Senior Manager, Advisory at Nextier Capital Limited

About You

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.