Responsibilities include:
• Lead efforts to mobilize private sector investments across the agriculture, trade, apparel, climate finance for adaptation/mobilization, WASH, and other high-impact sectors • Manage investor relations. Build and maintain strong partnerships with the private sector • Oversee activities to support financial institutions in increasing the availability of custom products in order to address financing needs of SMEs and rural farming communities • Recommend technical assistance for capital-seeking businesses and link with services providers that can strengthen the company’s management and operational activities to facilitate growth and investment • Provide advisory support to businesses • Work with the COP and Regulatory and Policy Team Lead to identify trends in regulatory constraints in the transaction cycle, as well as lessons learned to improve policy reform • Seek out and actively engage local firms dedicated to inclusivity and innovation, deliberately ensuring interventions benefit underrepresented groups and apply a gender equity and social inclusion lens to investments • Other duties as assigned
Qualification Required & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, business administration, or a related field required • Minimum 7 years of experience identifying and mobilizing private sector investments • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders, including investors, financiers, and the private sector • Experience designing investment promotion campaigns, conducting outreach programs, and engaging in investment forums in key sectors • Proven ability to collaborate with government officials, international donors, and other?local partners. Experience with multi-sectoral programs that address agriculture, climate mitigation and adaptation, trade, apparel, WASH, renewable energy, or a combination of the above • Experience working in West Africa, preferably in Ghana • Experience with USAID programming highly preferred • Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills • Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity • Fluency in English required. Proficiency in at Twi or another local language highly desired
Location: Accra

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Closing Date: 22 January, 2025