Associate/Senior Associate, Impact Assessment & MEL

About Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) is a pioneer in the global impact investing movement, dedicated to reshaping finance for sustainable development with a focus on gender equality and climate action through capital mobilization and data-based solutions.  For over a decade and a half, we've been building the sustainable investing market, from establishing the world's largest crowdfunding platform for impact investing (Impact Partners™), operating award-winning enterprise technical assistance programs, creating innovative financial products such as the  Women's Livelihood Bond™ Series, (6 listed bonds and growing) and establishing an  Impact Institute and  Research & Advisory. While we are very deep with our work in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa, our work spans 60 countries globally where we have mobilized close to $500 million of private-sector capital, positively impacted over 160 million direct and household lives, avoided over 1.9 million metric tons of carbon, and have collected over 90,000+ data points on sustainable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The base of IIX's work is  IIX Values™, an impact verification tech solution measuring investments' social and environmental impact to the last mile, amplifying the voices of the underserved. In 2022, we, along with global partners, launched the  Orange Movement™ and, within that, created a new asset class, Orange Bonds, to demonstrate the intersectionality of gender equality and climate action and unlock $10 billion in capital markets by 2030, impacting 100 million women, girls, and gender minorities and making them a key player in climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. In 2024, we unveiled our global data hub,  IIX Intelligence™, which aggregates, evaluates, and benchmarks data from sustainable MSMEs, offering unparalleled insights into gender diversity, climate action, ESG performance, and community risk management. IIX Intelligence demonstrates with data the importance of MSMEs as a backbone of sustainable development.  Numerous accolades, including the Oslo Business for Peace Award and the UN Global Climate Action Award, have recognized our efforts. Our team’s 'PREM' values—passion, resilience, equity, and mavericks—propel our efforts, bringing meaningful change to Global South communities and the 99%.

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About a career with IIX:

You will join a highly effective team that provides 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 – 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

About the role:

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 Consultant or AVP, 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 is an incredibly fast learner.

The successful candidate 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.

Qualifications:

Required:

• At least 3-5 years of relevant work experience.
• Sustainability/ESG consulting experience: Experience working in an internationally focussed consulting/advisory organization focused on Monitoring & Evaluation with an eye to expand that experience to ESG and Impact Assessment
• International Development experience: Experience working in or with an internationally focused foundation, corporate foundation, non-profit, or bilateral or multilateral donor;
• MEL experience
• Gender specialization or experience in women empowerment related initiatives
• Experience in working with technology-based impact measurement tools

• 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 priority sectors: Energy, agriculture, water, health, education, financial inclusion, GEDSI, WASH.
• Positive and self-motivated attitude.
• Experienced and comfortable working in Word, Powerpoint, Excel, MEL related tools including IIX Values.
• Atleast Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable development, ESG, social sciences, liberal arts or related fields of study. Master’s or MBA will be 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.
• Field level development work experience, preferably in Asia-Pacific and Africa.
• 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.
• Understanding of finance and investment is a major plus

Preferred:

• Passion in the impact investment space.
• Self starter and comfortable working as an individual contributor.
• Some work experience in the key geographies IIX operates in like Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam and India.
• Fluency or proficiency in one or more Asian/regional languages.
• Having worked or studied overseas will be an advantage for a global perspective.

Start Date:  Immediate

Location: Bangladesh

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by IIX Talent Acquisition team. Your personal data maybe collected but it will be used for recruitment purposes only.

IIX is an equal opportunity employer