Position Overview
The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) aims to advance a more equitable world through a shared vision of a positive digital future. We connect people with evidence on digital tools that work for society through research, demonstrations, and advocacy. We collaborate with others to promote digital systems that hold qualities of inclusion, trust, choice, and human agency, with a particular focus on the themes of effective digital public infrastructure and strong data governance.
Hosted within the UN Foundation in Washington, DIAL is a partnership among some of the world’s biggest digital development champions, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Kingdom’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, among others.
Principles for Digital Development:
As part of DIAL’s mandate, we steward the Principles for Digital Development (Digital Principles). The Digital Principles are a set of nine guidelines meant to help digital development
practitioners better integrate digital tools and technology in their strategies, projects, and programs. In this role, DIAL encourages community conversations about digital development, curates knowledge and resources for digital development practitioners, including implementing organizations (international and humanitarian NGOs), donors, and country governments, and promotes awareness, endorsement, and adoption of the Digital Principles.
Africa Data Leadership Initiative:
The Africa Data Leadership Initiative (ADLI) is a peer engagement and learning network for senior practitioners tackling the thorniest data policy and governance issues, building the capacity of decision makers across the continent through exchange of knowledge and experiences within a values-oriented framework designed to expand the value of data for governments, markets, and people while safeguarding key civil liberties. In this current growth stage, ADLI will expand participation in the network from five to 16 countries and create new cohorts of parliamentarians and government digital technology coordinators–leaders of agencies charged with executing national digital policies.
Working closely with the Senior Director for Policy & Advocacy and the DIAL leadership team, the Community Manager will help shape and implement DIAL’s strategy for enabling the digital development community’s capacity through the Digital Principles and ADLI communities of practice. This will include promoting the adoption of good practice and collaboration between key stakeholders in order to achieve greater collective impact; managing and coordinating the networks through regular communications; contributing to strategy development and business plans for long term planning and sustainability; providing thought leadership and programmatic support to other DIAL teams as needed; working closely with DIAL staff to implement donor / funder project activities; and serving as a champion of the DIAL’s values and priorities for digital transformation. On a limited basis, the Community Manager will oversee delivery of Digital Principles trainings.
The Community Manager will report to and be supervised by the Senior Director, Policy & Advocacy for overall guidance, work planning, and performance reviews.
This position is based in Washington D.C. or remote.
Essential Functions
Principles for Digital Development:
Africa Data Leadership Initiative:
DIAL-wide Support:
Selection Criteria:
Benefits & Compensation
For full-time, benefit eligible employees, UNF offers an excellent range of benefits, including:
Additionally, all benefit eligible employees have 12 paid holidays, 20 vacation days, 10 sick days, 3 personal days, and 8 weeks of family leave care.
** Closing date: January, 20. 2023 **
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