Manager - Caribbean Country

We don’t just talk, we do. Lead the change with us.

At the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, we work with political leaders around the world to drive change. We help governments turn bold ideas into reality so they can deliver for their people. We do it by advising on strategy, policy and delivery, unlocking the power of technology across all three. And by sharing what we learn on the ground, so everyone can benefit. We do it to build more open, inclusive and prosperous countries for people everywhere.

We are a global team of nearly 800 changemakers, operating in more than 30 countries, across five continents. We are political strategists, policy experts, delivery practitioners, technology specialists and more. We speak more than 45 languages. We are working on over 100 projects, tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges. We’re all here at TBI to make a difference.

In a world of ever more complex challenges, we believe diversity of background and perspective is a strength. We pride ourselves on a culture that values and nurtures difference. We are dedicated to unlocking potential, not only for the countries we work in but also for each of our team members. No matter where you’re from or who you are, if you’re passionate about the transformative power of progressive politics, we invite you to build a better future with us.

Role Summary

At the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), we work at the highest levels of government to help leaders go further and faster to make their citizens’ lives better. Moving the dial on the great global challenges of our time requires engaged, incentivised, focused, and motivated leaders. When political leadership is relentlessly deployed, at the highest levels, incredible things can be achieved.

Using our distinctive expertise and global outlook and guided by the unique insights and perspective of our Executive Chairman Sir Tony Blair, our dedicated experts and embedded teams advise governments all over the world in strategy, policy and delivery, underpinned by technology.

Our functional offers include Strategy: supporting political leaders to identify the barriers to progress, Policy: finding the right solutions, Delivery: making change happen, and harnessing the transformative power of Technology to support leaders to engage with forward-looking opportunities. Sectorally, we work on the topics at the top of political agendas from economic prosperity, climate change and energy, health and education, to peace and security.

Our global Advisory offer is expanding, and the Caribbean is the newest region in which Advisory projects are operating with the potential for more in-country projects to commence over 2024. The Regional Director for the Caribbean is seeking a dedicated Manager with familiarity and networks in the Caribbean to work together and across TBI, including connecting new and emerging country teams with the wider organization, draw synergies across the region overall, and identify business development opportunities in the region.

Key Responsibilities

The Manager – Caribbean will support the Regional Director – Caribbean and other senior leaders to conduct scoping visits to countries, lead on operations and logistics to support in-country deployments and events, connect country teams with additional TBI resources, supporting Central TBI requirements (i.e., reporting), maintaining a regional perspective across the Caribbean portfolio in order to draw synergies across teams (i.e., regional themes priorities), facilitating external relationships (i.e., partnerships) where appropriate.

This role will report to the Regional Director – Caribbean and will need to engage across TBI, including within New Operations & Performance and wider Advisory, Global Client Solutions, Business Development & Income, and Strategy & Partnerships.

Successful candidates will be based in either the Caribbean region or the USA. If based in the Caribbean, TBI will endeavour to support with visas where this is required. For the USA you will require the existing RTW.

The key responsibilities of this role will include:

Assisting to manage the production and continual improvement of the Caribbean implementation of the business development strategy and TBI’s engagement with countries in the Caribbean

Working with country teams to effectively manage operational needs for the successful execution of TBI’s strategy in the region

Creating long-term procedures and protocols to support internal team operations and external country team operationalization

Managing operations for public-facing opportunities in the Caribbean and being entrepreneurial to identify these opportunities in alignment with the business development strategy

Analyzing detailed socio-political information across countries in the region and informing decision making and scoping visits (including travel to countries) with this analysis

Analyzing all new Caribbean opportunities (as generated across TBI) against the business development strategy and developing products to support decision-making

Ensuring all new investment decisions and project activations demonstrate best practice in the new country entry process, delivering excellence for the client from the first engagement onwards, and supporting global standardization of business development and operations

Working with teams across TBI to gather input for products (including client collaterals) and develop local, sectoral, and functional knowledge to codify and incorporate in our offers and strategy, with ownership of the knowledge management tools and reports at the portfolio level

Participating in national or regional forums, and developing network connections for business development, recruitment, and partnerships Providing flexible resource to country teams as needed to provide start up and surge support (including travel to countries)

Person Specification

This role requires a dynamic and strategic thinker, someone who is passionate about geopolitics in the Caribbean and energized by the opportunity to work across multiple topics and ultimately make an impact in these countries. The ideal candidate has experience working with public sectors and brings considerable operational experience in and familiarity with the Caribbean context, conducting political analysis, and the ability to interact with clients (both within and outside of TBI) with professionalism and integrity.

The successful candidate should demonstrate the majority of the following:

Experience in operationalising projects in the public and/or private sectors.

Experience working and collaborating with Governments, regional bodies and high-level officials in the Caribbean region.

Advisor or management/ strategy consultant in public sector, NGOs, or private sector organisations

Strong problem-solving, political analysis and research skills, with experience in extracting common methodologies and approaches

Experience in strategy design, built on strong analytical and research skills, and the ability to work with a diverse set of content experts to extract relevant insights

Enjoys working across multiple topics, contributing to Strategy, Policy, Delivery & Technology, and across sectors such as economic prosperity, climate change and energy, health and education, and peace and security

A team player with strong communication skills, high emotional intelligence and ability to navigate ambiguous and matrixed environments with cultural sensitivity and is comfortable at managing up and beyond hierarchy

As needed, a willingness to travel to all locations of TBI’s current and future work in the Caribbean

Closing Date:2024-05-26

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