Position title: Language AI for Social Impact - Senior Partnership Officer

Travel: International travel within Africa is expected, no more than 25% of the time

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Language AI has made dramatic progress in recent years. Yet the 4 billion people worldwide who do not speak 'major' languages remain largely unserved, restricting their access to digital information and services. The digital language gap is widening. To tackle this, CLEAR Global launched the 4 Billion Conversations (4BC) initiative together with partners Africa and South Asia.

CLEAR Global's 4BC initiative aims to close the digital language gap by making language technology available in marginalized languages. Language technology for these languages has vast potential to support social impact efforts ranging from climate change resilience to addressing gender-based violence. The 4BC initiative is carried by a network of program partners working on social impact activities and tech partners working on language AI.

As the Senior Partnership Officer, you will play a pivotal role in furthering the 4BC initiative and its associated projects. The 4BC initiative is at a pivotal moment, as we and our partners work to bring it to scale while language technology and AI have the world's attention. Your primary responsibilities will be to support the growth and development of the 4BC initiative by building a network of stakeholders, engaging organizations on the priorities and concerns of the global majority, and further developing a shared vision for the future of language technology, particularly with a focus on Africa.

One example of recent initiatives to apply the recent advancements of language AI is the Agriculture Information Exchange Platform (AIEP) initiative, a collaboration funded by the Bill-and-Melinda-Gates Foundation and implemented by GIZ which CLEAR Global supports. The AIEP initiative aims to build the systems to get farmers in East Africa and India accessible information in their own languages and we expect this role to engage with this initiative closely.

Join us in driving innovation at the intersection of language technology and the social impact sector. Be a part of the 4BC initiative, contributing to impactful solutions that improve communication and collaboration in the community.

Responsibilities

Your primary role will be to coordinate efforts across two key dimensions:

1. 4BC network: The 4BC initiative is not something that CLEAR Global does alone. The initiative lives through the network of partners who shape, contribute to and gain from it. You will be mobilizing the network, facilitating conversations with partners in the network and extending it through outreach activities to enhance the impact of the 4BC initiative. This might include:

2. Supporting the vision of language technology: The 4BC initiative is driven by a vision for the future of language technology, particularly in Africa, and the impact it can have for the social good. Your role will be to support this vision, ensuring that the strategic direction aligns with the needs of stakeholders and emerging trends. You will contribute to the ongoing development of key thematic areas and facilitate the dissemination of knowledge to ensure broad engagement. This might include:

We expect that the primary outputs of this position in the first phase will be:

We envision this position to focus on Africa while building the initiative overall.

Please note that these roles and responsibilities are approximate and may change over time, for instance, to include supporting the implementation of associated projects.

The successful candidate will need to have access to a stable internet connection and a computer to be able to carry out the role.

About CLEAR Global

CLEAR Global exists to help people get vital information, and be heard, whatever language they speak. We believe that everyone has the right to give and receive information in a language and format they understand. We work with nonprofit partners and a global community of language professionals to build local language translation capacity, and raise awareness of language barriers. Our network of over 100,000 community members translate millions of words of life- saving and life-changing information a year.

Core values

CLEAR Global employees and volunteers are people who believe passionately about the value of this work and take personal responsibility for achieving the mission. CLEAR Global's mission and organizational spirit embody the core values established in its strategic framework: