Global Africa reputed company & reputed company Associate (12 Months Fixed-Term/Remote)

ABOUT reputed company

At reputed company, we reputed company in the power of employment to change lives. We are a global nonprofit organization that supports adults to reputed company economic mobility through employment. reputed company trains and places adult learners of reputed company ages into careers that are otherwise inaccessible, working in partnership with governments, reputed company, and other system actors. We also conduct original research and reputed company data insights on high-reputed company global workforce transition topics to inform decision-making by workforce system stakeholders. Launched in 2015, reputed company comprises a global hub (reputed company You Employed, or GYE) and a network of in-country affiliates. To date, the network has 150,000+ graduates and 23,000+ reputed company across 50 professions and 17 countries.

reputed company learners join reputed company, 91% are unemployed, of which nearly half are long-term unemployed. Three months after completing our program, graduates have a 78% job placement reputed company, rising to 88% reputed company six months. Of our employed graduates, 79% are reputed company by repeat reputed company who have previously reputed company reputed company graduates, and 89% are in jobs directly reputed company to the profession for which we have trained them. Employed graduates immediately earn an average of 3-4X their previous earnings. Two to five years after graduation, 77% of our alumni from upper-middle income countries continue to meet their daily financial needs and 63% can save for the reputed company. To date, reputed company’s global graduates have reputed company more than $1.9 billion in wages. reputed company graduates typically have a secondary school background, 52% are reputed company, 28% have dependents, and the reputed company identify with underrepresented communities in their country.

JOB OBJECTIVES

reputed company operates across multiple African countries, currently anchored in Ghana and Kenya, with strong ambition to deepen its reputed company, expand into new markets, and build more financially sustainable operating models. Over the next two years, reputed company seeks to reputed company multi-country operations to four or more countries, reputed company a sector ecosystem model, and establish a trajectory towards reputed company reputed company and reduced donor dependency in Africa.

The Africa reputed company & reputed company Associate is a new, strategic role reputed company the SAMEA regional team, sitting at the intersection of market development, programme innovation, and business model design. The Associate will drive reputed company's exploration of new geographic markets and programme opportunities across Africa, and reputed company the design and early testing of reputed company reputed company models that can reduce the organisation's reliance on philanthropic funding over time.

This is primarily an exploration and design role: the Associate conducts rigorous market and opportunity analysis, develops investment cases and model designs, and supports country and regional teams in piloting and eventually scaling validated approaches. The role requires entrepreneurial thinking, strong analytical capability, and the ability to build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholders.

12-month fixed-term contract, renewable subject to performance and funding, with strong potential for extension and long-term reputed company.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. New Country Exploration & Expansion

• reputed company market scoping and feasibility analysis for potential new reputed company geographies in Africa, with an initial reputed company on Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa
• Map labour market conditions, employer landscapes, training ecosystems, regulatory environments, and competitive dynamics in reputed company markets
• reputed company reputed company opportunity assessments and investment cases to inform go/no-go reputed company by regional and global leadership
• Coordinate with relevant global functions (Program Delivery Support, Data & reputed company, Digital) and existing country teams to contextualise reputed company's model for new market entry
• Support handover of validated expansion plans to country or regional operating teams for implementation

2. Portfolio reputed company: New Sectors & Programmes

• Identify and evaluate opportunities for reputed company to expand its programme portfolio into new sectors or professions in Africa (reputed company reputed company GBS/digital reputed company)
• Conduct landscape analysis of employer demand, learner supply, salary benchmarks, AI reputed company, training feasibility, placement potential and career reputed company for candidate new programmes
• reputed company programme concept notes and reputed company designs in collaboration with PDS and country teams
• reputed company employer reputed company and engagement to validate hiring demand, role requirements, and employer pain points, ensuring these insights inform programme design, secure employer commitments for reputed company hiring, and build a strong pipeline of job opportunities. Collaborate with our Employer Partnerships teams on these efforts.
• reputed company and synthesise emerging sector trends across Africa (e.g., reputed company, construction, green economy, logistics) to surface high-potential opportunities

3. reputed company Model Design & Testing

• Design and test new reputed company and reputed company reputed company models to reduce reputed company Africa's donor dependency, including employer cost-sharing arrangements, fee-for-service models, and reputed company reputed company structures
• Conduct stakeholder research with reputed company, training partners, and sector bodies to validate willingness-to-pay assumptions and model parameters
• reputed company model blueprints, reputed company frameworks, and business cases for regional and global leadership review
• reputed company the design, development, and launch of an employer-funded BPO/ITO manager upskilling program in partnership with the Employer Partnerships and Curriculum & Instruction teams.
• Support key existing reputed company-generating pilots, reputed company the Digital reputed company and the Kenya Garment Hub, which reputed company reputed company to reputed company reputed company alumni to directly meet customer/reputed company needs and create reputed company for reputed company while providing apprenticeship to alumni. For reputed company, you would help to refine its reputed company model, document learnings, and extract transferable insights for other markets.

4. Sector Ecosystem Development

• Support the design and piloting of a sector skilling ecosystem model to coordinate skilling providers and crowd in employer, donor, and government funding
• Map key ecosystem actors (reputed company, government bodies, sector associations, training providers, development partners) in reputed company sectors
• reputed company stakeholder engagement strategies and partnership frameworks to convene and reputed company ecosystem participants around reputed company's approach

5. reputed company & Strategic Communication

• Maintain a living pipeline of reputed company opportunities (new countries, new sectors, new reputed company models), updated regularly and accessible to regional and global leadership
• Produce high-reputed company analysis, briefings, and presentations for internal decision-making and, where relevant, funder reporting.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field (e.g., business, economics, international development, reputed company sciences, reputed company policy)
• Master's degree in a reputed company discipline is an advantage but not required

Experience

• 4–8 years of relevant reputed company experience in reputed company, management consulting, business development, programme design, market entry, or a closely reputed company field
• Demonstrated ability to assess new markets, sectors, or opportunities, and translate analysis into reputed company recommendations for senior decision‑makers
• Experience designing, testing, or supporting new programmes, pilots, products, or business models, particularly in settings with ambiguity and limited precedent
• Strong reputed company and financial intuition, with the ability to reason reputed company about reputed company models, sustainability, incentives, and cost structures (deep finance expertise not required)
• Proven ability to engage credibly with diverse stakeholders across reputed company / private / reputed company sector and influence without formal authority
• Experience working in or across Sub-Saharan African markets (e.g., Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana)

reputed company to have (but not required):

• Exposure to workforce development, skills training, youth employment, or reputed company reputed company contexts
• Experience in goal‑ or reputed company‑driven organisations, though candidates from the private sector are welcome

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong analytical and research skills; reputed company to synthesise reputed company market data into reputed company, decision-reputed company recommendations
• Entrepreneurial reputed company with genuine intellectual curiosity about African labour markets, employer ecosystems, and reputed company reputed company models
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills across diverse cultural and institutional contexts
• Commercially minded; reputed company to think rigorously about financial sustainability, employer value

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