Company Founded: Founded in 1998

Senior Consultant – Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs

Role Description:
The position is at the senior level as a Principal (8 to 10 years of experience).

You will be responsible for crafting strategic guidance and insights for private sector and global foundation clients on a range of public policy issues, including political economy analysis, policy and regulatory advisory, stakeholder mapping, scenario analysis, value-at-stake analysis, political intelligence and monitoring, advocacy strategy, and engagement solutions.
You will work as a Project Manager or Project Director on a variety of projects to identify opportunities and challenges associated with public policy issues, undertake research, garner political insights, develop and implement effective strategy responses, and create advocacy and engagement plans.
You will work closely with the Managing Partner who will share a blue chip client book and a number of active opportunities.
The successful candidate will have public policy consulting experience in a number of African markets, and a budding network of local political or analyst contacts who can provide reliable ground-level political insight and updates.
You will be comfortable leading a team of junior consultants in the preparation of high-quality written, visual and verbal communications, taking personal responsibility for strong analytical and strategic insights, and attention to detail.
You will be based in Johannesburg, Nairobi or London and be willing to travel for assignments.

Requirements
Ideal Experience and Expertise:

8 -10 years of consulting experience in external affairs, public policy, stakeholder management, government affairs, or regulatory affairs
A strong applied understanding of the relationship between the state and private sector in Africa
Consulting experience in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia or larger African markets.
Strong masters-level degree in Public Policy, Law, Politics, Business Administration, International Relations, Journalism or related fields.
Experience working with a range of clients on diverse briefs; ideally with experience in energy, tech and telecoms, extractives, investment, and financial services. Experience in international development would be advantageous.
Trusted networks of political contacts or analysts in the larger African markets from whom you can draw ground-level political insights and information.
Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills.
Ability to lead and manage teams and work closely with senior leaders.
Strong project management skills, including executing projects with careful financial and resource management.
Confidence in leading client interactions, workshops and meetings and building new client relationships.
Willingness to travel across Africa for project work, networking and conferences.
Enthusiastic, ethical, respectful, with intellectual curiosity about the world’s affairs.
We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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October 29, 2024
Business Development Manager

About The Business Development Unit
The Business Development Unit (BDU) at Genesis Analytics is pivotal to ensuring sustainable and safe growth within Genesis. The team identifies and acquires new work to build a strategic pipeline of opportunities; leads the research and analysis of emerging market trends; manages the development of proposals; as well as leads engagements with Genesis key clients and partners on potential collaborations.
Requirements
Purpose of the role within Genesis:
Genesis is looking for a mature, proactive, and energetic Business Development Manager with strong proposal management, compliance, and account management skills to join the Business Development Unit.
The right individual has a strong understanding of the international development industry with previous experience working with donors, foundations, government agencies as well as some private sector organisations both in Africa and globally.
The Business Development Manager will mentor and upskill the team, and support in improving Genesis’ BD systems.
Duties:
Pipeline management

Lead on identifying the most strategic opportunities, reviewing major clients forecasts, and support building a healthy pipeline for major clients.
Support the practices to track and prepare for bidding, including leading on prepositioning activities.

Proposal Management

Lead large and complex proposals: development of bid plans, management of bid teams; leading on capture planning; mapping and selecting consortium partners; project staffing; and proposal writing with varied donors and private sector clients, e.g USAID, FCDO, Gates Foundation, CDC, etc
Lead on the most complex compliance and administrative requirements for clients’ proposals, ideally including US Government and SA Government.
Champion appropriate proposal development processes, and support the business to refine and improve the proposal management function.
Introduce and enforce appropriate knowledge management systems to ensure that previous knowledge (e.g. proposals, resources, analysis, etc.) can be easily found in order to maximise efficiency when responding to opportunities.

BDU coordination, team management & mentoring

Support the Head of BD to design, develop, maintain and enforce BD processes and procedures at company level.
Work closely with the Compliance & Commercial team to ensure the BDU operates at its highest standards, in full compliance with rules and regulations.
Lead on introducing standards and best practices within the BDU members. Train and mentor BDU team members outside and inside the proposal management cycle, including leading learning sessions.
Take on the line management responsibilities of some team members, especially with the team growing.
Work closely with the BD Coordinator to maintain the big picture of the company pipeline, lead on team utilisation and requests of support management.

Market and Industry strategy

Inform Genesis’ strategic position and marketing investments for new business development.
Use analysis of client investment strategies, annual funding trends and policy developments to inform Genesis long-term strategy on new business.

Relationship Management

Work with Genesis’ practices to develop internal strategies for client prioritisation, key account management and to position Genesis to become a recognised player for new opportunities.
Cultivate and maintain relationships with Genesis main clients and strategic partner organisations.
Lead and facilitate Genesis internal working groups working with specific clients, examples include USAID, AfDB, UN agencies, etc.

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October 29, 2024
Networking & IoT Engineer

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

Consult employees and customers on devices/solutions related to technical issues;
Solve technical issues and look for a way to reduce them;
Prepare technical documentation and technical tasks;
Prepare and provide training for employees and clients about our company’s products and solutions.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

Guide employees and customers on how to use Teltonika Networks devices and solutions (consult, provide training);
Solve technical issues and ensure prevention;
Constantly supervise and prepare the device’s technical documentation;
Assess customer needs in the local region, in topics such as, but not limited to, new features, raise proposals for implementation, and supervise the implementation process;
Participate in direct communication with clients to answer technical questions (conference calls, visits to clients);
Perform quality assurance tasks before providing solutions to customer;
Coordinate queries with R&D, Production, QA, and Supply management;
Train internal Sales Managers & Clients on internal configuration systems and devices;
At least 12-month experience working with cellular routers. Knowledge of 2G, 3G, 4G networks, ability to explain network authentication methods, and data session establishment;
Experience working with embedded, Linux-based OpenWRT operating system;
Good problem-solving (troubleshooting) skills;
Knowledge and ability to use „AT“ commands;
Ability to write simple bash/ash scripts;
Knowledge of Firewall principles, ability, and experience configuring firewalls with IPTABLES.

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October 29, 2024
Strategic Business Development Manager

In its strategic plan, ACTS recognizes the critical importance of technology transfer and commercialization of innovations in the realization of sustainable development goals. ACTS will do this through two critical new innovations:

An institute based in Konza, to be built within the next three years, to provide a centre of excellence in consulting services to African Government and Business, with a particular focus on the application of data science.
A team to help commercialise the technology and IP that has been developed within ACTS and use it to derive additional income for the organisation.

To support these, ACTS has introduced a new senior role, the Strategic Business Development Manager, reporting directly to the Executive Director of ACTS. The successful candidate will bring commercial skill and acumen to package key ACTS projects with near-market potential into viable business proposals and drive their implementation as well as drive the commercial realisation of the Konza institute, including marketing strategy, stakeholder engagement, financial modelling, fundraising and execution support.
The Strategic Business Development Manager will be required to:

Coordinate the implementation of ACTS Konza Business Plan (2023-2026) including proposition articulation, partner identification and outreach, marketing, investment fundraising, commercial oversight.
Be the commercial face of the ACTS Konza Institute and ensure that the Institute becomes internationally recognised as a centre of excellence and the “go to” organisation in Africa for the application of advanced data science.
In collaboration with researchers, formulate and successfully implement business plans for ACTS internal IP for exploitation as companies, joint ventures or other collaborative activities and secure the investment finance needed to grow these opportunities.
Coordinate ACTS consultancy services in support of the above goals.
Over time, build a commercial team to deliver the above goals.
Proactively guide and build the internal (ACTS Staff) capacity on enterprise development, commercialization, and investment readiness.

IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING:

BSc and MSc in a relevant scientific, engineering or business management subject. An MBA is highly desirable.
At least 5 years of demonstrable experience in senior business development, consulting and strategic planning.
Proven track record of investment finance raising from major corporates / donors / funders both in the commercial sector and those related to research and commercialization of technology innovations.
Sound financial skills and the ability to create clear and compelling business cases. The candidate should be fully conversant with business modelling and creation of financial plans including P&L, cashflow and balance sheet projections.
A good technical understanding and an ability to work with researchers and innovators to develop ideas and identify the overlap between potential solutions and established problems.
An understanding of the technology innovation and commercialization context in Africa is an added advantage.
Experience working with STI think tanks Regionally and Globally would be an advantage but is not essential
Self-driven with the ability to work independently and lead teams to deliver on strategic goals.
Demonstrated experience in coordinating and facilitating the development of major investment proposals to corporate entities, institutional, trust, foundations and philanthropic donors.
Excellent communication skills, able to interact with individuals at the highest levels in Government and the commercial sector (Ministerial / Board levels)
Ability to create clear and compelling proposals in powerpoint and as written documents
Highly developed international networking skills and ability to form productive working relationships with a wide range of internal colleagues and stakeholders.
Experience in project and change management related to organisational development projects and international, cross-functional teams with a proven history of delivering results.
A high degree of attention to detail and the ability to lead key tasks (e.g proposal development) to on-time completion under significant pressure.
Knowledge of the application of Intellectual Property Rights and licensing is highly desirable.

This is a unique opportunity for a forward-looking entrepreneur to build new and exciting businesses with the huge benefit of the research capability and organizational structure of ACTS as a platform as a high-level starting point. It offers a high profile public role in both Government and industry and excellent career development potential.
Remuneration
The role will attract a compensation package that is appropriate for this senior position that will include a core and performance-related component. The African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS) is an equal opportunity employer and therefore warmly encourages all qualified interested parties to submit their applications. Women and the Youth are highly encouraged to apply.

ndividuals who meet the requirements should submit their applications to hr@acts-net.org on or before 12:00hrs on 15th April 2023. Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.

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October 29, 2024
Data Collector

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Primary Responsibilities

Effectively administer WHODAS 2.0, EQ-5D, and spiritual surveys using the electronic medical record
Collect and input M&E data for patients in accordance with established procedures, for ongoing baseline reporting
Obtain 12-month follow up surveys from patients during mobile clinic visits to rural areas
Ensure data cleanliness and integrity
Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection, and evaluation procedures
Generate monthly narrative report of activities and as needed per leadership’s requests and DC capacity
Assist hospital personnel with M&E tools and support them in their use, training and retraining as necessary
Produce monthly narrative report to describe M&E activities
Support the clinical team in the quality improvement, audit and research projects that will further inform the clinical service, including patient recruitment, data collection and logistical support

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

University Degree preferably in data, statistics, or related field
Strong training and facilitation skills
Experience in the implementation of M&E in development projects implemented by national/international NGOs/Government; desirable
Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports; desirable

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages
Excellent organisational/administrative skills and ability to effectively plan in evolving situations
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Strong computer proficiency using software applications such as Microsoft Office & Google Drive

COMPETENCIES:

Attention To Detail – Able to be alert in a fast-moving environment; follow detailed procedures and ensure accuracy in documentation and data; carefully monitor processes; concentrate on routine work details and organise and maintain a system of records.
Communication Skills – Able to clearly present information through the spoken or written word; read and interpret complex information; listen well.
People Focus – Able to prioritise patients’ needs and work effectively with staff in different departments.
Quality – Able to demonstrate consistency and reliability; adhere to standards and measures and seek ways to improve processes; identify and correct errors; test new methods thoroughly; reinforce excellence as a fundamental priority.
Teamwork – Able to share due credit with co-workers; display enthusiasm and promote a friendly group working environment; work closely with other departments as necessary; support group decisions and solicit opinions from co-workers; display team spirit.

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October 29, 2024
Business Integrity and Compliance Officer

ROLE DESCRIPTION:
The Business Integrity and Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring the organisation complies with all relevant country laws and regulations, as well as clients’ reporting requirements and ethical standards. The Officer will work closely with other departments to ensure the organisation’s operations are conducted with integrity and compliance.
KEY REQUIREMENTS & ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop and keep updated Genesis’ policies and procedures.
Liasing with the Learning and Development Manager, deliver compliance training programmes for employees, ensuring they understand their obligations and the consequences of non-compliance. Training includes: safeguarding, whistleblowing, managing conflict of interest, among others.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regulatory requirements and changes in the industry, ensuring the organisation’s compliance programs are relevant and effective. Proactively identify potential areas of risk and develop solutions to mitigate those risks.
Lead on the adoption of international standards e.g. ISO 140001, ISO 21500, etc. as needed.
Be responsible for Genesis’ international reporting on sustainability and transparency e.g. UN Global Compact, IATA, etc.
Establish and implement a due diligence approach for managing Genesis’ supply chain.
Play a leading role in responding to clients’ compliance requirements, including registering on key client’s portals and providing the required information.
Liasing with the relevant office manager, be responsible for Genesis’ in-country registrations, ensuring that records remain updated and active.
Ensure Genesis’ travel, security and duty or care procedures are up to date, and act as a focal point for the relevant external providers
Act as liaison with external lawyers as necessary to ensure all our systems, processes and supplier contracts are up to date. This also includes reviewing contracts and negotiating on relevant terms and conditions.

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Law
At least 5 years of experience in legal & compliance, or related fields.
Ideally, an understanding of the donors’ (e.g. USAID, UN, FCDO) operating environment.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently while interacting with several teams
High level of integrity and ethical standards.
Attention to detail and ability to multitask.
Experience with risk assessment and management.

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genesis.mcidirecthire.com

October 29, 2024
Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting & Learning (MERL) Officer Junior MERL Associates Capacity Development Coordinator

REF: ACT/MERL/08/2023
Key Responsibilities
Working under the direct supervision of the Technical Lead MERL, the MERL Officer will work collaboratively with other program staff as well as have operational contact and interaction with Act!s partners.
Program Level, Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting & Learning Support

Contribute to the design and continuous review of the program Log frame and Results Framework.
Oversee the design, management and maintenance of the programme database(s) to monitor and pro-actively track all performance indicators established in the results framework.
Support the MERL Technical Lead in managing and conducting data collection process for all set programme indicators.
In liaison with MER&L function team at Act! design and deliver MER&L trainings to all downstream partners on the programme.
Support the MERL Lead to periodically review and disseminate basic MER&L training materials for programme use, among staff and partners.
Support with the preparation of the monthly, quarterly and annual program reports for both internal and external stakeholders.
Participate in planning and execution of external programme review and evaluation exercises.
Participate in setting program performance targets in line with overall strategic goals of the program.
Take the lead role in tracking implementing partners and grantees progress in achieving outcomes and impacts.
Participate in the quarterly and other scheduled programme performance review meetings.
Share information and lessons learnt with other programme staff.

Organizational MERL Team Support

Review and consolidate detailed monthly and quarterly work plan and track implementation of the same, on a monthly basis.
Support the overall MERL Lead to coordinate program teams to ensure compliance with all reporting & MER&L requirements of Act!
Support the review of the monthly cumulative indicator performance tracking data (from Indicator Performance Tracking Tool – IPTT and all quarterly reports submitted by the program partners for compliance and data adequacy.
File final cumulative data to track achievements against targets (from IPTT) for all partners as designated.
Develop a programme summary and analysis of overall MER&L data for each quarter.
Support the MERL Technical Lead to prepare a summary of the partners’ needs and issues for follow up derived from quarterly reports and track responses.
Contribute to Act! Partners support that documents “success stories” and other anecdotal information to enhance the overall quality of performance reports to the donors.
Provide support in designing, planning and delivery of all Program technical trainings.
Support to Consortium/Implementing Partners

Overall, support the MERL Technical lead in providing MERL accompaniment, mentoring and training to implementing partner’s MER&L counterparts as appropriate and on demand. Specific support would include the following: –

The development of Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting and Learning (MER&L) processes, tools and plans for partners and grant recipients – including online planning and reporting system.
The implementation of partners MER&L plans through the life of the programme.
Ensuring full compliance with Act! and (donor) data management and quality standards.
Support partners in preparations and effective participation in the design and implementation of mid-term and end term evaluations/reviews, in particular the TORs, SOWs, identification of suitable experts’ selection and quality control of process and to the final reports.

Performance Standards

Submission of updated PMP report to the line manager within 30 days of the end of a quarter.
Participate in planning meetings for MER&L technical trainings.
Carry out all baseline data collection for the partners within one month of signing grant agreements.
Manage and conduct overall data collection process of all program indicators on an ongoing basis.
Submission of monthly program reports by the 3rd of the subsequent month.
Submission of 3 quarterly program reports within 30 days of the end of a quarter.
Preparation and review of all MER&L information presented during joint reviews.
Review program performance targets in line with overall strategic goal of the program.
Share information and lessons learnt with other program staff on a quarterly basis.
Quarterly work plans for the program developed and submitted by the first week of each quarter.
Quarterly review of implementation progress.
All MERL reports including digital data collected using mobile technology filed in server.
At least one success story developed and shared each quarter per partner.
Conduct monitoring and technical support visits to a minimum of 7 partners each quarter.
Carry out data quality improvement exercise for the partners.

Qualifications, Experience & Personal Requirements
Academic qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in appropriate or any other related discipline in e.g. social sciences, anthropology, developmental studies. A Postgraduate degree will be an added advantage.

Professional Qualifications

A diploma or equivalent in Project Management or relevant qualification in Monitoring and Evaluation is highly desirable.

Experience

Minimum 5 years’ experience in a busy MERL function and role. Those with experience within peacebuilding and conflict management and PCVE programming environment may have an added advantage.

Essential Skills & Competencies
Thorough knowledge of socio-economics, socio-anthropology and/or proven ability in participatory methods and processes:

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment requiring multi-tasking.
Knowledge of policy influences and institutional practices.
Knowledge of statistical software applications.
Excellent analytical skills.
Good people skills, writing and reporting skills.
Willingness to travel frequently.
Good writing and reporting skills

Deadline for applications submission is 24th March, 2023

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If you meet the requirements as described above, please submit the following:All applications should be submitted electronically to hr.admin@act.or.ke quoting the reference number and position on the e-mail subject line. Only applicants who meet the minimum requirements and are shortlisted for interviews will be contacted.

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October 29, 2024
Behavioural Science Specialist – Health

ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Manager level is a senior-level position within our organisation. It is responsible for ensuring project completion to the required service excellence standards, liaising with partners regarding project progress, managing staff, and involvement in work origination and profitability.
The work will be delivered through the following:

Well-managed consulting projects
Developing strategic insights and leading team problem solving
Ensuring effective working relationships within teams and with clients
Growing the client base through creating a network of appropriate relationships

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide technical oversight and guidance to behavioural science projects.
Successful execution of projects related to behavioural analysis, behavioural intervention design and monitoring and optimisation.
Application of behavioural sciences thinking, theory and logic to problem-solving.
Independently initiates and manages all client interactions, needs and negotiations as a behavioural sciences expert.
Performance management of project teams and individual team members.
Coaching and developing staff.
Intellectual leadership for all behavioural science projects ensuring efficient delivery of a quality product.
Completion of practice administrative functions.
Direct involvement in the productivity and profitability of the practice.
Active marketing of Genesis Analytics and the Health practice area to ensure ongoing sustainability and extension of the business through work origination.
Building of intellectual capacity and property.
Business development in behavioural sciences

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

Strong background in Behavioural Sciences, Psychology, Social and Behaviour Change communication or similar.
Demonstrable experience in designing, implementing and evaluating social and behavioural change projects, preferably in Health.
Previous management consulting experience is preferred.
Consulting character, including analytical thinking, deep problem-solving capability, natural leadership, teamwork, the ability to deliver results, functional and technical expertise and an entrepreneurial spirit, are some of the critical consultant behaviours needed.
Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
Exceptional research, analytical and lateral thought processes.
Strong delivery skills – ability to communicate at all levels.
Excellent attention to detail.
Critical thinking.
Sound management, people development and relationship-building skills are essential.
Leadership and performance management skills and experience.
Ability to maintain strict ethical standards and client confidentiality.
Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management orientation.
Vital planning and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise.
Experience in productivity and profitability management.
Proven track record of work origination and new business development.
Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines on multiple projects simultaneously.
Sound judgement and the ability to live the Genesis Values.
Willingness and ability to travel.
Advanced PC literacy, especially MS Office suite including Excel, Word and PowerPoint and excellent proficiency in Google Business suite required.

ROLE LOCATION:

This role forms part of our global-African vision and strategy.
Accordingly, it is open to be based in any of our three principal offices, Johannesburg (South Africa), Nairobi (Kenya) or London (UK).
Important to note: pre-existing eligibility to live and work in any of these countries is, however, a prerequisite.
Therefore, either citizenship, permanent residency or a valid visa/work permit should be in place already at the time of application.

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genesis.mcidirecthire.com

October 29, 2024
Manager Programme Evaluation

ROLE DESCRIPTION:
The Manager: Programme Evaluation is a senior-level position within the organisation. The main purpose of the job is to support the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation workstream within the health practice. In addition to having considerable experience in project management, the Manager Programme Evaluation should have demonstrable knowledge, experience and understanding of results-based monitoring and evaluation theory, theories of change, and logical frameworks (logframes). You have had sound experience in designing, conducting and disseminating non-experimental, quasi-experimental and experimental quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods evaluations. You should understand management consulting and be able to respond appropriately to Request for Proposals (RFPs) or Terms of Reference (TORs). Ideally, you will have led/participated in evaluations of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Global Fund and UN organisations.
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

Requirements
KEY INITIATIVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

Manage projects, generate sound advice and provide quality assistance to clients – use skills and experience to break down difficult problems into tractable component parts and identify practical ways to resolve each component.
Support project teams in formulating evidence-informed and results-based theories of change, logframes and M&E Plans in preparation for performance monitoring and evaluations
Use appropriate evaluation theory to design and develop non-experimental, quasi-experimental and experimental quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods evaluation protocols, including relevant evaluation matrices
Develop, pilot and refine monitoring and evaluation data collection tools and lead on collecting, analysing, synthesizing and reporting high-quality data.
Lead on applying for and obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) ethics approval
Work with key stakeholders to review and monitor project-based evaluation and learning plans.
Review the inputs of and mentor junior consultants, and ensure all project staff has a clear understanding of project results frameworks. Promote peer-to-peer learning, knowledge sharing and application
Prepare clearly thought-out and logically written project documents (including M&E Plans, research and evaluation design plans, logic models, data collection and data analysis plans and final reports) and proposals using MS Word and MS PowerPoint with minimal revisions from the supervisor.
Undertake new business development – producing proposals and marketing Genesis Analytics to selected clients and contribute research and evaluation components to technical proposals.
Interact and negotiate with clients
Build company intellectual property
Keep abreast of industry developments

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

Strong academic background – Minimum of a Masters degree in an analytical field of study. Preference for Public Health, Epidemiology, Economics, International Development, Statistics or related disciplines.
5-7 years of management consulting experience and a passion for consulting
Desirable: Relevant experience includes public health research, evaluation, learning, knowledge management, health systems strengthening, AGYW, HIV prevention, SRHR, and behavioural sciences (SBCC)
Demonstrable experience in identifying theoretical/conceptual frameworks within which to embed design results-based implementation and results monitoring that support responsive and adaptive programme management.
Strong research, analytical and lateral thought processes. Demonstrated understanding and application of programme evaluation theory and practice, from developing/ updating theories of change and logframes) to preparing for, and evaluating, complex programmes/systems (contribution analysis, most significant change, etc.)
Excellent English communication and writing skills – ability to communicate at all levels
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.
Highly numerate. Strong knowledge of quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods M&E, research methodologies, and results synthesis, evaluation and presentation of data analysis for various audiences
Advanced PC literacy (MS and Google Suite, SPSS, NVivo, etc.)
Required: Proficiency in STATA
Willingness and ability to travel nationally and internationally, COVID-19 permitting

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October 29, 2024
Undertaking a Study on Gender Dimensions of Climate Security and Adaptation in the Contexts of Resilience, Peace and Stability in Kenya An In-depth Analysis (Study) of the Interface between Climate Security, Violent Extremism & Natural Resource-Based Conflict in the ASALs of Kenya Development (or Supply) of a Dynamic and Versatile Online Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting System for Act

Qualifications
The Consultancy firm or team of individuals with the following qualifications.

Proven experience in gender studies, evaluation and/or conducting evaluations with expertise in gender, environmental/climate change and conflict issues;
Previous experience and good comprehension of the local context where the assessment will be conducted;
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience with gender and climate security, conflict prevention, and resilience and/or environmental management;
Experience in a national setting with national or international organizations is an asset;
Fluency in the English language is required.

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Qualified consultant or consultancy firms are required to submit;All proposals should be submitted electronically in (PDF format) to hr.admin@act.or.ke quoting the reference number ACT-CSS-03-2023 on the e-mail subject line. The same should reach us not later than 05:00 PM (East African Time) Wednesday 15th March, 2023.All materials to be developed under this assignment are property of Act! and may not be reproduced under any circumstances.Act! is an equal opportunity employer with zero tolerance to corruption

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hr.admin@act.or.ke

October 29, 2024