Visiting Associate (contract) – Kenya (m/f)

africon GmbH is an international consultancy with sole focus on Africa.

With our philosophy “bridging potentials”, we consult global companies on their Africa strategy, beginning with their market entry until the local implementation. We handle national and regional projects, business development, and project implementation all over Africa.

We are looking for a new professional to support our Kenya office and handle some of our projects within East Africa. As this is a crucial and highly competitive role, we are looking for someone who is smart, self-driven, ambitious, accountable, and ready to take on challenges.

Visiting Associate (contract) – Kenya (m/f)

Your role:

• Support consultants with client projects at different stages involving in-depth primary or secondary research and market assessment activities.
• Contribute to project deliverables which include gathering and analyzing data, testing business hypotheses, and project administrative tasks.
• Conduct local interviews with industry players such as C-level executives in multinational firms to support research and develop strategic links for clients.
• Establish relevant high-level contacts and maintain relationships with potential partners or clients, suppliers, associations, etc within Kenya.

Your profile:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree preferably in business, economics, marketing, or sciences
• 1-year work experience in any of these fields: sales, business development, strategy consulting, financial services, or market research
• Knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint is required.
• Good analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills with knowledge of data analysis.
• Able to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing. Must be fluent in the English language. Other languages are a plus.
• Able to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Be a self-starter with a good attitude towards work.

What we are offering amongst others:

• Exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi-cultural project team, collaborating with outstanding professionals to solve tough business problems for large multinational clients in diverse business sectors and practices
• Continuous and sponsored professional development.
• Remote working arrangement.

If you are interested, please apply via e-mail with the subject title “Visiting Associate – Kenya”

Attach: (1) your CV and (2) the earliest possible start date.

Please read this: Guidelines for your application with africon GmbH

Send your application documents to: career@africon.de.

We look forward to receiving your application.