• Ensure WAM Investment Policies and Procedures and data collection reflect and integrate the Impact Management Policy.
• Support WAM’s investment team during prospective portfolio company due diligence and pre-investment engagement to begin scoping WAM’s gender-focused value creation agenda (e.g. to ensure robust and increasing participation of women as customers and as workforce talent of portfolio companies.)
• Oversee and coordinate the investment team’s implementation of WAM’s gender-focused value creation agenda at portfolio companies during the holding period.
1. Schedule and prepare materials for Technical Assistance Program (TAP) Committee proposals.
2. Coordinate and manage Women’s World Banking experts and third-party consultants in the implementation of technical assistance projects across the portfolio, including preparing RFPs, reviewing proposals and budgets, scoping workplans, designing and implementing measurement frameworks (with key performance indicators (KPIs) and data collection methods), and overseeing project delivery.
3. Coordinate the development of Gender Action Plans, including measurable impact KPIs, and integration into portfolio company operations, decision tools and processes.
• Lead annual collection of gender-disaggregated and social performance data and prepare reports to investors and portfolio companies.
1. Verify and refine key social impact metrics with investment team.
2. Align WAM indicators with industry standards such as Cerise, SDGs, etc.
3. Support portfolio companies in reporting social metrics
4. Analyze portfolio-wide and company-specific data to assess financial and social impact created by and attributed to WAM’s investment activities
• Systematically capture learnings, best practices and successes of gender-focused value creation activities at portfolio companies.
1. Develop and implement a process to extract and capture insights from relevant stakeholders utilizing tools such as discussion prompts, brainstorm exercises, etc.
2. Ensure insights are synthesized, communicated and accessible to all stakeholders
• Prepare a disclosure statement and submit annually to the Secretariat of the Operating Principals for Impact Management in compliance with standards for signatories to the Impact Principals. Review other industry working groups and standards for collaboration.
• Substantiate and communicate WAM’s insights and gender-focused impact narrative, coordinating with Women’s World Banking Policy & Advocacy and Insights & Performance Management teams, and represent WAM’s impact work for fundraising and awareness-raising activities.
Success
Within the first 90 days:
• Gain familiarity with Women’s World Banking’s and WAM’s core values and teams
• Develop familiarity with the Women’s World Banking and WAM organizations, policies and procedures
• Work closely with WAM investment team to understand value creation strategy
• Prepare first draft of WAM’s Impact Management Policy and provide support on the diligence of one new investment, applying the draft policy
• Begin mapping WAM indicators to other industry standards.
• Gain familiarity with and begin to take ownership of TAP and management of Gender Assessment Methodology
Qualifications
• Degree in development economics or social sciences
• 5 – 10 years work experience, with 3 – 5 years’ experience specifically in designing and implementing a social performance framework to international standards, notably Operating Principles for Impact Management, UN Principles for Responsible Investment, etc.
• Experience coordinating Social Performance activities to deliver, monitor, quantify and maintain social performance outcomes.
• Ability to exercise lateral and upward leadership across reporting lines
• High level of comfort with team projects and global team engagement, with strong interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with statistical or data science programs (e.g. STATA, SAP Crystal Reports) a plus
• Multi-lingual a plus – English required; with French, Spanish, or Arabic a preferred second language
• Self-motivated, self-directed with a positive attitude
• Strong work ethic appropriate for a small, fast-paced, team-oriented organization;
• Passion for inclusive finance and women’s empowerment
About Women’s World Banking
We believe in being a force for the greater good, devoted to accelerating and growing the financial inclusion of women. With rapidly changing markets, influenced by technology and social behavioral expectations, we are embarking on a new chapter to transform the way we design and implement solutions.
For nearly 40 years, Women’s World Banking has partnered with financial institutions, showing them the benefit of investing in women as customers. We equip these institutions with in-depth research and data driven insights to develop financial products and educational programs. While our clients are financial service providers, our mission is to engage consumers – women who are marginalized by financial systems.
Women’s World Banking and WWB Asset Management is an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.
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