Job Location:East Africa (Soroti Office (Uganda), Gulu Office (Uganda), or Kitale Office (Kenya)
Reports to:Vice President, Impact
The Impact Creation Lead guides organizational impact creation efforts. This position leads Village Enterprise staff in use of innovation to drive impact for business owners across Sub-Saharan Africa. Primary job duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:
Impact Creation Design
Support Vice-President, Impact in design of strategic direction of impact creation programming
Support Vice-President, Impact in design of process to ensure ideas from staff of all levels are considered for the Impact Creation pipeline
Support Vice-President, Impact in finalization and documentation of Impact Creation Pipeline standard operating procedures
Impact Creation Process
Manage pipeline of program activities and pilots designed to increase impact across the Village Enterprise Graduation program
Guide Impact Creation Unit adherence to standard operating procedures for impact creation programming
Advice Impact Creation Units on best practices, including but not limited to application of Human Centered Design and Lean Impact, necessary for successful impact creation programming
Inspire active Impact Creation Unit participation throughout an entire Design Challenge
Drive quality of Impact Creation programming throughout an entire Design Challenge
Coordinate with Africa field operation and cross-functional teams to ensure necessary support for impact creation programming
Supervise and build capacity of Impact Creation (IC) team to support Impact Creation Units, as relevant
Assist Impact Creation Unit presentation of Design Challenge results to decision makers
Facilitate successful handover of Impact Creation programming that is ready for scale
Build and maintain collaborative relationships with external stakeholders as needed to drive forward Impact Creation programming
Organizational Capacity Building
Train Business Mentors on Human Centered Design and Lean Impact
Offer periodic training (virtual and/or in-person) to staff on Human Centered Design and Lean Impact
Maintain Human Centered Design and Lean Impact training materials
Build institutional capacity to learn from Design Challenges, maximizing the utilization of resulting data
Communications & Fundraising
Create Impact Creation reports as needed for Village Enterprise’s communications efforts
Support Impact Creation Unit creation of Impact Creation reports
Represent Village Enterprise in partnership/fundraising/communication meetings and events when appropriate
Identify conferences and journals for submission of research papers, white papers, posters, or presentations to advance organizational dissemination of Impact Creation efforts and learning
Other
Field office finance and support pertaining to Impact Creation activities
Support for Innovation Summit as needed
Other tasks as needed
The Impact Creation Lead will
Hold a degree in International Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Economics, International Development, or a related field; preference will be given to candidates with a Master’s degree (completed)
Have at least 7 years of experience working in international social impact programming
Have at least 2 years of experience working at leadership level in international social impact programming
Have at least 2 years experience conducting monitoring, evaluation, and research for social impact programming
Demonstrated understanding of Human Centered Design, or demonstrated aptitude to learn Human Centered Design
Demonstrated understanding of Lean Impact, or demonstrated aptitude to learn Lean Impact
Experience collaborating digitally across staff and teams
Willingness to travel extensively throughout east Africa and beyond as requested
Strong interpersonal adaptive leadership skills
Ability to successfully lead Impact Creation Units comprised of diverse staff from all geographies and all levels of the organization
Ability to coordinate with Africa field operation and cross-functional teams to ensure quality of impact creation programming
