ROLE DESCRIPTION:
- We are seeking an experienced data scientist to transform our understanding of sector financing in Africa and the Middle East, with a particular focus on marginalised groups. Utilise your expertise in data analytics and visualisation to enhance our work in human development, specifically in social sector financing, youth, and disaster finance. As a valuable team member, you will develop an innovative consulting solution to optimise health financing in our target regions. Collaborating with Genesis colleagues, you will lead projects, build databases, create dashboards, and nurture team development. Join us in unlocking value, managing risks, and empowering marginalised populations to overcome health and social sector challenges. Make a lasting impact by joining our team!
Your role will encompass:
- Data Collection & Processing
- Analytical Support
- Report Writing
- Research
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.
Requirements:
Genesis consultants carry a balanced combination of powerful intellect, strong technical skills, and a consulting character to match. Successful candidates for roles at Genesis:
- 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
Successful candidates will 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. You have at least 3 years of experience.
You will have:
- 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 (expert level) in advanced software packages, such as STATA, R, Python, Power Bi, Tableau and in data visualisation, presentation or design software, and GIS
- 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
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ROLE DESCRIPTION:
- You will assist clients in unlocking and realizing value in human development. This involves helping governments and their partners understand and address various risks affecting their populations. These risks encompass "fat tail" risks such as Covid-19, conflict, or catastrophic climate change, as well as risks associated with age, disease, the economy, and technological change. You will support clients in developing responsive, adaptive, and comprehensive Social Protection systems, including social transfers, social insurance, support for labour and jobs, and social care services. The ultimate outcome will be improved risk and shock management for marginalized populations, ensuring access to a minimum safe income for a decent life.
- 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.
Requirements
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.
You will have:
- Master’s degree in Economics, Development Studies, Maths, Statistics or similar
- At least 5 years’ relevant professional experience in social protection.
- Leadership skills, and the capability to lead teams and projects
- Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills in English
- Proficiency in Excel as a minimum; proficiency in other advanced software packages, such as STATA, R, Python, data visualisation, presentation or design software, and GIS desired
- Consulting experience is highly desirable
- Additional languages relevant to Genesis’ geographies, especially French are useful
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THIS ROLE:
- A core part of a fast-growing and diverse team you will play a pivotal role in driving the operations and processes of a fast-growing and diverse team. You will be responsible for steering the implementation of firm-wide strategies, systems, and procedures while ensuring the practice maintains its unique culture amidst growth in staff, geography, and complexity. In addition to overseeing the Practice Administrator, you may also have oversight and compliance roles for large projects spanning multiple clients and remote teams. You will line manage the practice administrator, potentially oversee staffing of analysts and interns to projects in line with the professional development plans and project needs, ensure team coherence, and enable the smooth running of the human development practice by ensuring day-to-day issues are managed where required.
Your role will encompass:
- Strategy implementation - leading the implementation of firm-wide initiatives and HD strategies; ensuring alignment and coherence across the practice's routine systems
- Ensuring the smooth running of the Human Development Practice including practice/project management, marketing efforts, financial management and HR management systems
- Embedding knowledge management to enhance the practice's intellectual capital.
- Managing the practice administrator(s)’ and guiding their work
- Compliance and Oversight for large projects undertaken by the practice, especially those involving multiple clients and remote teams.
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.
Requirements
- We are seeking candidates who are passionate about driving positive societal change and possess strong organisational skills. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of operational management experience, preferably within the consulting field.
Key qualifications include:
- Proven management experience in consulting organisations, ideally with a focus on human development sectors such as education, health, social protection, or social care.
- Degree or diploma in management or a relevant field.
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated potential for leadership, including staff management and team-building abilities.
- Experience operating in an international setting.
- Familiarity with hybrid, virtual, or remote work environments.
- Proficiency in Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
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ROLE DESCRIPTION:
- The senior qualitative researcher is a senior-level position within the organisation. This role is pivotal in strengthening our qualitative research and evaluation methodologies and capabilities. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in project management and a deep understanding of qualitative research and evaluation design and methodologies. The candidate should have experience in implementing Theory-Based Evaluations,including using contribution analysis, Most Significant Change (MSC) technique, outcome harvesting, and other advanced qualitative methods. You should have extensive experience in designing, conducting, and disseminating qualitative research, including conducting, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and thematic analysis. You should be familiar with management consulting and adept at responding to Request for Proposals (RFPs) or Terms of Reference (TORs). Experience in research/evaluations for organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Global Fund, and UN organizations would be advantageous.
The work will be delivered through:
- Well-managed consulting projects
- Designing, conducting, and disseminating robust programme evaluations
- Ensuring effective working relationships within teams and with clients
- Growing the client base through developing a network of appropriate relationships
LOCATION: South Africa, Nairobi or Nigeria. (You should have the legal right to work and live in the location).
KEY INITIATIVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
- Manage projects, generate sound advice, and provide quality assistance to clients.
- Support project teams in developing qualitative research frameworks.
- Design and develop qualitative research protocols and tools, including discussion guides and interview protocols.
- Lead in collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and reporting high-quality qualitative data. Demonstrated proficiency in using qualitative analysis software such as Atlas.ti, Dedoose, NVivo, or similar platforms is essential for effective data management and analysis.
- Apply for and obtain Institutional Review Board (IRB) ethics approval for research studies.
- Work with stakeholders to review and monitor project-based evaluation and learning plans.
- Mentor junior consultants in qualitative research methods, including training in the use of qualitative analysis software.
- Prepare well-structured project documents and proposals using MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
- Contribute to new business development with a focus on qualitative research components.
- Negotiate with clients and build company intellectual property.
- Stay updated with industry developments in qualitative research.
- Demonstrate exceptional writing skills, including preparing and publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals, presenting findings at conferences, and developing conference papers and presentations. Ensure that research outputs meet high academic standards and are suitable for top-tier publications and conferences.
EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:
- Strong academic background – Minimum of a Postgraduate degree in Social Sciences, Public Health, Anthropology, Sociology, or a related field. A Master’s Degree is desirable.
- 4 - 5 years of experience in management consulting or relevant public health research and evaluation
- Expertise in qualitative research and evaluation design
- Expertise in qualitative research and evaluation methodologies, including contribution analysis, outcome harvesting and the most significant change approach
- Desirable: Relevant experience includes public health research, evaluation, learning, knowledge management, health systems strengthening, AGYW, HIV prevention, SRHR, and behavioural sciences (SBCC)
- Entrepreneurial in nature- proactive self-starter who is able to be assertive. A confident networker with strong relationship management skills
- Ability to work as part of a multicultural team - build teams and foster collaboration to achieve project goals, meet milestones and produce high-quality deliverables
- High level of organisation, attention to detail, professionalism and reliability.
- Ability to prioritise and manage work in a fast-paced environment across multiple projects and work streams with competing time/ resource demands
- Proficiency in qualitative data analysis software (e.g., Dedoose, Atlas Ti)
- Excellent communication and writing skills in English
- Proficiency in French is advantageous for this role
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