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AFRICA DELIVERY HUB - ASSOCIATE - EEMA - SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
OVERVIEW
The
Africa Delivery Hub is a quickly growing team within McKinsey
addressing complex public, societal and government challenges within a
new Firm delivery model. We are looking to add ADH consultants in our
Johannesburg and Nairobi offices.*
* Local language skills and knowledge strongly preferred
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The
ADH develops and implements exciting social sector or government
programs such as reforming primary schools in South Africa, implementing
special economic zones in Kenya or transforming power infrastructure
across African countries. Associates and analysts will work on projects
that are typically longer term, more tangible, and with greater focus on
leadership and coaching of client teams
POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT / WORK TYPES
Client Engagement
Work
exclusively with governments, donors, and senior leaders in civil
service on transformational challenges in economic development by
building capabilities,
overseeing transformation, and delivering policy solutions
Client Development
Partake in client development and workshops for new and current clients and write proposals for new client engagements.
Knowledge building and transfer
Participate in and lead internal knowledge building initiatives and contribute to industry conferences and workshops.
Targeted Impact
African
economies possess high potential for social and economic development
but often lack the necessary skills to achieve their developmental
potential. McKinsey’s ADH consultants apply their knowledge of
international development topics to advise clients, or provide expert
backup and support to client teams. Specific contributions will vary
depending on skills and experience, but could include:
Driving Delivery
Support
client teams to rapidly identify and prioritize actions for, and
executing on, client strategy to deliver on critical targets.
Coaching
Provide
ongoing, targeted capability-building of teams and/or individuals in
context-specific skills, performance management, problem-solving, and
analytics to enable
them to more effectively deliver results.
Problem solving
Analyze
data to identify opportunities and drive performance. Help clients to
surface issues and bottlenecks and develop tactical action plans to
quickly resolve them. Identify and disseminate lessons learned and best
practices across clients.
Managing performance
Co-create
performance targets and milestones with clients. Set up and manage
project management systems to track performance. Support client to
aggressively minimize bottlenecks to progress.
Specializing
Hone
specific technical/sectorial expertise to offer spe...t delivery support
(e.g. agriculture sector delivery) to clients with targeted needs.
DESIRED SKILLS
We
are looking for individuals with 4-6 years of experience in
development-consulting style position or working in a public or social
sector institution. Backgrounds in electric power, health, agriculture
and education are most desirable with a strong focus on applicants with
experience working in Africa.
Applicants should demonstrate sound
reasoning and critical thinking skills, outstanding academic
achievement, impressive career development and a passion for working on
the economic development of Africa.
Minimum 4 year degree (or
equivalent) required. Doctoral and advanced degree candidates in public
health, development, economics and related disciplines are encouraged to
apply.
* Kindly condense your resume to 2 pages or less
* Include all relevant test scores, grades, honors and/or GPAs
* References not required
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