Jobs at Genesis Analytics

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

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What you will do

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 spend enough, spend well, and access innovative sources and modes of financing, while understanding how population dynamics and economic change will affect requirements and resources. You will oversee rigorous economic and statistical analysis of data and reports using both conceptual and quantitative approaches. The intended result of this is that marginalised populations will have access to better social sector services. In each project, you will: 

• Ensure service excellent and delivery;
• Manage interactions and negotiations with clients;
• Performance manage the team and team members;
• 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.

You will also lead work in:

• business development in social sector financing, including responsibility for leading and managing proposals;
• turning new ideas on social sector financing into concrete products, such as blogposts, academic articles, conference presentations, or innovative products for clients.
• practice organisation, including working on practice strategy, business systems, recruiting, nurturing, and managing consultants, and building and leading new specialisms in social sector financing.

You will also make a contribution to wider firm strategy and organisation.

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. You will learn:

• How to structure and solve problems in a rigorous and collaborative way that actually leads to realising value.
• How to work effectively in diverse, lean, agile and professional teams.
• How to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients.
• About your own work and leadership styles and preferences.
• Specialist technical skills in social sector financing.

We hire managers with the expectation that they can become partners at Genesis. Genesis offers a highly rewarding, challenging and flexible career. Working with your mentor, we encourage you to explore living and working in different locations, and deepening and complementing your specialised skills and knowledge in social sector financing.

Requirements

Who you are

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.

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

• Master’s degree in Economics, Development Studies, Maths, Statistics or similar
• At least 5 years’ relevant professional experience in social sector financing.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams in changing environments
• Leadership skills, and the capability to lead teams and projects
• Ability to solve problems through clear thinking, and strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including attention to detail.
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills in English
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellence in Excel, and STATA, R, Matlab or Tableau.

Other desirable skills and competencies include:

• Consulting experience
• Proficiency in other advanced software packages, such as Python, dashboards, such as PowerBI, data visualisation, presentation or design software, and GIS
• Languages relevant to Genesis’ geographies, especially French.

Additional information

• All applications must be made online on the Genesis website
• Applicants must be eligible to work and willing to be based in any one of the following countries: South Africa, Kenya, Côte d’ Ivoire, United Kingdom, and India, or from home in other countries.
• Candidates should be willing to travel for short periods of time (1-4 weeks at a time) to countries to conduct fieldwork depending on project requirements
• Candidates should be comfortable to work with colleagues in a face-to-face and virtual setting.
• Applications will be reviewed on a regular basis: we recommend interested candidates submit their applications now.

DISCLAIMER:

• Communication will be with short-listed candidates only – if you do not receive any feedback on your application within 6 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful
• Genesis Analytics reserves the right not to proceed with an appointment of any advertised role
• All appointments will be made in line with Genesis Analytics’ Employment Equity Plan and Policies
• All applications will be treated confidentially