Resource Planning and Staffing Assistant at Open Capital Advisors

Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day tasks within our staffing systems, ensuring accurate data capture and reporting
• Liaise with the Staffing Associate and the Head of People in the documentation of staffing process changes, additions/improvements
• Review team utilization frequently to monitor overall team capacity and ensure appropriate staffing of individual team members
• Maintain a running list of internal projects of strategic importance for higher capacity periods
• Assist with handling email inquiries with oversight from the Staffing Associate, ensuring that all new staffing requests are responded to in a timely manner
• Support bi-annual collection of staffing interests, following up with individual team members as necessary to achieve a 100% response rate
• Create ad-hoc reports/analyses to support staffing decision-making and planning as needed
• Support staffing decisions for client engagements, business development work, and internal projects, considering multiple factors when making recommendations, including team member availability and interests, and client/project needs
• Executing other staffing-related tasks as needed

Why join us

We are a diverse, highly-motivated team focused on a common mission – transforming Africa’s future. Our culture focuses on delivering exceptional client outcomes and supporting each other to grow and be global leaders. We work in a fast-paced environment, tackling some of the world’s toughest challenges, and have fun doing it!

Who You Are

• You want to make a difference in your work and share our optimism for what we can achieve!
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business, human resources, finance, or a related field.
• 1-2 years of work experience in a similar or a related role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to speak clearly, confidently and persuasively.
• Ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
• Exceptional critical thinking skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Experience working with datasets and generating analytical insights.
• Strong planning, time management, and prioritization skills.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in mainstream office software including MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), G Suite (Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Forms); comfort learning new systems.
• Creative mindset and ability to deal with ambiguity and work in a fast-paced environment; ability to see past barriers and to generate and think through multiple solutions as potential paths forward.
• Fluent English language skills, both spoken and written.