Genesis: Young Professionals Graduate Internship Programme 2024

As part of the firm’s growth, Genesis welcomes cohorts of young talent each year. 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 commencement of employment.

Our Africa round focuses on students studying at African universities and those that follow a Southern Hemisphere academic calendar. We place emphasis on those who are citizens of and studying at universities in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, however, we welcome all talent to apply as we recruit across the continent. In addition to the regional focus, we are keen to welcome talent from Francophone and Lusophone countries.  

Our firm is expanding at a rapid rate, and we are always excited to welcome young and passionate talent to work with us. Each successful applicant joins as an analyst or associate into a home practice where you grow and develop as a world-class consultant within a specialist area of expertise.

What our work offers:

• We offer you an opportunity to work on important work that makes a difference, in tandem with a steep learning curve. 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.

Responsibilities:
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 analysis of data 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:

• Economics or its variant disciplines,
• Data Science,
• Development Studies,
• International Development,
• Public Policy,
• Policy Evaluation,
• Public Health (Epidemiology),
• Health Economics,
• Behavioural Science,
• PPE,
• Sustainability,
• Climate Change,
• Global Studies,
• Programme Evaluation

NB. Master’s degrees in any of the above will be advantageous

Skills and Competencies:

• Leadership potential, and 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.