Openings – Dalberg

Apply by 03 December 2023

MAXIMIZE YOUR POTENTIAL. TACKLE THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST PROBLEMS. BUILD EXPERTISE IN AREAS THAT MATTER TO YOU. BECOME A GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT LEADER.

DALBERG We are 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. We are from everywhere, at home anywhere – an African and American company as much as an Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and European one.

Dalberg is a place where a diverse mix of talented individuals are able to practice transparency and openness while maintaining independence of thought – whether it’s how you identify, where you come from, the languages you speak, the person you love, or the way you worship. Dalberg is a home where people feel safe, understood, nurtured, and encouraged to grow.

As a team of 750+ people from 55 countries, speaking over 90 languages collectively, with 40%+ female leadership team, Dalberg places diversity, equity and inclusion principles at the heart of our organization and the work we do alongside our clients, partners and communities.

Established in 2001 by experienced private sector consultants, Dalberg operates from 29 worldwide locations. For more information, please visit: Dalberg.

ABOUT DALBERG ADVISORS
Dalberg Advisors is a strategic advisory firm combining the best of private sector strategy skills and rigorous analytical capabilities with deep knowledge and networks across emerging and frontier markets. We work collaboratively across the public, private and philanthropic sectors to fuel inclusive growth and help clients achieve their goals.

1. Postgraduate Consultant – Asia Pacific

Business/Department Dalberg Advisors

Job Category Consulting

Location
Asia-Pacific (multi-location)
Melbourne, AU
Mumbai, IN
New Delhi, IN
Singapore, SG

ABOUT YOU
You aspire to become a leader in global development by tackling global issues, from malnutrition to climate change to economic inequality, ensuring no population is left behind. You enjoy working hard and collaborating with teams across continents and cultures. You are a problem-solver and excel at clear strategic thinking and quantitative and qualitative analysis, and you want to hone these skills and put them to work – transforming organizations, advising investors, and shaping new initiatives. You are an entrepreneur that is ready to jump in and help us take our firm to the next level. You have been a top performer in your previous career. You are passionate about development.

Dalberg has a global footprint with consultants that live and work around the world, creating a network of local experience anchored by our offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, MENA and the Americas. Dalberg combines ground-level insight with experience from top-tier professional services firms and leading academic institutions to create actionable solutions to the world’s most pressing issues.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Full-time graduate student getting an MBA, MPA, MPP, and/or other similar degrees with expected graduation dates of May/June 2025, or May/June 2024 for one-year graduate programs
• Excellent academic record
• Experience working in a leading international management consultancy firm, financial services firm or similar type of private sector experience; or experience working in a strategic role for a high-performing social or public-sector organization
• Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative
• Ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner, both written and oral
• Demonstrated ability to bring big ideas to life, build impact-oriented enterprises, and lead teams to accomplish ambitious goals
• Understanding of the political and cultural environments of international organizations or environments
• In addition, if you have skills or abilities in the following areas, please be sure to let us know in your application:Fluency in spoken and written languages other than English
• Experience with financial analysis, excel, STATA
• In-depth knowledge on specific topics related to Dalberg’s work
• Demonstrated ability to innovate new programs, ideas or initiative

WHAT YOU WILL DO AND HOW YOU WILL GROW
You will drive the creation of innovative and results-oriented solutions for Dalberg’s clients – helping us change the development landscape around the world. Dalberg Postgraduate Consultants take ownership of key aspects of the client’s challenges, initiate critical and creative thinking on these strategic issues, lead research and complicated analyses and contribute to developing our relationships with clients.

Examples of recent projects that Dalberg consultants have worked on include creating a macro-economic plan for the Government of Ethiopia to accelerate industrial growth, designing a major foundation’s strategy to control sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries, and launching a new impact investment fund for agriculture in Nigeria. In addition, Dalberg Consultants worked on creating the world’s largest public, freely available dataset on national digital ID in India and have previously traveled for work to a mine in a jungle in Indonesia, to refugee camps in remote parts of Kenya, and to the border of Nepal looking at trafficking transport chains.

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. Innovation and entrepreneurship are not only valued at Dalberg; they are essential to our success. In addition to providing training, management-level advising, and mentoring, we empower Dalberg Postgraduate Consultants to learn by doing, engaging them as full members of project teams from day one.

The Dalberg Postgraduate Consultant Program, which is 08-10 weeks long, starting June 2024, is one of the primary paths to full-time employment for Postgraduate Consultants at Dalberg Advisors. As a Postgraduate Consultant, you will get the opportunity to better understand what it would be like to work at Dalberg full-time, and we will have the opportunity to get to know you. Postgraduate Consultants will be considered for full-time offers to join the firm after graduation. Please note that applicants must be enrolled in a full-time graduate school program with an expected graduation date of May/June 2025 or May/June 2024 for one-year graduate programs.

ABOUT OUR CLIENTS
Our clients come to us with some of the most difficult global problems, seeking solutions where the obvious ones have failed. We are entrepreneurs and innovators, designers and creative problem solvers, thinkers, and doers who supply new ideas, drawing from a deep base of knowledge that cuts across sectors and geographies and is growing every day. We partner with and serve communities, governments, and companies throughout the world. Some of our recent 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.

JOIN OUR TEAM

Our current opportunities are in Melbourne, Mumbai, New Delhi and Singapore.

Please submit your application at our Career Centre by 11:59PM EST on 03 December 2023.

In your cover letter, please list up to 3 offices – only for locations where the position is open – where you hope to work and to be considered for a full-time position, in order of preference. When considering location preferences: if extended an offer for full-time employment after graduation, Postgraduate Consultants will be offered a role in the office in they were based only. Remember: full-time employment in all the Dalberg offices is conditional on the candidate having the requisite authorization to live and work in that country.

Your application should include a resume noting current GMAT and / or GRE scores as applicable, cover letter, and a written response (limited to 500 words) that answers ONE of the following questions. The intention of this writing exercise is for us to get a sense of your writing style, as well as what most excites you. Please note that this written response should not require any additional research or preparation and should not take you more than one hour to complete.

What is one business solution to poverty that you think could help improve development outcomes?

How can an effective, innovative solution from a developing country context be scaled to additional regions/countries to improve standards of living?

Is international development dead or alive? Why?

Describe a specific instance where you had to overcome a challenge to achieve your personal or professional goals. What have you learned from this, etc.?

Notes:

All offices will only extend offers to candidates looking for full-time positions in the country they complete their program in.

Employment in all the Dalberg offices is conditional on the candidate having the requisite authorization to live and work in that country.Mumbai and New Delhi offices are able to sponsor work authorization to candidates who require it.

2. Undergraduate Internship – Asia Pacific

Business/Department Dalberg Advisors

Job Category Consulting

Location
Asia-Pacific (multi-location)
Melbourne, AU
Mumbai, IN
New Delhi, IN
Singapore, SG

ABOUT YOU
You aspire to become a leader in global development and social impact by tackling global issues, from malnutrition to climate change to economic opportunities, ensuring no population is left behind. You enjoy collaborating with teams working across cultures. You excel in quantitative and qualitative analysis, and you want to put your skills to work—transforming organizations, advising investors, and shaping new initiatives. You are a committed self-starter with an excellent academic record, leadership roles on campus, a passion for impact and development and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Dalberg has a global footprint with consultants that live and work around the world, creating a network of local experience anchored by our offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, MENA and the Americas. Dalberg combines ground-level insight with experience from top-tier professional services firms and leading academic institutions to create actionable solutions to the world’s most pressing issues.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Full-time undergraduate student with expected graduation in 2024 or 2025
• Pursuing a degree in Economics, Business, International Relations, Science, Math, Engineering, or a related field
• Excellent academic record
• Leadership experience on- or off-campus
• Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative
• Ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner, both written and oral
• Understanding of the political and cultural realities of international organizations or environments
• In addition, if you have skills or abilities in the following areas, please be sure to let us know in your application:Fluency in spoken and written languages other than English
• Experience with financial analysis, excel, STATA
• In-depth knowledge on specific topics related to Dalberg’s work
• Demonstrated ability to innovate new programs, processes, ideas, or initiatives

WHAT YOU WILL DO AND HOW YOU WILL GROW
Undergraduate Interns will join Dalberg project teams supporting our clients to drive the creation of innovative and results-oriented solutions. Interns will work closely with members of a project team and take ownership of key aspects of project work, including leading research and analyses. Interns will be paired with junior staff members who will serve as the interns’ mentors for the duration of the internship. Each intern will also be assigned an advisor who is responsible for the intern’s professional development and growth during their internship. Interns will have regular training in consulting skills, communications, business development and specific content areas of interest.

Examples of recent projects that Dalberg consultants have worked on include creating a macro-economic plan for the Government of Ethiopia to accelerate industrial growth, designing a major foundation’s strategy to control sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries, and launching a new impact investment fund for agriculture in Nigeria. In addition, Dalberg Consultants worked on creating the world’s largest public, freely available dataset on national digital ID in India and have previously traveled for work to a mine in a jungle in Indonesia, to refugee camps in remote parts of Kenya, and to the border of Nepal looking at trafficking transport chains.

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. Innovation and entrepreneurship are not only valued at Dalberg; they are essential to our firm’s success. In addition to providing training, management-level advising, and mentoring, we empower our interns to learn by doing, engaging them as full members of project teams from day one.

The Undergraduate Intern role is a 08-10 week program, starting June 2024. The intern will have the opportunity to better understand what full-time employment with Dalberg is like.

ABOUT OUR CLIENTS
Our clients come to us with some of the most difficult global problems, seeking solutions where the obvious ones have failed. We are entrepreneurs and innovators, designers and creative problem solvers, thinkers, and doers who supply new ideas, drawing from a deep base of knowledge that cuts across sectors and geographies and is growing every day. We partner with and serve communities, governments, and companies throughout the world. Some of our recent 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 UNICEF government agencies such as DFID and the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency, and grassroots organizations and non-profits such as Sesame Workshop.

JOIN OUR TEAM
Our current opportunities are in Melbourne, Mumbai, New Delhi and Singapore.

Please submit your application at our Career Centre by 11:59PM EST on 03 December 2023.

Your application should include a resume noting current SAT/ACT and GPA, or British Class system and/or ECTS Grading as applicable, and a cover letter that discusses your interest in international development and identifies issues that are most pressing to you.

During the same recruitment period, please only apply to one position at Dalberg. This position should be the role best suited to your current professional experience and to your first preference location. You will have the opportunity to rank your next 2 location preferences within your application in case there are openings in other offices.

Candidates selected for interviews will be invited to interview by video. Interviews will test consulting skills through case questions and discuss the candidate’s interests and experience.

Owing to the large number of applications we receive, unfortunately, only successful candidates will be contacted.

Notes:

All offices will only extend offers to candidates looking for full time positions in the country they complete their internship in.

Employment in all the Dalberg offices is conditional on the candidate having the requisite authorization to live and work in that country.