Genesis: Young Professionals Graduate Internship Programme 2024 / 2024

As part of the firm’s growth, Genesis recruits cohorts of young talent each year. These candidates may be newly or recently qualified graduates, as well as early career professionals who aim to do meaningful work to bring about positive change and development. Successful candidates join as young professionals from the outset.

Each successful applicant joins as an analyst in a home practice where you will grow and develop as a world-class consultant within a specialist area of expertise. We have hubs in: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi, Lagos Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Goa and London.

Our Practice Areas:

• Centre of Digital Excellence
• Climate Finance and Economics 
• Competition and Regulatory Economics 
• Evaluation for Development 
• Financial Services Strategy 
• Health 
• Human Development 
• Shared Value and Impact 

What our work offers:

We offer a steep learning curve while providing an opportunity to make a difference and build your career. We will invest in your professional development through on-the-job learning, regular feedback and mentoring, structured training and coaching programmes, as well as a career ladder.

Responsibilites:

You will work with Genesis colleagues in teams to help our clients unlock and realise value. In each project, you will be involved in responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Performing rigorous data analysis using both conceptual and quantitative approaches
• Applying specialist thinking and logic to problem-solving
• Preparing clearly thought-out and logically written documentation
• Performing relevant research related to projects to source required data
• Cleaning data to make it project-specific and relevant
• Vetting information to ensure accuracy
• Client interaction and negotiation
• Building intellectual capacity and property

Requirements:

• Postgraduate degrees in:

1. Economics or related disciplines,
2. Development Studies,
3. International Development,
4. Public Policy,
5. Policy Evaluation,
6. Public Health (Epidemiology),
7. Health Economics,
8. Behavioural Science,
9. PPE,
10. Sustainability,
11. Climate Change,
12. Global Studies,
13. Programme Evaluation

• Master’s degrees in any of the above-mentioned disciplines are an advantage

Skills and Competencies:

• Leadership potential, with the capability to lead and manage projects
• Ability to solve problems through clear thinking, with strong qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills in English
• Are passionate, self-motivated, resilient and energetic problem solvers
• Value integrity and exhibit ethical behaviour
• Are analytical thinkers and fast learners with an excellent tertiary record.