Thomson Reuters Careers

About The Role
In this opportunity as the Software Engineer, you will:

• Develop data processing applications and frameworks on cloud-based infrastructure in partnership with Data Analysts and Architects with guidance from Lead Software Engineer.
• Innovate with new approaches to meet data management requirements. Make recommendations about platform adoption, including technology integrations, application servers, libraries, and AWS frameworks, documentation, and usability by stakeholders.
• Contribute to improving the customer experience.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain a high-quality codebase
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work closely with product owners, designers, and other developers to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Effectively communicate and liaise across the data platform & management teams
• Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing

About You

You're a fit for the role of Software Engineer, if you meet all or most of these criteria:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 3+ years of relevant experience in Implementation of data lake and data management of data technologies for large scale organizations.
• Experience in building & maintaining data pipelines with excellent run-time characteristics such as low-latency, fault-tolerance and high availability.
• Proficient in Python programming language.
• Experience in AWS services and management, including Serverless, Container, Queueing and Monitoring services like Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, RDS, Dynamo DB, Glue, S3, IAM, Step Functions, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS.
• Good knowledge in Consuming and building APIs
• Solid understanding in Software development practices such as version control via Git, CI/CD and Release management
• Agile development cadence
• Fluency in querying languages such as SQL

Nice-to-have skills:

• Snowflake cloud data platform
• Business Intelligence tools like PowerBI

Personal skills:

• Good critical thinking, communication, documentation, troubleshooting and collaborative skills.

About The Role

As a Project Manager at Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:

• Plan and manage the SAMRI project, ensuring it adheres to scope, timeline, and budget, within the organization's project management framework.
• Provide monthly and quarterly project updates including financial, narrative, and impact reports to key stakeholders.
• Work closely with the organisation’s Monitoring and Evaluation team to implement the projects impact monitoring plan and capture project impact systematically.
• Collaborate with team members to drive project success, resolve conflicts, and secure stakeholder commitment.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that may impact project success.
• Oversee the project's finances, coordinating with Project Coordinators, partners, and the finance team.
• Estimate project costs, resource requirements, and timescales to ensure successful completion within scope and constraints.
• Prepare and maintain project plans, tracking activities and progress against the plan.
• Ensure project finances are in line with the foundation’s policies and audit requirements.
• Work closely with the Global Development Team and the Regional Programme Manager for Africa to identify strategic networking and business development opportunities.
• Represent SAMRI in relevant networks, forums, and project consortia to enhance the project's external profile.
• Develop and implement an effective communication plan, including regular reporting and accurate updates.
• Support the Business Development team in identifying funding opportunities through proposal development, activity design, and budget planning.

About You:

To be our Project Manager, you will likely have:

• Experience working with international donors and familiarity with donor reporting requirements.
• Proven track record in successfully managing multi-country, multi-partner projects in the international development context (5+ years).
• Exceptional project and program management skills, including monitoring and evaluation.
• Proficiency in budget and financial management.
• Experience in remote program management, program start-up, mobilization, and closure.
• Resilience and ability to thrive in high-pressure environments with the capacity to find solutions when challenges arise.
• Strong ability to convey complex information to non-experts.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build positive working relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English. Knowledge of other languages, such as French and Swahili, is advantageous.

The Senior Legal Programme Manager, Africa will coordinate TrustLaw’s activities across the sub-Saharan Africa region and work with the team to set and monitor the strategy, plans and service for the region. The Senior Legal Programme Manager will manage a team of three to five, with two or three direct reports. They will play a key role in managing the team and supporting their growth, development, and performance

About the Role:

As a Senior Legal Programme Manager at Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:

• Provide strategic direction and oversight to the Africa region, identifying key strategic opportunities and relationships in Africa and supporting the team to deepen work around the TRF focus areas in the region. Coordinate the development of the annual strategy, plan and targets for Africa in close collaboration with the regional team.
• Ensure that resources in the region are used wisely and in line with TRF/TrustLaw strategic objectives. Manage the service in the region, including by setting and maintaining yearly operational/project plans, outlining regional deliverables, reporting on progress, setting up and testing Salesforce reports for the region, undertaking operational projects for the region and ensuring systems and information are up to date and accurate.
• Track and report on progress against Africa’s annual targets, deliverables and activities, including by working with the Africa team to coordinate updates to the board, quarterly reports, etc.
• Line manage the Africa Managers and Officers, supporting the growth, development, and performance of the whole Africa team.
• Oversee and manage, as appropriate, the delivery of donor funded TrustLaw projects in the region, in coordination with the Africa team, the TrustLaw Heads and Director and the TRF Programmes team.
• Support the Director, Heads and Business Development with input on pitches, proposals, partner and donor stewardship plans, etc.
• Oversee a large TrustLaw regional portfolio of law firms, corporations, referral partners, NGOs, social enterprises and other key stakeholders, with a responsibility for stewarding strong relationships, tracking partner progress, and building an active, engagement membership in the region. Design and implement strategies to expand and strengthen the TrustLaw service, ensuring we serve the best NGOs, social enterprises and legal teams and we deepen TrustLaw’s work across the focus areas of media freedom, inclusive economies and human rights.
• Manage multiple cross-border research and other projects that address the most critical needs facing our NGO and social enterprise members and contributing towards achieving impact through a high-quality end product.
• Scope legal pro bono requests from our community of NGOs and social enterprises so that the requests clearly explain the legal needs. Oversee and, where appropriate, carry out TrustLaw core service tasks (e.g., vetting, chasing, feedback, reactivation), ensuring excellent quality of service.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of TrustLaw processes and systems, serving as the first point of call for any questions from officers and managers in their region and ensuring guidance and best practices are followed. Support the global growth of TrustLaw team by providing training to all TrustLaw staff on core skills (such as effective recruitment and relationship management techniques or legal matter management).
• Oversee the creation and execution of a robust Africa regional communications strategy that includes events, promotion of TrustLaw publications, managing website content and TrustLaw member communications. Ensure regional communications outputs and plans align with global standards and plans.
• Maintain a high profile in the region by representing TrustLaw and the Thomson Reuters Foundation by speaking publicly on our work at panels, conferences, or other speaking engagements.

About You

As our Senior Legal Programme Manager, you will likely have/be:

• An exceptional qualified legal professional with 7+ years of relevant work experience and a demonstrated passion for social change.
• Post-graduate background in the field of law, development, social change or management.
• Significant demonstrable experience and success with line management, including of team members at a managerial level.
• Strong experience managing programmes, projects and/or networks in the charity, non-profit, or pro bono sectors.
• Experience working on donor-funded projects, including contributing to bid- and report-writing, project management in the context of donor-funded projects, and monitoring and evaluation is highly desirable.
• Strong experience working with a diverse range of stakeholders, from senior corporate executives and partners of top law firms to social entrepreneurs, NGOs, and any other beneficiaries of our services.
• Experience designing tailored pitches and presentations to a variety of senior commercial stakeholders and articulating social impact in a commercial context.
• Expertise or thought leadership in one or more of the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s focus areas.
• A leader who understands and can do the day-to-day work, while also being able to direct regional strategy and manage multiple high-level projects consecutively. Proven organisational abilities and experience of managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• An exceptional communicator with strong writing skills and extensive public speaking experience.
• Experience in Salesforce would be favourable.  Experience using and managing information in databases required.
• Strong understanding and ability to use a range of software tools, including Microsoft Office, CMS, Eventbrite, etc.
• Fluent in English, other languages favourable.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

About the Role

As an In-House Counsel at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:

• Review and negotiate a range of commercial contracts and agreements, (including partnership, funding and licensing agreements, service contracts, and terms & conditions for websites and services).
• You will develop your skills in or utilise any pre-existing expertise in relation to:

​Intellectual Property Law- Support protection and management of the Foundation’s intellectual property and licences.

Media and Privacy Law- support on media and privacy law issues including defamation, content partnerships and licensing, as well as data protection.

• Support the drafting of a range of legal documents, templates, and guidance to improve service delivery to the Foundation and its programmes.
• Manage and update the internal legal resource page and act as the primary point of contact for queries relating to the material on the page.
• Support the Head of Legal /In-House Counsel to brief and liaise with external legal advisors on issues where the Foundation does not have the expertise or capacity to assist.

About the Role

To be our In-House Counsel, you will likely:

• A lawyer with strong corporate/commercial legal skills (any experience with media law and/or charity law would be a plus). You will have 1 to 3 years post-qualification experience in private practice or in an in-house team.
• While expertise in all of the legal areas outlined above is not essential, broad legal and commercial knowledge and the ability to issue spot is critical. Note that, experience in negotiating IT contracts will be an added advantage.
• Experience or a demonstrated interest, in the pro bono sector, with knowledge of key global development trends and/or experience working with the charitable, philanthropic or social enterprise sector.
• The proven ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders, from senior corporate executives and partners of top law firms to social entrepreneurs, NGOs, media organisations, funders, multilateral organisations and any other beneficiaries of our services.
• Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines to drive projects to completion.
• An independent self-starter with an ability to design their own agenda and take responsibility to advance and complete projects.
• A strong team player, able to communicate effectively with a global team.

About The Role
The Foundation is recruiting a highly skilled Programme Officer, Global Initiatives, to work with the TrustLaw team to support legal partner engagement and the design, coordination and successful delivery of global initiatives for our legal network. Based in London or Nairobi and reporting into the Legal Manager, Global, the Program Officer, Global Initiatives will:

• Provide dedicated support for the TrustLaw Index of Pro Bono, our global bi-annual benchmark survey of the scale and trends of the pro bono legal sector, including:
• Develop and running the survey and data collection process and related legal sector engagement and ensuring data is accurate and organized
• Work with data analysts to ensure high-quality data analysis and audit
• Draft and developing the report in an easy-to-read, engaging style based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data
• Develop a sustained, exciting communications strategy to engage the TrustLaw team and broader legal pro bono community in the findings of the Index
• Work closely with and support the Legal Manager, Global and others throughout the lifecycle of the Index and other key global legal initiatives and training offerings, from planning and kick-off, to supporting project management and successful delivery
• Support the work of the Legal Manager, Global to track the pro bono sector, identify opportunities and gaps, and support with the development of initiatives, trainings and resources to address them
• Support our work to develop, refine and manage resources geared to the legal pro bono sector, such as our Championing Pro Bono Guide and Global Corporate Pro Bono resources
• Support the work of the Legal Manager, Global, Head of Legal and Director of TrustLaw in engaging with key legal partners, including by obtaining data and feedback to develop pro bono impact reports and supporting with the TrustLaw Giving Programme
• Liaise with the Programme Officer, Global Service and Community and the Programme Manager, Global, as well as the Foundation’s Digital and Design teams to ensure the smooth development of the website and digital assets to showcase global initiatives
• Support strong communication of and engagement with global initiatives and pro bono sector resources, including liaising with the Foundation’s Communications and Digital teams to ensure clear messaging to appropriate audiences, including via social media, at conferences, and in other fora
• Please note that the person in this role will need to work hours that overlap significantly with core team availability, which may require at least two late shifts each week if based in Nairobi

About You

You're a fit for the role of a Programme Officer, Global Initiatives if your background includes:

• Legal sector exposure with demonstrated interest and/or prior experience in legal sector engagement and/or project management would be preferrable
• 2+ years of relevant work experience, and a passion for social change
• Affinity for detail and extensive experience working on detail-oriented tasks and projects
• Experience with databases and survey tools (knowledge of Salesforce and/or SurveyGizmo would be an advantage)
• Experience organising, analysing, modelling and interpreting data and information using Excel and/or other software preferred
• Proven organisational abilities and experience managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Experience coordinating projects, ideally for a beneficiary-focused programme or service
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Prior experience working in or with the legal pro bono sector would be favourable
• Ability to work remotely and communicate effectively with a global team
• Experience stewarding and tracking relationships and partnerships, ideally with law firms or in-house legal teams (or similar), would be favourable
• Ability to work quickly under pressure, to prioritise work and meet deadlines to drive projects to completion
• Willingness to travel internationally, as needed

About the role 

The Senior Legal Programmes Advisor, TrustLaw reports into the Director of TrustLaw and will work closely with the TrustLaw team and the Foundation’s Programmes team to strengthen, streamline and scale the delivery of legal programming as part of TRF’s growing portfolio of funded projects, and to oversee and support the implementation of TrustLaw’s current funded project activities.

Based in London or Nairobi, the Senior Legal Programmes Advisor, TrustLaw will: 

• Work with TrustLaw’s Director and the Programmes team to design and implement a framework for improved integration and management of legal programming in TRF’s growing portfolio of funded projects. 
• Ensure that funded projects that leverage the TrustLaw service, team or network are strategically aligned and delivered to time, cost and quality.
• Co-develop creative and innovative project design, risk management and MEAL processes for our legal programming, working closely with the TrustLaw and Programmes teams.
• Ensure the progress of TrustLaw’s funded project activities is monitored and reported effectively, and risks are identified, mitigated and escalated in a timely way, as required.
• Work closely with Finance and Global Development colleagues to ensure adequate and efficient resourcing for legal programming is included in funded projects. Work with the Foundation’s Global Development team to develop new opportunities and partnerships that increase TrustLaw’s and TRF’s reach and impact. 
• Manage one or more managers and/or officers delivering funded projects to ensure they have the right support to do their jobs effectively, and provide them with constructive guidance as needed.
• In collaboration with the Programmes team, develop and deliver project management trainings for the TrustLaw team that enhance management and delivery of funded project activities.
• Cultivate a high-performing, healthy team ethic, with strong communication and an enabling environment including for learning and developing knowledge and expertise on the key areas of focus for the Foundation.  

About You

You're a fit for the role of Senior Legal Programmes Advisor if your background includes:

• Extensive senior experience (7+ years) in project management and design, gained through managing large and complex international development projects and programmes.
• Proven track record in overseeing and managing multiple concurrent projects and programmes.
• A legal background and/or experience in pro bono is highly desirable.
• Experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders, including institutional and corporate donors. Proven ability to manage and drive high quality client facing relationships and communicate effectively in verbal and written form.
• Strong leadership and people management skills. Experience in managing diverse teams across different time-zones and cultures.
• Experience in managing consultants and other types of suppliers.
• Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to persuade and showcase the Foundation’s programming.
• Fluent English, other languages highly desirable.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

As the Head of Delivery, TrustLaw, you will:  

• Work with TrustLaw’s Director and other TrustLaw Heads to define and implement TrustLaw’s annual strategy with clear team and project objectives, outputs and measurable targets. 
• Oversee delivery of the TrustLaw service in one or more regions (Asia, Africa, EMENA, LATAM and/or NAC) and support the team to deliver a strong, impactful service to TrustLaw’s members and build a strong community in the region.
• Line manage one or more regional managers, who are responsible for day-to-day delivery, leadership of the regional team, and expertise on the region; and the Programme Manager, Global, who is responsible for supporting delivery of key global programming of the Trustlaw service.
• Develop and oversee delivery of TrustLaw’s strategy on results assessment, communications, events, annual planning, quarterly reporting, portal management and coordination of global partnerships.
• Oversee the continual improvement in our service to ensure it is user-friendly and efficient.
• Oversee TrustLaw’s operations, including portal, e-learning, online community development, and technological development.
• Develop TrustLaw’s overall approach to events and oversee the delivery of the annual TrustLaw Awards by the Programme Officer, Global and Programme Manager, Global
• Oversee the design and delivery of certain donor-funded projects and strategic initiatives that leverage the TrustLaw service and network.
• Work with the Director of TrustLaw and/or the Foundation’s Business Development team to develop new opportunities and partnerships that increase TrustLaw’s and TRF’s reach and impact.  
• Work with TrustLaw’s Director and Heads, and TRF’s Director of Strategy, to devise and implement strategies for TrustLaw globally to ensure quality and growth metrics are met as TrustLaw’s monitoring and evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) system is developed. 
• Cultivate a high-performing, healthy team ethic, with strong communication and an enabling environment including for learning and developing knowledge and expertise on the key areas of focus for the Foundation.  

About You

You're a fit for the role of Head of Delivery, TrustLaw if you have:

• Demonstrable experience in the non-profit, pro bono, or social impact sectors with exposure to delivering a service, network, or global programme.
• Experience with monitoring the results of projects and programmes, developing operational projects to improve the running of a service or programme, and developing strategies focused on partnerships, events, or communications.
• Experience in the fields of pro bono, and/or in data and digital rights and/or fair and sustainable business models is a plus.
• Proven organisational and project management skills and experience of managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, preferably in managing complex cross-border matters around the world.
• Excellent people management skills and experience of working with global teams.
• Experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders, from leaders in the international non-profit sector to senior corporate executives and partners of top law firms, as well as social entrepreneurs, NGOs and other beneficiaries of our services.
• Great communication skills and a re a confident public speaker.
• A collaborative and inclusive attitude. We're looking for creative, quick thinker who is comfortable with autonomy and leading a global team.
• Fluent in English, other languages highly desirable.
• Willingness to travel internationally. 

 

As a Legal Officer, you will:

• Collaborate with teams across the Foundation to deliver the TrustLaw component of the DDR/AI project
• Scope, draft and manage legal pro bono requests, including connecting the pro bono client with lawyers and following up with the parties involved
• Design, scope and manage the development and dissemination of cross-border research projects, legal tools, resources, and other content that address the most critical social and policy needs facing our NGO and social enterprise members
• Scope, research, manage and deliver online legal trainings, legal health checks and events for NGOs and social enterprises
• Support the implementation of strategies to expand the TrustLaw membership by recruiting the strongest law firms and corporate in-house legal teams in the region, managing member relationships and facilitating member engagement
• Support the TrustLaw team on thought leadership projects and, as appropriate, represent TrustLaw by speaking publicly on our work at panels, conferences, or other speaking engagements
• Assist and support on the administrative, reporting, planning, monitoring, and logistical responsibilities linked to the role in a timely manner, for example through inputting into databases, planners, and trackers, updating Salesforce and running Salesforce reports, ensuring members have up-to-date contact information, inputting into reports, collecting feedback and responding to requests for information, etc
• Work hours that overlap with global team availability, including some evening meetings each week
• Assist with other duties as required.

About You

• A qualified lawyer (2+ years PQE) with strong legal skills and relevant experience working in a law firm, in-house legal team, media house or non-profit organisation
• Prior experience working in or demonstrated understanding of media freedom, inclusive economies or human rights. Knowledge of data and digital rights an advantage
• A good understanding of the legal and non-profit sectors in Africa, and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities that pro bono opportunities bring to law firms and legal teams
• Excellent project, time management and organisational skills including the ability to effectively and independently manage multiple matters and projects in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent research, drafting and analytical skills
• Experience coordinating and delivering project or programmatic activities, including organising trainings/events. Experience working on donor-funded projects would be a plus
• Experience engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, from senior corporate executives and partners of top law firms to social entrepreneurs, NGOs and donors, and supporting members to use a service
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – able to establish and maintain positive working relationships with people from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds
• Experience working with databases essential, Salesforce favourable.
• Willingness to travel internationally

About The Role

• Delivers projects within the constraints of scope, time and cost to agreed levels of quality, within the organization’s governance and project management framework.
• Produce reports to key stakeholders on programme progress, including preparing narrative, identifying success stories, and providing financial updates to donors.
• Facilitate information sharing within the Programmes Team and with other Foundation units.
• Drive the external profile of the Foundation by representing the Foundation in networks, forums, and project consortia.
• Travel regularly and internationally to monitor programme implementation and ensure programme quality.
• Identify, assesses and manage risks to the success of the project.
• Effectively manage project team conflicts, build collaborative partnerships with stakeholders, and obtain commitment to make decisions.
• Estimates costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed scope and constraints.
• Prepares and maintains project plans and tracks activities against the plan.
• Implement effective communication plan and operating rhythm, including provision of regular and accurate reports.
• Support the Business Development team on funding opportunities through proposal development, activity design and budget planning.

About You

• Experience working with a variety of international donors, particularly NORAD, FDCO, GEC and USAID. Familiarity with donor reporting requirements.
• Track record in managing successful projects in the international development context.
• Outstanding project or programme management skills, and experience with monitoring and evaluation (building log frames, theories of change).
• Excellent budget and financial management, including fluency in Excel.
• Experience in remote programme management, programme start up, mobilisation and close down.
• Resilience, ability to cope with high pressure projects and work environments and find solutions to problems when they arise.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Ability to quickly understand complex information and communicate to non-experts.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to establish and maintain positive working relationships both internally and externally, with people from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds
• Experience in development of successful funding proposals
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, to capture and share stories of programmatic impact and promote the work of TRF externally.
• Fluency in English; other languages (such as French and Swahili) would be an advantage.

Desired Skills

• Experience in a role in journalism/media, international relations, international development, politics or relevant field.

Reuters is looking for a talented and experienced journalist to manage our news and features video operations based in Nairobi. As a senior output producer, you will drive the news and features editorial output from Africa. You will be a skilled visuals storyteller who is passionate about winning the big stories for a global client base that includes more than 1,100 broadcast and digital media outlets. You will be customer-focused and will seek every opportunity to make Reuters coverage stand out.

Experience of operating in hostile environments is a must while the ability to shoot video will also confer a clear advantage.  You will be responsible for managing and producing regional Africa Daily content, our flagship Africa lifestyle service. You will work closely with video, pictures and text counterparts in Nairobi, Johannesburg, Lagos, Dakar and London.

This is a full-time role that may require some flexibility to work long hours and some weekends and will report to the Chief Producer Visuals, Africa.

As our trusted Senior Output Producer you will:

• Ensure our team is positioned to deliver high-quality Live and edited video at speed to all Reuters customers.
• Lead teams covering events, from the planning phase through to field work.
• Be responsible for our output and ensure that our scripts are accurate and impartial.
• Have a keen eye for visual storytelling and the ability to edit footage within tight deadlines.
• Have excellent news judgement and a deep understanding of the African continent
• Work alongside colleagues from text and pictures to help create a truly unified newsgathering team.
• Ensure that multimedia working across the region becomes part of our bureau’s day to day planning coordination and coverage.
• Have great people skills and ability to manage local and remote teams.
• Mentor and train junior members of our team.
• Be customer-focused and build strong relationships with clients.
• Ensure safety newsgathering protocols are followed.
• Ensure all recruitment decisions are aligned with our strategic plan for video and with a strong focus on diversity.

You should apply if you have:

• Solid editorial experience in agency newsgathering and production
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Demonstrable leadership skills and the ability to motivate local and remote teams
• A track record of working in a breaking news environment
• Ability to write scripts in English to a high standard. 
• Excellent video editing skills
• Ability to drive speed and accuracy while remaining calm under pressure
• A clear understanding of the news video needs of major broadcasters and digital clients
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships quickly.
• Ability to quickly and proactively source UGC and other 3rd party content, especially for breaking news
• An unwavering commitment to defend Reuters Trust Principles