ENGAGEMENT MANAGER: GENERALIST CONSULTING (Energy | Climate | Water | Infrastructure) CBD, Western Cape Competitive Package on Offer based on Qualification and years of relevant experience! REPUTABLE GLOBAL CONSULTING FIRM is currently expanding their team of Consulting professionals.
Main Purpose of the Role: To work across the companies various sectors and to support short-term management consulting and longer-term project implementation assignments.
The engagement manager will manage multiple streams of work within projects through their project teams and be responsible for anticipating and mitigating risks while ensuring delivery.
One would describe you as possessing strong management or strategy consulting experience and skills, combined with having exposure and demonstrable interest and multi-perspective views on international development around issues related to climate change, nature-based solutions and natural infrastructure.
You are an energetic problem-solver who is open-minded and has solid commercial acumen.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Defining client problems concisely and developing hypotheses to identify solutionsPerforming quantitative and qualitative analysis to drive the proposed solution.
This includes:Quantitative research methodologies include data mining, creating financial models, and performing quantitative and fundamental statistical analysis.
Candidates should be financially and commercially confident, as this will be a core role requirementQualitative research methodologies, including market research and collecting business intelligenceOwning the consolidation and production of high-quality policy, economic, financial, business model and institutional analysis to support the delivery of client projectsPresenting findings to clients, partners and senior decision-makers in government, development finance and the private sector with a high level of confidenceManaging cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams to tackle complex business, economic, social and environmental challenges, focusing on AfricaMaking an active contribution to developing new business opportunities and proposal development, which may also include the development of thought papers QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: An Undergraduate and Masters degree in a relevant field including (but not limited to) Economics, Management, Engineering, Finance, International Relations, Law, Development Studies, Public Policy or Politics7+ Years management consulting experience gained within a consultancy, development finance or a relevant corporate setting.
At least 4 of these should be in a recognised management or strategy consulting firm in a front-line client-facing roleExperienced in managing and delivering consulting assignments in relevant fields (energy, climate change, natural resources, climate finance, public infrastructure) and comfortable with client and contract managementProven financial analysis, project management and project budgeting knowledge and skillsComfortable with undertaking and guiding junior colleagues in the delivery of quantitative analysis in ExcelExperience of working in Africa and other frontier markets is preferredForeign language proficiency in French or Portuguese is advantageous To apply for this position, please email a detailed copy of your CVs to: Nicole Spamers:
