Impact Portfolio Officer

Written by AECF

The Programme

The Investing in Women in Benin / Burkina Faso programme is a Global Affairs Canada investment programme designed to support women-owned and women-led enterprises and other organizations operating in climate-smart agriculture. The Impact Portfolio Officer will be a key member of the IIW–Benin / Burkina Faso delivery team and will be responsible for supporting the ongoing impact measurement, analysis, and insight generation across the entire portfolio of investees and activities. The incumbent will contribute to reporting at the project level and collaborate with AAECF’simpact and knowledge team, feeding data and impact stories into thought leadership, storytelling, and dissemination of learnings.

The role holder will take the lead on analyzing and leveraging the data collected from portfolio companies and enterprises, updating performance on all impact metrics, and producing analytical insight and knowledge products from the IIW-Benin / Burkina Faso portfolio. Data, evidence, and insights will support programme management, future program design, and business intelligence and promote the voices of the communities and entrepreneurs we support to build the resilience of rural and underserved communities across Africa.

This role will report to the Programme Manager IIW-Benin / Burkina Faso and will be based in Benin.

About the role

The Impact Portfolio Officer supports the team on impact measurement and reporting. The role holder will take the lead in analyzing and leveraging the data collected from portfolio companies, updating performance on all impact metrics, and documenting progress and lessons learned from AECF’s portfolio to support program development, efficient program management, and communications. The Impact Portfolio Officer will also play a larger organizational role in supporting the development and implementation of AECF’s overall results measurement system and ensuring compliance with the reporting requirements of various donor partners.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and own the portfolio monitoring plan of the projects in the IIW-Benin/Burkina Faso portfolio in line with AECF policies and procedures, donors, and partner requirements.
  • Support the development of investee monitoring plans, targets, and budgets during investee selection and review as needed throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Provide an evidence-based feedback loop to the pprogram’steam on an ongoing basis and contribute to producing, packaging, and disseminating impact and change stories.
  • Ensure accurate and timely compliance with all reporting requirements, including supporting the preparation of annual AECF impact reports, periodic donor reports, and ongoing ad hoc reports.
  • Maintain a dashboard to track performance against key impact indicators, providing feedback to all relevant teams on project performance as and when needed.
  • Contribute to monthly and ongoing insight generation and knowledge creation from impact data analysis, exchange, and interviews with investees and program partners, and feed into the broader AECF insight and knowledge practice.
  • Share learning from results measurement and impact analyses with the broader team.
  • Develop and disseminate monthly short evidenced-based articles, updated project summary briefs, reports, human interest stories, website content, etc.
  • Monitor and report on the social performance of portfolio investments and manage the AECF impact measurement process.
  • Ensure compliance with GAC reporting requirements and advocate for impact investment principles by representing the organization externally through industry events and forums.

Qualifications:

  • A BBachelor’sDegree preferably in Statistics, Economics, or a related field.
  • Minimum five years of experience in data science or statistical analysis.
  • Experience in Benin/ Burkina Faso focused on women-owned, women-led enterprises, preferably in the agribusiness sector, women empowerment, or sustainable agriculture.
  • Curiosity to keep abreast of innovative practices for understanding systemic change, capturing and measuring women empowerment, resilience, and adaptation to climate change of vulnerable populations.
  • Understand the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) standards for private sector-led development in relevant sectors.
  • Superior data analysis and presentation skills, software skills (MS Office), and data manipulation and visualization skills (Airtable, Tableau, Power BI).
  • Demonstrate productive drive in working with peers, partners, consultants, and others to achieve pre-targeted and measurable business results.
  • Experience designing and implementing impact measurement systems, assessment tools, and methodologies, especially in fragile contexts.
  • Excellent writing, analytical, and communication skills in French and English.