General Position Summary
Mercy Corps is currently seeking an Investment
Manager for Regional Livestock Program (RLP) who will lead the
management of Enterprise Investment, a matching grant facility that will
support enterprises to address underlying key constraints, facilities access to
finance to support the private engagement and promote investment. The
Investment Manager is responsible for the overall leadership and management
co-investment interventions including developing privates sector engagement
mechanisms/procedures and best practices for the promotions of investments in
the livestock industry in the RLP targeted areas. The Investment Manager will
lead establishment of processes and implementation of the intervention as per
investment Fund manual. They are responsible to coordinate with the project
team in designing call for proposals/Application, selection of the most viable
investment ideas and its execution; and introduce innovative ideas and
approaches to enhance financial inclusion for livestock related business. Working
closely with the Mercy Corps RLP program implementing country finance team and
RLP program contracts and compliance Manager and other teams, the Investment
manager will be responsible to ensure the co-investment interventions are
following RLP Donor’s regulations. They will monitor performance and provide
timely reports to ensure that financial resources are used effectively and
efficiently. The investment Manager will be guided by the principles of
transparent and competitive allocation of funds, strict management guidelines,
and support for public, private or community actors and organizations of all
sizes. S/He will coordinate closely with the Monitoring and Results
Measurement Manager, contracts and Compliance Senior Manager, Country program
managers, Sr. Women Economic Empowerment Advisors and other RLP team in
intervention designing, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, accountability,
and learning systems to demonstrate impact, while sharing learning across our
team and partners.
Essential Job Responsibilities
Take the overall technical lead on management of the
co-investment fund and private sector interventions to meet the intended
project goal and catalyze investment in target areas.
Lead the design and development of process and
guidelines for successful management of investment funds based on Mercy Corps
global best practices and in compliance with RLP donor’s regulations.
Understand the key elements of a successful
investment and develop tactical and strategic plans to enhance the investment
in the livestock industries in the program targeted area.
Ensure that the Investment fund supports activities
across the key sectors that the project is targeting and does not crowd out
financial markets and actors, rather helps them to flourish.
Specific Job Functions
Work closely with the project team to conduct
research and assessment to identify potential private sector, public and
community managed entities for partnership.
Organize and conduct multi-stakeholder platforms to
disseminate Regional Livestock Program (RLP) Investment Fund opportunities to
potential partners to stimulate changes.
Develop tracking systems to ensure all documentation
is appropriately disseminated and managed.
Lead the process of the private sector engagement
including leading carrying out of due diligence on companies/
business.
Liaison with the project and finance team to provide
support on strengthening partner skills in financial management, program
reporting and other administration process.
Ensure all components of the Investment fund are
compliant with RLP donors and MC regulations.
Responsible for all administrative issues related to
the investment fund including monitoring, tracking financial and program
reports.
Propose strategies for building resilience and
improving market system performance, including making business strategies more
inclusive and beneficial to enterprise productivity through investment fund.
Support development of learning platform related to
innovation and investment to be utilized throughout the life of program.
Security
Ensure compliance with security procedures and
policies as determined by country leadership.
Proactively ensure that team members operate in a
secure environment and are aware of policies.
Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all
efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants,
community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding
international relief and development work. We are committed to actively
engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring, and
evaluation of our field projects.
Supervisory Responsibility: No direct reports but financially oversee private
sector engagement officers.
Accountability
Reports Directly To: Deputy Director/technical lead- Regional Livestock
Program
Works Directly With:
Regional Livestock Program Managers (Ethiopia, Kenya,
and Somalia),
Monitoring & Results Measurement
Manager,
Reginal Livestock Program Contracts & Compliance
Senior Manager,
Regional Livestock Program Women Economic Empowerment
Advisor
Regional Livestock Program Senior
Officers/specialists,
Mercy Corps Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia country
offices grant and compliance coordinators/managers.
Mercy Corps Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia Financial
Inclusion team members
Knowledge and Experience
Masters’ degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics,
or Business Administration, or Bachelors’ degree with significant additional
experience.
Minimum 7 years of experience in enterprise
development; investment management; and working in partnership with private
sector actors.
Good understanding on Markets Systems Development
(Making Markets Work for the poor-M4P) approach and facilitation including
coaching/mentorship, relationship building, communicating, open and willing to
work on new initiatives.
Good understanding of private sector engagement and
investment process is essential.
Demonstrated experience in the financial sector and
in financial inclusion for the private sectors.
Proven skills in strategic planning, assessment, and
business developments
Demonstrated experience and ability to represent the
organization and negotiate with a diverse range of market actors professionally
and appropriately.
Demonstrated understanding of complex developmental
and transitional contexts, particularly in a resilience context, preferred.
Excellent verbal and written communication.
Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to
follow procedures, meet deadlines and work both independently and cooperatively
with team members.
Experience of working on different donor funded
programs preferred.
Fluency in spoken and written English required.
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