Investment Lead
International Rescue Committee
- Kenya
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead operations for a pipeline of advisory model projects by coordinating directly with external investor partners to progress current projects.
- Develop and refine investment performance, impact, and risk monitoring plans including quantitative and qualitative analysis of investment projects.
- Lead communication with donors, philanthropists, and other NGO partners to meet implementation goals; present project findings externally to drive progress across sectors.
- Create technical decks, briefs, and other innovative finance materials to ensure internal and external partners are regularly briefed on progress, strengthen buy-in and accountability, and to support innovative finance external engagement.
- Continuously review the market for new financial models, including grants, blended revenue models, fees, and less orthodox models.
- Win new business and expand the pipeline of investment project opportunities through engagement of financial services network and investment pitch skills
- Work closely with IRC business development teams to socialize achievements of innovative finance and solicit new donor and philanthropist support for the practice.
- Prepare annual reports and documents according to contract requirements and coordinate response to donor, investor, and private philanthropist inquiries.
- Support management of Leadership Board debt swap working group including preparing technical presentations and organizing follow up.
- Support management of Airbel Advisory Board Innovative Finance working group, including leading technical research, designing new strategic approaches, and developing pilot outlines.
- Lead technical conversations and decision making with innovative finance advisors.
- Convene and lead meetings with investment project partners to develop strategy.
- Collect data on lessons learned and develop analyses for decision making, reporting, and pipeline development.
- Grow external advisor network.
- Manage internal systems to collect information and track deliverables across investment pipeline projects to increase buy-in for work internally and across sectors.
- Coordinate external investor partnerships to ensure projects progress in accordance with investor and donor contractual requirements.
- Guide the technical research and financial modeling of the Innovative Finance analyst.
- Lead coordination with IRC country program staff implementing innovative finance humanitarian-investor partnerships on the ground.
- Master’s degree in relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
- 6-8 years of professional experience in financial services, investor relations, or related field.
- Knowledge of government donor commercial contracts (PRM, DG ECHO) and compliance.
- Excellent digital literacy and ability to develop and understand financial models in Excel.
- Professional fluency in French is preferred, Arabic a plus.
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