About the Position

Dexis is recruiting for a Strategy Associate to support an international U.S. Government Agency. The Strategy Associate will be responsible for helping to drive the agency’s investment and portfolio strategy.

Work is primarily performed at the international U.S. government agency’s office in Washington, DC. Remote work may be permitted in accordance with the contract. This position is contingent on award.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of the Strategy Associate include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assist in identifying portfolios across markets, sectors, and regions to maximize development impact and advance strategic priorities, with an emphasis on the climate.
• Identify key markets and partners related to discrete climate action interventions.
• Assist in researching and benchmarking industry best practices, conduct research and analysis, and coordinate internally with other relevant stakeholders including clients, peer development finance institutions, other U.S. government agencies, and industry key opinion leaders.
• Assist in identifying metrics and goals that should measure the success of the agency’s portfolio across financial, impact, and strategic measures.
• Conduct modeling and analysis to measure the agency’s metrics and goals.
• Analyze the tactical and operational planning processes through which measures are established to assess accomplishments of the agency’s strategic objectives.
• Analyze data to assess the state of the agency’s program and policy operations.
• Assist in analyzing and identifying recommendations on the development of timely and comprehensive plans which represent the most efficient and effective use of human, physical and financial resources, and work effectively with other offices to achieve common objectives and assure that allocated resources are efficiently deployed and productively utilized.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree required and at least three (3) years of relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.
• Experience developing processes related to business improvements or agency strategic planning.
• Experience providing services to assist organizations improve performance metrics and/or experience assisting in the development of investment strategy, such as experience gained in a bank or investment fund, development finance, or impact investment.
• Experience gathering raw data to create analytical models using software such as excel or similar.