Engagement Manager and/or Senior Engagement Manager for Advisory Services

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Value for Women

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Consultancy
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: $249 USD-$574 USD / daily
  • Deadline: 20/09/2024
  • Location: Remote (global)
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Value for Women is a global social enterprise that is growing in leaps and bounds. Since forming in 2012, Value for Women has grown from a team of 3 to a team of over 32+ consultants operating from 14 countries across 5 continents. Our global team’s diverse experience allows us to engage on issues of gender through a regional and/or cultural lens, collaborating on projects that deliver the highest quality standards, and move the broader market forward on gender and social inclusion. In sum, our team is golden; our secret weapon, and our proudest resource. Joining this team will offer the chance for your collaborative, innovative and team-building skills to shine. 

More about the Engagement Manager and/or Sr. Engagement Manager responsibilities

They will support the work of the organisation and our partners to ultimately:

  • Understand and tackle barriers women face in business and entrepreneurship
  • Reach more women and women-led businesses with financial and non-financial products or services
  • Implement and participate in the design of gender lens investment strategies, plans and approaches
  • Mainstream gender across business strategy, decision-making, operations and value chains
  • Identify ways to achieve greater women’s participation within employment, among enterprise staff and leadership

Specific responsibilities will also include:

  • Building and managing a portfolio of global projects with excellence
  • Ensuring quality control of client and partner deliverables and external facing materials
  • Proactively building and driving client relationship management and ensuring the project team is surpassing client expectations
  • Conceptualising, developing and leading research/studies on applying a gender lens across core practice areas, including thought leadership
  • Contributing toward driving the business forward, sustainability and to creating an inclusive organisation
  • Supporting internal initiatives related to knowledge-sharing, and team-building
  • Lead and build special initiatives in one or more key technical practice areas and in one or more topic areas


What are the requirements for this role?

  • The ideal candidate is an expert problem solver who is quick to adapt to changing realities, is client-oriented, works efficiently against client and deliverable deadlines, and is focused on quality and timeliness. They are able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team and consultancy environment, working independently as part of a remote international team.

  • They are a solid written and spoken communicator in English, an innovative thinker and can work effectively with diverse stakeholders. They have a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously delivering high-quality client deliverables. Our team works best with people who interact positively, and who are results-based, entrepreneurial and client-centred.

  • 10+ years of professional experience, with 3+ years ideally in gender lens advisory services within impact investing entrepreneurship, and/ or financial inclusion space

  • Relevant experience working in an emerging market context

  • 3+ years of providing advisory or management consulting experience with high competency in advisory consulting services skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, project management, written and verbal communications and conceptualising and developing proposals

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