Job Description
ABOUT GENESIS
In a world undergoing convulsive technological and political change, Genesis partners with key actors to deliver urgent, lasting impact in critical areas.
Genesis, an impact firm founded, incorporated and headquartered in Africa, has worked in 46 African countries and more than 100 countries globally. Uniquely, Genesis is focused on the Young World – the arc of countries with young populations stretching across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.
By 2030 four in five children will be born in the Young World, making this region central to the future. With growing markets and young, productive populations, Young World countries have the most positive potential trajectory in the world. It is here that investments of all kinds will have the highest social and economic returns.
Our job at Genesis is to help societies, governments and businesses across the Young World succeed at three fundamental historic transitions:
- Reconfiguring economies: creating income for large, rapidly urbanising youth cohorts within a global economy undergoing profound changes
- A human transition: a fundamental rethink of how societies, governments, and markets can ensure the health and cognitive and social well-being of all those young people, including the most vulnerable
- A just climate transition: both to decarbonise and to manage the human and economic impacts of a global crisis they did not cause
To do this work, we are building a new type of impact firm
LOCATION : We encourage applications from candidates who are based in Sub-Saharan Africa or the MENA region. We have hubs in South Africa, Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire and would love to have someone join our teams there. (You should have the legal right to work and live in the location).
PRACTICE AREA DESCRIPTION
Our Human Development Practice works for a world where everyone can develop to their full potential. We want to support large-scale, positive, sustainable change in key areas including early childhood development, education, youth, health, nutrition and social protection. We are committed to working with those who need it the most, particularly children, women and young people in Africa and the young world.
We help governments, our global partners, and non-state clients to improve the delivery of key human development services. To do so, we provide services in diagnostics; regulation, governance and oversight; strategy, planning and implementation; financing and budgeting; service delivery; and monitoring and evaluation.
The education team works with Ministries of Education and clients to strengthen education systems. Our vision is that every child is able to access quality education and unlock their potential, thus unlocking vast economic and social potential. We work on improving the strategy, planning, and implementation, improving the quality and coverage of services.
We are especially interested in supporting our clients to:
- Develop sustainable education finance
- Scale impactful foundational literacy and numeracy programmes
- Improve the quality of teacher professional development
- Ensure schools are inclusive
- Innovate with Ed Tech
Please see examples of the type of projects you would work on here: https://www.genesis-analytics.com/what-we-do/k12
ROLE DESCRIPTION
This role will ensure that our team uses the best quantitative evidence to guide key education stakeholders to effect positive change. That could be looking to understand if interventions are leading to gains in learning outcomes, or if governments can better spend the budget they have.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Data Analysis and Synthesis: Collect, analyse, synthesize, and report high-quality quantitative data.
- Evidence Translation: Translate evidence and research findings into accessible formats (policy briefs, infographics, presentations) suitable for various audiences.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in education to promote the utilisation of evidence findings and to support capacity building.
- Project Management: Manage teams to successfully achieve project goals on time
- New Business Development: Proactively seek work in education and write proposals for clients
- Presentation Skills: Demonstrate excellence in presenting, this could include presenting at conferences, and crafting conference materials.
- Project Documents: Prepare clear and structured project documents and proposals with MS Word and PowerPoint.
- Work with our team: Support with the recruitment, line management and professional development of the team. Review the inputs of junior colleagues
In some cases, you will travel to do this, usually with colleagues.
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; structured training programmes; and a career ladder.
You will learn:
- How to structure and solve problems in a rigorous and collaborative.
- How to work effectively in diverse, global and professional teams.
- How to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients.
- About your own work and c styles and preferences.
- Specialist technical skills in youth, education and early childhood development.
We hire senior associates with the strong belief 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 education.
You will be an exceptional candidate with a track record in databases, data analytics, visualizations and developing bespoke analytical products for clients. You will be passionate about applying your skillset to education.
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 core data management, analytics, visualisations, and database work
- Proficiency in advanced software packages, such as STATA, R, or SPSS, plus in data visualisation, presentation, or design software such as Power BI and/or Tableau
- 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, it would be desirable if you had some experience in the education sector
- Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills in English
- Strong interpersonal skills
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
HOW TO APPLY
- Please follow the online application process on the career portal of the Genesis website, we are unable to accept any e-mailed CVs or applications
- Your application will primarily be considered for this role. If that are multiple roles that you are interested in, please submit your application to each position
- Once you have applied via our career portal, you will receive a system-generated confirmation e-mail that your application was received
- NOTE: Please be advised that uploaded documents/attachments cannot be bigger than 4MB in total, as the system will not accept your application if the uploaded documents exceed 4MB
- Communication will be with short-listed candidates only - if you do not receive any feedback on your application within 3 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 Transformation Policies
- All applications will be treated confidentially