Stears is an intelligence startup of 25+ people using data to answer questions about Africa. Our mission is to become the world’s most trusted provider of African data & insight to global businesses, finance, and policy professionals. We make this possible by integrating all our intelligence (news & analysis, proprietary data, aggregated public data, licensed data, forecasts, and reports) into a searchable platform, complemented by a rich mobile experience. Our customers currently pay for access to Stears’ intelligence through a web platform, that includes daily insight and data. Our experts are always ready to answer client data questions about any sector, market or African country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Associate

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time
Department: Advisory

Your Role

• You will work with a core team of consultants using data and insights to solve clients’ problems.
• These clients are the world’s largest and most impactful policy and investment decision-makers.
• At Stears, you will help them diagnose complex problems, gain a deep and accurate understanding of issues, opportunities and industry, and develop recommendations.
• You will collaborate across functional teams such as Design, Data Analytics, Growth, Insights and Senior Management to deliver outputs.

You will:

• Leverage critical thinking frameworks and mental models to solve—sometimes new and ambiguous—problems.
• Design and execute project methodologies for research, data and insights projects, including scoping problems, synthesising information and extracting clear insights, takeaways and recommendations.
• Work in project teams and with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality deliverables
• Communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a professional manner
• Manage and maintain good relationships with internal and external stakeholders and clients
• Manage resources to balance multiple deliverables and meet client and internal commitments

Qualifications

• Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 3 years of work experience in a structured work environment or an advanced Master’s degree with 1+ years of experience. Previous work experience in an operational, consulting, research or other related role is preferred.
• Demonstrable track record of structuring problems, synthesising information and research data into relevant and actionable outputs understandable by non-technical stakeholders, ideally in a professional environment
• High analytical and problem-solving skills. Must be able to demonstrate the ability to apply critical thinking to solve ambiguous problems
• Ability to spot trends in data, aggregate, disaggregate, compare and combine datasets to answer questions. Ease using Excel and other basic statistical tools is a plus
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team
• Experience presenting to professional audiences and senior leaders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and local languages, as required
• Ability to manage, organise and coordinate the different activities involved in a project.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.