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That's for good reason-the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.\nWe're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.\nOur goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...\nHow you’ll help us achieve it \nWe've built a Cross-Departmental Rotation Program, an Undergraduate Internship Program, and a growing number of Short Term Assignment (STA) and Long Term Assignments (LTA) deployments across our Opcos. \nThese programmes span multiple countries, stakeholders and employee populations. They already exist, and now, we’re looking for someone to own them fully by re-designing, improving, and scaling them as Wave grows. You need to figure out how to make them better without having direct authority over everyone involved.\nThis is a role for someone who can operate independently and thinks about the people's experience behind every process. You'll be the person who makes sure rotators are set up for success, interns have a meaningful experience, and employees on assignment are thriving.\nWhat you'll own\nRotation Program\nRun end-to-end cohort management for our Cross-Departmental Rotation Program across SN, CI, The Gambia, and new markets as we expand\nManage the full cycle - role canvassing, applications, interviews, onboarding, monthly check-ins, evaluations, and outcomes\nMaintain scoring consistency and fairness across cohorts\nContinuously improve the program based on feedback and what the data tells you\nInternship Program\nOwn our Undergraduate Internship Program across Opcos - from department liaison and hiring, through onboarding, guardian management, and offboarding\nMake the intern experience genuinely great - immersive, structured, and worth their time\nTrack and report on productivity impact and intern feedback\nSTA & LTA Deployments\nMake assignments something people actually want - from offer alignment and benefits, to deployment logistics and check-ins\nWork with People Partners in ensuring employees on assignment are properly supported and that we're applying policies consistently across markets\nFlag gaps, edge cases or policy questions early and propose solutions\nProgram Design & Improvement\nKeep program guidelines current and documented\nIdentify new program opportunities and own the expansion of existing programs as they grow eg; new levels, new markets, new cohort structures \nRun design review sessions with stakeholders to stress-test program changes before they go live\nPartner with Employer Branding and Talent to amplify programs\nWhat we're looking for\n6+ years of experience in a HR, Project Management or Recruiting role or a similarly relevant role - ideally with exposure to projects or programs\nIndependently owned and improved a complex programme or portfolio of programmes and can demonstrate improvements they’ve driven\nGreat interpersonal skills - can engage senior leadership and understands cultural dynamics and work across multiple teams\nClear, direct communicator - written and verbal\nStructure and follow through - you close loops and know where everything stands at any given time\nComfortable with ambiguity - these programs will always evolve and you'll need to make judgment calls on scope and span\nFluency in English and French is a strong requirement\nBased in one of Wave's operating markets \nOur team\nWe have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.\nWe're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.\nWe foster autonomy for our employees. 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