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.

Applicants should send CV, along with a covering letter to Recruitment@energy4impact.org. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The deadline for applications is October 6 2017.

Apply via :

Recruitment@energy4impact.org