About RENEW:
RENEW has been facilitating impact investments in East Africa and Asia since 2008. Our team of investment, marketing, business and legal professionals is located in offices in Ethiopia and the United States.
We invite you to learn more about RENEW by visiting our website www.renewstrategies.com and viewing the following videos.
Three RENEW Portfolio Companies: Real Story of Real Investments
An Introduction to the IAN: How the Impact Angel Network Makes Investments in Africa
The Role:
RENEW offers a rare opportunity to join a young and fast-growing firm working on the front-lines of impact investing in Africa. Our firm manages the Impact Angel Network, one of the largest U.S.-based angel networks for Africa. In this capacity, we facilitate investments in promising small and medium enterprises in frontier markets. We also work with other investment firms and development organizations with the aim of creating market leaders while generating both attractive financial returns and head-turning social impact in countries across Africa. Our mission is to harness the power of business for a greater good.
At RENEW, we invest with the goal of creating highly profitable, well-run, impactful and beautiful companies across the African continent. We believe that investing in local SMEs is the most effective way to catalyze economic growth that impacts the lives of the average person. We foresee that the success of our portfolio companies will inspire a greater spirit of entrepreneurship and enable communities to continue on a course towards economic self-sufficiency and prosperity, in the fullest sense of the word.
RENEW invites driven and like-minded professionals to apply to join us in pursuing this mission. At this time, we are seeking talented candidates for a temporary, 6-month position as an M&E and Research Specialist. Candidate will report directly to the Senior Project Manager (SPM).
Responsibilities:
This position will be responsible for carrying out a specific set of projects over the course of the 6-month term, in partnership with the Project Management unit.
· Support the SPM to define, develop, and roll out M&E strategies and approaches
· Conduct data collection activities with portfolio and non-portfolio companies
· Conduct meetings, surveys and interviews with the targeted audience to gather key KPI data for the project
· Analyze data and findings
· Input and manage key performance data within RENEW’s project tracker system
· Assist SPM in preparing quarterly reports on the progress of project activities to key stakeholders of RENEW
· Participate in regular project meetings and provide insight and input to the senior management team
· Find gaps in RENEW’s M&E unit and suggest creative and innovative solutions to such gaps
Location and Travel Opportunities:
The position is based out of RENEW PLC’s Addis Ababa office.
Candidates may be required to perform local travel within Addis Ababa.
Compensation:
Candidate will be compensated competitively and commensurate with experience.
Qualifications:
· Completion of or pursuing undergraduate degree
· Demonstrated ability to conduct research
· Demonstrated ability to analyze and organize data
· Demonstrated excellence and efficiency in written communications in English
· Demonstrated enduring passion for harnessing the power of business for good
· Demonstrated self-starter, capable of working independently with minimal supervision
· Experience supporting the M&E function of a development project in Ethiopia is a major plus
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