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Impact Analyst
SVT seeks a half-time Impact Analyst to work on client projects as part of a broader project team. The Impact Analyst will be responsible for a stream of work which may require research, data modeling and analysis, and developing presentations or a report to communicate findings. This role will particularly focus on our venture capital and broader impact investment practice, so prior experience scaling up a technology venture is desirable, in addition to knowledge of environmental and social impact issues such as those in the food and agriculture, health and wellness, real property, recycling, finance, and space exploration industries. The Impact Analyst will be managed and supported by senior members of the team. Download the full job description here.
If you are driven by excellence and are self-motivated, curious, and have the ability to ensure key tasks and requirements are taken through to completion, then you should consider applying today!
We are accepting applications through February 14, 2025 and will fill the role soon afterward.
Marketing Intern - SVT Group
SVT seeks a Marketing Intern to assist with a variety of tasks in support of SVT’s impact advisory and field-building work overall. The duration of the internship is 6 months, and is open to undergraduate and graduate students studying related fields, and/or to individuals with at 1 to 3 years of relevant work experience. The position is fairly flexible and responsibilities will be adjusted for prior experience. We will approve school credit where appropriate.
Examples of internship tasks include:
Participate in definition and promotion of SVT Group brand
Develop a marketing plan for SVT Group across media
Help develop and maintain a consistent SVT voice through all communications
Develop this website, and our new Bluesky and existing LinkedIn feeds
Develop and improve Google Adwords campaigns
And more!
The internship includes a modest cash stipend, and as much impact management training from our principals as you can handle! Along with lots of great networking and other experience.
Marketing Intern – Impact Management Academy
The Impact Management Academy is seeking a marketing intern. The Impact Management Academy is an exciting start-up initiative that builds upon SVT’s longtime commitment to capacity building. The purpose of the Academy is to make the impact management skills that are relevant to careers in the impact economy easier to identify and acquire, based on our conviction that impact measurement and management is at the center of the 21st century economy. In addition to the Academy as a resource for current and aspiring professionals, it’s also a platform where impact management content creators and industry leaders will converge to build consensus and momentum.
Examples of internship tasks include:
Participate in definition and promotion of the Impact Management Academy brand
Develop a marketing plan for the Impact Management Academy across media
Help develop and maintain a consistent Impact Management Academy voice, through all communications
Help to establish and develop content for the forthcoming Impact Management Academy website, and our yet-to-be built-out Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn feeds
Develop and improve Google Adwords campaigns
And more!
This is a unique opportunity for someone who wants to be part of building a new enterprise from the ground up– one that we intend will play a key role in the impact management profession.
Research Intern – SVT Group
SVT Group is looking for bright, passionate, and curious interns to join our team for a 6-month internship with start dates on a rolling basis.
We have a number of projects that range from research to video production, and are happy to work with our intern to determine a Scope of Work that is both mutually rewarding and exciting. The following are a few examples of potential projects:
Help us capture and calculate the ideal amount of time we should be spending in each area of our business (operations, business development, marketing, project work, etc.) in order to reach our revenue goals for next year.
Inform our systems-level impact initiatives like RIDER.
Perform other research into the demand for support related to social (including environmental) impact measurement, management and reporting/communications, among the following industries or others: Real estate development/construction; public health; philanthropy; impact investing; startups; and established publicly- or privately-held businesses.
Develop a database of client prospects, and/or update our knowledge base of past client projects.
Perform research into the demand for support related to social (including but not limited to environmental) impact measurement, management and reporting/communications, specifically although not necessarily exclusively among the following industries: Real estate development/construction; public health; philanthropy and/or impact investing; established, privately held businesses.
Assist, as needed, with client projects.
What we look for in an intern:
Commitment to social justice
Curiosity
Flexibility and adaptability
Excellent oral and written communication
Sense of humor
Ability to work independently
Integrity
Familiarity with social entrepreneurship and impact investing
Other requirements:
Intern must be willing to work remotely and secure access to both a computer and basically stable internet connection.
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Individuals from communities whose talents have historically been marginalized are strongly encouraged to apply for our positions.
To apply for any SVT or Impact Management Academy internship, please fill out the following form. We'll be in touch within the next 2 weeks if we feel there is a mutual fit!
Sara founded SVT Group in 2001 with a vision of a world in which it pays to do good. Since then she has worked with hundreds of clients internationally, taught over 7000 individuals about impact management in person, and exposed at least 35,000 more to the concepts via writings and remote trainings. She is founding board member of Social Value United States and a director and co-chair of the methodology subcommittee of Social Value International; has taught at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and others; and is the author of several publications on impact management. Sara earned her MBA from UC Berkeley and MSW from the University of Chicago. She lives with her daughter and Aussiedoodle in Silicon Valley.
Aaron’s passion lies at the intersection of Good Governance and Public Health and he has found his niche in Social Return on Investment (SROI) Analysis. He has lived and studied across North and Central America and Europe including working for the Government of Costa Rica analyzing the efficacy of the Cantonal Network for Physical Activity in Corredores. Aaron holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Southern California and a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. When not working he is often found reading, planning a trip, or hiking. He is based out of Toronto, Canada.
Yau is co-founder and managing director of SVT’s collaborator Rural Senses, whose mission is to couple social benefits with financial sustainability in low-resource settings. To do this, Rural Senses combines robust academic methods with vast field experience and local knowledge. Yau has over 11 years of experience leading multidisciplinary teams in multinational projects. Previously, he worked as a project manager for MobileODT to improve global health and co-founded SolarChange to promote renewable energies. Yau holds an MPhil in Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge.
David specializes in providing the information non-profits, social enterprises, foundations, and public sector organizations need to assess and increase their social impact. His work builds on twenty five years of experience in the UK, the U.S., the European Union, and Australia. He was an economist for New York City government before joining consulting firms in Washington, DC and then London, prior to heading up New Philanthropy Capital’s measurement and evaluation team. David returned to the U.S. in 2014 where, alongside consulting, he has taught Master’s level courses in non-profit planning and evaluation. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Oxford University, a Master’s in Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and an MBA from Yale School of Management. David is also the President of Social Value US. He and his family are based in Milwaukee.
Shubha’s professional experience and research focus on strategic planning, management, and evaluation. She possesses an educational background in healthcare management and policy and years of practice and innovation in social impact industries, including healthcare, higher education, and international development. She is one of the first scholars worldwide to specialize in Social Return on Investment (SROI) Analysis, a framework that can be used to measure and improve social impact, and she frequently consults and speaks on this subject.
A specialist in off-grid energy access, Stephi is co-founder and technical director of Rural Senses. She has also consulted on the implementation of small-scale hydropower projects and the development of upscaling strategies for solar energy; employment generation of water and sanitation infrastructure projects in informal settlements; resilience of infrastructure projects; capacity building of policymakers; energy efficiency and hosting numerous workshops with multiple partners. In addition Stephi is a researcher at the Energy & Power Group at the University of Oxford.
With more than 25 years of leadership experience in the private, public and social sectors, James Dudfield has developed strong capabilities in strategy, social innovation, impact management, seeding new enterprises, business transformation and change management. He is an accomplished people leader and a highly effective consultant, knowing how to focus on what matters and how to engage others to realize better outcomes. James is focused on impact management and strategy for organizations who recognize the importance of sustainably maximizing value for all stakeholders and challenging the inequitable distribution of opportunity, income and wealth. He’s also a seasoned fisher, and is enjoying finding good spots back with his wife in his home of Sydney, Australia after a 4-year sojourn in the US.
Karina brings expertise in research methods, impact evaluation, strategy development and social movements. Over the past decade, Karina has worked across a number of issue-areas, including evaluation and strategy development for women's rights, youth and education initiatives, and research and advocacy for global movements around land rights, indigenous rights and women’s empowerment, and their intersection in relation to climate change and climate solutions. She is also co-author of Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America, offering perspective on social movements and racial, political and economic inequality in the U.S. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Stanford University and an MA in International Relations from the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy in Paris.
Josephine applies her engineering skills to better understand what is important to local communities and to help design projects and businesses that are both financially and socially sustainable. As Uganda country manager with Rural Senses and an SVT collaborator, her expertise ranges from project design and management, data analysis and interpretation, and the development and implementation of research tools, to planning, operations, and maintenance of digital networks, and developing digital solutions. Driven, resourceful, positive, and proactive when faced with adversity, she thrives on generating new ideas and solutions for broadly relevant problems.
Brion is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at Business Performance Improvement. He teaches Lean and Six Sigma classes, facilitates workshops and events, performs statistical analysis, and mentors corporate leaders and employees through improvement efforts. He is the author of “Lean Six Sigma for Good: How improvement experts can help people in need, and help improve the environment.”