Key details 

• Salary: Benchmarked against our UK-based compensation framework at GBP 45,000 - 65,000 dependent on experience. The offer will then be adjusted to reflect national market rates.

• Hours: Full time, 37.5 a week but flexible working will be considered, including a 4-day week. 

• Annual leave: 26 days plus the public holidays of your country of residence.

• Location: Home-based, remote working. Flexible work location in the Latin America region up to  -6  UTC with regular virtual team meetings and in-person sessions (restrictions permitting). Preference will be given to candidates based in  Argentina, Ecuador or Colombia. Applicants must have the right to work in their country of residence as we cannot provide work visas for any country.

• Contract type: The role is permanent and a part of the core team but due to our remote organisation set-up, the contract will be that of an international self-employed contractor.

• Reports to: Director of Country Programmes 

• Line Management: Regional Associates and Project Consultants as required
  

About Open Ownership 

Open Ownership (OO) is driving the global shift towards transparency over who owns and controls companies, known as beneficial ownership transparency (BOT). We are working to create a world where governments, businesses, and citizens can readily access and effectively use accurate, complete, and high-quality evidence and information on the true owners of companies, not only to achieve transparency, but to reduce key global and national risks such as corruption and tax evasion, and create a more sustainable business environment.

To achieve this, our team of programme delivery, technology, and policy and research experts:

• Provides technical assistance to implement beneficial ownership transparency reforms

• Builds technology and capacity to use beneficial ownership data

• Conducts research and advocates to shape global policy and practice

We are a remote organisation with a global team of 15 individuals based in Argentina, the Philippines, Nigeria, South Africa and  Zambia, as well as the United Kingdom (UK) where currently 50% of the organisation is based. We offer  a fast-paced environment with an emphasis on agility and flexibility. People who enjoy learning and variety in their work will be particularly well-suited for our team. Although home-based, our remote team does meet in-person at least twice a year .

Purpose of the post 

You will join a distributed team across the region and beyond, working on delivery of Open Ownership’s support to priority national governments in the region/s  delivering high-quality technical assistance. 

You’ll proactively work with colleagues across our teams to develop and manage a portfolio of country and regional relationships, apply Open Ownership’s tools to support national governments implementing beneficial ownership transparency, and share this knowledge across and beyond the organisation.

Key tasks and responsibilities

1. Lead Open Ownership’s support to national governments in the region/s  implementing BOT

• Deliver scoping assessments of the current status and context for BOT in your portfolio countries, drawing in expertise from policy and technical colleagues as required.

• Based on Open Ownership’s Implementation Guide and Principles for Effective Beneficial Ownership Disclosure, develop and deliver tailored support countries to implement legal, technical and other changes required to publish high quality and usable beneficial ownership data for impact. 

• Provide high-quality demand driven technical assistance to national implementers on a range BOT implementation query topics.

• Working closely with the policy and research team,  prepare responses to national consultations, and specific queries on implementation topics for the countries in your portfolio. 

• Manage national level projects and grants to achieve high quality outputs. Support the organisational  grant management function by providing inputs into project proposals, donor reports and fundraising efforts as determined. 

2. Develop and sustain working relationships with national stakeholders in countries of focus

• Grow and deepen relationships with in-country stakeholders across government, civil society and the private sector, as well as regional stakeholders and multilateral institutions working on BOT in the region/s. 

• Identify opportunities to further Open Ownership technical delivery in the region/s in line with the Open Ownership’s strategy, and per the demands for support made by regional stakeholders and national governments.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to leverage related work being undertaken by others and maximise impact and use of Open Ownership tools and resources. 

• Sustain partnerships with key Open Ownership partner organisations in the delivery of country projects and programmes as required. 

3. Develop and share knowledge arising from Open Ownership’s in-country work

• Develop and share knowledge about national implementation contexts, successes and challenges.

• Work with colleagues to feed national knowledge and learning into Open Ownership’s research and policy work, capacity building and data use, as well as tools and package of country support.

• Contribute to Open Ownership’s monitoring, evaluation and learning processes at project and organisation level.

Candidate profile

You will be an action-oriented individual with a keen eye for detail. You’ll understand and have a passion for how policy, technology and data can together drive positive impact. 

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and attributes:

• Experience of building relationships with senior stakeholders to influence policy

• Experience of managing international and national projects in a relevant field (e.g. natural resource governance, anti-corruption, digital transformation)

• Knowledge of priority for countries (Argentina, Columbia, Ecuador) for Open Ownership technical delivery and 6 + years relevant work history. Preference will be given to knowledge and experience working in or based in Latin America. 

• Knowledge of national and/or international policy in a field such as anti-corruption, good governance, open data, national security

• Business fluent in Spanish and English. 

• Confidence with Microsoft Office and G-Suite, experience with Notion would be an asset 

• Willing and able to travel internationally up to 30% FTE ( travel restrictions permitting)

• A confident communicator, with an aptitude for explaining complex issues in an easily digestible manner 

• A self-starter and can manage competing priorities without much supervision 

• Experience with managing direct reports and consultants 

• A quick learner, able to swiftly understand information about complex issues 

• Good attention to detail and highly organised

• Entrepreneurial and look for opportunities to solve problems and adaptable to changing context