Foundry & Partnerships Manager, Academy Pakistan

4 weeks ago


Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan Acumen Full time
Acumen Academy is looking for individuals with at least 8 years of experience to support the development of offerings to our Acumen Academy community of changemakers with partnerships and opportunities. This role will be based out of our Islamabad office in Pakistan

About Acumen

Acumen is changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing in companies, leaders and ideas. We invest patient capital in businesses whose products and services offer important opportunities to people living in poverty. To date, Acumen has positively impacted over 500 million lives by investing $154.4M in 167 innovative, early-stage companies in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the United States. But investment isn't only about capital, we've been investing in innovators for years, connecting with emerging leaders around the world and engaging them in collective dialogue, moral inquiry, and skill building.

About Academy

Acumen Academy is the world's school for social change. We're looking to support a new generation of social innovators and leaders with the character and competence to solve problems of poverty and build a world based on dignity. We seek to inspire a new generation by sharing stories of visionary role models and business models with the world.

About The Foundry

Through the Fellowship program, Acumen invests in developing the moral leadership skills of social builders. Acumen Fellowship graduates enter the Foundry, a global community with a shared ethos and vision: to build a world based on dignity that centers people and planet. The Foundry is the alumni community for the +1,600 graduates of our Fellowship or Accelerator Programs.

About the Role: We're searching for someone to support our community initiatives. At Acumen, we believe that when social innovators come together in a community based on trust and shared goals, they can achieve systemic change. Our goal is to create a community where social - innovators can:
  • Get to know each other and help each other out.
  • Partner with ecosystem organizations for increasing capital and organizational support for the social-innovators.
  • Understand what the community needs by collecting and analyzing information through large data-sets.
  • Make it easy for community members to connect with each other by providing the right tools and resources.

Ultimately, we want to make a big impact by bringing social-innovators together and supporting their efforts to create positive change.

To Enhance Your Comprehension Of The Work We Do And Advance Through Our Selection Process, We Strongly Recommend That Each Applicant Familiarizes Themselves With The Following Resources
  • The essence of Foundry
  • The pillars of Foundry
  • A case-study of how the Foundry is connected and accompanies each other

The detailed Job Description for the Manager, Foundry and Partnerships:

The Manager, Foundry and Partnerships will be responsible for building and managing the relationships and infrastructure with external ecosystem partners to increase the engagement and impact of the 200+ Foundry Members). We want organizations in the Foundry to create systemic impact and you will build the partnerships with organisations and platforms that will enable these.

Key Accountabilities Include

Design and co-execute community programs: Work closely with the Program Lead for Academy in Pakistan to develop programs, workshops and convenings addressing different needs of the community. We aim to engage 50-60% of our community through these spaces where social-innovators find support for themselves or their organisations.

Unlock Insights from Foundry needs: Continuously collect qualitative and quantitative data from the Foundry and analyse trends for various segments of the Foundry, Plan strategic interventions that will support Foundry members take their organisations to scale impact.

Establish and manage partnerships: Work closely with existing partners and build new partners to curate and circulate opportunities towards programs, funding, and awards that unlock opportunities for our Foundry members.

Connect with and support the Foundry members: In partnership with the team, establish and manage a process to regularly check-in with members of the Foundry deep-diving into their interventions and long-term goals along with understanding their challenges. It is expected to connect with 300+ social innovators in a year to do this. Establishing an open tool/platform that provides access to relevant opportunities for a community of social innovators will be essential. This tool should envision to support and accompany 100+ social innovators in the pilot stage, ensuring they have the resources and connections needed to thrive.

Support on Recruitment and Fellowship: As we are a small team, everyone contributes a part of their time to other verticals, and you will be expected to support other projects in the team.

Qualifications & Skills
  • At least 8+ years of experience building and leading partnerships with funders, corporates, investors, social organizations etc.
  • Demonstrated success in building collaborative relationships with both external and internal stakeholders
  • Track record of planning and executing programs while monitoring impact
  • Analytical mindset to understand data, insights and impact
  • Creative and strategic thinking to develop innovative community programs
  • Communication skills to work with global, cross-cultural colleagues, partners and community members
  • Willingness to take risks and ability to address complex issues creatively and effectively
  • Effectively collaborates with and across teams, seeks, and provides constructive feedback
  • Self-reflective and aligned with Acumen values

This role reports to the Academy Program Lead in Pakistan and will collaborate closely with colleagues across Acumen.

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