From: MIT Impact Investing Initiative
Date: December 16, 2022
Subject: MIT Impact Investing Initiative Newsletter 12.16.22



Hello Mi3ers!
We hope you had a great semester! We have officially wrapped up all of our Mi3 events for the semester, but stay tuned because we have a lot on the agenda for next year, including the Turner Miint Impact Investing Competition and an Impact Investing Conference! Now let’s get into the newsletter… 

IMPACT INVESTING IN THE NEWS

 
JOB POSITIONS:

Company: World Bank 
Position: Senior Evaluation Officer
Application Deadline: 12/16/22
Location: Washington DC
The Adaptation Fund is recruiting a Senior Evaluation Officer (Coordinator of AF-TERG Secretariat) to support the AF-TERG in effectively implementing its work programme and budget.  The post holder will be required to work, with a range of internal and external stakeholders and vendor partners, and manage relations, sometimes including complex arrangements, with them. More details here

Company: One Acre Fund      
Position: Investor Relations Manager
Application Deadline: 12/22/22 
Location: New York County
One Acre Fund relies on grant funding to support our operations, but also takes on debt to finance our working capital needs. You will join the Investor Relations team, which manages our debt needs, identifies and grows relationships with lenders, and advises on capital structure and liquidity management. More details here

Company: Social Finance   
Position: Director, Impact Investments (Healthcare) 
Application Deadline: 12/30/22
Location: Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; Washington, D.C.; New York, NY; Austin, TX
The composition of the Director’s portfolio will be fluid and subject to change according to opportunities. Our ideal candidate will bring experience in hospital strategy, hospital budgeting, or hospital workforce development needs and strategies. More details here

Company: Kois Invest     
Position: Innovative Finance Manager / Analyst / Associate
Application Deadline: 12/31/22
Location: Brussels or Paris
KOIS has two practices: investment, and innovative finance advisory. This position belongs to the innovative finance advisory practice. More details here and here

Company: Azolla Ventures    
Position: Investment Analyst
Application Deadline: 6/3/22 (rolling)
Location: Cambridge, MA
Azolla Management Company seeks an Investment Analyst for its early-stage, impact-driven venture capital fund. Azolla Ventures brings a fundamentally new approach to venture
investing, integrating catalytic capital and full-cycle capital to embrace high risk and prioritize climate impact. Azolla Ventures was created by Prime Coalition, a nonprofit organization that partners with philanthropists and other mission-driven investors to support market-driven
innovations designed to catalyze, deepen, or accelerate solutions for climate change. More details here

Company: Bain Capital  
Position: ESG Manager, Impact Measurement & Reporting
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: Boston
This position will be on the ESG team, reporting to the Global Head of ESG, and specializing in impact, impact measurement and reporting across the Bain Capital Private portfolios. More details here

Company: Global Impact Investing Network   
Position: Associate Director, Institutional Clients, Impact Investing
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: New York, NY / Hybrid
The position will focus primarily on institutional asset owners (i.e., pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds) and will include an explicit stream of work focused on scaling climate investment solutions for institutional investors. This role also will work alongside another manager focused on faith-based and values-oriented asset owners. More details here

Company: CIB Digital Innovation, JP Morgan Chase 
Position: VP, Climate Tech 
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: New York, NY
Changes unfolding in societies, businesses, and technology represent one of the most important opportunities to innovate in our history. The ClimateTech team sits at the intersection of finance and climate innovation – the team identifies and executes on cutting-edge ideas by formulating strategy, investing in innovative climate tech companies and by building creative and scalable products. More details here

Company: Generation Growth Equity    
Position: Portfolio Management Associate
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: London, UK
As part of the continuing improvement of the PC monitoring processes we have decided to recruit an associate to play a central role in portfolio management.  The new hire will contribute to driving better portfolio analysis and decision-making and hence help to drive improved overall fund performance.  This person will have the opportunity to make portfolio monitoring a more strategic and value added activity for the Growth platform. More details here

Company: Keyframe    
Position: Analyst
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: New York, NY
Keyframe is an investment firm that solves capital markets challenges to unlock growth and propel innovation. We are expanding the team to invest out of our newest fund, focused primarily on the energy transition. More details here

Company: Sunwealth 
Position: Asset Management Associate
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: Cambridge, MA
The Cambridge-based Asset Management Associate will play a key role on a small team and assist in the operations, financial oversight, and investor management of Sunwealth’s growing portfolio of solar projects. More details here

Company: TAS  
Position: Manager, Impact Measurement
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: Toronto, ON
As Manager, Impact Measurement, you will be responsible for Impact Measurement Infrastructure, Impact Measurement Framework, Documenting Impact, Research and Corporate Governance. More details here

Company: EYElliance    
Position: Senior Manager, Sustainable Finance
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: Remote
Reporting to the Vice President of Operations, the (Senior) Manager (level dependent on experience) is an ideal role for someone who is passionate about the role of impact investment and the private sector in solving the biggest health crisis you’ve never heard of—access to eyeglasses for 1 billion people that need them. More details here

Company: Zero Infinity Partners [NEW]    
Position: Analyst / Associate
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: New York, NY
We are looking for a NYC-based analyst/associate to come onboard our team to help with all research and investment activities – including thesis creation, due diligence, memo writing, deal execution, and on-going support for portfolio companies. Additionally, given the unique start-up nature of ZIP, we are looking for someone who would thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and enjoy a small, tight-knit team culture. More details here

Company: S2G Ventures, Oceans & Seafood Fund [NEW]    
Position: Venture Capital - Vice President - Oceans Fund
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: Chicago, IL
S2G Ventures is a multi-stage venture fund investing in food / agriculture, oceans / seafood, and energy globally. The fund’s mission is to invest in trailblazing entrepreneurs to build a humane and healthy planet. S2G Oceans & Seafood Fund takes a multi-stage, multi-sector approach to investing with a preference for emerging and enabling technologies across the multitude of ocean-related industries. More details here

Company: The Drawdown Fund / Tiger Grass Capital [NEW]  Position: Growth Equity Associate
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: Park City, UT
The Drawdown Fund is based in Park City, UT and is looking for a driven, passionate and results-oriented person to join our team. More details here

Company: Ares [NEW]    
Position: ESG Associate
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: New York, NY 
Ares is seeking a new Associate to add to the growing ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) team. The ESG Associate will support the Global Head of ESG and the ESG integration of the US Credit business. The Associate will cover a workload which includes both on-going responsibilities and project based work across both Ares’ Corporate Sustainability and Responsible Investment initiatives. More details here

INTERNSHIP POSITIONS:

Company: Impact Collective Group       
Position: Sustainability Intern
Application Deadline: 12/16/22
Location: telecommute
The Sustainability Internship role will assist with the effort to grow ICG’s reach and commitment to our clients. ICG seeks a candidate who is eager to initiate, develop and deliver solutions to current clients and help identify and develop future engagements. More details here.

Company: British International Investment [NEW]    
Position: Various Climate, Impact, and ESG roles
Application Deadline: 12/31/22
Location: London, UK
British International Investment is the UK’s development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. We invest with the aim of solving the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation. More details here (career central). 

Company: Eventide Asset Management 
Position: Summer Analyst (Healthcare, Technology and Small Cap)
Application Deadline: 12/31/22
Location: Boston, MA
Eventide is a growing, mission-driven company looking to attract people who are eager to serve others and the global common good. Eventide employees work hard for the sake of others—our clients, our colleagues, and our world. We’re striving to make the world rejoice by intentionally investing in great businesses. More details here for healthcaretechnology and small cap

Company: KAUST Investment Management   
Position: ESG Investing in Private Markets
Application Deadline: 1/3/23
Location: New York, NY
The purpose of this project is to collect ESG information from the private equity (and possible private real estate) managers that the endowment invests with and develop a score-card to score managers on their ESG efforts, with a particular emphasis on environment factors and climate impact. The candidate is expected to write a report summarizing the findings of the analysis and present his or her findings and recommendations to the entire investment team. More details here

Company: Social Finance  
Position: 2023 Summer Associate
Application Deadline: 01/09/23 
Location: Boston
Social Finance is looking for graduate-level summer interns to become fully leveraged members of our team and help contribute to our mission.  Interns will be an integral part of the Social Finance team and will be staffed to multiple projects that span our various service offerings, including both Advisory and Impact Investing projects, gaining exposure to the breadth of our day-to-day work. More details here

Company: Piva Capital  [NEW]    
Position: Summer Associate
Application Deadline: 01/16/23
Location: San Francisco, CA
Piva’s 10-week Summer Associate program is designed to provide MBA students (1st year MBAs or recent graduates) with a broad understanding of venture investing, especially as it pertains to the new era of climate & industrial technology. More details here

Company: Emerson Collective  
Position: MBA Summer Associate
Application Deadline: 2/10/23
Location: Palo Alto, CA
For 2023, we are looking to hire 5 full time MBA Summer Associates, with a focus on growth stage (Series B+), early stage (pre-Seed - Series A), sustainability (Series B+, with a focus in energy and mobility), and health (stage agnostic, with a focus either on oncology in biotech or digital health) investments. You will need to specify your interest in 1 of our 5 venture investing groups at time of application and your application will only be considered for that one group. More details here

Company: Closed Loop Partners (CLP)  
Position: Winter Venture Intern
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: New York, NY
We are looking for a Winter Intern to join the existing Closed Loop Ventures Group as a part-time member of the Ventures team from January to April (exact dates open to discussion). More details here

Company: Tyton Partners  [NEW]    
Position: Summer Principals
Application Deadline: not listed
Location: Boston, MA
Please reach out to Nira Goncalves <ngoncalves@tytonpartners.com> for more information.
More details here

CAREER RESOURCES

Climate Tech VC Jobs Board
Echoing Green jobs board
Devnet
GIIN jobs board
Impact Alpha
NextBillion
Social Good Jobs
Microfinance Gateway
Opportunity Knocks (now Work For Good)
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Idealist

OTHER RESOURCES OF INTEREST:
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