Senior Manager, Advisory Nextier Capital

• You are passionate about development. You believe we are the ones we have been waiting for to change our society.
• You are an experienced change leader who can think deep and wide – and against convention – in search of answers to Africa’s development challenges.
• You are tenacious and remain motivated even when the client is not incentivised to drive the needed change.
• Nextier seeks a Senior Manager for its advisory business to work closely with the Partner to drive business growth and solution delivery.
• You must be an adaptive leader who can conceptualise and deliver solutions to drive improved development outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Led the day-to-day execution of client projects while guiding and developing individual team members.
• Work directly with clients to develop tailor-made solutions and ensure positive impact and sustainable results.
• Overall ownership of project delivery, including the development of programme scope, analysis, design, and implementation.
• Develop proposals, tenders, policy briefs, copy editing of articles and project reports.
• Deliver projects successfully to the agreed timeline, quality standards and budget.
• Lead and supervise the project team of Nextier and counterpart team members.
• Drive client satisfaction and uptake of Nextier solutions.
• Groom Nextier people and help develop their skills and capabilities.
• Manage business operations to improve financial sustainability and impact.
• Manage client relationships and contribute to a positive image for the firm.
• Develop skills and competence in functional areas such as policy research, impact assessment, strategy, etc.

Requirements

• At least ten years of experience with at least four years in consultancy, including experience managing project teams and building client relationships.
• Master's Degree in the Social Sciences or related field. PhD is an added advantage.
• Committed self-starter and evidenced passion for development work with an entrepreneurial spirit and a solid ability to work independently.
• Fascinated by creating and implementing solutions to seemingly intractable development challenges within the complexities of Africa’s public sector.
• Experience adapting theories and ‘optimal’ practices within the context of a society’s political economy.
• Drives ideas with entrepreneurial zest while balancing business and impact goals.
• Professionalism and demonstrated experience working with senior officials in the public and private sectors.
• Thinks strategically as well as comfortable with operational processes.
• Strong analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative
• Good listener and enjoys facilitating discussions to find insights to drive change.
• Ability to present written and oral information in an insightful and structured manner.
• Lists reading policy or business books as a favourite pass time.
• Attention to detail; measures twice, cuts once.
• Proficient with MS Office, Including MS Excel, MS Word And MS PowerPoint.

What We Offer

• Non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial, and collaborative organisation focused on delivering sustained impact.
• Passionate, talented, young, and fun team with a can-do culture.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is core to our culture.
• Opportunity to transform our society to deliver improved outcomes for our people.