Team Leader, Institutional Development Expert, Innovation Ecosystems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Tanzania.

📋 Description

• Deliver comprehensive strategic guidance and ensure quality assurance throughout the assignment.

• Evaluate and approve diagnostic outcomes, maturity scorecards, and capacity development roadmaps.

• Supervise the consistency and quality of the final assignment report and related knowledge products.

• Facilitate coordination among the broader expert team working on diagnostic, capacity building, and MEL workstreams.

• Serve as the main contact for stakeholders during the inception, execution, and reporting phases.

• Lead collaborations with participating Innovation Support Organisations, tailoring the approach to fit local contexts and limitations.

• Conduct field missions to Tanzania and Uganda for inception, coordination, quality assurance, and selected ISO visits.

• Guarantee the timely and high-quality completion of all assignment outputs within the allocated budget.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, economics, development studies, public policy, entrepreneurship, or organisational development.

• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in institutional strengthening, organisational diagnostics, or the development of entrepreneurship ecosystems.

• Proven experience working with hubs, incubators, accelerators, or similar support organizations.

• At least 5 years of relevant experience acquired while working in Africa.

• In-depth understanding of institutional diagnostic frameworks and maturity assessment methodologies.

• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams on technical assistance projects across multiple countries.

• Strong skills in stakeholder management, including interaction with donor representatives and institutional leaders.

• Proficient written and spoken English.

• Capability to produce concise, donor-ready reports.

• Experience in designing or delivering capacity-building programs is highly preferred.

• Familiarity with institutional diagnostic tools, maturity scorecards, or capacity development roadmaps is highly preferred.

• Knowledge of secondary or regional city ecosystems is highly preferred.

• Experience within donor-funded program structures, including phased deliverables and MEL reporting, is highly preferred.

• Working knowledge of Swahili is a plus.

• Familiarity with local languages spoken in the Ugandan project regions is advantageous.

• Field missions to Tanzania and Uganda are required.

🏝️ Benefits

• An environment that fosters ambition, creativity, and a passion for positive change.

• A strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.

• The opportunity to work as a corporate employee, project delivery colleague, or independent contractor.