Job Description

🌍 Consultant – Economic Development

Location: Durban or Cape Town

Are you passionate about driving Africa’s industrial transformation?
Join a purpose-driven team building dignity and opportunity through sustainable, production-led economies.

Our client is on amission to make Africa a globally competitive manufacturing hub. We partner with leading companies, governments and industrial clusters to develop smart industrial policies, strengthen value chains, and deliver innovative, sustainable growth programmes across sectors like automotive, chemicals, clothing and textiles, furniture, and agri-processing.

The Role

As a Consultant within the Industrial Development team, you’ll help shape the future of manufacturing in Africa. You’ll work across national policy, sector strategy, and firm-level competitiveness—translating big-picture vision into measurable economic impact.

You’ll collaborate with both public and private sector stakeholders, driving partnerships that advance South Africa’s reindustrialisation agenda.

What You’ll Do

• Conduct applied economic research and analysis to inform policy and strategy.

• Design and facilitate workshops aligning diverse stakeholders toward shared goals.

• Deliver insightful reports and presentations that drive real-world implementation.

• Manage project plans and budgets to deliver impact with precision.

• Contribute to innovative tools, frameworks and programmes that promote localisation, sustainability, and competitiveness.

Who You Are

• Purpose-driven, analytical and committed to making a tangible difference.

• Skilled at solving complex, system-level problems using structured thinking and data.

• A confident communicator—comfortable engaging from factory floors to boardrooms.

• Organised, proactive and detail-oriented, with a passion for high-quality work.

• A team player who values collaboration and continuous learning.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Master’s degree in a relevant analytical or quantitative discipline (Economics, Development Economics, Engineering, Geography, Industrial Psychology, or Commerce).

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• 2+ years’ experience (Consultant) or 4+ years (Senior Consultant) in management consulting or related roles.

Beneficial:

• Experience working within manufacturing sectors.

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