Senior Policy Manager, Sub Saharan Africa

Senior Policy Manager, Sub Saharan Africa

Location: East Africa, Remote

About the Team

The GSMA Sub-Saharan Africa team works to drive digital transformation as a key enabler of social and economic developments in the region. We work with other teams within the GSMA and members to develop various positions to support mobile industry developments reactively and proactively in the region. Our engagements are anchored on addressing the high usage gap and ensuring nobody is left behind in this digital movement.

We work with Policymakers, Regulators, MNOs and other stakeholders to ensure policy decisions follow industry best practices to provide an enabling environment for the industry to thrive.

What the hiring manager says

“This is an exciting role for someone who is passionate about driving digital transformation in Africa, the role that enabling policy and regulatory environments play in driving this and has the drive to work with a wide range of stakeholders to create such environments.  The successful candidate will have a strong network of regulatory and policy decision-makers and ideally, mobile money operators across the East African sub-region and Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole. He/she will enjoy developing and maintaining relationships with a wide stakeholder base.”

Caroline Mbugua HSC, Senior Director Public Policy & Communication Sub Saharan Africa.

About the Role

As Senior Policy Manager East Africa, you will develop and deliver an advocacy agenda that contributes to GSMA SSA’s efforts to support our members in advancing their collective public policy interests at a country and sub-regional level. Additionally, the role will be responsible for providing strategic guidance and thought leadership to the industry on forward-looking policy aimed at reducing the usage gap in a particular country and sub-region and improving the investment climate to secure the future of the industry.

Key roles and responsibilities include the following:

• You will develop economic modelling to demonstrate the impact of policy reforms on investment in the mobile sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• You will conduct quantitative and qualitative research that supports advocacy on fiscal policy reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Using economic modelling, You will analyse the impact of policy changes on the macro and micro economic environment of different markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• You will develop and maintain a database of taxation levels in the mobile sector in the region.
• You will monitor and report on changes in the macro and micro economic environments of various markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and how this may impact investment in the mobile industry.
• You will track global and regional developments and analyse their impact on national policy decisions in the region to support engagement strategy.
• You will develop and nurture relationships with policymakers, regulators and other stakeholders in the ecosystem in the region for successful advocacy on industry positions.
• You will provide an analysis and assessment of key areas of policy and regulation and their impact on GSMA members and the industry in general.

• You will work with GSMA members to understand their policy and regulatory priorities and assist in the development of clear industry positions in consultation with internal teams.
• You will collaborate effectively across the GSMA. This includes working closely with other advocacy teams and technology experts to align and incorporate their messaging and with the Marketing team to disseminate the industry position.
• You will contribute to GSMA policy positions by writing, updating, and editing position papers, policy briefings, public consultation responses, letters, presentations, leave-behinds and proposed amendments to draft laws.
• You will provide systematic monitoring, analysis and dissemination of political intelligence to inform GSMA’s policy and advocacy work.
• You will support the delivery of GSMA programs in a particular subregion.
• You will represent GSMA at internal and external meetings and events
• You will develop a Capacity Building program in the East Africa sub-region and collaborate with internal experts in the delivery of the same.
• You will prepare reports monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually as may be required.
• You will assess opportunities for partnering with other organisations on a common platform.

About You

You will have a strong foundation in the mobile industry and a clear understanding of the policy and regulatory landscape across the East Africa sub-region as it relates to this sector.  You actively stay up to date on current trends and decisions that affect the mobi