Position Overview
- Identify relevant online conversations, media ecosystems, and calls-to-action which might elevate risk to our clients operations in multiple cities and towns throughout Tanzania and Uganda.
- Analyze all relevant media, [social] media, and communications that have social/political implications in ongoing and emerging threat profiles that intersect with our clients operations.
- Assess and measure risk in digital communities, online ecosystems, and communications networks calling for disruption across multiple cities and towns in Tanzania and Uganda.
- Harvest data and prioritize insights from multiple innovation and tech platforms currently in service by GardaWorld regionally and globally with a focus on misinformation, disinformation, calls-to-action or violence, and upcoming disruptions.
- Produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly assessment reports.
- Respond to RFIs: up to 6 x per month.
- Engage with the client as required, including online briefings on weekly insights uncovered during analysts assessment responsibilities.
- Advanced understanding of threat/risk indicators in Tanzania and Uganda.
- Advanced understanding of the socio-economic and political situation driving disruption and unrest across Tanzania and Uganda.
- Advanced understanding of media culture in Tanzania and Uganda, including online, social, and broadcast, communications.
- Advanced understanding of the oil and gas sector.
- Advanced understanding of regional and global media trends, specifically those on major social media channels, including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
- Ability to generate written analysis and assessment products that prioritize insights from multiple threat/risk profiles in media and communications ecosystems throughout Tanzania and Uganda.
- Experience with some aspect of digital communications is required; experience with social listening tools is a definite bonus.
- The ability to write clearly and concisely in English to a wide audience.
- Ability to write clearly and concisely in English.
- Excellent briefing and communication skills.
- Ability to successfully manage a client relationship.
- Ability to self-start and work remotely with minimal daily oversight.
- Advanced understanding of Microsoft Office specifically PowerPoint.
- Prior experience with social listening tools or equivalent innovations and technologies.
- The ability to manage and prioritize multiple ongoing projects.
- 3-5 years in a relevant analytical field, including threat/risk or media/communications.
- 1-3 years experience working with social listening or relevant technologies which harvest insights in digital domains.
- Understanding of the social, political, and economic conditions driving disruption and unrest in multiple cities and towns in Tanzania and Uganda.
- Experience in the oil and gas sector.
- Experience in compiling and generating analytical products.
- Experience working remotely with minimal oversight.
- Knowledge of French and/or local Tanzanian and Ugandan languages advantageous.
- South Africa position. Occasional travel to Cape Town office, Tanzania, Uganda, or other GardaWorld corporate offices in Dubai or London, as when required.
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