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Live Show Research and Scheduling Support Jobs in Rwanda at VNU Sénégal/Gambie
Title: Live Show Research and Scheduling Support
Company: VNU Sénégal/Gambie
Location: Rwanda
Description of assignment (DoA) details
Attention! Please note that this is an Online Volunteering assignment. It's a short-term, task-based and non-contractual remote assignment; Online Volunteers are not UN Volunteers and do not receive any allowance or entitlements as part of the Online Volunteer assignment but receive a certificate of appreciation after successful completion. In addition, UNV is not involved in the selection process or collaboration.
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United Nations Development Programme13 days ago
Live Show Research and Scheduling Support
Rwanda
12 weeks
3
assignment(s)
Competitive recruitment
Advertisement end date:16/06/2026
General
Description of assignment title
Live Show Research and Scheduling Support
Assignment country
Rwanda
Expected start date
Invalid Date
Number of Assignments
3
For how many hours per week will the volunteer be required?
16 – 20 hours per week
Host entity
United Nations Development Programme
Modality
Online
Duration
12 weeks
Sustainable Development Goal
- Decent work and economic growth
Details
Mission and objectives
International Development
Context
timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation is a pan-African innovation initiative anchored in UNDP's Regional Bureau for Africa. Its mission is to support African founders to start, grow, and scale — targeting 100,000 enrolled startups and the mobilisation of USD 1 billion for African innovation. In 2026, timbuktoo launched 1 weekly live broadcast programme, the Building Africa live show and the upcoming Financing Africa and Innovating Africa, hosted by the Foundation's CEO, CIO and CINO respectively. The show runs for 30 minutes each week on LinkedIn Live and Facebook Live, featuring conversations with African startup founders on innovation and ecosystem development. Research is essential to ensuring each episode is substantive, relevant, and well-matched to the show's audience of founders, investors, and policymakers across Africa and the diaspora.
Task description
We are looking for three online volunteers to support episode research for the Building Africa live show already launched, and additional volunteers would support the Financing Africa Show and the Innovation Africa Show's once launched. For each of up to 12 weekly episodes, the online volunteers will carry out background research on the assigned episode theme and compile a structured research brief, communicate with and schedule guests for the show and carry out post-show communication (thank you emails to the guests, and a share of the created outputs such as the posted live sessions and short clips – these are produced by a separate team member. Each brief will include: A list of 3–5 potential guest candidates relevant to the episode theme, drawn from the African startup and innovation ecosystem. Where a draft 12-week schedule is present, the role will communicate with, confirm and schedule the guest candidates for the upcoming shows. A short background summary (150–200 words) on each candidate, covering their organisation, work, and relevance to the episode theme 2–3 suggested conversation angles per candidate The output of this assignment per volunteer is 12 completed episode research briefs – one per episode, submitted to timbuktoo at least 7 days before each scheduled broadcast, upto 36 guests contacted – 3 per show, confirmed and scheduled for the show episodes, upto 12 pre-session briefing calls held with confirmed guests.
Assignment requirements
Required Experience
Strong research skills and ability to synthesise information clearly in written English Familiarity with African startup ecosystems, entrepreneurship, or development finance Experience using LinkedIn, Crunchbase, or similar platforms for professional research Ability to meet weekly deadlines and work independently in a remote setting
Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Other information
Volunteerism is understood as a wide range of activities undertaken of free will, for the general public good, for which monetary reward is not the principal motivating factor.
Inclusivity statement
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