Social Impact Analyst, Pathway Lending

Who: Pathway Lending

What: Working under the policy direction of Pathway Lending and under the general supervision of the SVP Communications & Policy, this position provides support in administrative areas.  This will include assisting with  Pathway Lending’s reporting and analytics infrastructure to create solutions that deliver internal and external stakeholders information needed to advance economic development activities in underbanked communities.

Narrative Impact Analyst - Race Forward (Oakland or NYC) (2 year fellowship)

Who: Race Forward’s mission is to build awareness, solutions, and leadership for racial justice by generating transformative ideas, information, and experiences. We define racial justice as the systematic fair treatment of people of all races, resulting in equitable opportunities and outcomes for all, and we work to advance racial justice through media, research, and leadership development. Race Forward publishes the daily news site Colorlines and presents Facing Race, the country’s largest multiracial conference on racial justice.

What: The Narrative Impact Analyst will provide strategic support to the organization’s efforts to amplify and innovatively measure the impact of the varied racial justice narrative programs of both Race Forward and allied/client organizations. As a member of the organization’s Impact Planning and Evaluation Core Team, the analyst will work under the supervision of the Vice President of Research and alongside staff from Research, Development, and the Narrative and Communications Program (which oversees the daily racial justice news site Colorlines). They will contribute to and build upon organizational content analysis practice and other impact evaluation methods for narrative change campaigns and journalism.

Senior Analyst, National Community Investment Fund - Chicago, IL

National Community Investment Fund

Job Title: Senior Analyst

Reports to: Chief Executive

National Community Investment Fund (NCIF; www.ncif.org) is a non-profit fund set up in 1996  to invest capital into CDFI, minority and mission-oriented banks and other financial institutions  around the country that increase access to responsible financial products and services in underserved communities. It is currently the largest investor in the mission-oriented banking industry, with investments in 15% of all certified CDFI banks.

NCIF is looking for a senior analyst to become a part of an entrepreneurial team in building our business. Specific responsibilities will include:

Social Performance Metrics and Research

1. Support implementation the NCIF Impact Plan around
(a) data collection (building a comprehensive Impact Database)
(b) data analysis and conversion to actionable “information” for lending and investing activities,
(c) scorecards/ratings/indexes as appropriate,
(d) publications and
(e) outreach/communications to NCIF stakeholders

2. Collect, analyze and evaluate social impact metrics, loan origination (HMDA, commercial real estate, small business and other lending), branch location and other impact data to calculate the social impact of banks in the NCIF Network;

3. Recommend enhancements to NCIF Social Performance Metrics, data collection and assessment tools, data collection methodologies;

4. Assist in the production of publications that “Tell the Story of CDFI Banking” including NCIF’s Development Impact Dashboards and Impact Stories;

5. Assist in standardizing impact measurement for the CDFI Banking industry and for the Impact Investing community; evaluate partnerships with other tools like PolicyMap and IRIS for this purpose; and

6. Support the development of the CDFI/mission-oriented banking industry via the development of industry research reports.


• Passion for community development and for improving lives of underserved

• Graduate degree in a public policy, economics or business with at least 1-3 years of work experience in financial analysis and research methods; *

• Advanced quantitative and qualitative research skills;

• Proven writing skills, with an ability to translate data into a compelling story

• Familiarity with CDFI and minority banking or lending to /investing in CDFIs

• Quantitatively inclined;

• MS Office, SQL (or other database), SPSS/STATA and/or GIS skills strongly preferred;

• Energy, flexibility and drive to work in an entrepreneurial organization

• Resident in Chicago or willing to relocate.

**Candidates with undergraduate degrees may be considered if they have extensive and highly
relevant work experience in research methods, financial analysis and community development finance

To apply, please send a resume, cover letter and writing sample to Lara Pawlak at

lpawlak@ncif.org. Resumes without a cover letter and writing sample will not be considered.

NCIF is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal treatment and opportunity to all

persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status

or sexual orientation except where such distinction is required by law.

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE, NYU Wagner - New York City, NY

Faculty Search Announcement: ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE
(MANAGEMENT) NYU Wagner
The Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University seeks to hire a tenure-track faculty member in Management to begin in fall 2016. We expect to hire at the rank of Assistant Professor, but have the ability to hire at the associate level. Applicants should have a strong interest in research on management and/or organizations in arenas that create social impact. These may include public or nonprofit agencies, hybrid, quasi- governmental, and philanthropic institutions, as well as networks and partnerships where the public, private and nonprofit sectors intersect. We are particularly interested in candidates with an established research record. Applicants should be interested in teaching graduate management courses, particularly in the areas of strategic management, organizational behavior, performance measurement and management, or policy implementation. Applicants must have or expect to receive a PhD in a field related to management and organizations before taking up this position.

NYU Wagner emphasizes the study of organizations and management and their intersection with public policy at the local, regional, national, and international levels. Current full-time Management faculty have diverse intellectual backgrounds, including organizational behavior, organization studies, sociology, political science, health management, and public and nonprofit management. Wagner faculty members collaborate with other schools and departments across the university, including the Stern School of Business, the Steinhardt School of Education, Sociology Department, and the College of Global Public Health.

Candidates should complete the application and submit their CV, cover letter, statement of research and teaching interests, up to 3 representative manuscripts and contact information for three references via our online system at http://wagner.nyu.edu/faculty/search/management. Screening of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until October 31, 2015.

NYU Wagner is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and is strongly committed to diversity within its community.