We're currently recruiting for two positions:

1. Innovation Lead - Rwanda

Time Commitment: 1 FTE 
Contract type: Fixed Term contract for 12 months (with potential for role to become permanent)
Remuneration: 110,000,000 RWF per annum
Deadline to apply: 30th September 5pm CAT
Start date: TBC
Location: Rwanda
Rolling interviews: We will regularly review applications and conduct interviews throughout this period  
Note: As this role has rolling interviews, if we find the right person before the close date we may close the role early. 

What we're looking for

A strategic leader, ecosystem builder, and powerhouse connector who can drive Brink’s presence and impact in Rwanda. You’ll be the force behind our growing work here, shaping our country strategy, nurturing key relationships, and steering delivery across our programmes.

You’ll be the face of Brink Rwanda, from government engagement to funder relationships, and lead efforts to position us as a bold, credible, and collaborative innovation partner in the region.

What you'll be doing

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Lead Brink Rwanda: Own and implement our Rwanda strategy across programmes, partnerships, and operations. Owning delivery of work on our programmes in Rwanda; Hanga SRH, GoMuhazi and Isano Lodge. Liaison and ownership of client relationships and defining roles within the teams.

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Support Brink projects: Support other innovation projects across Brink Group as needed, and depending on your skills. 

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Grow our network: Build and nurture relationships across government, funders, innovators, and ecosystem players.

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Host flagship events: Run Innovation Dinners and other events to strengthen our convening power and grow our pipeline.

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Support team growth: Support and grow the local Brink team, ensuring they have what they need to thrive and deliver.Interpersonal skills.

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Champion Brink & Behavioral Innovation: Represent Brink in national and regional conversations on innovation and social impact, as well as sector specific events on education, health and climate.


If we find the right candidate, our ambition is for this role to transition to a full time employee of Brink and take over as the Managing Director, overseeing Brink Rwanda Ltd – ensuring smooth legal, financial, and operational delivery in line with local law.

You'll thrive if you...

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Are a strategic thinker with experience leading teams, programmes, or organisations in the innovation or social impact space.

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Understand innovation methodology, venture building and collectives. 

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Have strong networks in Rwanda and know how to build trust with diverse partners – from funders to government stakeholders.

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Love convening, public speaking and developing new relationships. 

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Are operationally savvy and can confidently manage compliance, finances, and delivery.

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Are excited to help grow something new, are ready to roll up your sleeves and never consider something “below your pay grade”. 

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Care about making innovation more inclusive, locally grounded, and globally connected.

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2. Residential Manager - Rwanda

Time Commitment: Part time 0.5 FTE
Contract type: 6-month contract
Day rate: 600,000 - 750,000 RWF
Deadline to apply: 15th August 5pm CAT
Start date: Early September
Location: Rwanda

What we're looking for

An experienced facilitator and ecosystem builder who wants to shape the future of innovation in Africa from a beautiful lakeside base. You’ll manage all things innovation at Isano Lodge – the innovation lodge Brink is building alongside UMVA on Lake Muhazi.

You’ll run residential programmes for ventures, funders, and partners, and build out our Living Lab model. You’ll also support exploring new ideas we’re incubating at Isano – from executive education to “innovation safaris.”

What you'll be doing

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Lead residentials: Organise and deliver residentials for Brink’s innovation programmes like GoMuhazi and Hanga that support ventures and startups.

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Develop the Living Lab: Build out our model where ventures test ideas with local communities, capturing real-world learning.

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Design immersive innovation experiences: An innovation event series (cross-sector talks, frontier tech, emerging practice), hackathons and challenge sprints, excursions to showcase Rwanda’s culture and natural beauty.

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Host executive education programmes: Coordinating with universities and tailoring experiences for executive audiences.

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Explore new opportunities: Help shape and test new offers like immersive innovation experiences, behavioural innovation courses and impact-oriented convenings. 

You'll thrive if you...

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Are a confident facilitator, with experience designing and leading programmes that inspire and build capability.

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Are a connector, someone with strong networks in Rwanda’s innovation space and an ability to build meaningful partnerships.

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Are entrepreneurial, excited to explore offers and propositions for the Lodge.

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Are energised by in-person work, especially in unique, immersive environments like Isano.

APPLY HERE

Join us in making dents in the world

Brink exists to make a real positive difference, at scale, on the big challenges that matter to the whole world: global education, health, climate change, digital transformation and Covid-19, to name a few. We’re privileged to work with innovators and motivated teams across some of the world’s leading governments, foundations and businesses and we’re proud to be a Certified B Corp. Our work is highly collaborative, fast-paced and global. And whilst it wins awards and is featured in the press, what really matters to us is getting to do the best work of our lives.

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We work a little differently

We know that to make dents in the world, we need to keep our own house in tip-top shape too. That’s why we’re proud to be a remote-first, global organisation, with a team of 29 Brinksters from 11 nationalities currently living in 5 countries. Our ways of working won us a spot on Escape The City's top 100 workplaces to escape to in 2022 and in 2023! 🏖️

We’re proud of the things we’re able to offer

  • A remote and flexible set up with autonomy over your time, support to set up your workstation and a one off budget to treat yourself to some home office luxuries.
  • The opportunity to join our all expenses paid, in real life, bi-annual get togethers (we've spent time in Norfolk, Lincoln and London in the UK and Kigali in Rwanda!).
  • We care deeply about your wellbeing and vitality and offer a ‘take what you need’ annual leave policy, access to mental wellbeing platform Oliva, and 16 weeks’ gender neutral parental leave.
  • A dynamic learning environment which plays to your strengths whilst challenging you to stretch and experiment in a safe space. You’ll get a generous yearly learning allowance, access to a personal coach, a Kindle loaded with the company library, and guided time every month to learn.
  • Diversity and inclusion is in our DNA, from the make up of our team to the clients we work with - we have a global outlook and are globally distributed.
  • Exposure to some of the biggest challenges of our time and the opportunity to do career-defining work that creates meaningful impact.
Working at Brink has given me so many opportunities to stretch and grow as a practitioner. This is highly valued within Brink and we're given both a learning & development budget, as well as, opportunities to be challenged through our work every day.

Pritika's review from
Escape The City

What we value at Brink

Our values were created after hearing from each and every Brinkster at one of our retreats. We feel that they encompass how we approach every aspect of work at Brink. Here's what we value at Brink:

  • Courage
    • Openly shares their ideas and feedback without fear of judgement
    • Actively listens to others' perspectives and engages in discussion to find creative solutions
    • Builds trust through transparency, respect and willingness to address challenges or conflicts directly
  • Generosity
    • Offers to help, with wholehearted support to Brinksters and partners
    • Actively finds ways to make other shines, providing guidance, resources and encouragement
    • Steps up to share the load at crunch points to make sure Brinksters don't feel overwhelmed or unsupported
  • Curiosity
    • Has a thirst for knowledge and actively seeks learning opportunities to enhance their skills and expertise
    • Asks thoughtful questions, challenges assumptions, and explores new ideas to expand their understanding
    • Embraces feedback as a means for personal and professional growth, using it constructively to improve their work
  • Joy
    • Maintains a positive and lighthearted atmosphere, finding humour in the face of challenges
    • Celebrates all victories, big and small and is a boost to Brink's overall morale
    • Has grit and adaptability and maintains an orientation towards problem solving and finding a way through
  • Ubuntu
    • Actively listens to others, seeks to understand and empathise with other Brinksters and our partners' perspectives
    • Creates a safe space for vulnerability, depth and authenticity through trust and mutual respect
    • Makes sure everyone's voice is heard and valued, irrespective of background or identity

You’re a Brinkster if…

To help us on our mission we need a team made up of brilliant brains, from many backgrounds, viewpoints and passions.

You’re a Brinkster if you’re a low-ego, high-curiosity mind with a global outlook, and deep expertise in a technical area related to the role - from lean startup to service design to behavioural insights, we draw on many methods in our work and welcome practitioners from across them. There’s no one Brinkster in the team with the same background and experience - our team includes a former architect, pizza chef and nun (yes, really!). We truly value that diversity. Our work requires new thinking, the ability to challenge current ways of working and the drive to question how we can make things better.

We want to ensure that Brink is a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and we celebrate differences across the team. We’re on a journey and learning how to do this best across Brink, but are set on building a culture where all Brinksters feel safe, supported, and able to bring their full selves to work. Regardless of your background, if you’re a hybrid thinker, and want to put your skills and experience to use making meaningful impact in the world, we’d love to hear from you.

Everyone at Brink is top-class at what they do, and a joy to work with. And the workplace nourishes and takes care of everyone as humans.

Asad's review from
Escape The City

We may not be a match if...

We know that our way of working may not be for everyone, and that’s okay. Our team works across 7 countries which means you may not see your team in-person for weeks (or even months) at a time. We do our best to create spaces for all our Brinksters to feel connected to one another but acknowledge that sometimes remote-first working just doesn’t work for people, and we want to be honest about that from the offset.

If you have any questions about careers at Brink, please contact us on careers@hellobrink.co.