Fellowship - Impact

About the role#

The Impact Fellowship is a one-year, full-time, embedded role designed to provide early-career professionals with a crash course in mission-driven sustainability work. Fellows will be based at origin, rotating between projects and countries in cycles across Africa, Latin America, and South East Asia. This role offers on-the-job training, close mentorship, and exposure to the full arc of impact work, from research and design through to implementation and evaluation.

What you'll do#

• Support the identification, design, and delivery of interventions that improve outcomes for smallholder farmers and their communities.
• Research and analyze sustainability challenges, assess evidence, quantify potential impact, and support decision-making.
• Contribute to the planning and pilot design of initiatives and assist with partner engagement.
• Work in the field alongside farming communities, partners, and local teams to support program delivery.
• Monitor and evaluate results, track progress against objectives, and surface insights to inform future work.
• Collaborate across a multidisciplinary team including data, technology, operations, and field personnel.

What you'll need#

• An exceptional academic record and a degree in science, engineering, or a related quantitative field (e.g., Agriculture, Environmental Engineering, Data Science, Economics, Mathematics, or Public Health).
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data, including familiarity with basic statistics and the scientific method.
• Experience in fast-paced, multicultural, or independent settings.
• The ability to structure complex problems and communicate clearly in writing and conversation.
• A genuine motivation to alleviate poverty and a strong appetite for fieldwork.
• Language skills in areas of operation are considered an asset.
• Proficiency in R, Python, or similar tools is an advantage.

Location & details#

• This is a remote-first, full-time position.
• The fellowship involves significant fieldwork at project sites in Africa, Latin America, or South East Asia.
• Housing and travel to country team locations are provided.
• The position is paid.