Africa – Practice Manager, Human Development Full Time

Join Genesis, Human Development, as a Practice Manager and shape the future of our global human development practice, driving growth, nurturing our culture, and implementing cutting-edge strategies to shape the future of our practice.

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.

THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE:

The HD practice works for a world where everyone can develop to their full potential. We are focused on expanding meaningful rights and opportunities for people who are marginalized and are particularly committed to children, women, and young people in Africa and the Middle East. We help governments, their global partners, and private and non-state clients to improve the delivery of key human development services while navigating rapid changes in demography, climate, and technology, and the shock of Covid-19.

We are currently organised across six service lines: social sector financing; public financial management; early childhood education; school; school to work transitions; and social protection. We expect to grow these and add others soon.

The team of 40 is currently based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Kenya, West Africa, East Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and India, and will grow substantially over the coming year. We work across about 50 projects at any one time.

LOCATION: this role may be based in South Africa (Johannesburg or Cape Town), Kenya (Nairobi), the UK (London) or India (Goa). You must already have the right to work in the location you apply for.

THIS ROLE:

A core part of a fast-growing and diverse team you will play a pivotal role in driving the operations and processes of a fast-growing and diverse team. You will be responsible for steering the implementation of firm-wide strategies, systems, and procedures while ensuring the practice maintains its unique culture amidst growth in staff, geography, and complexity. In addition to overseeing the Practice Administrator, you may also have oversight and compliance roles for large projects spanning multiple clients and remote teams. You will line manage the practice administrator, potentially oversee staffing of analysts and interns to projects in line with the professional development plans and project needs, ensure team coherence, and enable the smooth running of the human development practice by ensuring day-to-day issues are managed where required.

Your role will encompass:

1. Strategy implementation – leading the implementation of firm-wide initiatives and HD strategies; ensuring alignment and coherence across the practice’s routine systems
2. Ensuring the smooth running of the Human Development Practice including practice/project management, marketing efforts, financial management and HR management systems
3. Embedding knowledge management to enhance the practice’s intellectual capital.
4. Managing the practice administrator(s)’ and guiding their work
5. Compliance and Oversight for large projects undertaken by the practice, especially those involving multiple clients and remote teams.

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.

We are seeking candidates who are passionate about driving positive societal change and possess strong organisational skills. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of operational management experience, preferably within the consulting field.

Key qualifications include:

• Proven management experience in consulting organisations, ideally with a focus on human development sectors such as education, health, social protection, or social care.
• Degree or diploma in management or a relevant field.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated potential for leadership, including staff management and team-building abilities.
• Experience operating in an international setting.
• Familiarity with hybrid, virtual, or remote work environments.
• Proficiency in Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides)

If you are committed to making a meaningful impact and possess the requisite skills, join our team and contribute to shaping a better future.

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