Global Social Impact Opportunities for Management Consultants

The Strategic Initiatives is currently hiring for short-term consultants. By applying for this requisition, you will be added to the candidate pool, and contacted for positions based on the qualifications listed in your career profile/CV, and the length of assignment you indicate you are interested in.

About TechnoServe

At TechnoServe, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better life. For over 50 years, we have given smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs the skills, connections, and confidence to lift themselves out of poverty. We leverage the power of markets and the private sector to create sustainable economic growth to benefit people and the planet. Our unique mix of business solutions, deep knowledge of local contexts, and data-driven insights is helping to fight poverty across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 

TechnoServe staff are local–95% are from the countries in which they work. We put a high premium on collaboration and entrepreneurship. We hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards of integrity and transparency. And we focus on delivering lasting impact for our mission.

About the Strategic Initiatives Team

Working with Nespresso to revive the coffee sector in Puerto Rico after the devastation of Hurricane Maria. Developing online learning tools to digitize ecommerce  retailers in partnership with Mastercard. Collaborating with Danone, Walmart, and strawberry farmers in Mexico to enable sustainable, regenerative production. Partnering with Anglo American and the Inter-American Development bank to create jobs across Peru, Chile, and Brazil -- a program that was named one of five finalists for the P3 Impact Award for public-private partnerships. These are recent examples of projects overseen by TechnoServe’s Strategic Initiatives team, as we partner with multinational corporations to use business solutions to solve poverty.

The Strategic Initiatives team aims to increase farmer and micro and small business revenues by $1 billion by 2026 through the development of solutions that will increase the incomes of hundreds of thousands of people.  We currently seek skilled, motivated, passionate individuals to join our team to help make this ambitious goal a reality.

SI team members typically have an undergraduate degree (at a minimum), work experience at a management consulting firm, English fluency along with proficiency in Spanish, French or Portuguese, and work experience in Africa, Latin America, or India. Learn more about our team and read bios of current team members here.

What will I do in this role?

Strategic Initiatives team members combine top-tier business advisory / management consulting experience with a commitment to our mission. Team members lead strategy projects with leading multinational corporations focused on embedding shared value in their business practices while collaborating with TechnoServe's country teams across Africa, Latin America, and India. The specific nature of the engagements will depend on the evolving needs of our corporate partners. However, it will likely include climate (e.g., regenerative agricultural practices), technology (e.g., geo-spatial mapping, chatbots), and consortium building (e.g., Kamala Harris’ Partnership for Central America). Engagements will likely include:

• Supporting development of strategies to drive poverty reduction and resilience to climate change
• Conducting diagnostics to develop the business case and implementation plan for specific projects around the world
• Supporting our implementation teams in ensuring projects generate both impact and value

How will I grow professionally?

Strategic Initiatives team members have multiple pathways for growth within the team, across TechnoServe and beyond:

• Grow within Strategic Initiatives: Get promoted internally growing your areas of expertise, responsibility and client portfolio
• Grow across TechnoServe: Run your own program in one of our 29 country offices, join one of our country or regional teams, or join one of our technical practices areas
• Grow academically: Take the on-the-ground experience you have gained and apply it in an academic setting to pursue an MBA, public policy, or other graduate degree

What will my responsibilities be?

• Structure, design, and conduct primary and secondary research around the world, including review and analysis of relevant existing reports and data
• Conduct interviews with senior stakeholders (e.g., government, multilateral donors, corporate partners, implementation partners, NGOs external industry experts), farmers, small business owners, and other supply chain actors
• Develop and structure analytical models (e.g., financial projections, operational models) and conduct quantitative analyses (e.g., break-even analysis, return-on-investment, price elasticity)
• Synthesize findings and deliver regular progress reviews
• Author final deliverables (e.g., presentations, reports)
• Deliver findings to corporate partners and external stakeholders
• Conduct workshops and meetings with corporate partners and external stakeholders
• Manage junior team members (e.g., Program Associates) and TechnoServe Fellows in studies
• Alongside engagement with corporate partners, the position will also support Strategic Initiatives' new business development and analysis of relevant global development issues

Basic qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree with professional experience at a management consulting firm
• Strong command of MS PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
• Commitment to the TechnoServe mission of poverty reduction
• Experience living and working in different communities
• Willingness to travel to countries in Africa and/or Latin America for 2-4 week periods (up to ~25% travel)

Please note: While we are considering candidates globally, TechnoServe is unable to sponsor work authorization in any location.

In order to focus solely on your skills and experience, please consider removing the following from your CV when applying for this position: age, nationality, race, religion, pronouns, family information and/or photos.

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We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.

With our commitment to diversity, we are an equal opportunity employer,  and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.

We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.

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