Job Description – Senior Consultant
Senior Consultants provide the critical thinking and analytical horse power that drive our teams. Senior Consultants own work streams, apply problem-solving frameworks, and conduct rigorous analyses to answer some of the most challenging questions in development today. With a combination of analytical skills and social acumen, Seniors Consultants simplify complex findings, develop insightful recommendations, and structure communications that promote constructive dialogues with diverse stakeholders in the public sector, private sector, civil society, and international communities. Dalberg is a platform for change. Our staff is empowered to start new programs, institute best practices, and develop traditions that will define the Dalberg experience for years to come.
Responsibilities:
- Drive the delivery of innovative and results-oriented solutions for Dalberg’s clients
- Propose problem-solving frameworks to address key client challenges
- Initiate critical and creative thinking on strategic issues facing our clients
- Lead research and complex analysis on key development-related topics
- Contribute to developing our partnerships with clients and peer organizations
- Develop and deliver structured communication to clients
- Actively contribute towards Dalberg’s firm-building initiatives
Qualifications for a Senior consultant
- Holds a MBA, MPA, MPP, PhD, and/or other similar degree from a top university; or
- Minimum 4 years’ experience as a ‘top performer’ in a leading international management consultancy or a similar type of private sector experience
- Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative
- Ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner, both written and oral
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and coach / manage junior team members where required
- Exposure to global issues such as economic development, global health, education or the environment
- Professionalism and demonstrated experience working with senior officials in the public and/ or private sector
- Sensitivity to the political and cultural environments of international public agencies or similar complex environments
- Strong regional/in-country networks preferred
- Demonstrated fluency with English speaking and writing skills; proficiency with other languages a plus
Job Description – Consultant
Consultants are central to delivering innovative, results-driven solutions for clients. They lead rigorous research and analysis, combining quantitative methods with primary insights from stakeholder interviews to build a strong, evidence-based understanding of each case. By thinking critically and creatively, they translate research findings into actionable insights, developing broad expertise across sectors and geographies. Working closely with managers while engaging directly with clients and change makers, Consultants build trust and credibility and drive the core work of every project.
Qualifications for a Consultant
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree degree in Business, Economics, International Relations or a related field
- Excellent academic record
- Minimum 2 years’ experience as a ‘top performer’ at a leading international management consultancy, or a similar type of private sector experience
- Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative
- Ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner, both written and oral
- Experience living and working in different cultures; time spent in developing countries strongly preferred
- Professionalism and demonstrated experience working directly with clients, including senior management of corporate and/or top officials in the public sector
- Sensitivity to the political and cultural environments of international public agencies or similarly complex environments
- Demonstrated fluency with English speaking and writing skills; proficiency with other languages a plus
ABOUT DALBERG
Dalberg is a global group working to build a more sustainable planet and inclusive societies where all people can thrive. As a diverse, purpose-driven community of professionals, it works in collaboration with local communities and global networks to create bold and equitable solutions and develop the next generation of impact leaders. Dalberg brings together strategy and management consulting, equity-centered community design, data, research, implementation, and communications to achieve its mission of solving the most pressing challenges of our time through systemic change
Some of Dalberg’s clients include foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, corporations such as Pepsi and Vodafone, multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, UN agencies such as UNICEF and the UNEP, and government agencies such as the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology, USAID, and India’s NITI Aayog.
How to Apply
Applications should be submitted on the Career Centre which can be found at www.dalberg.com/join-our-team/ by 11:59 pm EAT January 16, 2026.
Your application should include a resume and cover letter. Candidates selected for interviews will be invited for a number of interviews to test their consulting skills through case questions, and to discuss their interests and experience.
