Job Vacancies at Village Enterprise

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

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Reports to: Vice President, Impact Contract: Full Time, 2 years with opportunity to extend Start Date: April/May 2020 Location: Kitale, Kenya
 
Job Description:

• MEL Management: (50%)
  • Monitor implementation of MEL programming
  • Support refinement and development of data collection instruments, including survey development in TaroWorks
  • Work to increase effectiveness and quality of data collection policies and processes
  • Identify tools, resources, and best practices to help improve MEL programming
  • Contribute to ongoing MEL-related professional development for MEL and other staff
  • Manage MEL staff as needed o Work closely with Vice President, Impact to prioritize and oversee projects for MEL staff
  • Help design and manage work schedules for MEL staff o Guide MEL staff in prioritizing data collection needs for the field
• Analysis and Reporting
  • Ongoing data cleaning and analysis o Collaborate with Vice President, Impact to develop and implement reporting structure for operational and external reporting needs 
  • Work closely with Vice President, Impact in creating and adhering to MEL reporting schedule for Board of Directors and partners
  • Improve and package MEL Onboarding processes for MEL positions
• Provide orientation and onboarding support for enumerators and other MEL staff
• Information Management: (35%)
  • Develop expertise in Taro Works and Salesforce management
  • Lead ongoing data monitoring and cleaning efforts
  • Provide assistance for integration of forms and surveys into Taro Works
  • Support core program use of Salesforce for program management and reporting
  • Provide M&E staff with technical support for maintaining data collection devices as needed
• MEL Manager
• Assist in creation and management of MEL information storage systems and ensure MEL data is backed-up on an ongoing basis  
• Reporting, Communications and Fundraising Support: (10%)
  • Support creation of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports as needed and upon request 
  • Draft reports, white papers, and grant proposals through collaborative writing and editing as requested
  • Manage relationships with partners as requested
  • Represent Village Enterprise in Partnership/fundraising meetings as requested
  • Support fundraising efforts as requested
• Other: (5%)
  • Provide management oversight and leadership, as requested by, and in collaboration with, the East Africa Field Management Team
  • Participate in Impact Creation Units as relevant
  • Participate in and contribute to mid-management meetings when applicable 
  • Support general operations as needed

Qualifications:

Education/Experience 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Economics, Statistics, International Development, Community Development, Development Studies; or a related field.
• Master’s degree in relevant field preferred. 
• At least three years of experience conducting monitoring and evaluation for social impact programming. 
• At least one year of experience at the manager/supervisor level  

Candidates with the following competencies are strongly encouraged to apply:

• Understanding of data collection and the elements of data quality 
• Monitoring and Evaluation Knowledge and Skills
• Critical Thinking & Technical Skills
• Training and Communication Skills.
• Work independently and as part of a team 
• Leadership skills 
• English fluency required