Managerial Role at Energy 4 Impact

Job Description

PURPOSE

The Capital Access Manager (CAM) oversees E4I’s work facilitating lending to micro-enterprises by financial institutions and suppliers in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Senegal, although this is likely to expand to more countries soon. The CAM manages a team of 5, allocates capital access funds, and is responsible for relevant policies, procedures, documents and reporting. The role is based at Energy 4 Impact’s regional headquarters in Nairobi and reports to the Director of Investment Advisory in London.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the Capital Access team of 5 persons across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda and support the team in Senegal as required.
• Manage Capital Access funds for lending and guarantees as required.
• Manage relationships with partner financial institutions, lenders and other providers of credit (e.g banks, lending groups, funds, foundations, family offices and companies).
• Manage the development and execution of strategies to support access to finance e.g. through capacity building at lenders/partner financial institutions, mentorship of companies and borrowers on capital access issues
• Manage development and maintenance of policies, procedures, documents and tools for use by the Capital Access Team and others in Energy 4 Impact programmes.
• Manage consultants, interns and students (e.g. selection, drawing up terms of reference, analyzing their work and output) carrying out research or reporting on capital access activities.
• Coordinate with internal teams (e.g. country managers, country teams, M&E, finance, plus local enterprise development teams) to implement Capital Access activities.
• Work closely with in-house M&E team to ensure expected results for Capital Access activities are measured and evaluated.
• Work closely with external stakeholders (e.g. lenders, programme partners, donor agencies) to manage Capital Access activities.
• Report to senior management, Board of Trustees and donors on Capital Access activities.