Project Manager - Numeracy Challenge

at  Genesis

ABOUT GENESIS

In a world undergoing convulsive technological and political change, Genesis partners with key actors to deliver urgent, lasting impact in critical areas.
Genesis, an impact firm founded, incorporated and headquartered in Africa, has worked in 46 African countries and more than 100 countries globally. Uniquely, Genesis is focused on the Young World – the arc of countries with young populations stretching across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.
By 2030 four in five children will be born in the Young World, making this region central to the future. With growing markets and young, productive populations, Young World countries have the most positive potential trajectory in the world. It is here that investments of all kinds will have the highest social and economic returns.

Our job at Genesis is to help societies, governments and businesses across the Young World succeed at three fundamental historic transitions:

• Reconfiguring economies: creating income for large, rapidly urbanising youth cohorts within a global economy undergoing profound changes
• A human transition: a fundamental rethink of how societies, governments and markets can ensure the health and cognitive and social well-being of all those young people, including the most vulnerable
• A just climate transition: both to decarbonise and to manage the human and economic impacts of a global crisis they did not cause

To do this work, we are building a new type of impact firm
LOCATION: This role will ideally be based in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Abidjan, or Goa. We will consider applications from other locations in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia. (You must already have the right to work in the location you apply for)

PRACTICE AREA DESCRIPTION

The Human Development practice works for a world where everyone can develop to their full potential. We are focused on expanding meaningful rights and opportunities for people who are marginalized and are particularly committed to children, women, and young people in Africa and the Middle East. We help governments, their global partners, and private and non-state clients to improve the delivery of key human development services while navigating rapid changes in demography, climate, technology, and the shock of COVID-19.
We are currently organised across five service lines: early childhood, and school social protection and jobs, social sector financing, and public financial management.
The team of 45 is currently based in South Africa, Kenya, India, UK, as well as West Africa, East Africa, and the Middle East,, and will grow substantially over the coming year.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Genesis Analytics has been awarded a multi-country multi-year Numeracy Challenge program.
The goal of this challenge is to get a high proportion of grade 1-3 government school students within a local government administrative level to be grade proficient in numeracy in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

This challenge will:

• Build demo cases at the local government level in 5 to 6 countries, that can then be replicable, by undertaking pedagogical R&D to achieve an ambitious goal for numeracy; Through this approach of R&D within and across each program,
• build public goods that takes learning from across the programs to inform evidence-based, effective guidance for early-grade numeracy programs;
• Build a numeracy community of practice across the LIC, MIC, and HIC, that brings

the latest evidence on effective mathematics teaching and learning to inform implementation in LICs and MICs.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Project Manager for this Numeracy project will provide technical support to the programme to ensure smooth management and operational coordination and manage the overall program timeline to ensure that all deliverables are met. This will entail overseeing a multi-country, multi-stakeholder team.
This is a project-funded role and fixed term for the duration of the programme (just under 5 years). We welcome applicants from or based in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia. The role will require some travel to subgrantee locations and for events.
Responsibilities will include:
Support the Project Director, Learning Lead, and broader programme team in the leadership of the Numeracy Challenge in the following key areas:

Genesis consultants carry a balanced combination of powerful intellect, strong technical skills, and a consulting character to match. Successful candidates for roles at Genesis:

• Are passionate, self-motivated, and energetic problem-solvers
• Value integrity and exhibit ethical behaviour
• Are analytical thinkers and fast learners with an excellent academic recor