Associate at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Associates must have the ability to operate with clients and across TBI with professionalism, confidentiality, integrity and diplomacy. This is not an entry level role but requires some experience potentially with a graduate or professional degree, though it is expected that many successful applicants will still be early in their career with a high degree of learning and development potential.

Please note that applicants must have the right to work in Kenya.

Key Responsibilities

• Support projects in-country and/or regional client or development opportunities as TBI advises political leaders on strategy, policy and delivery with technology as the enabler across all three dimensions
• Develop research, analysis, written insights and other deliverables for clients and senior leadership within TBI
• Engage with client counterparts to understand client requirements, articulate ideas and participate in presentations of deliverables
• Innovate and develop tools that enable efficient management and delivery of programmes (including project dashboards, frameworks and trackers)
• Support delivery of high levels of project impact, facilitating nimble performance tracking and coordination where required
• Play a hands-on role in opportunity scoping and relationship building to enable the expansion of TBI to new geographies, including developing presentations for new country clients and senior government officials
• Support new projects in their inception phase and support implementation as in-country teams are put in place
• Apply and learn from new and innovative approaches to supporting change and deliver impact

Person Specification

• Experience as a political staffer, public servant, or in consulting, economics, finance, multilateral institutions, high impact civil society organisations, and many other previous roles are all considered relevant at TBI. Technology experience is not required but is an asset. What is required is a personal passion for politics and strong political acumen
• A work ethos focused on team success with genuine motivation for colleagues’ performance, growth and well-being
• Ability to perform in-depth analysis across various topics, generate original insights and produce high-quality deliverables which are fit for delivery to senior government clients, perform challenging analysis and structured problem solving
• Insatiable curiosity for data, with a proven ability to process it with attention to detail
• Strong time management skills and a demonstratable strength in project management
• Demonstrable experience of being an entrepreneurial self-starter
• Skilled at communicating, from executive office level through to technical level, adept at speaking to senior leadership, knowing how to navigate ambiguous environments and comfortable at managing up and beyond hierarchy
• Demonstrating a proactive and hands-on attitude, not afraid to roll-up their sleeves to get the job done and take ownership of their workstream
• Passion for tech and an interest in using new software beyond the traditional MS Office Suite
• Multiple languages skills are an asset