Associate - Strategy, Policy & Delivery at

1 week ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Full time

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change supports political leaders and governments to build open, inclusive and prosperous societies in a globalised world.

We do this through developing policy and advising governments.

Role Summary

To enable Global Client Solutions to successfully achieve its vision, we are looking for multiple (3-4) well-rounded Associates who can support the sectoral and functional experts to define our strategy and offers for governments; help to launch and execute new projects alongside our global country teams and partner governments; and develop key assets, collateral and thought leadership.

Specifically, we are looking for new Associates to support us on:
Tech & Digital Transformation, Peace, Security & Foreign Policy, and Strategy, Policy & Delivery.

These roles require candidates who are creative problem solvers, strategic thinkers, and passionate about politics and the opportunity to work across a global portfolio.

The ideal candidate has experience developing strategies and methodologies, and the ability to interact with clients (both within and outside of TBI) with professionalism, confidentiality and integrity.

Example of the types of projects that the Associates may work on include: supporting the Director for Tech and Digital Transformation to outline their global offer and our positioning on key debates; providing hands-on support to get a new Delivery initiative up and running in one of our 30+ countries; developing central playbooks and a methodology for our work in Strategy & Policy; or conduct analysis to recommend what our offers in Peace, Security & Foreign Policy should be.

This role will report to the relevant Director or Sr Advisor, and has a close working relationship with the other sectoral and functional areas within Global Client Solutions, Country Teams, and other interfacing teams such as the Partnerships & Initiatives team.

Please note, it is essential you have an existing right to work in UK or Kenya to apply for this role.

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of this role will include:
Developing and evolving the Global Client Solutions Strategies & Offers

Working directly with the Sector/Function Directors, Sr Advisors, and Country Teams to e


g:
Outline our global/regional priorities and offers to governments for our Sectors & Functions
Conduct analysis to inform the strategic direction of our offers, and help to outline and launch new offers
Create government-facing pitch decks & explainers on our work
Extract best practice methods and approaches, and build centralised collateral to share with our global organisation
Come up with innovative ideas for and build new tools, solutions and assets to enable our work with governments, such as benchmarking solutions, playbooks and assessments
Providing hands-on country support and application of our offers
Enable in-country teams to access our centralised expertise and assets, including providing advice and training on how to leverage them for their country needs
Support in-country teams to develop their offers to government, by e.g. supporting Country and Regional Heads on strategy and initiative design, or creating government facing materials such as presidential briefings or proposals
Conducting analysis to inform country-specific proposals and client deliverables
Potential travel to countries to provide support on the ground – e.g. country workshops (as needed)
Capturing lessons learnt and best practices from country engagements to improve the quality of our work, and support the evolution of tools, templates, and guides
Enabling a culture of expertise and sharing across the Institute
Working with teams across the Institute and with our Communities of Practice to gather user needs for collateral and assets, as well as local, sectoral and functional knowledge to codify and incorporate in our offers
Working with interfacing teams to ensure distribution and uptake of products, and gather feedback from users
Support the management of our TBI Communities of Practice to encourage expertise exchange and identifying opportunities for collaboration across geographies
Provide inputs into internal Learning & Development materials to upskill & train colleagues on our offers and approaches

Person Specification
The successful candidate should demonstrate the majority of the followin

g:
Experience similar to working as a business analyst, advisor or management/strategy consultant; for public sector or private sector organisations
Strong problem-solving, analysis and structuring skills, with experience in extracting common methodologies and approaches, and identifying opportunities for new solutions and assets
Experience in project management, working with clients from various backgrounds and seniority levels to successfully see through initiatives end-to-end
Experience in strategy design, built on strong analytical and research skills, and the ability to work with a diverse set of content experts to extract relevant insights
Excellent communication skills, with a track record of building effective collateral and assets that meet user needs, across multiple communication channels
Enjoys the opportunity of working across multiple projects within a global portfolio
A team player with high EQ and ability to navigate ambiguous and matrixed environments, and is comfortable at managing up and beyond hierarchy
Experience with international development, public sector, and the relevant core sector (Tech & Digital Transformation, Peace & Security, or Strategy, Policy & Delivery) highly beneficial
Direct experience working in LMICs is highly beneficial and strong cross-cultural communication skills required
Relevant language skills for TBIs regions of work highly desired (French, Arabic, Portuguese, Balkan languages, etc)
As needed, be willing to travel to all locations of TBI's current and future work to provide surge support and programmatic growth

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