchy
Experience with international development, public sector, and Tech & Digital Transformation highly beneficial
Direct experience working in LMICs is highly beneficial and strong cross-cultural communication skills required
Relevant language skills for TBIs regions of work highly desired (French, Arabic, Portuguese, Balkan languages, etc.)
As needed, be willing to travel to all locations of TBI’s current and future work to provide surge support and programmatic growth more

Role Summary:

We are hosting an exciting Summer Associate Internship Programme for ten weeks within our Anglophone West Africa country teams (The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone), commencing June 2024 for exceptional candidates who are passionate about politics and the ability to create change by working in and with governments.
Our Internship Programme will provide you with diverse... experience, working with colleagues both in country and across the globe. You will have the benefit of working on an innovative programme within our growing project portfolio and business development activities.
During the Internship Programme, you will support specific projects that support political leaders across all the levels at which we offer advice, help create impactful change, be mentored by colleagues, and receive a holistic understanding of life at TBI. Whether our colleagues are at TBI for a few years, or a large share of their career as they grow and progress within the Institute, their experience positions them to have a huge global impact.

The compensation for this role is competitive.
Key Responsibilities

Our Internship Programme will provide you with the opportunity be involved in some or all the following:
Develop research, analysis, written insights and other deliverables for clients and country leadership
Support projects or development opportunities as TBI advises political leaders on strategy, policy and delivery with technology as the enabler across all three dimensions
Support delivery of high levels of project impact, facilitating nimble performance tracking and coordination where required
Apply and learn from new and innovative approaches to supporting change and deliver impact
Help develop strategies/frameworks and approaches
Support project teams in the development of reports, presentations and other relevant documents

Person Specification

We welcome applications from those in their second or third year of undergraduate degrees

We are looking for changemakers who have:

A passion for politics and strong political acumen
A work ethos focused on team success with genuine motivation for colleagues’ performance, growth and well-being
An insatiable curiosity for data
A deep interest in generating original insights and performing in-depth analysis.
Experience of being an entrepreneurial self-starter
Proven ability to conduct high quality desk-based research.
You should be comfortable in performing challenging analysis and structured problem-solving.
It is essential you have a proactive and hands-on attitude, not afraid to roll-up your sleeves to get the job done and take ownership of your work.

You should be legally resident and have the right to work in Ghana and you should expect to bear any accommodation or boarding costs. more

Role Summary:

We are hosting an exciting Summer Associate Internship Programme for ten weeks within our Anglophone West Africa country teams (The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone), commencing June 2024 for exceptional candidates who are passionate about politics and the ability to create change by working in and with governments.
Our Internship Programme will provide you with diverse... experience, working with colleagues both in country and across the globe. You will have the benefit of working on an innovative programme within our growing project portfolio and business development activities.
During the Internship Programme, you will support specific projects that support political leaders across all the levels at which we offer advice, help create impactful change, be mentored by colleagues, and receive a holistic understanding of life at TBI. Whether our colleagues are at TBI for a few years, or a large share of their career as they grow and progress within the Institute, their experience positions them to have a huge global impact.

The compensation for this role is competitive.
Key Responsibilities

Our Internship Programme will provide you with the opportunity be involved in some or all the following:
Develop research, analysis, written insights and other deliverables for clients and country leadership
Support projects or development opportunities as TBI advises political leaders on strategy, policy and delivery with technology as the enabler across all three dimensions
Support delivery of high levels of project impact, facilitating nimble performance tracking and coordination where required
Apply and learn from new and innovative approaches to supporting change and deliver impact
Help develop strategies/frameworks and approaches
Support project teams in the development of reports, presentations and other relevant documents

Person Specification

We welcome applications from those in their second or third year of undergraduate degrees

We are looking for changemakers who have:

A passion for politics and strong political acumen
A work ethos focused on team success with genuine motivation for colleagues’ performance, growth and well-being
An insatiable curiosity for data
A deep interest in generating original insights and performing in-depth analysis.
Experience of being an entrepreneurial self-starter
Proven ability to conduct high quality desk-based research.
You should be comfortable in performing challenging analysis and structured problem-solving.
It is essential you have a proactive and hands-on attitude, not afraid to roll-up your sleeves to get the job done and take ownership of your work.

You should be legally resident and have the right to work in Ghana and you should expect to bear any accommodation or boarding costs. more

Role Summary:

We are hosting an exciting Summer Associate Internship Programme for ten weeks within our Anglophone West Africa country teams (The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone), commencing June 2024 for exceptional candidates who are passionate about politics and the ability to create change by working in and with governments.
Our Internship Programme will provide you with diverse... experience, working with colleagues both in country and across the globe. You will have the benefit of working on an innovative programme within our growing project portfolio and business development activities.
During the Internship Programme, you will support specific projects that support political leaders across all the levels at which we offer advice, help create impactful change, be mentored by colleagues, and receive a holistic understanding of life at TBI. Whether our colleagues are at TBI for a few years, or a large share of their career as they grow and progress within the Institute, their experience positions them to have a huge global impact.

The compensation for this role is competitive.
Key Responsibilities

Our Internship Programme will provide you with the opportunity be involved in some or all the following:
Develop research, analysis, written insights and other deliverables for clients and country leadership
Support projects or development opportunities as TBI advises political leaders on strategy, policy and delivery with technology as the enabler across all three dimensions
Support delivery of high levels of project impact, facilitating nimble performance tracking and coordination where required
Apply and learn from new and innovative approaches to supporting change and deliver impact
Help develop strategies/frameworks and approaches
Support project teams in the development of reports, presentations and other relevant documents

Person Specification

We welcome applications from those in their second or third year of undergraduate degrees

We are looking for changemakers who have:

A passion for politics and strong political acumen
A work ethos focused on team success with genuine motivation for colleagues’ performance, growth and well-being
An insatiable curiosity for data
A deep interest in generating original insights and performing in-depth analysis.
Experience of being an entrepreneurial self-starter
Proven ability to conduct high quality desk-based research.
You should be comfortable in performing challenging analysis and structured problem-solving.
It is essential you have a proactive and hands-on attitude, not afraid to roll-up your sleeves to get the job done and take ownership of your work.

You should be legally resident and have the right to work in Ghana and you should expect to bear any accommodation or boarding costs. more

Role Summary:

We are hosting an exciting Summer Associate Internship Programme for ten weeks within our Anglophone West Africa country teams (The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone), commencing June 2024 for exceptional candidates who are passionate about politics and the ability to create change by working in and with governments.
Our Internship Programme will provide you with diverse... experience, working with colleagues both in country and across the globe. You will have the benefit of working on an innovative programme within our growing project portfolio and business development activities.
During the Internship Programme, you will support specific projects that support political leaders across all the levels at which we offer advice, help create impactful change, be mentored by colleagues, and receive a holistic understanding of life at TBI. Whether our colleagues are at TBI for a few years, or a large share of their career as they grow and progress within the Institute, their experience positions them to have a huge global impact.

The compensation for this role is competitive.
Key Responsibilities

Our Internship Programme will provide you with the opportunity be involved in some or all the following:
Develop research, analysis, written insights and other deliverables for clients and country leadership
Support projects or development opportunities as TBI advises political leaders on strategy, policy and delivery with technology as the enabler across all three dimensions
Support delivery of high levels of project impact, facilitating nimble performance tracking and coordination where required
Apply and learn from new and innovative approaches to supporting change and deliver impact
Help develop strategies/frameworks and approaches
Support project teams in the development of reports, presentations and other relevant documents

Person Specification

We welcome applications from those in their second or third year of undergraduate degrees

We are looking for changemakers who have:

A passion for politics and strong political acumen
A work ethos focused on team success with genuine motivation for colleagues’ performance, growth and well-being
An insatiable curiosity for data
A deep interest in generating original insights and performing in-depth analysis.
Experience of being an entrepreneurial self-starter
Proven ability to conduct high quality desk-based research.
You should be comfortable in performing challenging analysis and structured problem-solving.
It is essential you have a proactive and hands-on attitude, not afraid to roll-up your sleeves to get the job done and take ownership of your work.

You should be legally resident and have the right to work in Ghana and you should expect to bear any accommodation or boarding costs. more

Role Summary:

We are hosting an exciting Summer Associate Internship Programme for ten weeks within our Anglophone West Africa country teams (The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone), commencing June 2024 for exceptional candidates who are passionate about politics and the ability to create change by working in and with governments.
Our Internship Programme will provide you with diverse... experience, working with colleagues both in country and across the globe. You will have the benefit of working on an innovative programme within our growing project portfolio and business development activities.
During the Internship Programme, you will support specific projects that support political leaders across all the levels at which we offer advice, help create impactful change, be mentored by colleagues, and receive a holistic understanding of life at TBI. Whether our colleagues are at TBI for a few years, or a large share of their career as they grow and progress within the Institute, their experience positions them to have a huge global impact.

The compensation for this role is competitive.
Key Responsibilities

Our Internship Programme will provide you with the opportunity be involved in some or all the following:
Develop research, analysis, written insights and other deliverables for clients and country leadership
Support projects or development opportunities as TBI advises political leaders on strategy, policy and delivery with technology as the enabler across all three dimensions
Support delivery of high levels of project impact, facilitating nimble performance tracking and coordination where required
Apply and learn from new and innovative approaches to supporting change and deliver impact
Help develop strategies/frameworks and approaches
Support project teams in the development of reports, presentations and other relevant documents

Person Specification

We welcome applications from those in their second or third year of undergraduate degrees

We are looking for changemakers who have:

A passion for politics and strong political acumen
A work ethos focused on team success with genuine motivation for colleagues’ performance, growth and well-being
An insatiable curiosity for data
A deep interest in generating original insights and performing in-depth analysis.
Experience of being an entrepreneurial self-starter
Proven ability to conduct high quality desk-based research.
You should be comfortable in performing challenging analysis and structured problem-solving.
It is essential you have a proactive and hands-on attitude, not afraid to roll-up your sleeves to get the job done and take ownership of your work.

You should be legally resident and have the right to work in Ghana and you should expect to bear any accommodation or boarding costs. more

What will I do?

Our Summer Associate Programme presents an array of opportunities for you to gain diverse experiences, collaborating with colleagues worldwide. Participating in an innovative work programme that supports our expanding portfolios and business development initiatives.
By joining our Programme, you will gain genuine insights into TBI’s work and witness first-hand how we excel as... problem-solvers, offering comprehensive guidance to political leaders across all areas of the Institute.
Throughout the Programme you will actively contribute to specific projects, playing a role in driving meaningful change. Receiving mentorship from experienced colleagues and developing a holistic understanding of life at TBI. more