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  • Posted: Jun 3, 2023
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    Created in 2012, FSD Africa is a £30 million financial sector development programme or 'FSD’ based in Nairobi. It is funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID). FSD Africa aims to reduce poverty across sub-Saharan Africa by building financial markets that are efficient, robust and inclusive.
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    Lead, Carbon Markets

    MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

    Thought Leadership & Strategy Development

    Provide the thought leadership to drive the identification, codification and execution of FSD Africa’s strategy to catalyse carbon market development in Africa.

    • Leveraging existing FSD Africa policy and industry partnerships, build insights into current priorities and opportunities for carbon market development across key public and private sector actors on the continent.
    • Working in close collaboration with all FSD Africa pillars, further elaborate and refine the current carbon market programme strategy to support the creation of a high-impact portfolio of activity. Undertake in-depth analysis of opportunities for driving increased gender equity and mitigating threats of greater inequity in carbon market activity and develop a clear action plan for gender intentionality across the collaborative programme.
    • Regularly review and periodically re-articulate the strategy in response to key developments in carbon markets globally and in Africa alongside learning generated through implementation.
    • Act as the focal point for carbon market knowledge, learning and development within FSD Africa Participate in key knowledge forums on carbon market developments in Africa and globally, liaising closely with FSD Africa’s knowledge partners (e.g. CAP-A and ACMI), ensuring that expertise and knowledge remains at the frontier.
    • Identify critical new activity areas, strategic partnerships and potential programme revisions, where necessary, commissioning targeted, high action impact research outside existing knowledge partnerships to support programme development.

    Project design & Implementation and Risk Management

    Support the effective implementation of a portfolio of projects and other interventions to deliver FSD Africa’s carbon market strategy.

    • Identify strategically relevant intervention opportunities for FSD Africa and directly support pillar teams in finding prospective intervention opportunities within pillar activity.
    • Lead or support (as appropriate) the design of carbon market projects or components, including the co-design of carbon-nature projects with the nature collaborative programme lead .
    • Lead or support (as appropriate) project implementation teams in the effective agile management of carbon market projects.
    • Lead the development of tools, methodologies and approaches to help guide teams in identifying opportunities, implementing good practice and maximising impact.
    • Support the design of results frameworks and the monitoring, results management, and learning for all projects, ensuring objective analysis of results and appropriate corrective actions as required to optimise impact and learning.

    Financial Management & Fundraising

    Oversee the financial management of the carbon market programme from budgeting and mobilising resources to ensuring programmatic value for money and financial integrity.

    • Further refine the existing carbon market programme budget to ensure alignment with programme strategy and oversee the tracking of all FSD Africa carbon market activity, enabling identification of total levels of investment and developmental returns
    • Develop funding propositions in line with prospective funder interests and build funding partnerships to allow expansion of the programme
    • Identify opportunities for experimentation, piloting or other activities to drive practical gender impact, working closely with and securing co-funding from the FSD Network gender collaborative programme.
    • Conceptualise how available funds and other resources can be best allocated to achieve optimum impact and value for money.
    • Ensure that the accountability requirements of donors are met and that good relationships with funders are maintained at all times.

    Influencing & Communicating for Impact

    Drive impact on carbon market development through effective influencing, advocacy and communications.

    • Map and build a strong network of supporting partnerships with African and global institutions working on carbon markets.
    • Work closely with FSD Africa’s communications team to ensure effective leverage of FSD Africa's core carbon work across all key stakeholders, including buyers, project developers, intermediaries and supporting service providers and policymakers and regulators.
    • Contribute to FSD Africa’s communication plan, including participating in key knowledge events, publishing relevant materials and building an online presence to communicate programme learning and act as FSD Africa’s public lead on carbon markets.
    • Undertake regular, action-oriented reporting on the carbon markets programme to key internal stakeholders (inc. pillar heads/Exco, CEO and Board) and external stakeholders (inc. FCDO and other funders)

    Team Leadership and Unit Management

    Lead the FSD Africa practice area in carbon markets and create an effective virtual execution team

    • Direct and oversee all aspects of FSD Africa’s carbon markets programme, including strategy refinement, work plan and budget design, and project implementation.
    • Regularly track the performance of the carbon market programme against the theory of change in collaboration with FSD Africa's development impact team, including developing targets and indicators to enable tracking of gender impact at an early stage
    • Manage direct reports and consultants towards high standards of performance through clear roles and responsibilities, ongoing feedback and appraisals (where relevant), and an engaging and motivational leadership style.
    • Initiate, co-ordinate and support an FSD Africa carbon market execution task group to support and track FSD Africa's portfolio of carbon-related projects and interventions.
    • Participate in relevant FSD Africa project steering committees and support task teams where there is a strong carbon market linkage.
    • Act as an internal consulting resource to FSD Africa’s team
    • Support the professional development of the wider FSD Africa team on carbon markets with regular forums, learning events (working with HR) and development of supporting materials.

    EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

    Qualifications and Education

    • Masters degree and 12 years of experience or Bachelors degree and 14 years of experience working carbon market initiatives.
    • Excellent skills in written and spoken English.

    Essential Experience, Knowledge, and Skills

    • At least eight years of experience working in green finance.
    • Track record working in relevant African markets
    • Demonstrated understanding of key policy issues relating to de-carbonisation and sustainable development
    • Experience in successfully influencing public and private sector leaders.
    • Senior management experience in a complex multi-stakeholder environment
    • Ability to manage diverse and complex project portfolios and large budgets.
    • Strong motivation to work on achieving development impact and net zero.

    Desirable

    • Experience working in a multicultural environment.
    • Previous experience working on donor-funded projects, ideally including FCDO
    • Fluency in relevant languages (such as French, Swahili and other widely spoken languages on the continent

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    Associate, Investments

    KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLE REQUIREMENTS

    Investment process

    Execution of the investment process, completing the necessary tasks in a timely and resourceful manner:

    • Data collection, analysis and quality assurance
    • Deal vetting, pipeline reporting, and preparation of investment proposals and documentation; includes proposal analysis and financial modelling
    • Deal monitoring and deal closing activities, i.e. supporting the Senior Investment Manager with legal documentation, closing off Conditions Precedent amongst other tasks related to deal closing.
    • Working on investment follow-ons, restructuring, and exits as required
    • Production of zero-error financial models and other quality investment outputs that require minimal review by the Senior Investment Manager.

    Market trend analysis

    Ensure the Senior Investment Manager have the market intelligence information to make decisions on investments, and to report on investee performance and market building impact:

    • Executing of FSDAi’s ESG, Safeguarding, Risk, and Valuation policies
    • Taking the lead on analysis to implement the policies
    • Producing high quality reports on policies for the investment team discussions and decisions

    Investee reporting and monitoring and stakeholder engagement

    Produce investee quarterly reports and engage with investee TA programme execution:

    • Analysing financial, impact, risk, and ESG performance
    • Actively engage in TA programme execution and monitoring, coordinating with FSDA teams and the FSD network
    • Working closely with IM, as required, in interventions to support potential investments, such as feasibility study, sector analysis or co-creating/ designing an investment approach with FSDA or a potential investee

    Team engagement

    Engage and work with Senior Investment Managers as well as analysts in ensuring efficient use of staff and financial resources. Show initiative in continuing to improve and build on operational processes and procedures, reporting, and team engagement. Deliver tasks in a timely manner.

    Carry out any other duties or special assignments as assigned by the Management.

    PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

    Qualifications and Education

    • Masters Degree with 3 years or Bachelors Degree with 4 year of relevant and practical work experience, working in investment banking, financial advisory, development finance, or private equity.

    Essential Experience, Knowledge, and Skills

    • Sound and proven financial modelling, valuation and investment analysis
    • Practical experience with ESG and risk monitoring
    • Practical experience with the design and execution of technical assistance
    • Practical experience with impact models in private investment
    • Good communication skills and in particular power point presentations
    • Enthusiastic, creative, ambitious, and willing to go the extra mile
    • Passion for, and track record of economic and social development in Africa.
    • Demonstrated experience working independently with minimal supervision and interest and commitment to international development.

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