Director of Global Programs

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Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), a program of the Aspen Institute, is a global network of intermediary organizations that propel small business entrepreneurship in emerging markets. ANDE members provide critical financial, educational, and business support services to small and growing businesses (SGBs) based on the conviction and evidence of the role of SGBs in job creation, stimulating long-term economic growth, and producing environmental and social benefits. Ultimately, we believe that SGBs can help lift countries out of poverty and form the basis of a better development paradigm.

Launched with 34 members in 2009, ANDE now has nearly 250 members that collectively operate in more than 150 countries. Members of ANDE include both for profit and nonprofit investment funds, capacity development providers, research and academic institutions, development finance institutions, foundations and corporations from around the world.

With a U.S. team primarily based in Washington, D.C. and a network of eight chapters across key developing economies in Africa, The Americas and Asia, the ANDE team works hard to support members globally and locally and supports strong ecosystems for entrepreneurial growth and impact through its membership activities and range of global and regional projects. ANDE develops unique initiatives to address systemic challenges and seize opportunities that can only be approached through collective action.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

Day to day work involves a wide variety of tasks. Each day will be different, but this role will provide exposure to a wide variety of experience and topic areas throughout the small and growing business sector in developing countries. From organizing roundtables on the role of Development Finance Institutions in providing early stage capital for small businesses to building learning journeys for Entrepreneurship Support Organizations to implement evidence based best practices, to designing sector research on the impact investing landscape, ANDE’s work touches a broad spectrum of subjects and stakeholders. This role requires some established expertise in at least one relevant area and a curiosity and eagerness to learn the rest.

This role is part of the Leadership Team and oversees the crucial function of building the capacity of a Global team of 40 to implement grant funded projects successfully across our global footprint at various levels of complexity. From single country projects that last six months to global multi-year initiatives across all of our 8 regions, ANDE staff need to have the tools, processes and guidance to achieve their project deliverables, manage their budgets effectively, and make sure projects are tailored to serve ANDE network members well. The successful candidate will be able to draw from years of experience directly managing large scale projects and also be an effective mentor, trainer and partner to less experienced staff to learn by doing.

This role will directly supervise all 100% project funded roles (fluctuates between 3-5 staff currently) and