Impact Manager
Johannesburg/Nairobi/Lagos
Founders Factory Africa – Embedded Impact and Learning /
Hybrid
About Us
At Founders Factory Africa (FFA), we believe entrepreneurs are the key to realizing Africa’s growth and sustainable development. Recognizing entrepreneurs’ enormous potential, it is our vision to build a powerful entrepreneurial growth engine to deliver lasting impact and drive prosperity across the continent. Founders Factory Africa (FFA) is unlike any place else you’ve ever worked. We are venture builders dedicated to solving some of Africa’s biggest challenges and capitalizing on its incredible potential by leveraging market and tech opportunities. Over the next five years, we’ll build 30 businesses from scratch, scale 100 existing growth-stage ventures and empower a new generation of 5,000 aspiring entrepreneurs through our programs.
Our Culture
Our goals are audacious, and we want to work with people who share our passion for pursuing transformation at scale. We believe that good ideas can come from anywhere - not just the top - and we love to build our way out of uncertainty. At FFA, you will work with and meet outstanding and diverse talent from across the continent and help us build a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive network. You will work faster (and learn faster) than you ever have before. With offices in Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi, and London, we are building an ambitious, talented and passionate team, ensuring that Founders Factory Africa is the continent’s best partner for founders.
The Role
FFA is seeking a full-time Impact Manager to provide operational leadership for the Impact Initiative delivery within FFA, and ensure we accurately track our progress toward making a meaningful, measurable impact across Africa. The successful candidate will report to the Embedded Impact and Learning (EIL) Director, while working closely with different FFA teams and entrepreneurs to support various aspects of impact measurement and management. The candidate must have a good understanding of impact measurement and management frameworks, processes, methods, and tools and experience in team management.
Management
Responsible for the hiring and management of 2-4 EIL team members responsible for direct venture and entrepreneur support, across FFA operations countries.
Venture Impact Support and Quality Control
Create clear standardized templates for assessing impact, creating impact strategy, workshops, etc. that can be used by the team members managed by the Impact manager.
Set systems in place to track the workflow and quality of impact support provided to ventures by the EIL team members.
Provide support and quality check the work of impact team members providing end to end venture impact analysis throughout FFA’s investment process (e.g., during due diligence, research in impact potential, crafting impact strategy for ventures, impact reporting etc. )
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
ESG/DE&I/Gender
Mainstream ESG approaches and practices (especially those related to DE&I and gender lens improvement) in the impact support provided to ventures.
Build internal team and external venture and partner capacity on Impact and ESG (especially related to DE&I and gender).
Provide teams with technical leadership and guidance on how best to enhance the inclusivity of programme design and delivery, especially for young women.
Data Collection and Reporting
Oversee ongoing portfolio and organizational-level data collection, monitoring, and reporting efforts as per our FFA impact strategy and results framework.
Design the monitoring tools for data collection, considering where FFA should align with international frameworks, standards and practices Create a data framework and reporting dashboard in line with the FFA impact strategy and ensure the framework is kept up to date.
Support the EIL Director in the production of internal and external reports relating to our FFA Impact strategy and results.
Partnerships
Identify key partners with whom FFA can collaborate to further its Impact/ESG/DE&I and research objectives across the African continent
Communications
Produce and inspire thought leadership on frontier topics related to Impact, ESG, DE&I and gender lens investing.
Budget
Manage resources and day-to-day budget of the EIL team.
Candidate Profile
Minimum five years of experience leading Impact and/or ESG integration within public or private sector entities
Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, international development, sustainability management, gender, women’s studies or other related field
Demonstrated knowledge of key international entities and frameworks in the area of impact, responsible investment, sustainability, DE&I, gender lens investing, etc.
Strong critical and creative thinking skills
A proactive approach to solving problems
Excellent oral and written communication skills to deliver presentations and reports to a range of stakeholders in a clear, inspiring and confident way
Strong relationship management skills
Ability to establish effective working relationships with people at all levels, internally and externally
A self-starter who thrives in an autonomous role, with excellent prioritization, self-organization,and execution skills
Knowledge of venture building, accelerators and/or impact investing and experience working with early-stage startups in Africa is a bonus
This role will be based in Johannesburg, Nairobi or Lagos
