Reporting to the Vice President, Country Offices (VPCO), the Business Analyst, Country Offices is responsible for supporting the integration and synthesis of information from different Right To Play (RTP) units to support our 14 Country Offices (Burundi, Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda).
You will play a key role in informing decision making based on opportunities and challenge areas to strengthen Country Offices. To facilitate program excellence and profiling of RTP at country level, you will work with different units at country and global support levels in RTP to develop Country Office operational and strategic
synthesis. You will lead on collating country office information for annual planning and quarterly reviews and other periodic updates as needed. You will align these plans with the broader strategic framework in a seamlessly integrated manner and offer insights to the VPCO; Global Director, Country Offices; and Country Directors for their respective action.
EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATION:
• Bachelor’s degree in international development, Business, Public Administration, Project Management or related field; or equivalent work experience
EXPERIENCE:
• 5 years’ experience in the international development sector in related functions
• Experience operating as a change agent, who identified opportunities to build and strengthen
efficiencies to support and drive strategic interests
• Experience as an organizational champion of continuous improvement, institutionalizing learning,
innovation, achievement and support.
COMPETENCIES/PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
• Demonstrates high level of interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, including the ability to build
collaborative relationships internally and externally
• Highly developed communication skills – written and verbal – with proven ability to positively engage with senior colleagues
• Meticulous attention to detail, a highly organized approach to dealing with work and the capacity to
progress a range of tasks and projects at one time
• Strategic thinker with an innovative approach to problem-solving
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Report writing skills and ability to summarize and synthesize information
• Analytical skills and ability to work with large data sets and associated analysis
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills and practical and technical skills in tools such as
Office 365 and PowerBI in order to mobilize organization data to drive strategic priorities
• Ability to condense data and information to extract high-level takeaways for senior executives
SECTOR SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE:
• Understanding of INGO / international development internal and external environment
LANGUAGES:
• Fluency in spoken and written English
BONUS IF YOU’LL BRING (NOT ESSENTIAL):
• Master’s degree in related subject
• Experience working with stakeholders remotely
• Fluency in Arabic, French or Portuguese. French as a priority.
