Our purpose is to unlock value in Africa. We use our analytical capabilities to improve decision-making and, through better decisions, to unlock substantial value for our clients and society. While we are the largest economics-based consulting firm in Africa, we use a large number of techniques and approaches to achieve clarity for decision-makers.

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

As part of our consulting teams, you will work on innovative projects that shape the future of children in the Young World. You will collaborate with governments, policymakers, and multilateral organizations to design, implement, and manage innovative solutions that address some of the most pressing development opportunities and challenges created by the demographic dividend and rapid technological change. You will help our clients understand and provide for the needs of very young children to help them and their families develop to their full potential; as well as supporting clients improve the quality and coverage of early childhood education.

RESPONSIBLITIES

Examples of projects that you could work on include:

• Developing an investment case for Early Childhood Education for a Ministry of Education as part of their advocacy package in a Young World country.
• Creating costing scenarios for implementing different integrated Early Childhood Development service delivery packages in an Eastern African country.
• Conducting a fiscal space analysis to determine the pathways for increasing access to Early Childhood Education in a country in the Middle East.
• Supporting Young World government to scale up ECE provision towards universal enrolment at high quality, while working within available fiscal space
• Understanding links between costing and structural and process quality in Young World Classrooms
• Support young mother to re-enter the workforce in informal childcare centres, providing livelihoods for families and improving developmental outcomes for children.

A Senior Associate is a critical member of our ECE/D workstream. You will play a key role in the following activities:

• Business development work in early childhood education, and/or early childhood development, including responsibility for leading and managing proposals;
• Technical work on projects in the areas of ECE/D financing, policy development and review, evaluation, system planning and implementation, curriculum, teacher training, other quality enhancement interventions, amongst others.
• Thought leadership and knowledge production. Turning new ideas on early childhood education, and/or early childhood development, into concrete products, such as blogposts, academic articles, conference presentations, or innovative products for clients.
• Strategy and management. Practice organisation, including working on practice strategy, business systems, recruiting, nurturing, and training consultants, and building and leading new specialisms in education and early childhood development.

In each project, you will:

• assess and structure the problem to be solved;
• collect, organise, interpret, and analyse data and information;
• test and refine hypotheses; and draft and communicate conclusions and recommendations, often directly to the client.
• In some cases, you will travel to do this, usually with colleagues.

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.
• For this role, the preferred candidate will possess the following essential skills and competencies
• Master’s degree in Education, Economics, Development Studies, or similar
• 3-4 years’ relevant professional experience in education and/or early childhood development.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams in changing environments
• Leadership potential, and the capability to lead and manage 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
• Proficiency in Excel.

Other desirable skills and competencies include:

• Consulting experience
• Experience as a teacher, early childhood carer, or youth worker.
• Proficiency in other advanced software packages, such as STATA, R, Python, data visualisation, presentation or design software, and GIS
• Languages relevant to Genesis’ geographies, especially Arabic and French.