Company Profile:

Aspire Impact, a leading social enterprise in leadership & ecosystem development; focused on impact assessment, certification & ratings; is seeking to hire a Manager/Sr. Manager - Operations. This is a long-term work-from-home opportunity, reporting to the Director-CIA. We welcome women returning to workforce who may have been off the workforce for 5-10 years.

Job description:

Manager/ Sr. Manager - Operations

Role & Responsibilities

The person must be mission-minded, self-starter and determined executive. S/he will ideally be between 30-45 years of age and be prepared for a startup experience. S/he must have at least 5 years- experience, of which ideally 1 year should be in the Social Impact or Development sector(s). S/he could be a person returning to workforce after a hiatus or a former corporate executive anticipating a move to the social sector.

The key responsibilities of the M-CIA will include but not be limited to the following:

- Product Development: The role primarily requires the person to work alongside the Director to help build & sharpen the products- e.g., regular upgradation of our Corporate Impact Assessment methodology and its global alignment OR developing our Impact Incubation/Acceleration support services.

- Account Management:  Work with the Director to manage clients and convert them into long-term relationships. S/he will also have responsibility to service these clients and ultimately build sectoral Practices.

- Operational Delivery:  Spend >50% of his/her time in client service via data collection, analyzing data, writing impact reports, and, communicating findings. S/he must be able to write proposals, create PowerPoint decks, benchmarking charts, find information over the web and create sectoral reports.

- Project Management: The role would require the person to lead multiple time-bound Impact Assessments and Assessment Reports in parallel and therefore must have an eye for detail

Candidate Profile:

Preferred background:

ESG/sustainability/impact related/consulting/financial/non-financial audits

Qualifications

As a start-up in a new sector, the Manager should be flexible and adaptable to emerging realities and trends. S/he must therefore possess the following qualifications:

- Post Graduate Degree in Business or Social Development

- Minimum of 5, ideally 10 years- experience with last 5 years in a leadership role

- Detailed-orientation with ability to build new systems, policies and procedures

- Strong English-level communication skills (written and verbal)

- Revenue orientation and established track record of performance