Join Our Team!
Invest Appalachia (IA) is growing our team! In 2025, we’re excited to transition several key roles from contracted positions to full-time team members, marking an important step in our growth.
We’re seeking talented individuals to join us in advancing our mission. Two roles – a Director of Investment and an Investment Associate – will be dedicated to the management of the Invest Appalachia Fund and driving our investment strategy. A third role – a Strategic Communications Manager – will be focused on strengthening external communications about IA’s work and partners, as well as internal communications systems.
IA offers a competitive salary and benefits, including health insurance, PTO, and professional development opportunities. Candidates with a strong commitment to community-driven development and a passion for economic revitalization in the region are encouraged to apply.
Please see a summary for each of the positions below, as well as links to the detailed position descriptions.
Background on Investment Management Roles
The Director of Investment and Investment Associate positions will gradually take on responsibilities currently managed under our sub-advisor contract with Locus Impact. Since 2021, Locus has partnered with IA to provide key technical capacity that allowed us to design, structure, and launch the IA Fund in an accelerated startup phase. Following the IA Fund’s launch in 2022, Locus has provided core portfolio management, pipeline coordination, due diligence management, and contractor oversight functions, helping us to streamline and standardize operations.
Now, with the successful completion of the IA Fund capital raise earlier in 2024, Invest Appalachia is ready to bring these critical fund management functions in-house in 2025 through the addition of two full-time investment management positions. Locus will support IA’s hiring and onboarding process for these positions and work to ensure a smooth transition in IA Fund operations and relations with clients, partners, and investors, providing support on an as-needed basis thereafter.
This milestone reflects the strength of IA and Locus’s transformational partnership and the significant progress we’ve achieved together. We will continue working together to advance our aligned missions, including with the addition of Deb Markley, Locus Executive Director of Community and Sector Partnerships, to the IA Board of Directors.
Director of Investment
IA is seeking a strategic and experienced Director of Investment to lead and manage IA’s investment activities within Central Appalachia. This key role involves overseeing investment pipeline, structuring loans, managing underwriting, maintaining portfolio balance, and ensuring compliance for IA’s investment efforts, including overall management of the Invest Appalachia Fund. The Director will also be responsible for forecasting financial outcomes, presenting insights to stakeholders, and developing new investment vehicles to support equitable economic development in the region.
The ideal candidate will have significant experience in investment management, financial analysis, and compliance, with a strong commitment to community-driven development. Leadership skills, creativity in structuring investment deals, and an ability to collaborate in a remote, dynamic team are essential. Applicants should have an understanding of Central Appalachia’s economic landscape, with knowledge in community development sectors like clean energy, health, and affordable housing.
This is a full-time remote position ideally based in Central Appalachia, with occasional travel. For more details on the role and how to apply, please see the full job announcement here.
Deadline to apply: January 27, 2025
Investment Associate
IA is looking for a detail-oriented and self-motivated Investment Associate to support its impact investment efforts in Central Appalachia. This role involves assisting with the investment process for the IA Fund and other investment programs, including engaging with prospective clients and investment partners, gathering loan application information, conducting due diligence, preparing investment memos, ensuring data accuracy, and maintaining investment records.
The ideal candidate will have experience in community lending and impact investment, strong organizational skills, and a commitment to fostering equitable economic development in the region. This position will be the primary point of contact with potential investment clients, and will work closely with IA’s investment management team, supporting the IA Fund and other investment activities.
This is a full-time remote position preferably based in Central Appalachia with occasional travel. For more details on the position and application process, please see the full job announcement here.
Deadline to apply: January 27, 2025
Strategic Communications Manager
IA is hiring a Strategic Communications Manager to enhance both internal and external communications, supporting the organization’s mission to drive economic transformation in Central Appalachia. This role involves creating and executing communication strategies to amplify IA’s initiatives, manage press coverage, social media and digital content, and promote empowering stories and narratives around community-driven investment and development. The manager will also play a key role in fostering internal communications to engage staff, board members, and partners, ensuring smooth information flow and collaboration within the remote team.
The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, content creation expertise, and experience in digital marketing, media relations, and brand management.
This is a full-time remote position preferably based in Central Appalachia with occasional travel. For more details on the position and application process, please see the full job announcement here.
Deadline to apply: January 17, 2025
