Social Impact Manager

🌍 We're Hiring: Social Impact Manager📍 Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time💼 Experience Level: Mid-Level to Senior🌐 Work Arrangement: Fully RemoteAbout UsWe are a mission-driven organization committed to creating measurable and sustainable social impact through strategic programs, responsible investment, cross-sector partnerships, community engagement, and evidence-based decision-making.Our distributed teams collaborate across Social Impact, Community Impact, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, ESG, Philanthropy, Foundation Management, Government Relations, Public Policy, Communications, Research, Finance, Legal, Operations, Nonprofit Organizations, Government Entities, Strategic Partners, and Executive Leadership to design and deliver initiatives that address complex social challenges and generate meaningful long-term outcomes.The RoleWe are seeking an experienced and strategic Social Impact Manager to lead the development, implementation, measurement, and continuous improvement of social-impact strategies and programs.The ideal candidate will identify priority social issues, develop evidence-based initiatives, build strategic partnerships, manage impact portfolios, measure outcomes, and provide insights that enable the organization to maximize its positive social contribution.Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop and implement the organization's social-impact strategy, framework, priorities, programs, and annual action plans.Align social-impact initiatives with organizational strategy, mission, values, stakeholder expectations, community needs, and relevant sustainability objectives.Conduct research, social needs assessments, stakeholder analysis, landscape reviews, and benchmarking to identify priority areas for impact.Analyze social, economic, environmental, educational, healthcare, employment, community, cultural, and other relevant trends to identify emerging challenges and opportunities.Translate identified social needs and strategic priorities into practical programs, initiatives, partnerships, funding mechanisms, and measurable outcomes.Develop theories of change, logic models, impact frameworks, program objectives, outcome indicators, and measurement methodologies.Manage social-impact programs throughout their lifecycle, from research and design through implementation, monitoring, evaluation, scaling, and closeout.Establish program scopes, target populations, implementation plans, milestones, budgets, deliverables, performance indicators, and impact targets.Build and maintain strategic relationships with nonprofit organizations, NGOs, foundations, social enterprises, government entities, educational institutions, research organizations, community groups, and other impact partners.Identify and evaluate potential partners based on strategic alignment, organizational capacity, program effectiveness, governance, financial sustainability, and potential impact.Conduct or coordinate organizational, financial, programmatic, governance, compliance, safeguarding, and reputational due diligence on potential partners.Develop strategic partnerships and collaborative initiatives designed to increase the reach, effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of social-impact programs.Coordinate cross-sector initiatives involving corporations, governments, nonprofits, communities, academia, and other stakeholders.Support the development of grants, donations, sponsorships, community investments, volunteering initiatives, and other mechanisms for delivering social impact.Collaborate with Philanthropy, Foundation Management, CSR, Grants, and Sustainability teams to align funding and social-impact strategies.Manage social-impact budgets, funding allocations, program expenditure, and resource requirements in coordination with Finance.Monitor program expenditure and ensure resources are deployed effectively against approved objectives and expected outcomes.Establish and maintain strong relationships with beneficiaries, community representatives, program participants, delivery partners, and other stakeholders.Design and implement stakeholder-engagement and beneficiary-participation strategies to ensure programs are informed by the needs and experiences of affected communities.Coordinate community consultations, focus groups, interviews, surveys, workshops, listening sessions, and other engagement activities.Ensure diverse stakeholder perspectives are appropriately incorporated into program design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.Establish social-impact measurement frameworks covering inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and longer-term impact.Ideal CandidateThe successful candidate should have experience in social impact, community development, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, ESG, philanthropy, foundation management, nonprofit management, public-sector programs, international development, impact investing, or strategic program management.Experience working with corporations, foundations, NGOs, government entities, social enterprises, educational institutions, research organizations, community organizations, or development institutions is highly advantageous.The candidate should demonstrate:Strong understanding of social impact, community development, social investment, nonprofit ecosystems, and outcome-focused program management.Proven experience designing, implementing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating social-impact programs.Strong ability to identify social needs and translate research and evidence into practical programs and strategic interventions.Experience developing theories of change, logic models, KPIs, outcome frameworks, impact indicators, and evaluation methodologies.Strong understanding of quantitative and qualitative impact measurement.Experience conducting or coordinating program evaluations, impact assessments, beneficiary research, surveys, and stakeholder consultations.Strong stakeholder-management and partnership-development capabilities.Experience working with nonprofits, government entities, community organizations, social enterprises, foundations, or other impact-focused organizations.Strong financial and resource-management capabilities, including program budgeting and funding utilization.Strong analytical and research capabilities with the ability to interpret complex social and program data.Strong strategic-thinking and problem-solving skills.Experience preparing impact reports, executive briefings, strategy papers, dashboards, presentations, case studies, and stakeholder communications.Strong understanding of CSR, ESG, sustainability, philanthropy, community investment, and responsible-business principles.Ability to manage multiple programs, partnerships, evaluations, budgets, stakeholders, and deadlines simultaneously.Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, collaboration, and influencing skills.Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.Familiarity with CRM, grants-management, project-management, data-analysis, impact-measurement, reporting, or ESG platforms.Ability to balance organizational priorities with community needs, beneficiary interests, partner capabilities, evidence, and measurable outcomes.Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic is highly advantageous for UAE and broader GCC social-impact initiatives.Ability to work independently in a fully remote and internationally distributed environment.High level of integrity, empathy, cultural awareness, discretion, accountability, and professional judgment.Strong strategic, analytical, research-oriented, stakeholder-focused, program-management, and impact-driven mindset.