Africa Intern Analyst at Dalberg Global Development Advisors

Dalberg Advisors is a strategic advisory firm combining the best of private sector strategy skills and rigorous analytical capabilities with deep knowledge and networks across emerging and frontier markets. We work collaboratively across the public, private and philanthropic sectors to fuel inclusive growth and help clients achieve their goals.

We are recruiting to fill the position below: 

Job Title: Africa Intern Analyst

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• You aspire to become a leader in global development by tackling global issues, from malnutrition to climate change to economic growth, ensuring no population is left behind.
• You drive the delivery of innovative and results-oriented solutions for clients and propose problem-solving, tailored frameworks that address client challenges. You excel in solving problems using clear strategic and creative thinking, and you want to put your skills to work – transforming organizations that fund change around the world.
• You are a passionate, committed self-starter with experience as a ‘top-performer’ in a leading international management consultancy firm, a passion for international development, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Dalberg consultants live and work around the world, creating a network of local experience anchored by our offices in Africa, Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia.
• Dalberg combines ground-level insight with experience from top-tier professional services firms and leading academic institutions to create actionable solutions to the world’s most pressing issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Excellent academic record
• Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative
• Ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner, both written and oral
• Demonstrated ability to support teams to accomplish aspiring goals
• Understanding of the political and cultural environments of international organizations or development and social impact issues (through internships, volunteerism, coursework, or other experience)
• In addition, if you have skills or abilities in the following areas, please be sure to let us know in your application:
  • Fluency in foreign languages
  • Mastery in Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience with financial analysis
  • In-depth knowledge on topics related to Dalberg's work
  • Demonstrated ability to innovate new programs, ideas or initiative

Responsibilities

• Analysts are our front lines of research, analysis, and presentation – building the team’s knowledge base around the topic at hand.
• As those who dive deepest into the issues, Analysts think critically and creatively to develop insights based on their findings from the research process.
• They gain a broad knowledge base that cuts across sectors and geographies while serving as the core of every project’s work.
• For example, recent Analysts have created a macro economic plan for the Government of Ethiopia to accelerate industrial growth, designed a major foundation’s strategy to control sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring countries, and launched a new impact investment fund for agriculture in Nigeria.
• In addition, Analysts helped the City of Cartagena, Colombia develop an employment strategy to adapt to rapid changes in its economy and infrastructure and supported a leading US non-profit in applying a racial justice and equity lens to its programming.
• Through these and other projects, Analysts have previously travelled to a diverse range of countries including Ecuador, Ethiopia, Morocco, Philippines, Tanzania.

Application Closing Date
15th November, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Employment in all the Dalberg offices is conditional on the candidate having or obtaining the requisite authorization to live and work in that country.