Categories: Vacancies, August 2026

Impact Measurement Specialist

Location: Nairobi, Dhaka, Addis Ababa, Abuja or Utrecht

Organization: Bopinc

Deadline: 11 April 2025

Job Description

About Bopinc

Bopinc is a Dutch not-for-profit that accelerates the impact of market-driven and innovative business models in low-income markets. We support our clients in making their businesses more viable and inclusive by including people at the Base of the Pyramid as consumers, producers and entrepreneurs in the supply chain. Bopinc works with a wide variety of start-ups, SMEs and multinational companies to achieve this. Over the past ten years we have been working with more than 1,000 companies., reaching more than 4 million low-income consumers, while creating better income opportunities for over 110,000 low-income entrepreneurs.

Bopinc is looking for a structured, proactive team member to join our Impact Measurement and Insights team.

The Role

Are you a data-driven, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) professional who is eager to measure the impact of private sector development projects?

As Impact Measurement Specialist, you will support the Impact Measurement Manager to implement MEL work across our project portfolio and contribute to organisational impact measurement initiatives.

Responsibilities

Leading monitoring, evaluation and learning activities within projects, including developing MEL frameworks for projects, overseeing and executing MEL activities
Supporting the Impact Measurement (IM) Manager in the measuring of outputs, outcomes and impacts of Bopinc’s work, analysing and making strategic recommendations to leadership and maintaining and updating Bopinc’s Theory of Change (ToC)
Implementing Bopinc’s learning agenda by facilitating internal sharing and learning sessions, also in projects
Supporting IM Manager to communicate about impact and learning at Bopinc and co-creating content with the Communications team, print/audio/visual.

Qualifications

Established professional with min. 3-5 years of work experience in social impact measurement, MEL (monitoring, evaluation & learning), or a related field
Bachelor or (preferably) Masters degree in international development studies, economics or other behavioural or social science.
Demonstrated experience with data collection (including paper-based and mobile data collection), management and analysis. Experience designing and maintaining dashboards is a plus.
Experience designing and maintaining Power-BI and other dashboards is essential.
Knowledge of and experience with several impact measurement frameworks and standards such as the Results Framework, IRIS+, IMP impact dimensions, OECD DAC criteria, etc. Understanding of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) as pertains to market research and evaluation.
Expertise in developing qualitative and quantitative (survey) research designs, and designing, implementing and managing impact evaluation and learning trajectories at project, programme and organisational level.
Pro-active and independent worker
Strong communication, writing and training skills in English, including experience writing research and evaluation reports, articles or blog posts.
Experience in facilitating workshops (Sensemaking Workshop, After Action Review, etc.)
Experience working in private sector development projects in one of our focus markets (Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Bangladesh) and/or sectors (Food and agriculture, renewable energy, waste).

Competencies

Critical thinking

Able to manipulate and interpret information from a range of sources, to spot patterns and trends in information and to deduce cause and effect from this. Can generate a range of creative solutions, evaluate them and choose the most appropriate option.

Effective communication

Expresses complex data, ideas and facts in a clear, concise and open manner, both in oral and in written form. Actively listens and proactively shares knowledge. Uses appropriate language, design and methods depending on the audience and the purpose of communication

Interpersonal Effectiveness

Able to adapt behaviour to a wide range of people. Influences the views and behaviour of others through persuasion and encouragement. Handles conflict tactfully and effectively, by finding common ground.

Initiative & Independence

Proactive self-starter with a high level of independence. Takes responsibility for own time and effectiveness. Alert to opportunities to contribute and takes the initiative to act on them

Results Oriented

Sets high but achievable standards and goals for self and others. Seeks opportunities to improve processes and outcomes and acts on them. Understands that responsible use of resources maximises our impact on the BoP.

What we offer

A motivated, multidisciplinary and culturally diverse team of professionals
Culture of dedication to delivery whilst also ensuring creativity and innovativeness
Opportunity to travel
Market rate salary
Flexible office hours and opportunity to work from home

Job Location: Nairobi, Dhaka, Addis Ababa, Abuja or Utrecht