Director - Impact Acceleration

September 15

Apply Now

Receive Emails with Similar Jobs

ECMC Group

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000

Description

• The Director, Impact Acceleration is a key leader within ECMC Group’s Education Impact Fund (“EIF”). • This role will lead the fund’s Impact Acceleration Platform, providing pro-active, strategic support to EIF portfolio companies. • Oversee EIF impact reporting, including impact evaluation and due diligence on prospective investments. • Serve as a strategic, value-add advisor and consultant for EIF portfolio companies. • Successfully balance multiple ongoing company relationships and driving projects towards timely completion. • Partner with ECMC Group leaders to activate internal opportunities for impactful collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, Economics, Finance, Statistics, or related field and 8+ years work experience or Master’s degree and 7+ years work experience. • Work experience must be in strategy, consulting, or in a leadership role at a startup. • Demonstrated experience in project leadership in a client-facing, consultative role. • Experience delivering efficient project management and value-add insights to clients. • Demonstrated use of analytical abilities, problem-solving skills, hypothesis driven thinking, and advanced quantitative skills (e.g. financial, statistics, and data science concepts). • Experience developing and/or working within an established evaluation framework to articulate meaningful outcomes toward intended goals. • Demonstrated ability to craft and deliver compelling analyses, recommendations, and presentations that lead to decision-maker buy-in. • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues, entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders. • Demonstrated ability to work independently, challenge the status quo, think creatively to deliver high quality, thoughtful, and accurate work in a timely manner. • Demonstrated ability to effectively organize, plan, control and prioritize work/projects; regularly synthesizing and communicating progress to appropriate stakeholders. • Mastery of Microsoft Office tools, including the ability to perform advanced analytics in Excel and create compelling presentations in PowerPoint.

Benefits

• Health & wellness benefits- Variety of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to meet diverse needs, with a generous employer subsidy. • Company paid life & disability insurance, pre-tax flexible spending accounts and robust wellness programs including access to on-site gym and free group fitness classes. • Financial benefits- Generous 401(k) plan with a company match up to 6%, paid time off starting at 20 days/year and commuter subsidy which covers the full cost of a Metropass. • Education assistance- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year for approved programs.