JOB DESCRIPTIONS
Responsibilities
- Underwriting potential investment opportunities for impact by collecting data, understanding each social enterprise’s business model, and conducting analysis to evaluate alignment with GP’s impact-first investment criteria
- Authoring and presenting Investment Briefs to inform investment decision-making, summarizing the impact case for investment, key impact risks, and supporting data and analysis
- Participating actively in Impact team discussions of Investment Briefs across regions
- Proactively communicating with Portfolio Directors and Director of Impact to together identify and prioritize the necessary impact-related next steps of pipeline work.
- Developing and maintaining highly professional, trust-based relationships with social enterprise partner staff
- Providing inputs to inform strategic feedback to senior social enterprise leaders on impact strengths and opportunities
- Supporting execution of GP-funded impact studies with partners (in collaboration with Director of Impact and a third-party research firm)
- Conducting targeted, action-oriented research and analysis on initiative (sector), market, portfolio, and/or thematic questions to inform continuous improvement of GP’s impact-first investment strategy
- Contributing to additional projects as needed
Selection Criteria
- Analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to understand and apply analytical frameworks and identify key takeaways
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; capable of proactive and highly professional engagement with colleagues and partners across time zones, as well as cultural and socio-economic differences
- Self-motivated work ethic, with ability to see tasks through to completion independently
- Highly organized and adaptable; able to work in a dynamic, distributed work environment with excellent attention to detail
- Passion for GP’s mission to expand opportunity for people living in poverty
- Embodies GP’s culture: Dedicated, Strategic, Collaborative, Aspirational, Learning, and Excellence
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of relevant professional experience in impact investing, business analysis, investment or market research, management consulting, strategy development, social enterprises, or other relevant fields
- 2+ years of work or lived experience in Africa
- Business fluency in English and French
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Undergraduate degree with a strong academic track record
- Willingness to travel within the region 1-2 times per quarter
- Ability to legally work and reside in Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Ghana, or Kenya, or such other African location as may be agreed by GP
- While not required, experience working as part of a distributed global team would be considered an additional plus
Salary
Competitive
Monthly based
Location
, East Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region, Ghana, Savannah Region, Ghana
Job Overview
Location
, East Gonja Municipal District, Savannah Region, Ghana, Savannah Region, Ghana
