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Our mission
We're making Africa the first cashless continent.
In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.
We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.
Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...
How you'll help us achieve it
We are looking for a driven Field Officer to join Wave as we launch our operations in the DRC, where you will manage product rollouts and help build our agent and merchant network on the ground. You will represent Wave in the field, overseeing distribution and marketing activations while ensuring our services are accessible to the communities we serve. You will also engage directly with users, agents, and merchants to better understand their needs and challenges related to money transfers and financial services, providing valuable insights to inform our local strategy.
In this role, you'll:
- Ensure agent quality and compliance with legal and policy requirements.
- Guarantee the agent network is fully trained on applications, the contents of the contract before signing, rebalancing options, fraud management, etc.
- Collaborate with the BTL team to build a well-branded, well-equipped agent network.
- Collaborate with the agent liquidity team to monitor cash and float availability at agent locations.
- Manage risk through routine visits to report emerging issues and assess agents' performance in your territory.
- Identify underperforming agents, close them, recover Wave items and equipment, and ensure branding materials are removed.
- Be the primary contact for all agency networks acquiring Wave products in your territory.
- Champion excellent customer service among distributors and agents within your territory.
Requirements
- Fluent in English & French, with ideally a good command of one additional local language.
- Experience working with informal merchants, market vendors, or agent networks is a plus.
- 2–3 years of experience in field sales, microfinance, telecoms, or fintech.
- Willingness to travel extensively within the assigned zone.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, sometimes challenging field conditions.
- High level of integrity and reliability.
Key details
- Location: We are hiring for this position in various locations between Kinshasa and Congo Central.
- Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula based on your level of experience and location.
- We pay your health insurance premium for you and your dependents.
- We support working parents - we offer generous parental leave policies (26 weeks for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers) and subsidized child care when you return to work.
- We help you live your most whole life now - we subsidize gym memberships and fitness classes.
- Airtime reimbursement.
You might be a good fit if you
- Are excited about working in the field, as this is a largely field-operations role.
- Detail-oriented and seek to achieve excellence in everything you do.
- Are a clear and proactive communicator, able to independently follow through on tasks and able to manage team priorities effectively.
- Enjoy teamwork, but also know how to work well independently.
- Are intellectually curious, creative in the way you go about tackling problems, and embrace failure as a means to spark innovation and growth.
- Communicate effectively and often, both in writing and in person, to the point of over-communication.
- Demonstrate tenacity and a willingness to go the distance to get something done.
- Are tech-savvy: comfortable navigating Excel and onboarding new tools.
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Our team
- We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.
- We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
- We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
- We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
- We are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue.
How to apply
Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.
We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals.
Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Wave
People Partner
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Our mission
We're making Africa the first cashless continent.
In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.
We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.
Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...
How you'll help us achieve it
We are seeking a Strategic People Partner who combines curiosity, strategic thinking, and hands-on HR delivery. This Partner will help us shape our people's experience, talent initiatives, and ultimately own an org/s as a trusted People Partner.
You’ll partner across teams to strengthen how we grow, support, and develop Wavers. Your work will touch key areas such as: performance coaching, development, talent management, organizational design and employee experience, while also supporting talent programs.
In this role, you'll;
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Support Organizational Design & Effectiveness
- Partner with business leads to assess and evolve team structures that enable collaboration and effectiveness.
- Facilitate organization health reviews, using people analytics to identify strengths, gaps, and growth opportunities.
- Support managers on change management, team design, and culture alignment as their orgs scale.
- Contribute to cross-functional projects that enhance employee experience, performance, and engagement.
Learning & Development Collaborations
- Partner with the L&D team and business leads to identify development needs and learning priorities across functions.
- Support individual development planning and ensure learning insights are embedded into performance and career frameworks.
- Track participation, to inform continuous improvement of learning initiatives.
Talent Management & Growth
- Partner with leaders to map career paths and growth frameworks across their teams.
- Support performance review cycles, calibrations, and feedback conversations that drive meaningful development.
- Build visibility into succession planning, and emerging talent across Wave.
- Collaborate with the Talent team, to ensure a consistent strong pipeline of talent during hiring processes.
Grow our Talent & Development Programs
- Manage Wave’s internship and Support rotation programs: canvassing roles, coordinating interviews, onboarding, and successful integration.
- Partner with leads to identify high-performing participants for continued development and full-time conversion opportunities.
Strengthen Employer Branding
- Collaborate with Marketing and Comms to capture authentic stories that reflect Wave’s culture and employee experiences.
- Contribute to content for social channels, events, and recruiting campaigns showcasing Wave as a great place to grow.
Key details
- Location: You'll work from our office in Abidjan and may travel to field locations.
- Work authorization in Côte d'Ivoire.
- This is a permanent position.
- Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula.
- We offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.
- We support working parents - we offer 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers, in addition to subsidized child care when they return to work.
- Airtime reimbursement.
- Free food and a beautiful office space.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of experience in Recruiting, Learning & Development, Talent management, or HRBP in a high-growth environment
- A degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or equivalent.
- French and English proficiency.
- Demonstrated background in talent and leadership management, as well as a proven ability to attract and retain outstanding talent and motivate high-performing teams.
- Hands-on operational experience in managing employee relations.
- Ability to work with a variety of organizational leaders, to build consensus around HR strategy and tactics.
- Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills in dealing with sensitive employee issues and managing cultural differences.
You might be a good fit if you
- Are strategically minded but operationally hands-on. You can design frameworks and also execute them.
- Have strong coaching, facilitation, and communication skills, with a passion for helping others grow.
- Are analytical and data-informed, using insights to guide decisions and measure impact.
- Excel at building relationships and trust, partnering across multiple levels and cultures.
- Are curious, proactive, and adaptable; you thrive in a fast-moving, mission-driven environment.
Our team
- We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.
- We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
- We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
- We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
- We are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue.
How to apply
Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.
We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals.
Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Wave
Our mission
We're making Africa the first cashless continent.
In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.
We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.
Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...
How you'll help us achieve it
At Wave Mobile Money, the Senior HR Lead is a business-critical operator responsible for enabling rapid growth across Kinshasa and regional operations.
This role goes beyond traditional HR: you will operate as a business leader responsible for building and scaling the people engine behind Wave’s growth. You will act as a hands-on partner to leadership, ensuring that teams are structured, supported, and performing at a high level in a fast-scaling environment.
In this role, you'll be responsible for:
Strategic Business Partnering
- Partner with country leadership and operational teams (distribution, agents, support functions)
- Translate growth targets into practical People strategy
- Support rapid scaling across Kinshasa and provinces (field teams, agents, support staff)
- Act as a decision enabler by providing recommendations and options to help managers move quickly while managing people risks
Performance & Talent in a High-Growth Environment
- Implement a simple yet effective performance work environment and support the business in promoting talent growth
- Be an HRBP to the leadership and support managers in handling: Underperformance, High attrition roles, Promotions and internal mobility
Be an Ambassador of Wave’s Culture and Wave Ways of Working
- Coach and equip managers to role-model Wave culture in their day-to-day leadership.
- Design and champion initiatives that bring culture to life (e.g., town halls, culture workshops, storytelling etc.)
- Promote a data-driven, fast-paced, and ownership-oriented culture.
- Identify and address behaviors or practices that are misaligned with Wave’s culture.
Office & Employee Experience
- Ensure the Kinshasa office runs smoothly, safely, and efficiently
- Oversee:
- Office administration
- Facilities, security, and logistics
- Staff welfare (canteen, health, working conditions)
- Adapt solutions to local constraints:
- Power reliability
- Transport challenges
- Safety and Security considerations
Budget & Ownership & Cost Discipline
- Own and manage HR and office budgets
- Track headcount costs vs business targets
- Ensure cost-efficient scaling
Employee Relations & Labor Environment
- Manage contracts, payroll coordination, and benefits administration
- Act as the primary point of contact for employee relations issues
- Handle: Conflict resolution, Disciplinary processes and Terminations
- Ensure compliance with DRC labor law, while maintaining operational agility
- Manage relationships with: Unions, Labor inspections and Local authorities (if needed)
Key details
- Location: You'll work from our office in Kinshasa, with some travel.
- Work authorization in DRC is required.
- This is a permanent position.
- Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula.
- We offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.
- We support working parents - we offer 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers, in addition to subsidized child care when they return to work.
- Airtime reimbursement.
- Free food and a beautiful office space.
Requirements
- 8–10+ years in HR, including strong HR Business Partnering / People Operations experience
- Experience in:
- Fast-growing companies (startup/scale-up)
- Operational or field-heavy environments
- Experience in Africa (DRC strongly preferred)
- Proven ability to support rapid scaling
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field
- Fluent in French, English and Lingala (mandatory)
You might be a good fit if you
- Operate with a business-first mindset
- Are a does and builder
- Value speed and pragmatism
- Influence without authority
- Are resilient and adaptable
Our team
- We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.
- We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
- We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
- We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
- We are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue.
How to apply
Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.
We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals.
Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Wave
Senior Legal Counsel (New Markets)
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Our mission
We're making Africa the first cashless continent.
In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.
We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.
Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...
How you'll help us achieve it
As a Senior Legal Counsel, you will serve as the primary legal advisor supporting Wave's growth into new markets, including Cameroon & DRC, and facilitate expansion in alignment with business requirements following regulatory approvals in other regions.
You will partner closely with the business to achieve its objectives through robust contracting, effective legal risk management, and the delivery of clear, practical strategies and solutions.
In this role, you'll be responsible for:
- Contracting:
- Drafting and negotiating contracts for all Wave core products and services (agents, payments, procurement) to protect the commercial and legal interests of the business and maximize value.
- Engaging in complex/high-value contract negotiations.
- Managing and improving the contracting process, i.e., implementing the contracts policy, contract management software, electronic signature software, physical archiving, and other processes, across countries.
- Legal operations:
- Implementing group legal team policies and proposing periodic modifications to the same based upon practical experience, legal developments, and industry best practice, e.g., contracts policy, data privacy policy, etc.
- Provide cross-functional legal administrative support by ensuring the administrative follow-up of legal documentation for new markets, including the centralisation, traceability, and ongoing updating of legal information.
- Litigation: Implementing procedures to manage claims and disputes, including pre-action case management, mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
- People support: Legal support for employment contracts, disciplinary matters, and terminations.
- Company secretarial: Managing company secretarial matters across legal entities.
- Risk management: Working with the Risk and Controls teams to implement mitigations and related controls in respect of legal risks.
- Data privacy and consumer protection:
- Developing the data privacy compliance strategy in collaboration with other functions.
- Building relations with data privacy regulators across the region.
- Regulatory support: providing legal support on licensing and regulatory matters, and on applications for mobile money licenses in other Francophone countries, in support of lead lawyers responsible for regulatory affairs, and in collaboration with external counsel, if required.
- Building and managing relationships with our external law firms.
- Engaging in other aspects of the legal function and other special projects as topics arise.
Key details
- Location: Can work from Wave's offices in Cameroon or the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Travel: Plan to travel 20% of the time to operating markets.
- Reports to the Head of Legal, responsible for Francophone expansion and new markets.
- Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula based on your level of experience and location.
- We pay your health insurance premium for you and your dependents.
- We support working parents - we offer generous parental leave policies (26 weeks for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers) and subsidized child care when you return to work.
- We help you live your most whole life now - we subsidize gym memberships and fitness classes.
- Airtime reimbursement.
Requirements
- A law degree from an accredited and leading law school and be a qualified lawyer in a Francophone African jurisdiction (OHADA, Cameroon, DRC regulation).
- 8+ years of experience as an in-house lawyer in technology, finance, fintech, or mobile money in a leading regional or global organization.
- Fluent in French and English.
- Strong communication skills (both written and oral) and the ability to communicate knowledge of the law in a manner that is easily understood and applied.
- Excellent legal drafting.
- Strong planning, organizational, and management skills, and the ability to meet deadlines.
You might be a good fit if you:
- Are excessively detail-oriented and strive for excellence in everything you undertake.
- I am a self-starter and proactive about achieving ambitious targets.
- Take the initiative and be proactive about achieving ambitious goals.
- Excel at troubleshooting and resolving issues, even under pressure.
- Are willing to go the extra mile to ensure tasks are completed successfully.
- Adjust quickly to shifting priorities and dynamic conditions.
- Foster strong relationships and inspire the best in others.
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex legal concepts clear and practical.
- Demonstrate exceptional planning, organizational, and management abilities, consistently meeting deadlines.
- Effectively manage legal risks with foresight and precision.
- Approach legal matters with strategic insight and a focus on long-term impact.
Our team
- We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.
- We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
- We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
- We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
- We are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue.
How to apply
Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.
We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals.
Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Wave
Senior Legal Counsel (New Markets)
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Our mission
We're making Africa the first cashless continent.
In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.
We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.
Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...
How you'll help us achieve it
As a Senior Legal Counsel, you will serve as the primary legal advisor supporting Wave's growth in DRC & new markets, and facilitate expansion in alignment with business requirements following regulatory approvals in other regions.
You will partner closely with the business to achieve its objectives through robust contracting, effective legal risk management, and the delivery of clear, practical strategies and solutions.
In this role, you'll be responsible for:
- Contracting:
- Drafting and negotiating contracts for all Wave core products and services (agents, payments, procurement) to protect the commercial and legal interests of the business and maximize value.
- Engaging in complex/high-value contract negotiations.
- Managing and improving the contracting process, i.e., implementing the contracts policy, contract management software, electronic signature software, physical archiving, and other processes, across countries.
- Legal operations:
- Implementing group legal team policies and proposing periodic modifications to the same based upon practical experience, legal developments, and industry best practice, e.g., contracts policy, data privacy policy, etc.
- Provide cross-functional legal administrative support by ensuring the administrative follow-up of legal documentation for new markets, including the centralisation, traceability, and ongoing updating of legal information.
- Litigation: Implementing procedures to manage claims and disputes, including pre-action case management, mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
- People support: Legal support for employment contracts, disciplinary matters, and terminations.
- Company secretarial: Managing company secretarial matters across legal entities.
- Risk management: Working with the Risk and Controls teams to implement mitigations and related controls in respect of legal risks.
- Data privacy and consumer protection:
- Developing the data privacy compliance strategy in collaboration with other functions.
- Building relations with data privacy regulators across the region.
- Regulatory support: providing legal support on licensing and regulatory matters, and on applications for mobile money licenses in other Francophone countries, in support of lead lawyers responsible for regulatory affairs, and in collaboration with external counsel, if required.
- Building and managing relationships with our external law firms.
- Engaging in other aspects of the legal function and other special projects as topics arise.
Key details
- Location: Can work from Wave's offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Travel: Plan to travel 20% of the time to operating markets.
- Reports to the Head of Legal, responsible for Francophone expansion and new markets.
- Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula based on your level of experience and location.
- We pay your health insurance premium for you and your dependents.
- We support working parents - we offer generous parental leave policies (26 weeks for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers) and subsidized child care when you return to work.
- We help you live your most whole life now - we subsidize gym memberships and fitness classes.
- Airtime reimbursement.
Requirements
- A law degree from an accredited and leading law school and be a qualified lawyer in a Francophone African jurisdiction (OHADA, Cameroon, DRC regulation).
- 8+ years of experience as an in-house lawyer in technology, finance, fintech, or mobile money in a leading regional or global organization.
- Fluent in French and English.
- Strong communication skills (both written and oral) and the ability to communicate knowledge of the law in a manner that is easily understood and applied.
- Excellent legal drafting.
- Strong planning, organizational, and management skills, and the ability to meet deadlines.
You might be a good fit if you:
- Are excessively detail-oriented and strive for excellence in everything you undertake.
- I am a self-starter and proactive about achieving ambitious targets.
- Take the initiative and be proactive about achieving ambitious goals.
- Excel at troubleshooting and resolving issues, even under pressure.
- Are willing to go the extra mile to ensure tasks are completed successfully.
- Adjust quickly to shifting priorities and dynamic conditions.
- Foster strong relationships and inspire the best in others.
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex legal concepts clear and practical.
- Demonstrate exceptional planning, organizational, and management abilities, consistently meeting deadlines.
- Effectively manage legal risks with foresight and precision.
- Approach legal matters with strategic insight and a focus on long-term impact.
Our team
- We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.
- We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
- We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
- We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
- We are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue.
How to apply
Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.
We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals.
Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Wave
Senior Human Resources for Health Advisor, DOS LEAP Global - Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Dexis is a dynamic professional services firm dedicated to partnering with government and community leaders both in the U.S. and internationally to achieve critical social outcomes in a rapidly changing world.
At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, respect, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded.
LEAP Program Description
Global Solutions Ventures (GSV) – a joint-venture partnership between ZemiTek, LLC and Dexis Consulting Group – is implementing the Long-term Exceptional Technical Assistance Project (LEAP Global), a mechanism originally used by USAID to battle against infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, and pandemic influenza. As of July 1, 2025, LEAP Global transitioned to the U.S. Department of State (DOS). This initiative aims to address the complex human resource challenges faced by national infectious disease programs in the USA-supported countries.
The intervention of this project is to hire and embed technical expert advisors and subject matter experts within government entities. By directly embedding the technical expertise within the national programs, LEAP provides long-term, sustainable lifesaving support to empower host governments to lead and manage key aspects of their infectious disease portfolios and improve coordination between the U.S. Government and the host country.
About the Position
The Senior Human Resources for Health Advisor will support the Office of Foreign Assistance of the U.S. Department of State Embassy Kinshasa carrying out the America First Global Health Strategy. The primary focus of the Advisor will be technical support to develop a Political Economic Analysis of Frontline health workers management and payment transition operational plan in alignment with the U.S,-DRC Health Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on February 26, 2026.
This position specifically supports Section 2.4 of the MOU, with human resources for health responsibilities spanning all health service delivery areas (HIV, TB, malaria, maternal and child health, nutrition, global health security including polio eradication) to strengthen the entire health system rather than individual disease programs.
The Senior Advisor will support the Ministry of Health, Hygiene, and Social Security (MOH) for improving performance and retention of human resources for health of front-line health workers, including community health workers. The Senior Consultant will identify policy and practice bottlenecks and facilitate solutions through coordinated technical support and facilitation of effort through the Ministry’s programming and administration efforts along with the health donors group members.
The Senior Advisor will identify technical and skills bottleneck and facilitate solutions through close mentorship. S/he will be based at the MOH Human Resources Division Office. The Senior Consultant will receive day to day direction from the Division head. S/he will be reporting to U.S. Embassy Public Health Advisor and Frontline Health Workers workstream Lead bi-weekly. The Advisor will support the MOH in carrying out life-saving humanitarian assistance (LHA) service delivery in full alignment with the new Presidential Executive Order (EO) directives.
Responsibilities
- Support the MoH General Secretary to manage and coordinate efforts to process with employees hiring plan, set up HR data systems, review and update salaries and allowances payroll as well as retirement plans.
- Provide technical assistance in the compilation of a valid, up to date registry of front-line health workers in collaboration with the MOH and the Ministry of Public Works.
- Advise the MOH General Secretary on health policy and strategy gaps and make recommendations for remedial actions.
- Coordinate with the U.S. Government and the Global Fund to list staff receiving bonuses and ensure that they are `national staff register or private sector entity payroll systems.
- Develop a risk mitigation and communications plan to maintain performance and retention of health workers transitioned off of bonuses by January 2027.
- Support U.S. Government implementing partners to create a plan for transition CHWs to monthly stipends by domestic health resources per the MOU.
- Participate as a resource member to the GIBS Sante Health Workers and Service Delivery Working Group to support implementation of the 2026 priority action plan and improve coherence of related health donor actions to strengthen human resources of health policy and practice.
- Support the MOH to ensure workforce strategies support integrated health service delivery across all MOU Areas of Cooperation rather than vertical program structures.
- Coordinate with the LEAP Health Finance Advisor and Health Governance Advisor to align workforce transitions with co-investment tracking and financial oversight.
Reporting:
The Advisor will submit a monthly report to designated officer at the U.S. Embassy Office of Foreign Assistance by the 5th day of the following month. Reports should demonstrate how workforce activities support integrated health system strengthening across all MOU Areas of Cooperation. Additionally, the Advisor will submit a weekly progress report to U.S. Embassy/Department of State (and participate in weekly calls) to include a short paragraph about main successes for that week.
Qualifications
- Advanced Academic Credentials: Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Health Policy, Health Economics, Public Administration, or related field.
- At least seven (7) years of relevant experience in the following areas:
- HRH Policy & Regulatory Leadership: Led formulation/revision of national HRH strategies, regulatory frameworks, and workforce policies aligned with UHC and Ministry of Health priorities.
- Workforce Planning & Operations: Designed staffing norms, deployment strategies, HRIS systems, and performance management frameworks in decentralized health systems.
- Risk Management in Fragile Settings: Conducted operational risk assessments and developed mitigation plans addressing attrition, payroll integrity, donor dependency, and emergency surge capacity.
- Donor & Stakeholder Coordination: Aligned HRH investments across government, World Bank, USG, and implementing partners; facilitated multi-partner consensus.
- Institutional Capacity Strengthening: Led technical assistance, change management, and M&E systems to strengthen sustainable HRH governance.
- Full Professional Fluency: Bilingual English and French (written and oral), with experience leading high-level policy dialogue and technical drafting in both languages.
- Experience with IRIS is desirable.
Dexis is on a mission to help solve today’s most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is “find a way or make a way” — that’s how Dexis goes “all in.” How will you?
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Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.
Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.
As part of a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, Dexis provides healthcare insurance in addition to other staff welfare benefits and perks.
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