Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the CELA Africa Government Affairs Leads to provide general policy and government affairs support, utilizing consultants as needed.
• Support team efforts through research, preparing comparative analysis, translations, checklists and summaries.
• Assist with drafting agreements for the marketing, sale, licensing and distribution of Microsoft Products and Services.
• Participate in data collection and intelligence gathering to aid in crafting position papers, policy briefings, and legislative testimony.
• Stay informed on public policy and geo-political issues, contributing to Microsoft’s policy and political initiatives.
• Engage in research across legal, policy, and technology sectors to aid team strategies, address logistical issues, and monitor regulatory changes.
• Support Government Affairs Leads as necessary in managing internal stakeholders as well as external relationships with coalitions, the public sector, and relevant interest groups to achieve desired regulatory and/or legislative outcomes.
• Help in advancing public sector objectives and managing communications across various groups.
• Organize and support internal and external events, including content development, material drafting, and social media engagement.
• Support in communication, strategic positioning and campaigning activities.
• Provide regular updates to the team about key policy issues arising in their markets.
• Undertake any other task assigned by the Head of Government Affairs for Africa and/or the Government Affairs Leads.

Required Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate should hold a Public Policy, Law, Political Science, International Relations, or a similar degree.
• You must be legally authorised to work in Kenya, Nigeria or Egypt to be eligible for this role. (Legally authorised = has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit).
• Excellent knowledge of technology and emerging policy issues around AI, cloud computing, and data governance.
• Written and oral fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 1 year of prior experience in a related field, such as government relations, regulatory affairs, public policy, law or technology.
• Fluency in Arabic and French.
• 1+ years experience in developing and managing strategic relationships to advocate and influence public/technology policy priorities.
• Ability to analyse, conceptualize, and visualize information and data.
• The ability to review, draft, or contribute to policy documents, briefing notes, whitepapers, advocacy materials.
• Demonstrated ability of Africa’s public sector dynamics or regional governance institutions (e.g. African Union, ECOWAS, EAC, SADAC).