Aavishkaar Venture Management Services is a pioneer in early-stage investing in India, committed to catalyzing ‘inclusive development’, using venture capital as a tool. Over the years, Aavishkaar has developed a unique strategy for enterprise-based development that is guided by the fundamental belief that taking a disproportionately high risk can not only produce commercial returns but also generate extraordinary developmental impact. Aavishkaar currently has four funds under management with a combined capital of US$ 150 million. Since our inception in 2002, Aavishkaar has backed over 30 innovative and scalable enterprises operating in underserved and underpenetrated markets in India spanning several sectors namely Agriculture, Dairy, Education, Energy, Handicrafts, Health, Water and Sanitation, Technology for Development, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion. Having demonstrated its success in India, Aavishkaar is currently exploring the potential of taking its Investing Model to promote enterprise-based development in other emerging markets in the Asia Pacific region through the Aavishkaar Frontier Fund.   Position: Senior Associate, Impact and Communications   As an organisation conceived to incubate enterprises in rural and underserved India, and nurture the latent entrepreneurial instinct of the local population, impact for us has always been closely linked to the value that our portfolio companies generate. Over the years, we have matured in our processes and in our understanding of this impact. While industry-wide opinions and approaches to impact measurement vary widely and continue to evolve, internally, we have taken a number of steps to build robust tools and processes that are resonant with our investing strategy, efficient in measuring impact and relevant to our investors and investee companies.   In this regard, we seek to hire an in-house manager, to work with our investment team, investee companies and investors to:   a) Implement our assessment system to track portfolio impact   b) Communicate and report effectively on impact to internal and external stakeholders, and   c) Stay abreast with industry trends to continuously enhance our approach and practices   Duties and Responsibilities:  - Work as part of the investment team with each investee company to determine appropriate metrics to measure social performance, and track the same on a regular basis   - Carry out an environment and social due diligence on prospective investments in accordance with Aavishkaar’s social impact assessment guidelines and related tools and processes  - Regularly update the impact assessment system to reflect changing business objectives and industry trends   - Compile quarterly, annual and one-off reports for investors and other external stakeholders including Aavishkaar’s Annual Impact Report  - Capture and document news, best practices and learnings for Aavishkaar and its portfolio companies   - Manage the website and other communication requirements   Skills:  - Excellent communication and presentation skills   - A keen interest in the development and impact investing sector and a comprehensive grasp of the Bottom of the Pyramid markets and its challenges   - Self-driven, with the ability to develop, manage and implement programmes independently  - Demonstrated ability to work with different teams and across sectors and companies  - Strong monitoring and reporting skills, with attention to detail  Qualifications  - Advanced University Degree (E.g. MSW – Masters in Social Work)  - At least five years of experience in managing and implementing development/sustainability related projects and programmes   - Experience in performing spreadsheet-based analysis with Microsoft Excel  - Knowledge of principles, practices and methodologies associated with impact measurement, monitoring and reporting would be an advantage  Send in your profiles if interested at Samruddhi.Mulye@plughr.com

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Social Impact Officer 

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