Company OverviewJaza is working to power Sub-Saharan Africa. We build solar-powered shops which charge batteries customers use to power their homes. Since 2022, we’ve achieved over 4 million battery swaps, providing approximately 225,000 people access to clean, affordable energy.We employ women from each community (known as Jaza Stars) to run the service, empowering our team to become leaders, entrepreneurs and drivers of economic growth within their communities. For more information on what we are building, check out and watch the video the BBC made about Jaza here.Position OverviewThe Group IT Manager owns and runs Jaza’s company-wide IT, workplace tooling, access, device lifecycle, and front‑line support. This is an operational role first, meeting the company’s immediate need to stand up and run IT well; security, governance, and broader IT strategy are areas to grow into over time, and a more senior owner may sit above this role later. The Group IT Manager is Jaza's senior IT hire and is accountable for all company IT: operations, security, data protection and IT controls. The role is deliberately both hands‑on and strategic. The first priority is standing up and running IT well (workplace tooling, access, device lifecycle and support). The role then builds out security,



governance and IT controls in step with Jaza's growth and the requirements of its auditors and funders.You will be hands‑on managing day‑to‑day IT and support while standardizing the systems, tooling, and device lifecycle that let Jaza scale across markets. Deep cybersecurity is not the focus of this role, security scope centers on incident response and core access controls. You will lead the In‑Country IT Officers, who deliver day‑to‑day support, so that your time moves progressively from doing to designing, controlling and improving. Security scope is practical and risk‑based: identity and access, device compliance, backups and incident response first, maturing toward a recognized framework as the business scales.Key ResponsibilitiesEnterprise IT Strategy & GovernanceFormulate, implement, and audit company‑wide IT, data protection laws of each operating country, and cybersecurity policies to ensure complete compliance with global and local data protection legislation (e.G., GDPR, local data acts).Lead the evaluation, business‑case development, and change management strategies for introducing recent enterprise software (e.G., migrating to Slack, centralized project management tools, or knowledge bases).Standardize Jaza’s global IT stack, defining hardware baselines and software requirements that scale effortlessly across all global offices and operational Hubs.Own the business application inventory and a clear ownership model for each system (ERP/accounting, payroll/HRIS, the hub operating platform, customer and

📌 Group It Manager (Halifax Regional Municipality)
🏢 Jaza
📍 Halifax Regional Municipality