Senior Associate, Strategy & Build
2025-06-27T10:47:21+00:00
GDI Africa
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
kenya
00100
Kenya
Trade
Admin & Office
2025-07-07T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
8
Responsibilities:
Strategy Development
- Support Strategy & Build Managing Directors to execute successful “Discover” phase work, in which GDI sources, evaluates, and shapes potential opportunities and concepts for incubation.
- Lead research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, stakeholder mapping, and market landscaping.
- Lead interviews with senior professionals, experts, and other stakeholders.
- Ultimately make recommendations for the fit of an initiative to GDI’s objectives and services, and support and inform early “blueprint” development for new initiatives.
- Support Strategy & Build Managing Directors and our partners to develop strategies for systems-change.
- Develop materials that convey the strategy to align stakeholders and mobilize resources for implementation.
Research + Communication
- Conduct complex market, and policy analyses.
- Track risks, issues, stakeholders, and potential funders.
- Support the development and delivery of structured communications, especially reports and presentations.
Project Management + Implementation
- Support the translation of strategy blueprint into actionable plans, for example by developing, managing, and directly contributing to work plans and budget management.
- Support founding teams to deliver key components of “Design” and “Build” plans, ranging from early program design and piloting to developing organizational infrastructure.
- Coordinate consultants and/or service providers, including assisting supervisors in preparation, processing, and administration of consultant and technical services contracts/agreements.
- Track risks, issues, stakeholders, and potential funders.
- Coordinate support from other GDI teams.
- Travel as needed to support implementation, including internationally.
Donor Engagement
- Support the development of concept notes and other fundraising materials.
- Review and analyze financial expenditure reports against budgets and donor agreements.
- Collect, organize, and prepare program and financial information for donor progress and internal grant management reports, as well as routine queries.
Support to GDI
- Brief leadership on a weekly basis as to progress, risks, and issues.
- Participate in bi-weekly and quarterly reviews with the GDI leadership team, initiative management team, and advisors.
- Contribute to the refinement of incubation methodologies based on your hands-on experiences.
- Support broader knowledge management and dissemination.
Desired Qualifications:
- Undergraduate college degree with 2–5 years of related professional work experience (especially strategy consulting and/or human-centered design).
- Demonstrated ability to break down large, complex problems into smaller pieces, develop hypotheses, structure analysis to test these hypotheses, and generate clear insights and actionable recommendations.
- Outstanding analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative data and surface clear, actionable insights for leadership.
- Collaborative team contributor; excellent listening skills; effective influencer; strong interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; good attention to detail.
- Ability to self-manage work streams and tasks; self-directed and resourceful with high standards for quality output.
- A curious and creative intellect and a style that includes flexibility, levelness, and a sense of humor and humility.
Strategy Development Support Strategy & Build Managing Directors to execute successful “Discover” phase work, in which GDI sources, evaluates, and shapes potential opportunities and concepts for incubation. Lead research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, stakeholder mapping, and market landscaping. Lead interviews with senior professionals, experts, and other stakeholders. Ultimately make recommendations for the fit of an initiative to GDI’s objectives and services, and support and inform early “blueprint” development for new initiatives. Support Strategy & Build Managing Directors and our partners to develop strategies for systems-change. Develop materials that convey the strategy to align stakeholders and mobilize resources for implementation. Research + Communication Conduct complex market, and policy analyses. Track risks, issues, stakeholders, and potential funders. Support the development and delivery of structured communications, especially reports and presentations. Project Management + Implementation Support the translation of strategy blueprint into actionable plans, for example by developing, managing, and directly contributing to work plans and budget management. Support founding teams to deliver key components of “Design” and “Build” plans, ranging from early program design and piloting to developing organizational infrastructure. Coordinate consultants and/or service providers, including assisting supervisors in preparation, processing, and administration of consultant and technical services contracts/agreements. Track risks, issues, stakeholders, and potential funders. Coordinate support from other GDI teams. Travel as needed to support implementation, including internationally. Donor Engagement Support the development of concept notes and other fundraising materials. Review and analyze financial expenditure reports against budgets and donor agreements. Collect, organize, and prepare program and financial information for donor progress and internal grant management reports, as well as routine queries. Support to GDI Brief leadership on a weekly basis as to progress, risks, and issues. Participate in bi-weekly and quarterly reviews with the GDI leadership team, initiative management team, and advisors. Contribute to the refinement of incubation methodologies based on your hands-on experiences. Support broader knowledge management and dissemination
Undergraduate college degree with 2–5 years of related professional work experience (especially strategy consulting and/or human-centered design). Demonstrated ability to break down large, complex problems into smaller pieces, develop hypotheses, structure analysis to test these hypotheses, and generate clear insights and actionable recommendations. Outstanding analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative data and surface clear, actionable insights for leadership. Collaborative team contributor; excellent listening skills; effective influencer; strong interpersonal skills. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; good attention to detail. Ability to self-manage work streams and tasks; self-directed and resourceful with high standards for quality output. A curious and creative intellect and a style that includes flexibility, levelness, and a sense of humor and humility.
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Vacancy title:
Senior Associate, Strategy & Build
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Trade, Category: Admin & Office]
Jobs at:
GDI Africa
Deadline of this Job:
Monday, July 7 2025
Duty Station:
Nairobi | kenya | Kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 27 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities:
Strategy Development
- Support Strategy & Build Managing Directors to execute successful “Discover” phase work, in which GDI sources, evaluates, and shapes potential opportunities and concepts for incubation.
- Lead research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, stakeholder mapping, and market landscaping.
- Lead interviews with senior professionals, experts, and other stakeholders.
- Ultimately make recommendations for the fit of an initiative to GDI’s objectives and services, and support and inform early “blueprint” development for new initiatives.
- Support Strategy & Build Managing Directors and our partners to develop strategies for systems-change.
- Develop materials that convey the strategy to align stakeholders and mobilize resources for implementation.
Research + Communication
- Conduct complex market, and policy analyses.
- Track risks, issues, stakeholders, and potential funders.
- Support the development and delivery of structured communications, especially reports and presentations.
Project Management + Implementation
- Support the translation of strategy blueprint into actionable plans, for example by developing, managing, and directly contributing to work plans and budget management.
- Support founding teams to deliver key components of “Design” and “Build” plans, ranging from early program design and piloting to developing organizational infrastructure.
- Coordinate consultants and/or service providers, including assisting supervisors in preparation, processing, and administration of consultant and technical services contracts/agreements.
- Track risks, issues, stakeholders, and potential funders.
- Coordinate support from other GDI teams.
- Travel as needed to support implementation, including internationally.
Donor Engagement
- Support the development of concept notes and other fundraising materials.
- Review and analyze financial expenditure reports against budgets and donor agreements.
- Collect, organize, and prepare program and financial information for donor progress and internal grant management reports, as well as routine queries.
Support to GDI
- Brief leadership on a weekly basis as to progress, risks, and issues.
- Participate in bi-weekly and quarterly reviews with the GDI leadership team, initiative management team, and advisors.
- Contribute to the refinement of incubation methodologies based on your hands-on experiences.
- Support broader knowledge management and dissemination.
Desired Qualifications:
- Undergraduate college degree with 2–5 years of related professional work experience (especially strategy consulting and/or human-centered design).
- Demonstrated ability to break down large, complex problems into smaller pieces, develop hypotheses, structure analysis to test these hypotheses, and generate clear insights and actionable recommendations.
- Outstanding analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative data and surface clear, actionable insights for leadership.
- Collaborative team contributor; excellent listening skills; effective influencer; strong interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; good attention to detail.
- Ability to self-manage work streams and tasks; self-directed and resourceful with high standards for quality output.
- A curious and creative intellect and a style that includes flexibility, levelness, and a sense of humor and humility.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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