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Investment Leveraging Advisor
SNV Global Office in The Hague Netherlands or any of the SoC country offices (Uganda Kenya Rwanda Ethiopia)
Fulltime / National contract / Reporting to Strategic Partnerships Lead
Were looking for you if youre a dynamic professional ready to leverage investments from public private and development funders to catalyse regenerative agriculture and renewable energy in East Africa!
Context of the position
SNV and partners aim to transform the agrifood system in Eastern Africa promoting and implementing Regenerative Agriculture (RA) and Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE). Although examples of success (and failures) in RA and PURE are emerging these are isolated and limited in scale and therefore function as islands of change. These successes (and failures) must be captured documented and shared for broader adoption to achieve seas of change.
The strategic partnership aims to utilise the learnings and evidence built with in particular smallholder farmers and small and mediumsized enterprises to adopt regenerative practices powered by renewable energy. To reach this ambitious goal we seek to build a network of likeminded partners at national regional and global level to institutionalize these ways of working and further embed them in policies and practices of government private sector knowledge institutes and civil society. We will actively engage private actors public actors and donors to coinvest 55 million to secure this transformation.The strategic partnership includes a portfolio of Seas of Change (SoC) country programmes in Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda and Uganda.
The programmes will have three intervention pathways of LEARN: Practicebased learning and evidence LINK: Actionoriented collaboration among system actors and LEVERAGE: Embedding ways of working in policies and practices. Through these pathways the strategic partnership seeks to facilitate a new way of working to achieve an integrated sustainable and resilient agrifood system powered by renewable energy.
Investment Leveraging Advisor your role
SNV is seeking a dynamic professional who can develop and guide an ambitious agenda to leverage investments from public private and development funders to catalyse nexus thinking on regenerative agriculture (RA) and productive use of renewable energy (PURE) in East Africa. In this role you are part of the Strategic Partnership team and will identify opportunities and build the investment leveraging pipeline both at regional and national level.
Your key responsibilities include:
The Investment Leveraging Advisor leads on developing and pitching investment opportunities in the RAPURE nexus as part of SNVs programming. For example by organizing funder roundtables and presenting investment propositions and concept notes on RAPURE nexus topics.
Together with country teams and partners the Investment Leveraging Advisor will cocreate investment propositions and concept notes via collaborative design processes. The Investment Leveraging Advisor facilitates and guides country teams and partners with their business development initiatives.
You will have an essential role in profiling and relations management with private public and development funders as well as with partners. You excel at networking across cultures and backgrounds to jointly extend the investment pipeline and accelerate impact.
You exercise independence and discretion. You interact and influence others without hierarchical relationships. The successful candidate will report to the Strategic Partnership Lead and will be part of a Strategic Partnership team. This team consists of a Knowledge & Learning Advisor a MEL Advisor a Communications Advisor and a finance officer. The team works closely with the Seas of Change country teams in Uganda Ethiopia Kenya and Rwanda. The Investment Leveraging Advisor will also closely collaborate with SNVs Global Partnerships and Business Development team.
Become a key player in SNVs Strategic Partnership team identifying funding opportunities and building a robust investment leverage pipeline at regional and national levelsjoin us to help shape a sustainable future!
Qualifications :
Your background
The successful candidate for this role will have over 5 years of experience in fundraising business development investment leveraging or partnershipbuilding within international development sectors including NGOs and multinational corporations. You have sector knowledge in agrifood and energy with a demonstrated understanding of climate issues and RAPURE nexus thinking.
A postgraduate degree in a relevant field such as Development Studies Economics Business Management International Relations or one of SNVs sectors or core themes is required. Excellent proficiency in English is also essential.
What you bring
To excel in this role you should have indepth knowledge of international development aid structures and experience in securing funding from both traditional and nontraditional sources. Your excellent networking skills will enable you to build and leverage a strong external network among diverse stakeholders with different cultures and backgrounds.
You should have a demonstrated ability to coordinate outstanding winning proposals and possess excellent pitching skills. As an enthusiastic professional with strong teamwork and management skills you will inspire and support diverse teams in developing effective funding propositions and concepts.
Additionally you have strong organizational and process management capabilities along with a willingness to travel to program and funder locations including international conferences are essential. Join us and make a significant impact!
Additional Information :
Working at SNV
SNV offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. We offer a challenging work environment opportunities to lead and innovate and a commitment to growing your skills in a fulfilling and diverse working environment. Our staff benefit from and contribute to an internal global network of experts.
SNV strives to be an inclusive employer thriving on the diversity of its people and does not discriminate on the basis of disability status religion ethnic origin gender and sexual orientation etc.
Additional we offer:
Contract Type: National contract Full time 40 hours per week). We offer this contract to national candidates in any of the countries where the program is implemented.
Contract Duration: 2 years with the possibility of extension
Expected Start Date: As soon as possible latest by June 2025
Information Duty Station: The Hague The Netherlands or any of the SoC country offices (Uganda Kenya Rwanda Ethiopia)
Travel: International travel required estimated at 20 of time annually
We highly encourage internal candidates to apply to this vacancy.
How to Apply
If you meet the requirements and are excited about this opportunity we would love to hear from you! Please submit your CV and a motivation letter via Smart Recruiters by 22 April 2025 to join our dedicated team at SNV. All information will be processed in the strictest confidence.
Reference & vetting check
At SNV we conduct thorough background and reference checks for all candidates applying for internationally determined positions with a strong focus on safeguarding. You will be asked to provide contact details for two individuals who can serve as references. Please note we will only contact your referees with your explicit permission.
As a participant in the InterAgency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme our reference checks also include a request to your previous employers to complete a Statement of Conduct questionnaire. This questionnaire addresses any instances of misconduct including sexual exploitation abuse or harassment in line with the Schemes definitions.
We do not appreciate thirdparty mediation based on this advertisement.
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