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Africa Check is a non-profit organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. The goal of Africa Check’s work is to raise the quality of information available to society across the continent. Since 2012 they have fact-checked hundreds of claims on topics from crime and race in South Africa to population numbers in Nigeria and fake health cures in countries around Africa.

Based in the Journalism Department of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Africa Check seeks to appoint a Deputy Director

Deputising for the Executive Director and assisting in the development of Africa Check’s overall strategy, the Deputy Director will be responsible for planning and managing implementation of key areas of the strategy.

Key responsibilities of this position include:

  • Assisting the Executive Director in the development and implementation of overall strategy
  • Ensuring efficient delivery of agreed work plans across the organisation
  • Providing the editorial teams with day-to-day guidance on editorial matters, as and when they require this
  • Taking responsibility for developing human resources policies for Africa Check staff and freelancers across Africa
  • Developing the income generating /  business development/fundraising strategy
  • Overseeing the development and implementation of the digital communication strategy
  • Overseeing the management of Human Resources and administration
  • Supporting the ED and finance team in the development of budgets, and the monitoring of spending

The successful candidate should demonstrate the following:

  • A minimum of 15 years’ work experience in the media, media-for-development, or development sector; with at least five of those years in a senior management position
  • Master’s degree (or Bachelor’s Degree with extensive experience in management in a media organization)
  • An enthusiasm for and understanding of the work of fact-checking
  • A track record in the media or development sector focused on investigations, accountability and/or open information
  • Experience of successfully managing the business/fundraising side of a media or development sector organisation
  • Experience in and understanding of human resource issues in at least one African Country
  • Strong inter-personal and presentational skills; suitable to represent Africa Check at national and international events

email your application by Friday 26th April  2019 to [email protected]

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Africa Check is a non-profit organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. The goal of our work is to raise the quality of information available to society across the continent.

As former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says: “For democracies to function properly, for people to make informed decisions about their lives, the claims made in the public domain must be held up to scrutiny and their veracity checked openly and impartially.

“I salute the work of Africa Check, as an important initiative engaging with journalists and citizens across the continent to raise the level of public debate.”

Devised by the non-profit media development arm of the international news agency AFP, we are an independent organisation with offices in Johannesburg, Dakar and London, producing reports in English and French testing claims made by public figures, institutions and the media against the best available evidence.

Since 2012 we have fact-checked hundreds of claims on topics from crime and race in South Africa to population numbers in Nigeria and fake health cures in countries around Africa.

In addition to South Africa and Senegal, we work in countries including Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Our work is published and discussed in media across the continent.

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Africa Check is a non-profit organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. The goal of Africa Check’s work is to raise the quality of information available to society across the continent. Since 2012 they have fact-checked hundreds of claims on topics from crime and race in South Africa to population numbers in Nigeria and fake health cures in countries around Africa.Based in the Journalism Department of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Africa Check seeks to appoint a Deputy Director

Deputising for the Executive Director and assisting in the development of Africa Check’s overall strategy, the Deputy Director will be responsible for planning and managing implementation of key areas of the strategy.

Key responsibilities of this position include:

  • Assisting the Executive Director in the development and implementation of overall strategy
  • Ensuring efficient delivery of agreed work plans across the organisation
  • Providing the editorial teams with day-to-day guidance on editorial matters, as and when they require this
  • Taking responsibility for developing human resources policies for Africa Check staff and freelancers across Africa
  • Developing the income generating /  business development/fundraising strategy
  • Overseeing the development and implementation of the digital communication strategy
  • Overseeing the management of Human Resources and administration
  • Supporting the ED and finance team in the development of budgets, and the monitoring of spending

The successful candidate should demonstrate the following:

  • A minimum of 15 years’ work experience in the media, media-for-development, or development sector; with at least five of those years in a senior management position
  • Master’s degree (or Bachelor’s Degree with extensive experience in management in a media organization)
  • An enthusiasm for and understanding of the work of fact-checking
  • A track record in the media or development sector focused on investigations, accountability and/or open information
  • Experience of successfully managing the business/fundraising side of a media or development sector organisation
  • Experience in and understanding of human resource issues in at least one African Country
  • Strong inter-personal and presentational skills; suitable to represent Africa Check at national and international events

email your application by Friday 26th April  2019 to [email protected]

2019-04-27

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