Data Scientist, Social Sector Financing - Human Development Practice at Genesis Analytics

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

• We are looking for a data scientist who can drive notable improvements in how we use and adapt existing and new data in understanding sector financing issues in Africa and the Middle East, particularly for young people, women, and marginalised people. This team player will build on our existing work on human development, in particular in social sector financing and youth, and on related sectors, such as disaster finance, to generate a distinctive consulting offering that will realise value in health financing in our focus geographies, based on strong data analytics and visualisation techniques. We expect this offering to be applicable across a mix of projects responding to formal requests for proposals from funders and projects that are proactively created by our team using existing knowledge and relationships with clients of a range of types. 
• This role will also involve supporting colleagues to work on youth skills and ecosystems, including designing, setting up databases and supporting the creation of dashboards around our youth strategy, leading project acquisition and delivery, and team-building.
• You will work with Genesis colleagues to acquire, lead and deliver consulting projects to help our clients unlock and realise value in human development, by helping governments and their partners helping clients understand and help populations to manage risks. You will help resilient social sector financing arrangements and programmes that are adequately financed, allocate budgets wisely and efficiently, make good use of technologies, and are adaptive and responsive to shocks and opportunities. The result of this will be that marginalised populations will be better able to manage risks and shocks in health, and more broadly across social sectors. 

LOCATION

• Please note that the successful candidate will be based in one of the following countries and therefore eligibility is required: South Africa, Kenya, Cote de I'voire, Nigeria, or Ethiopia.

Requirements

KEY REQUIREMENTS & ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

In each project, you will: 

• Ensure service excellence and delivery 
• Manage interactions and negotiations with clients
• Ensure project profitability and efficiency
• Assess and structure the problem to be solved, and approach to the analysis of data and information, testing and refining hypotheses, and drafting and communicating conclusions and recommendations to the client 

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

As part of your role, you can expect to do the following: 

• Data Collection & Processing: Gather, clean, and process data from various sources relevant to human development initiatives.
• Analytical Support: Assist in the development and execution of quantitative models, statistical analysis, and predictive analytics.
• Report Preparation: Help in creating comprehensive reports, visualizations, and dashboards to present insights in a clear and effective manner.
• Research Collaboration: Work closely with other team members to research current trends and best practices in human development, contributing to ongoing projects.
• Ad-hoc Analysis: Provide support for various other data-related tasks as needed.

We offer you a steep learning curve while providing an opportunity to make a difference. We will invest in your professional development. We offer meaningful work with professional, talented and supportive teams; mentoring and regular feedback from partners; structured training and coaching programmes; and a career ladder. 

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

• You will be an exceptional candidate. You are focussed on the positive impact of your consulting work. You have experience and a learning appetite in databases, data analytics, visualisations, and developing bespoke analytical products for clients. You have a deep understanding of the social sector issues, across Education, Health, Social Protection, WaSH, and Nutrition. A few years of relative/transferrable experience would be advantageous.

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 excellent academic records

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience in the human development sector or in working with related data sets.
• Proficiency in advanced software packages, such as STATA, R, Python, Power Bi, Tableau, and in data visualisation, presentation or design software, and GIS
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams in changing environments
• Ability to solve problems through clear thinking, and strong quantitative analytical skills, including attention to detail
• Excellent consulting experience, with experience in public consulting in health financing highly desirable
• Experience working in government, with experience working to address health services access, improvement of quality, and advancement of equity highly desirable
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills in English
• Strong interpersonal skills