Business Analyst
Application Deadline: 29 November 2024
Department: Strategy
Employment Type: Contract / Temp
Location: Africa
Description
Allied Talent Partners is a talent marketplace, connecting experienced professionals with climate-related projects and businesses in Africa.
High-level overview
Our client is an Afrocentric impact firm dedicated to fostering climate-positive and inclusive growth across Africa and Middle East regions. Our client works with public and private sector organisations on projects delivering economic and social development, ameliorating climate change, and navigating technological disruption.
The client requires a Business Analyst to support a growing portfolio of nature-based solutions work. This particular project is funded by a 2-year grant by a European foundation and is focused on supporting local communities in East Africa to engage in the carbon markets (mostly Kenya and Tanzania but includes Uganda and Rwanda to a lesser extent).
The project aims to provide information about carbon markets to local communities, help them develop projects, engage in carbon markets and negotiate fair deals. The role focuses on supporting local communities to offer technical support to engage in carbon markets and negotiate fair deals. The project is designed to ensure that benefits from carbon deals go directly to the communities (rather than intermediaries taking a portion).
Role and Responsibilities
Role: Analyst
Direct Report: Project Manager
Candidates required: One
Key deliverables
- Supporting carbon expert and broader team by conducting research, analysing data, creating presentations, doing financial modelling and assisting with stakeholder interactions.
- Strong focus on gathering information, performing qualitative and quantitative analysis and providing insights to support the carbon expert.
- Contribute to project planning, timelines and deliverables, ensuring smooth project execution.
- Will serve as leverage to the London-based carbon expert.
Requirements Experience required - 1-3 years of management consulting or finance sector experience
- Strong analytical experience
Technical requirements - Advanced skills in Excel and Powerpoint
Soft skills - Excellent verbal and written communicator
- Strong overall consulting and problem solving tool kit
- Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment across multiple geographies
Other requirements - Familiarity with or interest in learning about the carbon markets and climate space.
Working Arrangement Location: London
Operational requirements: Fluent English speaker
Required start date: Early 2025
Contracting period: Full-time, 2 years
Budget: TBC#J-18808-Ljbffr
