Job Description

About Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

Impact Investment Exchange ( ) is the pioneer in the impact investing movement and a global leader in sustainability. We have transformed the financial system so that women, the environment and underserved communities are finally given a value and a voice in the global market. Over the past decade, we have built the world\'s largest crowdfunding platform for impact investing ( ), operated award-winning enterprise technical assistance programs such as , created innovative financial products such as the and established an and to build the sustainable investing market. To date, our work has spanned 57 countries, unlocked US$295 million of private-sector capital, positively impacted over 159 million direct and household lives, and avoided over 1.83 million tons of carbon. The foundation of IIX\'s work is \xe2\x84\xa2, an innovative impact verification solution for every organization, which effectively measures the social and environmental impact of an investment and gives value to the voices of the underserved. In 2022, IIX launched the \xe2\x84\xa2 to unlock $10 billion in the capital markets by 2030 and impact 100 million women in the last mile. The recent issuance of the is now officially listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as the world\'s first Orange Bond. IIX\'s numerous awards for its work include the Oslo Business for Peace Award, the P4G State-of-the-art Partnership award, the UN Global Climate Action Award and most recently the Environmental Finance\'s Award for Innovation.

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About a career with IIX:

You will join a highly effective team that provides you with unparalleled hands-on exposure to the Impact Investing and Social Finance space. You thrive in tackling development issues and excel in creating solutions using structured strategies and unprecedented programs that address and solve the world\'s most pressing problems, from food security to inclusive finance to clean energy. You aim to become a global development leader who has a passion for international development and to get involved in work that makes a difference.

When you join IIX, you embark on a rewarding career where we are heavily invested in your professional development, as we will build on your strengths and help you gain new skills with training, coaching, encouragement, and guiding you in the right direction. It is a valuable addition to advance your career, providing you invaluable exposure to the rapidly growing impact investing space.
You WANT to instigate change.

Thus, as a successful team member, you should be a PREM:

• Passionate: Commitment to social finance and impact investing as a path to unlock society\'s potential to effect social change is essential for a happy and successful tenure at IIX.
• Resilient: Similar to our enterprises working in emerging markets, our IIX team members have strong mental and emotional fortitude and can recover quickly from difficulties or setbacks. We look for people with an adaptable and positive attitude and a strong sense of self-worth, which enables them to move forward and continue to strive for their goals even in the face of adversity.
• Equitable: At IIX, we manage toward impact maximization and produce measurable and transparent returns \xe2\x80\x93 both social and financial. These results strengthen the ecosystem and transform existing realities by helping impact enterprises magnify their impact and scale. We are fair and impartial in our actions and ensure that we make objective and unbiased decisions based on facts and impact.
• Maverick: While IIX is a seasoned stakeholder in the impact enterprise and impact investing space in Asia, we pride ourselves on creating new opportunities. We look for people with an independent and unorthodox approach to thinking and behaving. If you are someone who is non-conformist, innovative, and independent, often going against the grain, does not like following the crowd, and is not afraid to express your own opinions, we want you.

Our clients and partners span the spectrum of public and private sector including foundations such as the Rockefeller Foundation and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Foundation, corporations such as Standard Chartered Bank and KKR, international non-profits such as Oxfam and World Vision, multilateral institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, UN Agencies such as UNDP, and government agencies such as USAID and SIDA

Duties and Responsibilities:
IIX is looking to expand our team and bring on board dynamic individuals who are excellent communicators, critical thinkers, and effective doers who naturally build relationships that lead to results.

IIX is seeking a mission-driven, results-oriented, and resourceful Monitoring and Evaluation Manager who is a communicator, a thinker, a problem solver, and a doer who naturally builds relationships that lead to results. We are looking for individuals with a strong experience and specialization in gender equality and women empowerment work given the core focus of IIX in gender-lens investing initiatives.

You will be able to transition seamlessly from managing external relationships (with donors/clients/investors/INGOs) and conducting impact assessments and reporting for new and existing initiatives. We have a small and energetic team, and this is a roll-up-your-sleeves kind of role. We want someone who first and foremost has a positive attitude. In addition, you are creative, a problem solver, who knows how to push the envelope, and an incredibly fast learner.

The role will have Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and gender-lens experience and is a proven leader with an eye for detail and a desire to make a difference. The successful candidate must be an excellent writer, a critical thinker, and an energetic team player. The candidate will be involved in IIX\'s M&E and/or impact assessment projects and will contribute to the technical content and design of new programs, particularly related to gender-related initiatives. The candidate has to be comfortable with IIX ESG and Impact Assessment platform, IIX Values. Values is the key tool for all of IIX\'s impact assessment and ESG work.

The candidate will be a proactive member of a high-performing team that together is responsible for meeting mission and partnership management goals. The offer for the role will be commensurate with experience. The potential candidate must have field experience related to the subject.

Key Responsibilities:
Required:

• At least 8+ years of relevant work experience.

o International development experience: Experience working in or with an internationally focused foundation, corporate foundation, non-profit, or bilateral or multilateral donor;
o Sustainability/ESG consulting experience: Experience working in an internationally focussed consulting/advisory organization or Monitoring and evaluation experience to expand that experience to ESG and Impact Assessment
o Comfortable with using technology-based tools like IIX Values

• Working experience with measuring impact assessment in emerging markets and familiarity with the existing impact measurement metrics like IRIS and SROI.
• Understanding of M&E and/or ESG key concepts and methodologies, including Theory of Change/Logical framework, KPIs, data collection tools, etc.
• Demonstrated technical expertise and professional experience working in one of IIX\'s five priority sectors: energy, agriculture, water, health, and education.
• Field-level development work experience, preferably in Asia and the Pacific.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Ability to conduct Social Return on Investment analysis; familiarity with Sustainable Debt standards (or ESG standards, UN SDGs, etc. is a plus
• Professional communication skills in English; additional languages highly desirable.
• Desire to work in a collaborative, high-performing team environment, building relationships with other team members and managing a range of responsibilities.
• A team player, with a passion for entrepreneurship and market-based solutions to poverty, and an understanding of the challenges of investing in the markets we serve.
• Positive and self-motivated attitude.
• Experienced and comfortable working in Word, Powerpoint, Excel (ability to use formulas), MEL related tools including IIX Values.
• Ability to write reports on impact performance, stories from the field, etc.
• Understanding of finance and investment is a major plus
• Meticulous, organized and excellent attention to detail;

Preferred:

• Passion in the impact investment space.
• Some work experience in the region
• Fluency or proficiency in one or more regional languages
• Having worked or studied overseas will be an advantage.

Start Date: Immediate

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