Senior Consultant, Strategic Communications

Contract: Full time; 2 years fixed term, renewable

Remuneration: Competitive, based on experience and competence

Location: London

Reports to: Lead Advisor

About us

Africa Practice Group is a mission led, innovation and advocacy practice advising investors and development partners across the continent. Our mission is to shape a prosperous Africa that inspires the world. For over 20 years, we have been partnering with global investors, policy makers, development partners and other changemakers to drive transformation on the continent. In December 2025, Africa Practice acquired Brink. Our insights and advocacy solutions are rooted in detailed systems and stakeholder understanding. We identify, generate, and analyse human centred systems data to design impactful advocacy interventions. We deliver our world class insights and advocacy solutions through our local presence. We operate as one company, with a diverse team working on a hybrid basis in various locations.

About the role

We are seeking a full time, bilingual (French and English) Senior Consultant to drive the delivery of our strategic communications mandates with clients investing and operating across Africa in the banking, infrastructure, development finance, energy transition and mining sectors. This will be a stimulating and rewarding role for someone who is seeking to work with prestigious clients, enjoys immersion in interesting, varied and purposeful work and will thrive in an extremely dynamic, fast paced and multicultural working environment.

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualise and deliver creative, human centred, evidence driven campaigns designed to raise awareness, shift mindsets, challenge entrenched narratives, advance public policy goals and motivate behaviour change
• Develop nuanced insights into the strategic issues shaping our clients' industries and influencing their organisational goals, interpret what will be relevant and valuable to them and advise effectively
• Design compelling narratives and key messaging that motivate action; formulate and defend key positions
• Develop insightful, creative and evidence driven leadership positioning and corporate communications strategies and plans
• Play an important role in client relationship management and ensure high quality execution of agreed communications plans and advocacy campaigns on schedule and within budget
• Leverage strong relationships with top tier international, regional and trade journalists to source media intelligence and craft persuasive pitches that result in stand out media reporting
• Deliver succinct and insightful advisory based on AI powered media monitoring and listening, conduct nuanced and instructive peer benchmarking and reputational risk assessments
• Make strategic recommendations based on your understanding of the stakeholder landscape and the way communities of interest are mobilised and engaged across different platforms
• Conceptualise and produce high quality thought leadership content across a range of formats
• Proactively share insights into current affairs, new media and technologies and creative approaches

Personal growth

• Demonstrate courage - challenge yourself by offering out-of-the box solutions to clients
• Demonstrate curiosity, not only in terms of project related themes and issues, but also vis a vis new technology and consulting methodologies
• Proactively take advantage of learning opportunities within and beyond Africa Practice

What we are looking for

• Strong organisational, project management and prioritisation skills
• Outstanding verbal, written and visual storytelling and presentation skills in French and English
• Strong, highly collaborative relationship management skills with clients and colleagues
• Demonstrable strong relationships with international and African top tier business and development focused journalists
• Deep understanding of the development finance, private capital and infrastructure sectors
• Aptitude for problem solving and rigorous attention to detail
• Comfortable working with digital platforms for content management, publishing, and monitoring
• Visual thinker; creative skills in graphics and digital media highly desirable
• Data literacy; ability to manage, analyse, structure and visualise datasets highly desirable
• Keen interest in African current affairs essential
• Adapts well to changing demands in a highly dynamic environment
• Proactively looks for opportunities to improve own performance
• Bachelor's degree or higher in relevant discipline

What we offer

We offer the successful candidate an opportunity to develop a rewarding career within a dynamic consultancy advising a prestigious portfolio of clients. This position offers:

• Competitive remuneration
• Immediate opportunities for growth
• Collaboration with a diverse and experienced team of colleagues

At Africa Practice, we are dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse and authentic workplace. You might just be the new team member we are looking for - for this or other roles.