Impact Associate at Founders Factory

Responsibilities:

• Support venture impact analysis throughout FFA’s investment process (e.g., during screening, qualifying, and due diligence)
•  Craft venture-level theories of change/results chains and assess venture impact potential and risks  
• Conduct additional research on opportunities and risks to support ventures in defining and solidifying their impact on key stakeholders within their ecosystems and value chains
• Develop venture-level KPIs aligned to the business model and impact potential as well as broader FFA strategy
• Conduct onboarding sessions to support founders with impact-related measurement and reporting
• Build venture-level impact capacity by suggesting and/or setting up tools and processes that streamline impact measurement and management
• Support ongoing portfolio and organisational-level data collection, monitoring, and reporting efforts as per our FFA impact strategy
• Contribute to the design and execution of venture-level impact validation studies to understand how solutions have contributed to specific outcomes for users and other stakeholders

Candidate Profile:

• Minimum of three years of experience in a similar role within an impact investment firm, impact accelerator/incubator, private sector development program, etc. 
• Knowledge and understanding of key frameworks and methodologies in impact measurement and management (e.g., theories of change, IMP’s 5 Dimensions of Impact, GIIN, IRIS+, UNPRI, etc.)
• Understanding of venture building, accelerators, and investments in early-stage startups in Africa
• Ability to deploy a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods and tools
• Appetite for collecting and analysing data to produce meaningful reports to diverse  stakeholders and audiences
• Experience in data visualisation tools like Power BI, google studio, QlikView or Tableau is a plus
• Based in Johannesburg, Nairobi or Lagos