Senior Knowledge Analyst - Boston Consulting Group

WHAT YOULL DO

As a Senior Knowledge Analyst (SKA) In a Client Focused role within BCGs Public Sector Practice Area you will work in a growing global team delivering value to clients via individual expertise and/or institutionalized knowledge assets (products tools data workshops frameworks surveys domainspecific data and related expertise etc.). You will contribute on cases and proposals by contributing relevant analysis and insights and help case teams create strong impact for the client. While contributing to client cases workshops and proposals occasional travel to serve clients onsite during staffing assignments is expected to understand client requirements and design / develop solutions.

You will support commercialization efforts for the topic/sector working in conjunction with business leaders through contributing analysis and insights to proposals client workshops and marketing materials. Additionally as a Senior Knowledge Analyst you will contribute to developing intellectual property & assets for the business and assist in onboarding and training junior colleagues based on your topic/sector expertise.

The Education Employment and Welfare (EEW) global team works across all segments of the education employment and welfare value chain. We also work on intersection of these topics such as Future of Work Skilling and Wellbeing. Our practice serves a variety of clients across these projects which include public and private educational institutions and service providers government agencies employers and industry partners as well as foundations and nonprofits.

Within Education we work to ensure that all students from early childhood through higher education have access to highquality learning experiences that increase their success in work and life. Within Employment we aim to ensure that all people are connected to jobs and career pathways that provide a decent living and life satisfaction. And within Welfare we seek to support programs and policies that deliver equitable and citizencentric services. Increasingly as demonstrated by the topic map our work crosses multiple of these domains. For example we are working at the intersection of Education and Employment to deliver vocational and corporate training that promotes workplace success. We are also working across Education and Welfare to reform education funding policies that improve the wellbeing of disadvantaged children. In addition we work across Employment and Welfare to devise labor strategies that improve outcomes for all segments of the population. Finally new topics such as the future of work skilling and reskilling provide opportunities for us to work across all three sectors. As a Senior Knowledge Analyst (SKA) In a Client Focused role within BCGs Public Sector Practice Area you will work in a growing global team delivering value to clients via individual expertise and/or institutionalized knowledge assets (products tools data workshops frameworks surveys domainspecific data and related expertise etc.). You will contribute on cases and proposals by contributing relevant analysis and insights and help case teams create strong impact for the client. While contributing to client cases workshops and proposals occasional travel to serve clients onsite during staffing assignments is expected to understand client requirements and design / develop solutions.

You will support commercialization efforts for the topic/sector working in conjunction with business leaders through contributing analysis and insights to proposals client workshops and marketing materials. Additionally as a Senior Knowledge Analyst you will contribute to developing intellectual property & assets for the business and assist in onboarding and training junior colleagues based on your topic/sector expertise.

YOURE GOOD AT

• Communicating with case teams and clients team members in a credible and confident way.
• Working collaboratively and effectively in a group dynamic often virtual proficient in agile ways of working.
• Flexibility and bringing a curious and creative mindset open to new things and able to propose innovative ideas.
• Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity.

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• 12 years of consulting experience in education employment and welfare policies required; candidates with consulting experience strongly preferred (especially in Middle East KSA and UAE context)
• In lieu of consulting experience 2 years minimum industry experience required; 36 years of industry experience strongly preferred
• Bachelors Degree required; Masters degree preferred (in fields such as public policy economics etc.)
• Fluency in English; Fluency in Arabic preferred
• Strong business acumen and problemsolving capabilities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

As a Client Focus KT you will work face to face with clients and with BCG Project Leaders Associates and Consultants. For this role you will focus on delivering projects and building business with specific clients. In the period between cases you will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. You will also work with the Education Employment and Welfare Knowledge Team and experts globally. Our team is made up a diverse pool of knowledge positions that allow us to pursue exciting innovative knowledge careers.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Knowledge Team (KT) is a group of functional and/or industry experts leveraging deep domain knowledge to enable insight for case teams and clients. KT members are affiliated to BCG Practice Areas plugged into the strategic agenda and building and deploying leading edge IP data tools/assets to deliver insight.

BCGs Knowledge Team members have the opportunity to be staffed on cases and help cocreate insights with case teams and clients through expert perspectives on industry trends delivery of proprietary data or tools in a particular function and complex research and analysis of market information. KT members also support the PAs business development and proposals and help to organize and codify the knowledge that enables BCG to deliver superior business value for its clients.

The Education Employment and Welfare (EEW) global team works across all segments of the education employment and welfare value chain. We also work on intersection of these topics such as Future of Work Skilling and Wellbeing. Our practice serves a variety of clients across these projects which include public and private educational institutions and service providers government agencies employers and industry partners as well as foundations and nonprofits.

Within Education we work to ensure that all students from early childhood through higher education have access to highquality learning experiences that increase their success in work and life. Within Employment we aim to ensure that all people are connected to jobs and career pathways that provide a decent living and life satisfaction. And within Welfare we seek to support programs and policies that deliver equitable and citizencentric services. Increasingly as demonstrated by the topic map our work crosses multiple of these domains. For example we are working at the intersection of Education and Employment to deliver vocational and corporate training that promotes workplace success. We are also working across Education and Welfare to reform education funding policies that improve the wellbeing of disadvantaged children. In addition we work across Employment and Welfare to devise labor strategies that improve outcomes for all segments of the population. Finally new topics such as the future of work skilling and reskilling provide opportunities for us to work across all three sectors.