Application Guide

How to Apply for Head of GCC Labour Mobility and Venture Builder

at Africa Jobs Fund

🏢 About Africa Jobs Fund

The Africa Jobs Fund is a mission-driven investment fund that backs ventures in export manufacturing and international labor mobility to raise incomes for Africans. It stands out by combining philanthropy-style impact with venture funding, focusing on ethical recruitment and worker financing in Gulf-Africa corridors. Working here means directly shaping a pipeline of companies that improve livelihoods at scale.

About This Role

As Head of GCC Labour Mobility and Venture Builder, you will both source and fund 10+ companies annually that make Gulf labour migration more ethical and profitable for African workers. You'll be a hands-on builder, helping founders scale, structuring deals, and proving value to Gulf employers. This role is a rare blend of investment acumen and operational venture-building in a high-impact, underinvested space.

💡 A Day in the Life

Your day might start with a call with a founder in Nairobi who is piloting a worker financing model, followed by a deep-dive on a deal memo for a recruitment tech startup in Dubai. In the afternoon, you'll connect a portfolio company to a Gulf employer and then work on a cost-effectiveness analysis for a new investment. You'll end by reviewing pipeline leads from your network across Africa and the Gulf.

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🎯 Who Africa Jobs Fund Is Looking For

  • Has founded or operated a business with full P&L responsibility, ideally in recruitment, staffing, fintech, or labor mobility across Africa and the Gulf.
  • Brings 5–25 years of experience with a strong on-the-ground network in African labor-sending countries and a deep understanding of Gulf labor markets.
  • Possesses investment or deal-structuring experience, with the ability to assess cost-effectiveness and structure early-stage deals.
  • Bonus: fluency in Arabic, Urdu, or French, plus a grounding in development economics or impact investing.

📝 Tips for Applying to Africa Jobs Fund

1

Lead with a specific story of a business you founded or ran, highlighting P&L ownership and any labor mobility or recruitment elements.

2

Quantify your Africa and Gulf networks: name countries, employer relationships, and recruitment corridors you know well.

3

Show you understand the unit economics of ethical recruitment—mention cost-per-placement, worker financing models, or employer value propositions.

4

If you have deal experience, detail 1–2 deals you sourced or structured; if not, propose how you'd assess a labor mobility startup's cost-effectiveness.

5

Demonstrate you can both build and fund: describe a time you helped a founder scale, not just invested and monitored.

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your firsthand operating experience in a business with P&L responsibility, especially if it involved African talent or Gulf markets.', "Your ability to source and structure deals—share a concrete example of a company you'd fund and why.", 'Your deep Africa network and understanding of labor migration corridors, including ethical recruitment challenges.', "Your vision for how you'd build a portfolio of 10+ companies annually that improve worker earnings and employer outcomes."]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Study the Africa Jobs Fund's existing portfolio and investment thesis to understand their impact metrics and funding approach.
  • → Research the Gulf labour mobility corridors (e.g., Ethiopia–UAE, Kenya–Saudi Arabia) and current ethical recruitment initiatives like IRIS or Employer Pays.
  • → Map out key employers, recruitment agencies, and fintechs in the Gulf that are already innovating in worker financing or upskilling.
  • → Understand the regulatory landscape in both African sending countries and Gulf receiving countries, including visa quotas and labor laws.
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💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through a business you founded or operated: what was the P&L, and how did you scale?
2 How would you assess the cost-effectiveness of a startup focused on ethical recruitment for Gulf employers?
3 Describe your network in Africa and the Gulf: which countries, employers, and recruitment agencies do you know?
4 How would you help a portfolio company demonstrate value to Gulf employers while ensuring worker protection?
5 What deal structures would you use to fund 10+ companies per year in this space, and how would you manage risk?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on investment analysis without showing you can roll up your sleeves and build with founders.
  • Ignoring the Africa side of the corridor—treating it as a generic emerging markets role rather than one requiring deep local networks.
  • Underestimating the ethical and operational complexity of labor mobility, such as worker debt, contract substitution, or employer non-compliance.

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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