Manager, Global Engagement

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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Aceli Africa

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2018

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

💰 $27M Funding Round on 2021-12

Food & Beverage • Consulting • Logistics

Aceli Africa is building the finance market for a competitive agriculture sector in Africa. The company aims to unlock the growth and impact of agricultural SMEs by bridging the gap between capital supply and demand, contributing to several UN Sustainable Development Goals through improved livelihoods for farmers and workers, environmental resilience, and food security and nutrition. Aceli Africa's role is crucial in mobilizing capital to ensure that agricultural SMEs have reliable access to finance, addressing the significant annual financing gap in this sector across sub-Saharan Africa.

📋 Description

• Shape how Aceli Africa tells its story to international audiences, including funders, investors, development finance institutions, policymakers, and sector peers • Serve as writer, editor, project manager, and thought partner to the CEO and Executive team • Identify, produce, and present Aceli's organizational narratives • Work with the Kenya-based Communications team to align communications strategy with Aceli's overall strategy • Own Aceli's messaging framework and brand • Lead the thought leadership calendar and digital channels • Shape the narrative for Aceli's fundraising • Draft and co-author articles, op-eds, reports, speeches, and talking points • Support the CEO and senior leaders in developing and refining ideas • Plan and sequence publications around organizational milestones and international sector events • Help team members develop narratives around climate, economic opportunities for women and youth, and nutrition • Advise the CEO on narrative approaches; review final drafts and provide copyedits and recommendations • Manage design partners from procurement through publication and own final quality control • Train the regional Communications team and develop writing templates • Lead development and maintenance of clear, consistent key messages • Maintain visual brand standards and ensure public-facing collateral reflects a consistent professional identity • Advise the Executive and Communications teams on external brand and messaging decisions • Assess engagement analytics and refine key messages based on audience response • Partner with fundraising on narratives for funder proposals, reports, and pitch materials • Provide writing support for funder proposals and external materials • Coordinate collateral such as quotes, photography, and videos for international and funder audiences • Develop compelling human-interest collateral behind Aceli's data • Execute website content updates and oversee technical maintenance • Design quarterly newsletters and publication announcements and optimize campaign delivery • Develop and disseminate LinkedIn content • Track website, newsletter, and LinkedIn analytics • Support digital communications for events, including MailChimp invitations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, International Development, Economics, or a related field • Minimum of 7 years of experience in strategic communications, thought leadership, editorial, or brand roles • At least 3 years of experience in international development, impact investing, philanthropy, or financial services • Familiarity with agricultural finance, SME finance, or blended finance, ideally in African markets • Demonstrated track record writing and publishing thought leadership for senior international audiences • Exceptional English writing and editing skills • Ability to translate complex financial and data-heavy content into clear, compelling narratives • Experience advising senior executives on messaging, positioning, and narrative strategy • Experience developing messaging frameworks, style guides, or brand standards • Experience managing external design and creative partners • Proficiency with website content management systems, email marketing platforms, LinkedIn, and web and social analytics tools • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills • Ability to manage multiple publications and priorities simultaneously • Collaborative spirit and strong work ethic • Ability to work effectively and independently within a remote, multi-country team • Willingness to travel to East Africa, Europe, and Washington, DC • Applications must include an updated CV, cover letter, and two writing samples • Applications without a Cover Letter and writing sample will not be considered • Preferred: Experience developing fundraising communications for bilateral and philanthropic donors • Preferred: Experience with data storytelling and data visualization • Preferred: Experience building communications or storytelling capacity across distributed teams • Preferred: Working knowledge of design tools for producing on-brand collateral

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer • Remote work arrangement • Opportunity to work with international audiences and a multi-country team • Travel opportunities to East Africa, Europe, and Washington, DC