The Roddenberry Foundation and its funding partners are seeking an Africa-based Network Lead to connect and support +1 Global Fund Awardees and contributors. Please apply by completing this brief form by end-of-day Friday, February 10, 2023.
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The Roddenberry Foundation makes catalytic investments in original ideas and extraordinary people who can change the world. One of the Roddenberry Foundation’s core programs is the +1 Global Fund, which is designed to discover, strengthen, connect, and amplify locally-led change. There are multiple +1 Global Funds, each dedicated to a specific issue and/or region and supported by multiple funding partners—such as the Sall Family Foundation, Shockwave Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Tarsadia Foundation, Vitol Foundation, and Valerian Fund. Each +1 Fund taps existing networks to discover and support proximate, earlier-stage, and under-the-radar organizations through a cascading series of nominations. Please see this Guide for a more detailed description of the program.
Just over 2 years old, the +1 Global Fund is already yielding dozens of Awardees (earlier-stage social enterprises and grassroots organizations selected for financial and non-financial support), and other program contributors. While they are making significant progress in their respective domains, there remains untapped potential in connecting them together, towards enabling greater exchange, mutual support, and/or coordination. We are looking for an Africa-based Network Lead who can help build a vibrant, highly-engaged community of +1 Awardees and realize the full potential of the nascent +1 network.
Across multiple +1 Funds—currently WASH, Food Security, and Health, all in Sub-Saharan Africa—the Network Lead will facilitate new relationships, nurture those connections, and attend to the needs of the “whole” and those of individual +1 Awardees and contributors. The ideal Network Lead is a relationship-driven innovator who will listen closely, unearth opportunities, steward those opportunities to fruition, and iterate over time. We are looking for someone who has exceptional interpersonal skills; shows up with humility, empathy, and curiosity; and finds joy in problem-solving as well as in connecting and mobilizing people.
Please note that this is a new role that will likely evolve over time. We are looking forward to the Network Lead shaping the role based on what they think is best for achieving the +1 Global Fund’s goals. Once hired, the Network Lead’s first task will be to draft a detailed, 6-month work plan in collaboration with the +1 team. The key responsibilities noted below just reflect the +1 team’s early thinking.