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About the Role

Lead a diverse team investigating human rights violations and conflict-related events, uncovering critical insights, and providing meaningful capacity-building to Civil Society Organisations. Provide high-impact briefings informed by high quality investigations and analysis, and deep regional knowledge. Engage with the human rights and security landscape of East Africa, applying a conflict-sensitive and gender-aware approach. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, stays ahead of emerging risks, and is passionate about using OSINT to drive meaningful change.

Responsibilities

Define and oversee the strategic impact the project aims to achieve, aligning with CIR values and donor goals.
Lead relationships with senior donors, ensuring confidence in the quality and impact of CIR’s work.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a multidisciplinary team of OSINT analysts, investigators, and GIS specialists.
Oversee engagement with and support to external stakeholders and partners, including government departments, justice and accountability mechanisms, international media outlets, and Sudanese civil society organisations.
Lead on strategic direction for resource allocation to maximize outcomes, impact, and value for money.
Oversee the design of the Monitoring and Evaluation framework.
Develop and inspire a cohesive and complimentary team dynamic.
Ensure the project’s risk management process generates required information and complies with donor reporting schedules.
Lead on business development opportunities for the project, including discussions with existing and potential new donors.

Requirements

An experienced, strategic manager and leader for a diverse team in often changing environments.
Experience applying adaptive management.
Experience in establishing a productive working culture where team members work well together and deliverables are consistently met to a high standard.
Strong interest and demonstrable experience partnering with Civil Society Organisations, specifically delivering investigative and capacity-strengthening support.
Strong networking/stakeholder relationship building and management experience, including with government departments.
Experience of overseeing projects in complex conflict settings.
Skilled at adaptive programme risk management.
Strong understanding of OSINT methods and application within Human Rights and Justice & Accountability.
Strong OSINT skills with experience in leading investigations.
Strong contextual knowledge and experience working on the East Africa region and ideally in/on Sudan.
Strong business development experience.

Skills

OSINT
Investigative
Capacity-building
Risk management
Business development
Stakeholder relationship management

Location

London
Remote

Work Type

Full-time
Part-time
Office-based
Hybrid
Remote

Experience Level

Experienced strategic manager
Experienced leader

About the Company

The Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) is an independent organisation dedicated to documenting human rights violations, exposing online harms against women and marginalised communities, and strengthening accountability for perpetrators.
CIR achieves its mission through open source research, digital investigations, capacity-building with local partners, and collaboration with media.
CIR focuses on investigating and documenting human rights abuses, war crimes, harms targeting women and minorities, and influence operations, working closely with multilateral and national justice accountability bodies.
The Sudan Witness project was set up in April 2023 to collect, verify, and preserve open-source information pertaining to conflict incidents and alleged human rights violations in Sudan.

Equal Opportunity

CIR is an equal opportunities employer.
CIR encourages applicants from under-represented communities.
If you require adjustments or additional support to complete this process, please let us know in your application.