Associate, Human Development, ECED at Genesis Analytics

Requirements

• As part of our consulting teams, you will work on innovative projects that shape the future of children in the Young World. You will collaborate with governments, policymakers, and multilateral organizations to design, implement, and manage innovative solutions that address some of the most pressing development opportunities and challenges created by the demographic dividend and rapid technological change. You will help our clients understand and provide for the needs of very young children to help them and their families develop to their full potential; as well as supporting clients improve the quality and coverage of early childhood education.

Examples of projects that you could work on include:

• Developing an investment case for Early Childhood Education for a Ministry of Education as part of their advocacy package in a Young World country.
• Creating costing scenarios for implementing different integrated Early Childhood Development service delivery packages in an Eastern African country.
• Conducting a fiscal space analysis to determine the pathways for increasing access to Early Childhood Education in a country in the Middle East.
• Supporting Young World government to scale up ECE provision towards universal enrolment at high quality, while working within available fiscal space
• Understanding links between costing and structural and process quality in Young World Classrooms
• Support young mother to re-enter the workforce in informal childcare centres, providing livelihoods for families and improving developmental outcomes for children.

You will work with Genesis colleagues in consulting teams to help our clients unlock and realise value in human development. In some projects, you will play a leadership and management role for particular workstreams or junior staff, working closely with and supported by project leaders.

In each project, you will:

• assess and structure the problem to be solved;
• collect, organise, interpret, and analyse data and information;
• test and refine hypotheses; and
• draft and communicate conclusions and recommendations, often directly to the client.

In some cases, you will be asked to travel to do this, usually with colleagues.

You will also play a role in:

• business development, including progressive responsibility for leading and managing proposals;
• turning new ideas into concrete products, such as blogposts, academic articles, conference presentations, or innovative products for clients.
• practice organisation, including working on practice strategy, business systems, and recruiting, nurturing and training junior consultants.

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

The ideal Genesis candidate carries a balanced combination of powerful intellect, strong technical skills, and a consulting character to match. Such candidates:

• Are passionate, self-motivated and energetic problem-solvers
• Value integrity and exhibit ethical behaviour
• Are analytical thinkers and fast learners with an excellent academic record.

For this role, the preferred candidate will possess the following essential skills and competencies

• Master’s degree in Education, Economics, Development Studies, or similar
• 2-3 years’ relevant professional experience in education and early childhood education and/or development.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams in changing environments
• Leadership potential, and the capability to lead and manage projects
• Ability to solve problems through clear thinking, and strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including attention to detail.
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills in English
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Excel

Other desirable skills and competencies include:

• Consulting experience
• Proficiency in advanced software packages, such as STATA, R, Python, data visualisation, presentation or design software, and GIS
• Languages relevant to Genesis’ geographies