Consultant, Nextier

About Nextier

Nextier is a multi-competency firm focused on Africa's complex development challenges. Our vision is to build the society we want to live in. The firm employs evidence-based research, strategy design, and implementation support to advance sustainable development. Founded in 2011, Nextier derives its strength from the technical capabilities in its business units: Advisory, Health, Power, Gas and Energy

Transition, and Security, Peace and Development (SPD).

Responsibilities

• Project Delivery and Workstream Leadership.
• Lead the day-to-day delivery of consulting projects, ensuring analytical rigour, effective coordination and timely delivery of output.
• Structure complex development challenges into clear problem statements, design robust methodologies, and guide research to generate accurate, relevant, and actionable insights
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses on economic, social, and governance issues
• Synthesise insights from data, literature, and fieldwork to inform project recommendations
• Support diagnostic assessments and the development of analytical models.
• Design and facilitate workshops, interviews, and consultations to gather insights, co-create solutions, and strengthen client ownership.
• Manage relationships with clients, government officials, development partners, and private-sector actors throughout project lifecycles to ensure alignment and sustained impact.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities aligned with Nextier's strategic priorities and emerging market need.
• Lead or contribute to proposal development, concept notes, and expressions of interest with a focus on analytical depth and client value.
• Cultivate strategic partnerships that enhance the firm's visibility, influence, and pipeline of impactful engagements.
• Lead the development of policy briefs, research articles, and knowledge products that advance the firm's intellectual capital

Qualifications

• A Master's degree in Economics, Public Policy, Development Studies, Political Economy, or a related field is preferred; However, candidates with equivalent professional experience and demonstrated analytical and consulting competence will also be considered.
• Minimum of 6 years professional experience in management or development consulting, or in a research and strategy role within government, research institutions, or multilateral development organisations.
• Deep understanding of Africa's development challenges, and the analytical capability to investigate and design evidence-based solutions.
• Demonstrated experience leading components of advisory or research projects, from problem definition and data collection to synthesis and client delivery.
• A track record of published work (policy papers, journal articles, or thought-leadership pieces) on development issues