International Press Institute (IPI)
Africa Programme Manager
Description
The International Press Institute (IPI) is expanding our work to defend press freedom and independent media in Africa at a time when journalists on the continent face growing threats. This is an exciting and important time for us as we build up our work to monitor attacks on media and internet freedom across the continent; advocate for laws and policies that respect and enable media freedom, online expression, and privacy; and respond to the needs of at-risk journalists carrying out public-interest reporting, including on climate and environmental issues. This work includes a new programme to combat the legal harassment of journalists, or “lawfare”, by advocating for laws that respect fundamental rights to expression, information, and privacy.
To help us keep pace, we’re looking for a talented, dedicated, and ambitious programme manager to oversee the implementation of our growing donor-funded work in Africa. The Africa Programme Manager will work together with and support IPI’s Africa- and Vienna-based teams to ensure high-level, impactful implementation of our programmes and strategies to protect and promote press freedom and journalist safety in Africa as essential pillars of resilient democratic societies.
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