Social Investment Specialist

3 days ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Dananda Services Full time

Design strategies and initiatives to drive social impact by taking an entrepreneurial and partnership-building approach to complex problems. This will require research, stakeholder engagement, partnership development, high-level strategic thinking and connecting of the dots.
- Work with a broad range of private and public-sector partners including civil society, donors, business and government to drive social impact.
- Assess strategic and potential flagship initiatives for possible social investment by carrying out comprehensive due diligence using clients assessment processes.
- Represent our client and their clients as a strategic investor/partner on approved social investments by participating in key meetings, providing strategic input and contributing to systemic goals, where applicable.
- Work closely with clients to identify challenges and develop solutions to ensure that the strategic goals are met through regular meetings, reporting, consultation and discussion.
- Work collaboratively in order to deliver on a range of social investment advisory/consulting projects to various clients
- Support the design of innovative, data-driven monitoring and evaluation processes to clearly understand the impact of social investment on an on-going basis and make adjustments to strategy as necessary.
- Help drive a culture of data analysis and data-driven decision-making across the business in terms of social investment management and strategy.
- Work with internal and external partners to ensure that all client social investments are monitored and evaluated accurately and meaningfully, thus demonstrating social impact.
- Provide high-quality, informative reports to internal and external stakeholders, including clients, about the work being done through social investments.
- Help develop and refine clients overall social investment strategy, ensuring that the company remains at the cutting edge of global social investment.
- Help position client as a leader in the social investment sector by participating in meetings/workshops/conferences, providing sector expertise and experience and engaging with various stakeholders.
- Help develop and refine specific strategies for targeted sectors (e.g. education, health, livelihoods) to maximise social impact.
- Identify strategic and programme opportunities across client and their clients and sectors to maximise the impact of our work and leverage resources for scale.
- Provide support and coaching to social investment analysts to ensure the highest quality deliverables for our clients clients.
- Identify and deliver on opportunities to increase our clients profile and expertise by providing sector insights and expertise, identifying potential opportunities and fulfilling the role as industry and sector expert as and when required.



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