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Analyst - Capacity Strengthening, Social Cohesion

Busara· Research, Advisory and Practice – Advisory
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Hybrid (Nairobi)ContractPosted 4d ago

About the role

Analyst supports Busara’s advisory arm in capacity strengthening and behavioral research within the Social Cohesion portfolio, assisting senior staff on client deliverables and portfolio objectives through capacity development, knowledge creation, and dissemination.

Responsibilities

  • Support the design, coordination, and delivery of capacity strengthening activities, including workshops, training sessions, webinars, peer-learning forums, and communities of practice.
  • Develop and adapt training materials, facilitator guides, presentations, practical exercises, and other learning resources in collaboration with technical teams.
  • Support the development, organization, and maintenance of repositories for training materials, tools and resources.
  • Synthesize key learnings and emerging issues from capacity strengthening engagements to identify effective practices, implementation challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Support day-to-day coordination and implementation of the capacity strengthening workstream in line with approved work plans, timelines, and budgets.
  • Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure timely implementation of planned activities.
  • Develop and maintain tools for tracking participation, learning outcomes, partner engagement, and progress against workstream objectives.
  • Contribute to budget tracking, procurement requests, and administrative processes related to capacity strengthening activities, as required.
  • Participate in field work for assigned projects as may be required.
  • Ensure project coordination is communicated with relevant Busara teams to ensure proper roll-out (finance, procurement, operations, facilities, wellness/safeguarding).
  • Support in design and development of Research, Advisory and Practice projects focused on using behavioral science to alleviate global poverty.
  • Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the project supervisor.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Economics, Social Sciences, or related fields.
  • Experience and interest in social cohesion topics (e.g., identity, trust, governance, conflict resolution, civic engagement).
  • Experience in government and civil society relationship management.
  • Experience in developing and disseminating learning materials.
  • Understanding of key issues affecting social cohesion in the East African region.
  • High level of self-motivation and energy with an optimistic attitude.
  • Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player.
  • Interest and experience in fast-paced environments.
  • Fluency and excellent written/spoken English and, if applicable, another relevant language.
  • Extreme attention to detail with a global institutional planning and decision-making focus.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Willingness to travel to project locations (in-country, regional, international) in the Global South.

Skills

Required:Capacity strengtheningLearning materials developmentProject coordination
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Busara

Changing the world, one behavior at a time

Busara is an independent entity committed to applied research with partners seeking to use behavioral science to address specific problems. Since 2015, the organization has been working to bring research on poverty alleviation closer to the people it seeks to serve, translating knowledge into better practice through behavioral science tools and methods.

behavioral scienceapplied researchpoverty alleviationGlobal South
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