Senior Strategy Consultant

Dunecrest Strategic Development Ltd

We help governments and policymakers advance social capital through public policy transformation. We also help foundations, multilateral organisations, and NGOs further their social impact through strategy development and program design. Our focus is on tackling social issues through long-term paths such as policy, entrepreneurship, and social investment rather than humanitarian approaches.

We are currently supporting the development and implementation of policies to enable the social sector in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa, in fields such as social finance, social policies, education, healthcare, urban development, green infrastructure, climate finance, and sustainability.

We are hiring an full time senior consultant to complement our team and support our on-going projects. This is a Middle East based position and will involve travelling to support project implementation on-site in the MENA region, and sometimes in other regions.

 

Successful candidates will work on a variety of policy and social issues, including operationalization such as strategy development, knowledge transfer, stakeholder engagement, etc, working directly with key stakeholders and policy makers, and contribute to developing the social sector in countries such as Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, and Saudi Arabia.

 

Your mission:

You will be the right arm of the projects directors and partners to ensure successful project acquisition and delivery

You will lead consulting projects, managing the client relationship, delivery team, and other key project stakeholders such as subject-matter experts

You will develop, train, and mentor associate consultants to acquire fundamental consulting skills while working together on live projects

 

You will support our on-going projects which involves:

Structuring workstreams to distribute tasks to the consulting team

Structuring and contributing to brainstorming and creative discussions internally as well as with our clients to address policy and social challenges

Developing analytical frameworks and methodologies to address policy, social, organizational, and implementation challenges as part of the project scope

Structuring and conducting research through secondary research as well as interviews and primary field-work research

Engaging with social sector stakeholders through interviews, focus group discussions, and workshops

Analysing, structuring, and summarizing research findings and insights

Representing visually insights, concepts, and approaches with effective and compelling design

Presenting insights, concepts, and approaches to our team and our clients

 

You will contribute to Dunecrest’s development effort in thought leadership and business development by working on publications and proposals which involves leading your team to:

Supporting Dunecrest’s partners to develop their practice areas (Islamic Social Finance; Spatial Intelligence; Healthcare Innovation; Climate and Green Infrastructure; People & Teams)