FSD Africa is a £30 million financial sector development programme based in Nairobi, funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID). The organisation aims to reduce poverty across sub-Saharan Africa by building financial markets that are efficient, robust, and inclusive. The Manager, Knowledge & Editorial will play a critical role in translating FSD Africa's experience and Development Impact evidence into clear, credible insight that directly supports the delivery of strategic goals. This involves high-level content development, institutional learning synthesis, and the design of knowledge systems to ensure institutional memory and effective communication of evidence-based narratives.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Influence & Positioning Support
- Contribute substantively to the development of Communications & Engagement strategy, bringing evidence-based insight that strengthens delivery of FSD Africa’s strategic goals.
- Work with the Director and Communications team to analyse programme portfolios and identify priority audiences and spheres of influence across pillars.
- Collaborate with Development Impact colleagues to gather relevant evidence, data and insights that inform positioning and influence priorities.
- Support the definition of influencing goals linked to policy / strategy windows and programme outcomes.
- Contribute to the development of influence strategies and messaging frameworks aligned to agreed objectives.
- Develop structured content plans aligned to agreed strategic and influencing priorities.
Institutional Learning & Evidence Synthesis
- Establish regular engagement with pillar teams and Development Impact to capture emerging lessons, including practitioner and ‘voices from the field’ insights.
- Review research outputs, evaluations and programme documentation to extract transferable learning.
- Distil complex technical material into concise insight briefs and thematic summaries suitable for different audiences.
- Identify recurring cross-cutting themes relevant to market systems development.
- Ensure synthesised insights are structured and shared in ways that inform decision-making and communications planning.
Content Development & Editorial
- Draft and structurally edit substantive materials including case studies, briefing notes and core knowledge products.
- Commission and manage external writers or editors where specialist input is required.
- Develop and uphold editorial standards, templates and style and branding guidelines across knowledge products.
- Review content produced across the organisation to ensure clarity, analytical coherence and consistency of voice.
Knowledge Systems & Asset Stewardship
- Design and sustain knowledge systems and practices that protect institutional memory and enable efficient retrieval and utilisation of evidence and insight.
- Design structured workflows for capturing, curating and archiving lessons and evidence from programmes and reviews.
- Develop and maintain repositories of insight, proof points and knowledge assets.
- Create clear filing, tagging and referencing practices to support ease of retrieval.
- Work with Communications & Engagement colleagues to ensure knowledge materials are stored, updated and maintained within agreed systems.
- Promote consistent use of knowledge systems and practices across pillars and teams.
Senior Support & Strategic Enablement
- Support the Director and Senior Communications Manager in equipping senior leaders and pillar teams with persuasive, evidence-based narratives for purposeful engagement in policy / strategy and market forums.
- Prepare tailored briefing materials and insight summaries for senior leadership engagement.
- Work with leaders to clarify key messages ahead of policy / strategy and market engagements.
- Develop narrative summaries that link programme evidence to agreed strategic positioning.
- Coordinate with Outreach & Campaigns to align substantive content with engagement priorities.
- Provide timely, high-quality drafting support for priority external moments.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to FSD Africa on fsdafrica.seamlesshiring.com to apply or use the application link: https://www.myjobmag.co.ke/apply-now/1192957.
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