Associate Job in Kenya - Systemiq

What you’ll do

  • Help support or lead workstreams and deliver high-quality advisory support on public and development finance for climate and nature outcomes.
  • Develop structured analysis and synthesize complex information into client-ready materials (strategy decks, technical notes, briefing packs).
  • Drive development of sovereign financing strategies, including consideration of macroeconomic context, sovereign risk, debt sustainability and credit dynamics.
  • Help design, shape, and assess financing approaches and instruments, including concessional and blended finance, sustainability-linked bonds/loans, debt-for-climate/nature swaps, and risk-sharing structures.

  • Support stakeholder engagement across ministries, debt management offices, central banks, IFIs/DFIs, donors and private sector partners, including workshops and convenings.
  • Contribute to proposal development, thought leadership and knowledge building within the team.

Mindset, skills & experience

Essential

  • Degree/Masters – Economics/Finance/International Development especially welcome
  • 2–5+ years of relevant experience, for example in:
    • strategy consulting (sustainable finance focus)
    • international financial institutions (e.g., IMF, World Bank, AfDB),
    • central banks or debt management offices,
    • credit rating agencies,
    • sovereign research / strategy teams,
    • finance ministries or public finance roles,
    • development finance / advisory roles with strong sovereign finance exposure.
  • Familiarity with the sovereign financing landscape, including concessional finance, blended finance and/or climate and nature instruments e.g. sustainability-linked bonds/loans, debt-for-climate/nature swaps etc.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical and research skills — able to synthesise complex material into clear, structured outputs.
  • Excellent communication in English (written and verbal), and demonstrated stakeholder engagement skills
  • Strong project discipline and ability to deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
  • Collaborative team player with an entrepreneurial mindset and strong mission alignment.

How to Apply

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