Investment Leveraging Advisor

Company Description

SNV is a global development partner, deeply rooted in the countries where we operate. Driven by a vision of a better world where all people live with dignity and have equitable opportunities to thrive sustainably, SNV strengthens capacities and catalyses partnerships that transform agri-food, energy, and water systems. We help strengthen institutions and effective governance, reduce gender inequalities and barriers to social inclusion and enable adaptation and mitigation to the climate and biodiversity crises.

With 60 years of experience and a team of approximately 1,600 people, we support our partners in more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia, tailoring our approaches to different contexts to achieve large-scale impact and create more equitable lives for all.

Our core values of people-centeredness and respect, equity and equality, and diversity and inclusion, are fundamental to who we are, and what we do. This is reflected in our vision and mission, and strategy, which sets out our aspirations and commitments as our compass towards 2030.

Job Description

We are currently looking for an:

Investment Leveraging Advisor
SNV Global Office in The Hague, Netherlands, or any of the SoC country offices (Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia)
Full-time / National contract / Reporting to Strategic Partnerships Lead

We're looking for you if you're 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 agri-food 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 medium-sized enterprises – to adopt regenerative practices powered by renewable energy. To reach this ambitious goal we seek to build a network of like-minded 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 co-invest €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: Practice-based learning and evidence, LINK: Action-oriented 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 agri-food 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 RA-PURE nexus as part of SNV's programming. For example, by organizing funder roundtables and presenting investment propositions and concept notes on RA-PURE nexus topics.

• Together with country teams and partners, the Investment Leveraging Advisor will co-create 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 SNV's Global Partnerships and Business Development team.

Become a key player in SNV's Strategic Partnership team, identifying funding opportunities and building a robust investment leverage pipeline at regional and national levels—join 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 partnership-building within international development sectors, including NGOs and multinational corporations. You have sector knowledge in agri-food and energy, with a demonstrated understanding of climate issues and RA-PURE nexus thinking. A post-graduate degree in a relevant field such as Development Studies, Economics, Business Management, International Relations, or one of SNV’s sectors or core themes is required. Excellent proficiency in English is also essential.

What you bring
To excel in this role, you should have in-depth knowledge of international development aid structures and experience in securing funding from both traditional and non-traditional 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.