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Do you believe in the power of social enterprise to create meaningful and scalable social change in disadvantaged communities in Lebanon and across the Arab region? Are you looking to influence a movement that is backing social change and transforming lives across the Arab world? Then you should take a look at Alfanar.
About Alfanar
Launched in 2004, Alfanar is a UK-based charity with offices in Cairo and Beirut that aims to transform lives in disadvantaged communities across the Arab world by investing in and strengthening ambitious social enterprises, especially those focused on children’s education and women’s economic empowerment. Alfanar provides grants and technical assistance to social enterprises, enabling them to achieve greater financial sustainability and to scale their impact. Alfanar’s highly engaged venture philanthropy approach applies the principles of private sector investment to charitable giving. It strives to deliver social returns that are sustainable, scalable, and game changing. Alfanar aims to double its social impact and income within the coming two years as well as significantly improve its brand awareness across the UK, Europe, the US and the Arab world. Alfanar provides capable and qualified candidates a rare opportunity to help strengthen and scale innovative civil society organisations in the Arab world.
JOB PURPOSE
The Lebanon Investment Officer, in coordination with the Lebanon investment team, is in charge of supporting the management, monitoring and evaluation of investments. The Investment Officer will contribute to the end-to-end investment cycle and will take full ownership and accountability of the monitoring & evaluation of all social enterprises in the portfolio. The contribution of the Investment Officer will help Alfanar ensure that its investees are meeting their impact and sustainability targets while assisting them in their transformation.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The Investment Officer’s duties and responsibilities include the following:
Investment Management

Contribute to the development of Alfanar Lebanon’s investment strategy and to growing the portfolio of investees, in close coordination with the Country Director
Contribute to the investment cycle across the portfolio, including:

Due diligence on investment candidates
Designing the pilot year and long-term investments
Capacity-building via Alfanar’s formal 10-module training program (ASSET)
Coaching & introducing investees to technical experts and mentors
Take full ownership of Monitoring & Evaluation for all investees (see below)
Take full ownership of Data Assurance for all investees (see below)

Contribute to the growth of Alfanar’s network of technical experts and mentors

Monitoring & Evaluation, Data Assurance & Donor Reporting

Contribute to setting the financial, social and organisational key performance indicators (KPIs) for the social enterprises’ pilot and long term investment
Coach the investees on impact monitoring, data collection and on using our customised business intelligence tool, QLIK
Oversee the results of the above and contribute to any remedial actions
Perform all of Lebanon’s investment related data assurance (impact and financial)
Take ownership of all M&E and donor-related reporting activities

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in international development, monitoring and evaluation, capacity-building and consulting / coaching preferred;
Proven skills in critical thinking, assessment and analysis;
Self-motivated, autonomous and pro-active personality, able to work in a small team and in a fast-paced environment;
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships;
Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;
Excellent organizational skills with demonstrated ability to execute projects on time;
Strong analytical and problem solving skills;
Fluent in English and Arabic.

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Last modified: 
14 Jun, 2017
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Application Deadline:
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Contract Type:
Full Time
Period of Employment:
1 year, renewable
Salary
Competitive
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Education Degree:
Bachelor Degree
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Arabic Language:
Excellent
English Language:
Excellent
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