Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Village Enterprise is a 501 non-profit organization that equips rural Africans living in extreme poverty with the resources to create sustainable businesses.
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. .

Job Responsibilities;
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

Job Skills: Not Specified

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

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Education Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Interested and qualified candidates who meet the set criteria are invited to send their Cover Letter and CV (Maximum 3 pages) including 3 referees, salary history and expectation to: kenyajobs@villageenterprise.org addressed to:
The Human Resource Coordinator Subject Line: ‘MEL Manager, Kenya’
Applications will be accepted until Friday, 10th April, 2020. Kenyan nationals will be given strong priority.
Note: Please do not contact Village Enterprise to inquire as to the status of your application. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: Applications will be accepted through April 05, 2020 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a suitable candidate is found

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