Head of Impact | African Leadership Group (Nairobi)

[Thomas Schmedding]

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The African Leadership Group is seeking an experienced professional who will design and implement impact efforts across all African Leadership Group organizations and will contribute to technical grant writing. We're looking for someone who has at least 7 years of experience in performance and impact, has excellent analytical and donor communication skills, and demonstrates a zeal for prototyping and operating in flexible, start-up environments. Ideally, this hire will be based in (or willing to relocate to) Nairobi, Kenya.

ABOUT THE AL GROUP

The African Leadership Group is an ecosystem of institutions which share a common vision: transforming Africa and the world by developing and connecting a new generation of ethical, entrepreneurial leaders. The institutions in the AL Group were founded by Fred Swaniker, a serial entrepreneur who started off with the vision of transforming Africa. Last year, Fast Company recognized us as the most innovative company in Africa for “remaking education for a new era.”

ABOUT THE ROLE 
In order to adequately complete this role, the Head of Impact will be responsible for:

IMPACT FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION

• Designing and developing tools to implement a universal impact framework across each AL institution, specifically through the use of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis 
• Overseeing the implementation of baseline studies and surveys to ensure our impact assessment reflects a broader AL Group mission of developing three million ethical, entrepreneurial leaders for Africa
• Managing, coordinating, and executing the collection of impact data from learning and student-facing teams, partner organizations, and stakeholders, providing support for timely, accurate, and consistent reporting
• Analyzing, synthesizing, and producing key successes and insights that can easily inform multiple audiences across the AL Group—from key leadership to our wide network of supporters
• Crafting new measurement frameworks that can be used for impact evaluations in support of new business development initiatives
• Driving experimentation around data collection and analysis through new methodologies

CROSS-TEAM COORDINATION

• Working closely with the wider AL team to understand and devise strategies to implement results that maximize impact, make smart choices on when to experiment vs. when to stay the course, and inform the broader impact narrative
• Engaging with learning / curriculum design teams to help them envision and embed creative methods for impact measurement into the solutions they’re delivering
• Working with our partners and donors to shape how they collect and share data with us
• Working closely with other members of the Business Development team to understand reporting requirements for output-based contracts, creating clear frameworks for funder-based impact reporting, and supporting development of funding bids
• Ensuring that we are holding ourselves accountable to the highest standards of transparency and integrity both internally and externally

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of 7 years of full-time work experience in performance and impact (with a preference for experience in entrepreneurial / start-up ventures)
• Bachelor’s degree in international development, economics, business, mathematics, statistics, communications or related field, MBA a plus
• Strong analytical and evaluation design, and methodological skills, and experience using “right-fit” methods for a broad range of quantitative and qualitative approaches
• An ability to innovate and redesign traditional monitoring and evaluation approaches to reflect the rapid experimentation of ALU and ALX
• A positive mindset and attitude that continuously pushes the AL organizations to accomplish their missions
• Experience working with governments, public institutions and large funding organizations and can speak their language 
• Ability to facilitate the process of turning impact data into meaningful stories for the organization
• A zeal for prototyping and operating in flexible, start-up environments
• Alignment with our CHAIR values: courage, humility, adventure, initiative and resilience. Able to work with grace under pressure, exercise good judgement, and meet deadlines
• Proven project management skills, ability to manage teams and develop leaders; experience in remote management and/or working in multicultural workplace in Africa, a plus
• Strong leadership and negotiation skills, ability to deal with different stakeholders, from operational staff to the senior leadership team of donors, investors and other stakeholders

Does this sound like you? Please click on this link to learn more about the role and how to apply.

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Thomas Schmedding

Director of Operations, Strategic Initiatives

African Leadership Group

tschm...@alueducation.com

https://algroup.org/
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