Jobs at Genesis Analytics

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

Genesis is recruiting for an Operations Manager (Health Financing and Economics) to support the service line leadership in ensuring that all the service line projects are well resourced and deliver quality deliverables on time. The Operations Manager will help to ensure that there is an enabling environment to achieve project success, through effectively adopting and implementing all firm and practice business processes.

Requirements

KEY REQUIREMENTS & ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

The role will focus on providing financial and operational support within the Health Financing and Economics (HFE) service line. There will also be opportunities to undertake health financing, economics and costing technical work on specific projects. Specific roles and responsibilities for the HFE service line include the following:

Monitor and support project delivery

• Liaise with HFE staff who are managing projects and assignments to jointly monitor and report on project performance and provide guidance where needed.
• Track the delivery performance and financial performance of all projects in the service line.
• Work with project managers to ensure project documentation is complete, up to date and complies with the company’s and donors’ administrative requirements.

Operations Support for HFE service line

• Develop and maintain professional and sound working relationships with all group service units as well as external stakeholders and consultants.
• Actively ensure the HFE service line is compliant with health practice and company processes and procedures.
• Support the service line leadership with utilisation planning and analysis, using the annual utilisation planning tool, and in optimising the allocation of staff to projects using the staff project matrix.
• Liaise with hiring managers around recruitment plans and required hires within the service line.
• Support the service line with routine management meetings as required and ensure action points are completed within the agreed upon timeframe.
• Support service line leads in preparing for quarterly and annual reporting.
• Meet with other service line Operations Managers within the Health Practice on a monthly basis to discuss challenges, learnings and updates to any operations processes and procedures.

Financial Management

• Provide guidance and support to project managers on finance-related issues, to ensure compliance with company policies and processes including monthly reporting and use of project budget templates.
• Support project managers with raising subcontractor expenses, purchase orders and client invoicing, as required where there is no project-specific Administrator.

Business Development

• Provide guidance to HFE staff regarding the bid management process and use of tools.
• Act as Bid Manager for specific strategic opportunities, lead the process from kick-off meeting to post-mortem stage. This includes creating and managing the bid work plan; liaise with project partners and subcontractors around the technical and financial proposal; provide compelling inputs into the technical proposal and support in budget development.
• Support strategic learning through post-mortem and bid-dissemination sessions, using learnings to improve the bid management process.

Technical Project Work

• Based on technical qualifications and experience, undertake technical health financing, economics and costing work on specific opportunities and projects.
• Technical work may include overseeing and supporting literature reviews, study design and developing detailed methodologies, data collection and cleaning, costing and related analysis and evaluations and report writing.
• Implementing and assisting with quality control procedures to ensure high-quality client-ready products.

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Relevant management experience in consulting organisations in the health or development sectors is preferred.
• Degree in public health, health economics or development or a related field
• 5 -10 years’ demonstrable experience working on, or supporting, projects funded by bilateral or multi-lateral donors, INGOs or global development agencies
• Ability to influence at all levels with experience of successfully engaging internal and external senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work in a busy fast-paced environment, demonstrating a solutions-driven and positive attitude that allows for initiative and resilience.
• Highly developed interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience working with different cultures in complex and challenging working environments.
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines essential.

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About the Position

Genesis Health is recruiting a Programme Director to manage a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded initiative known as Sycona.  Sycona is the research-to-action arm of the South-to-South HIV Prevention Learning Network (SSLN). The initiative aims to facilitate learning and application of best practice for HIV prevention programmes in 15 African countries and to support research utilisation in two of these. 

This programme will work with key country stakeholders, including national level implementing partners – who can be empowered to apply best practice and research to implementation design and implementation; government and donor organisations in the countries – who can enable the environment for adaptation; and local research institutions - to conceptualise research and evaluate programmes and country progress. 

The programme objectives are to:  

1. Support countries to accurately identify their specific capacity development needs and technical assistance requirements for an effective HIV prevention response.
2. Synthesise and disseminate HIV prevention research and best practice to inform key HIV prevention stakeholders in-country, in a way which supports uptake and use.
3. Mentor country stakeholders to become champions for HIV facilitated learning, and hence address key gaps and practically apply best practice for optimised program implementation.
4. Inform more targeted country strategies and funding proposals for HIV prevention with HIV.
5. Identify further critical questions for optimising HIV prevention programming that can be supported by research utilisation in two countries
6. Support cross-country sharing of best practice and joint problem solving for key barriers and bottlenecks experienced by country HIV program implementers. 

The expected responsibilities of the Programme Director will include:

• Providing strategic and technical programme leadership by:
• Leading the internal Genesis team, to understand, design and implement a responsive facilitated learning approach, focused on HIV prevention programming
• Managing accountability of and working closely with the sub-contractor (The Population Council) in their role in consolidating, synthesising and dissemination information and promising practice.
• Establishing and facilitating involvement and oversight from a programme advisory committee
• Build partnerships and relations with key global and regional HIV prevention initiatives and stakeholders
• Developing the overall programme direction and lead the programme collectively towards it
• Serve as the programme representative and main point of contact with the programme funder on all technical and operational matters
• Work closely with the SSLN programme director and team to support seamless integration of both programmes
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, including those at global, regional and country level.
• Coordinate and lead the internal team to ensure streamlined communication and implementation.
• Work closely with the M&E team to harvest outcomes from implementation of the learning to action initiative 
• Lead, manage, motivate and develop programme staff, encouraging their commitment to programme objectives, and meeting their personal development needs.
• Ensure sound financial and operational programme management, working with the programme’s financial team to manage programmatic budgeting, spending, forecasting and reporting.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in relevant field e.g. MSc Epi, MPH
• Research-to-action experience is a must.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience, at least 5 of which spent in oversight of donor programmes
• Technical expertise in the area of HIV prevention research
• Experience working across sub-Saharan Africa and understanding of the regional HIV epidemic
• Experience working with and implementing donor-funded programmes preferably in the health sector; familiarity with the Bill &and Melinda Gates Foundation would be an advantage
• Experience working with multi-lateral organisations as well as country programme managers building and maintaining good relationships and identifying and leveraging from collaboration opportunities
• Financial and operational management experience for successful programme delivery
• Excellent writing, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Fluent of written and spoken English required, business proficiency in French/Portuguese  an asset

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ROLE DESCRIPTION:

The Business Development (BD) Coordinator is the pulsing heart of the Business Development Unit. The role focuses on managing and coordinating requests of support while providing first hand support in responding to calls for proposals. The role will be pivotal in building a robust pipeline, coordinating small to medium proposal efforts, and providing market and industry analysis. 

Requirements

KEY REQUIREMENTS & ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Pipeline Management (70%)

• Scanning of Public sector portals; Bilateral and Multilateral institutions; other donor platforms and print media, post-forecast to identify and communicate meaningful opportunities
• Manage and keep update pipeline tracker
• Undertake detailed analysis of opportunities and provide forecasting data.

Proposal Management (10%)

• Coordinate small proposal efforts
• Provide compliance support
• Drafting CVs, corporate statements.

Market and Industry analysis (10%)

• Support market research on trends and competitors

Knowledge management and technical learning (10%)

• Maintain and update a database of experts
• Capture information gathered internally and externally on Client Relationship Management system

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ROLE DESCRIPTION:

Genesis is recruiting for an Operations Manager (Research, Monitoring and Evaluation) to support the service line leadership in ensuring that all the service line projects are well resourced and deliver quality deliverables on time. The Operations Manager will help to ensure that there is an enabling environment to achieve project success, through effectively adopting and implementing all firm and practice business processes.

Requirements

KEY REQUIREMENTS & ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

The role will focus on providing financial and operational support within the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) service line. There will also be opportunities to undertake technical research, monitoring and evaluation technical work on specific projects. Specific roles and responsibilities include the following:

Project Management:

• Conduct meetings with project managers/directors within the RME service line to understand each project status and maintain a tracker detailing updates on projects within the service line.
• Work with Project Managers to ensure project documentation is complete and up to date for the RME service line.
• Work with Project Managers to ensure that the health practice project tracking tool is up to date with the following information: project sheet updated on a monthly basis, project capability statements, and web descriptions are complete to a high standard on the finance system and on the Health sheets tabs.
• Take on the role of Project Manager on selected projects within the service line. 

Operations Support:

• Develop and maintain professional and sound working relationships with internal areas of the organisation such as HR and Finance as well as external stakeholders and consultants of the business.
• Work with the other service line Operations Managers to ensure that company processes are disseminated across the practice appropriately and then followed by the service line colleagues.
• Support the service line leadership with utilisation planning and analysis, using the annual utilisation planning tool, and in optimising the allocation of staff to projects using the staff project matrix.
• Liaise with hiring managers around recruitment plans and crucial hires within the service line. Feed this information back to the health People Champion through the health HR sub-committee.
• Support the service line with monthly meetings as required (agenda, chairing, taking minutes) and ensure action points are completed within the agreed upon timeframe.
• Support service line leads in preparing for quarterly reporting.
• Meet with other service line Operations Managers monthly to discuss challenges, learnings and updates to any operations processes.
• In coordination with other operations managers, support the development and maintenance of practice SOPs.

Financial Management:

• Provide guidance and support to Project Managers within the service line on finance-related issues, helping to ensure compliance across the service line as per company policies and processes. This includes providing guidance around the monthly reconciliation process and ensuring, through oversight, that project budget templates are completed and submitted for each new project by the respective Project Managers.
• Support Project Managers with raising subcontractor expenses, purchase orders and client invoicing, as required where there is no Project Administrator supporting.

Business Development:

• Collaborate with internal (General Group Services, Business Development Unit, Head of Commercial) and external (key partners and clients) stakeholders.
• Provide guidance to staff in the service line around the bid management process and tools available.
• Act as Bid Manager for specific strategic opportunities within the service line, building knowledge across key donor frameworks: lead the process from kick-off meeting to post-mortem stage; create and manage the bid work plan; manage the recruitment process; liaise with partners and subcontractors around the technical and financial proposal; provide compelling inputs into the technical proposal; support in budget development.
• Support strategic learning through post-mortem and bid-dissemination sessions, using learnings to improve the bid management process.

Technical Project Work:

• Based on technical qualifications and experience, undertake technical research, monitoring and evaluation work on specific opportunities and projects.

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Relevant management experience in managing consulting organisations in the health sector is preferred.
• Degree in management or a related field.
• 5 to 10 years’ demonstrable and relevant operational management experience in a similar role (within the consulting space is preferred).
• Ability to influence at all levels with experience of successfully engaging internal and external senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work in a busy fast-paced environment, demonstrating a solutions driven and positive attitude that allows for initiative and resilience.
• Highly developed interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience working with different cultures in complex and challenging working environments.
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines essential.

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ROLE DESCRIPTION:

Our global African consultancy is seeking a highly skilled and experienced senior health economist with strong leadership, management, and technical skills to join our talented team in the Health Financing and Economics (HFE) unit.  This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our portfolio of high-profile projects with global and country partners. As a Senior Health Economist, you will play a crucial role in shaping health policies and developing collaborative evidence-based solutions for some of Africa’s most pressing public health challenges.   

Requirements

KEY REQUIREMENTS & ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

The candidate should be an experienced consultant with an established professional network who is comfortable in working in a fast-paced environment and is able to professionally engage with role players at all levels. The consultant should be effective in managing a team of junior and senior consultants and able to take responsibility for the successful delivery of assignments, from design to close-out.  

The candidate should have specialist experience in two or more of the following disciplines: Health financing, Health Public Financial Management, Health costing, Economic evaluations. 

The successful candidate’s key responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: 

• Support the leadership of the HFE unit in developing and executing its strategic and annual plans
• Provide management support to the Unit in managing junior consultants and building their capacity
• Oversee the successful implementation of complex consulting assignments, within budget, and dissemination of results to clients and other stakeholders
• Manage the implementation of multi-year donor grants and contracts
• Provide specialist technical services to projects
• Technical report writing and presentations

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES: 

• PhD or Master’s degree in Health Economics
• Ideally based in Africa, but not a pre-requisite
• At least 7 to 10 years’ of relevant consulting experience
• Strong technical track record in health financing and economics projects
• Track record in working on projects funded by global bilateral development partners or multi-national agencies
• Decision modelling/ mathematical modelling and strong data analytical skills would be an advantage
• Confident to use own initiative and logic to problem-solving and demonstrates analytical and lateral thinking
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and demonstrate solid leadership and interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• High self-motivation

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ROLE DESCRIPTION:

Genesis is recruiting a Commercial and Compliance Specialist to support the health practice across multiple large projects from the proposal stages through to contracting and implementation, ensuring high quality and prudent delivery throughout the process. 

Requirements

KEY REQUIREMENTS & ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

The role will include:

• developing appropriate proposal budgets;
• quality assuring monthly project reconciliations and forecasts on selected large projects in the practice;
• executing project management functions; and
• ensuring accurate reporting and compliance on selected projects.

The Commercial and Compliance Specialist will be required to support the implementation of corporate and client-specific systems, processes and approaches on specific projects and contribute to corporate planning and management.  

Commercial and Compliance Management: 

• Develop commercial strategies for proposals which:
  • are compliant with client procurement guidelines
  • are aligned with the technical response
  • support achieving the Practice’s commercial goals
• Engage with the internal business development team to validate approach, design and pricing assumptions for proposals
• Develop and maintain donor pricing models and client rate cards
• Support larger projects with financial reporting and compliance procedures.
• Support larger projects to ensure accurate budget reconciliations.
• Support larger projects with strategic budget realignments and expenditure strategies to maximise accurate and planned invoicing against project budgets.
• Ensure that client reporting is accurate, timely and in line with guidelines. 
• Serve as a key liaison between the Health Practice and Finance on key financial and budget requirements to enable optimal project implementation. 

In addition to the above, the role will also include elements of project management including, but not limited to: 

• Providing Project Management support on large contracts, ensuring project specific key performance indicators are met
• Manage a team of technical and project support staff
• Lead on project reporting to the client and support the entire project team to deliver on their specific outputs.
• Ensure project-lifecycle compliance and alignment with G+ principles 

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in a compliance role including budget development for large donor funded projects.
• Knowledge and experience of working with public, private and donor agents, including familiarity with their procurement processes, compliance and reporting requirements, in particular with United States Agency for International Development (USAID), President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) preferred.
• Ability to influence at all levels with experience of successfully engaging internal and external senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work in a busy fast-paced environment, demonstrating a solutions driven and positive attitude that allows for initiative and resilience.
• Highly developed interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience working with different cultures in complex and challenging working environments.
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines essential.

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ROLE DESCRIPTION:

We are looking for a team member to support our Human Resources Function at an administrative level.

You will join us as the Human Resources Administrator in the Group Services practice area, working directly with the Human Resources Consultant and reporting to Head of HR. The role operates across all locations in which we have a corporate presence.

Requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Maintenance and management of the SAGE 300 people HRIS
• Personnel filing managed and maintained on a monthly basis, including management of the online filing process and SAGE 300 People document storage to ensure business continuity Assistance with ongoing automation of processes and systems integration
• Maintenance of databases for relevant statutory reporting (BEE, EE and Skills)
• Contract preparation for checking and signing, including employment contracts and study agreements
• Confirmation of employment letters for signing
• Providing input to STATS SA once a quarter
• Maintain head count databases, organograms and staff lists on a monthly basis
• Management of all admin related to Duty of Care requirements
• Monthly reporting from the HRIS in terms of HR metrics eg turnover stats, leave balances etc
• Monthly leave reconciliations between SAGE 300 ESS and Intacct (the time billing system)
• Managing the online performance management process on SAGE 300 with the Head of HR
• Ad hoc projects as these arise

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong academic background – Human Resources related qualification
• Strong understanding of Human Resources process theory and relevant legislation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – ability to communicate at all levels
• Proactive self-starter who is able to be assertive
• Ability to work as part of a multi-cultural team, as well as independently
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong relationship management skills
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with ability to prioritise
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
• Perseverance and resilience
• Sound problem solving and judgement skills
• Professional and confidential approach to dealing with sensitive information – high degrees of confidentiality
• Experience in a consulting or professional services environment is preferred
• IT literate and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and Google Suite
• Experience working on SAGE 300 People a distinct advantage
• Client centric and dedicated to providing the best possible support and service to the practice areas

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PRACTICE AREA DESCRIPTION:

In the E4D practice, we work in close partnership with our clients to uncover evidence that yields insights for improved decision-making. In this way, our services are focused on unlocking value through programme and policy improvements that will contribute towards meaningful improvements in social impact and economic prosperity. We break down the allure of one-size-fits-all strategies by demonstrating the value that context-appropriate African-led solutions can unlock. We apply this approach across everything we do - from strategy development, to programme design and implementation, to research and evaluation.

E4D is a values-driven practice. Guided by Genesis’s values, our work is courageous and creative, withstands scrutiny and builds people and communities. Our practice currently consists of 23 team members, and growing! We are a dispersed team that has embraced hybrid in-person and virtual working arrangements. This has allowed us to find inclusive ways of working that promotes a sense of belonging for all who join E4D. We believe that our team culture enables a unique, individualised professional experience for each of our team members. Our collective culture also enables improved collaboration with our clients.

E4D’s work is focused on two interrelated areas (1) Monitoring Evaluation and Learning and (2) Economic Opportunity. 

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) 

Genesis’s E4D team is a trusted provider of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) services we combine our deeply rooted understanding of the African context with our extensive experience in qualitative and quantitative monitoring and evaluation (M&E) methods to assess progress, measure value creation, and facilitate internal and external learning. We provide three service lines: 

1. Programme evaluation and impact evaluation
2. Monitoring and results management (MRM) systems design
3. Learning partnerships and integrated MEL

Economic Opportunity

In pursuit of expanded and more inclusive economic opportunities, we seek solutions that improve market functioning, enable innovation and technological progress and promote investment. We use expert economic analysis, laser-focused problem-solving techniques and intersectional knowledge and experience to uncover the root causes of market failure. We work with our clients and partners to jointly discover and develop market-based solutions that enable expanded and more inclusive economic opportunities.

Requirements

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

We are looking for a Principal Consultant to join our team, as an MEL Expert with deep technical specialist skills in using evaluative thinking and practice to promote learning, adaptation and programme and policy improvements. Candidates should have experience in at least one of the following themes: gender, agri-food systems, migration, environmental sustainability, climate adaptation, and workforce development. Experience working in Africa and MENA is preferred.

Principals in E4D are:

• Excellent analytical thinkers and technically proficient
• Capable and creative problem solvers
• Adept at collaborating with and advising executives in client organisations
• Effective and empathetic people managers with experience in leading high performing teams
• Commercially astute and innovative business originators
• Strong relationship managers

KEY REQUIREMENTS & ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Consulting tasks

Lead the design, implementation and management of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning projects on behalf of clients

• Develop and implement MERL plans that assess programme performance and impact and guide clients’ decision-making so as to course correct and adapt as necessary.
• Design and implement qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods evaluations. Diverse expertise (e.g. ranging from participatory techniques to storytelling methods and quasi-experimental and experimental methods, inter alia) is advantageous. 
• Manage efficient, inclusive, and high quality qualitative and quantitative data collection processes, including across multiple countries
• Undertake rigorous analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, and provide guidance to junior staff to effectively complete tasks
• Plan, prepare and revise high quality reports in digestible and effective formats, suited to client audiences
• Independently identify and overcome data and conceptual problems that emerge during the analysis
• Lead and manage client interactions, including presenting and discussing project findings and recommendations 
• Introduce new and innovative methodologies to deliver tasks, including the use of data visualisation techniques and MERLTech

Business tasks

• Prepare considered and logically composed documents using both Microsoft Suite and Google Suite applications 
• Lead business origination, including proposal development and project budget preparation
• Nurture, train and mentor junior consultants for technical development as well as with strong cross-cutting consulting and communication skills 
• Play a leading role in practice-wide portfolio efforts, for instance in people management, operational management, technical excellence and business development 
• Contribute towards industry developments and communities of practice 

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Strong academic background – a Masters degree or PhD in an analytical field of study is required.
• Experience in research, monitoring and evaluation with at least 10 years of relevant experience
• Experience in consulting or related environments is required
• Strong research, analytical and lateral thought processes
• Tolerance for complexity, ambiguity and change, and ability to adapt to changing demands
• Excellent English communication and writing skills – ability to communicate at all levels
• Proactive and assertive self-starter
• Ability to work as part of a multicultural team, as well as independently
• Excellent attention to detail
• Highly numerate
• Strong relationship management skills and experience advising executives and organisational leaderships
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with ability to prioritise
• Confident networker
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
• Sound problem solving and judgement skills
• Professional and confidential approach to dealing with sensitive information
• Advanced PC literacy with excellent proficiency working with MS Office suite and Google Suite
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally