Job Requirements
Job benefits
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Professional Development
Every employee is an invaluable asset to any team; that's why we want to help you grow. Level up your skills and expertise through our professional co-development programs with notable organizations. We will cover the cost.
Skills
Job description for Impact Investing/Consulting Internship at Tri-sector Associates
- • First, private investors invest in a promising non-profit program.
- • Next, the long-term outcomes of the program are rigorously measured by a third-party evaluator.
- • Finally, if and only if the specified outcomes are achieved, then the government repays private funders their capital.
- Supporting client engagements focused on executing innovative Pay For Success projects, such as by conducting:
- Quantitative and qualitative research on social issues, service gaps, and evidence-driven interventions in Singapore and around the world
- Financial and economic modeling to estimate the impact of interventions to government and society
- Helping to create new opportunities by exploring how to create value for clients, including:
- Supporting the writing of policy briefs about potential applications of the Pay For Success tool
- Helping to scope work and write proposals for client engagements
- Supporting firm-building initiatives that play a critical role in helping the firm deliver its mission in a sustainable and scalable way, such as by:
- Helping to develop internal firm systems
- Refining firm intellectual property and external materials (e.g. pitch decks)
- Sourcing and reaching out to organizations within the sector
- • Excellent Analytical and Research Skills: Excellent ability to break down problems, structure research approaches, gather data, conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses, and ensure deliverable quality in writing, Excel and Powerpoint
- • Efficient Workstream Management Ability: Efficient time and project management skills to enable effective execution of complex workstreams in a fast-paced setting
- • Stakeholder Management Tact: Ability to translate across fields, communicate complex ideas, and sensitively influence senior and working-level stakeholders from different sectors
- • Independent Problem Solving Ability: Entrepreneurial temperament, resourceful nature, and excitement about a flat, “all hands-on-deck” environment
- • Drive for Social Impact: Driving personal passion for creating systems-level social change and tackling the root causes of social problems
- • Kindness and Humility: Deep care for the people we serve and for the team; a combination of intellectual curiosity and humility in seeking continuous improvement in themselves, our organization, and the impact we create
- • Prior project and client management experience, especially in delivering professional services engagements (e.g. consulting experience)
- • Prior government experience in Singapore
- • Prior social sector experience
- • Legal training, especially in corporate and/or contract law
- • Startup environment. We are a fast-moving and nimble team that is an idea meritocracy. You will get to experience the excitement of getting involved in the various aspects of running a venture-philanthropy backed startup, and learn habits that improve your own intellectual rigor and work productivity.
- • Professional development. You will receive both formal and on-the-job training from our team of professionals, who can offer you a killer combination of skills in financial modeling, consulting, policy analysis, econometrics, and stakeholder management.
- • Unparalleled exposure. You will be doing genuinely impactful work and seeing the frontlines with our project teams from day 1. We sit at the cutting edge of several fields, from impact investing, to data analysis, to tri-sector collaboration - you will get to see a lot in a very short time.
- • Mission focus. You will get to wake up every day asking how you can make society a better place, and get to work with colleagues who care about things as much as you do, with the backing of a platform that enables you to do so.
- • Potential pathway to conversion. If you succeed, and depending on organizational needs, this internship could convert to a rare full-time position in this field.