Private Sector Investment Team Lead

Chemonics seeks a Private Sector Investment Team Lead for the anticipated USAID/Ghana Enhancing Trade and Finance activity (ETF). This five-year activity will mobilize finance and investment in targeted sectors of the Ghanaian economy – including, but not limited to, agriculture, climate mitigation and adaptation, trade, apparel, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), renewable energy sectors – and create jobs. The activity will ensure the development of a broad and diverse finance market which is able to meet financing needs of different business types through increased private sector investment. In addition, the activity will enhance trade by creating linkages to improved markets and empowering Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with growth potential to seize trade and investment opportunities and meet foreign market standards. This position will be based in Accra, Ghana. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

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
  
  

Qualifications

• 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
  
  

Application Instructions

Please apply by using this link: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/7f3ca1b9acb04dd0a4027e9d1fd08b17. Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2024. Early applications are strongly encouraged as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

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