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The AECF provides catalytic funding in the form of repayable and non-repayable grants to businesses that would not otherwise have access to adequate financing.
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Ref Number: AECF/Portfolio 2/2020
About Kakuma Kalobeyei Challenge Fund (KKCF)
The KKCF is a competitive financing mechanism for disbursing donor funding to incentivize for-profit companies, social enterprises, and local and refugee entrepreneurs to start or scale existing operations in the Kakuma-Kalobeyei area. Attracting the private sector to the area and supporting local entrepreneurs has the potential to expand job opportunities, improve services, provide more choice, and reduce prices. In turn, this could enhance the self-reliance and socioeconomic integration of both refugee and host communities, while also contributing to the development of Turkana County.
KKCF is a program of International Finance Corporation (IFC) and AECF is the implementing partner.
Job Summary:
The Project Officer will be responsible for providing broad-based technical and grants management support to the task of selecting, managing and monitoring the AECF portfolio of projects.
The individual is expected to work flexibly and collegially in supporting the Programme Manager and other internal stakeholders, as well as in processing grants and maintaining the AECF grant database.
Key responsibilities
- Develop portfolio management plans, in line with the KKCF program and the overall AECF operational and technical management strategy.
- Work with the AECF competition team to execute competition activities, including marketing open windows, evaluating concept notes and business plans, conducting due diligence, supporting business plan development at the application stage and contracting selected companies.
- Carry out on-going portfolio management of selected companies, monitoring project implementation to achieve program goals. This will include reviewing investee reports and conducting regular site visits.
- With support from the AECF Impact Team, develop results measurement plans together with each investee company, supporting monitoring and evaluation activities at the investee level during implementation, to ensure quality impact reporting.
- Contribute to the identification of investees who require technical assistance and arrange to deliver services based on the AECF Technical Assistance and Learning service delivery framework.
- Manage the flow of grants, including disbursements and repayables, as well as program expenditure, against the program budget.
- Participate in assessing fiduciary risk and regularly updating risk registers.
- Ensure program compliance with all AECF and implementing partner policies and procedures, local laws and regulations that govern AECF.
- Contribute to the establishment of appropriate linkages with the relevant state/government departments, implementing partners, donors, private sector bodies, potential project partners and civil society.
- Contribute to the wider learning agenda of AECF (in liaison with Knowledge & Insight team), to further the institutional reputation and capability positioning of the Fund, have a wider systemic impact on the relevant market systems in Africa, and promote relevant advocacy efforts.
- Participate in the development of AECF periodic progress and impact reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Development Studies, Agricultural Economics, or other relevant fields of study.
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience in one or more of the following areas: finance,
- agribusiness, SME finance, rural financial services, renewable energy and adaptation to combat climate change and/or humanitarian sector.
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in financial and grants management, with the ability to review, analyse and interpret budgets, financial management systems; financial statements (including income and expenditure statements and cash reconciliation statements) and audit reports.
- Must possess excellent organizational and project management skills.
- A good understanding of the humanitarian sector and economic markets within this sector in Africa.
- An understanding of the operations of donors and international development organizations.
- Excellent analytical and communication skills with the ability to prepare proposals, reports and concept papers to a high level of proficiency.
- Excellent written and spoken English language is essential; knowledge of any local language (Kiswahili, Juba Arabic, Somali, Turkana) is an asset
The AECF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
If you believe, you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the relevant criteria for the role, please submit your application quoting the position and the ref number in the subject line the Job Title e.g “Communications Manager – AECF/CM/2020” and attach a detailed CV with the correct e-mail address and telephone contacts.
Kindly note that the call for applications will remain open until the position is filled. Address your application to: recruitment@aecfafrica.org.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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