Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 08, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Impact Officer

Your Role and Responsibilities
While reporting to the Enterprise Development Manager, the Impact Officer will be responsible for integrating ESG & Impact considerations into the investment process, portfolio management, stakeholders relations and sustainability. You will work in liaison with the investment and enterprise development teams to;
• Conduct impact due diligence; analyse and articulate the development impacts for prospective investment deals.
• Provide technical assistance to portfolio companies in developing their impact frameworks, planning and reporting tools.
• Monitor over time how the performance of portfolio companies against their development impact goals and KPIs.
• Conduct site visits to validate investee impact
• Coordinate ESG assessments and support mainstreaming of best practice into KCV and portfolio businesses.
• Conduct exit analysis, document lessons and feed back for improved investment evaluation and portfolio management decisions/ practice.
• Collect data, analyse, and articulate the development impacts on portfolio level to support in improving the company’s Theory of Change and impact reporting.
• Coordinate impact studies and assessments in investment sectors and markets.
• Build investee’s capacity in understanding impact assumptions and calculating key impact metrics
• Support Communications Team to develop institutional and portfolio impact stories/ reports/articles.

Do you have what is takes?
For this role, the qualifications include;
• Relevant academic background with at least a bachelor’s degree in development, agricultural economics, sustainable energy, business management, social studies, engineering or statistics or related course.
• Masters degree in business administration, project management, is an added advantage.
• 5 - 8 years of professional experience, hopefully including responsible investments, impact measurements, evaluation processes or development finance. All knowledge of impact and climate investing terminology and tools is considered a merit.
• A strong business perspective, preferably from a financial institution or development financing institution. Experience with investments within the focus areas of renewable energy, water, commercial forestry, agribusiness and waste management.
• Experience with monitoring impact of climate lens, gender lens and/ or refugee lens investment.
• Outstanding organizational skills, including ability to set priorities, develop work plans towards multiple goals, monitor progress and track details on information and activities.
• Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills.
• Familiar with statistical tools for data analytics and presentation
• Must possess good understanding of SGBs financing and support, private sector.
• Must possess understanding of climate financing.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with a good aptitude for pro - active communication and transparency, patience and perseverance.
• Ability to influence and push the impact agenda internally and externally.
• Prefered work experience from Sub Saharan Africa.
• Full professional proficiency in English.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
Interested candidates are invited to send their up to date CV with their contact details, details of current and expected remuneration, the names of three referees and a cover letter demonstrating how you meet our requirements to hr@kcv.co.ke . The email subject should refer to the position being applied for. Closing date for applications is 30th July 2022. Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Kenya Climate Ventures is an equal opportunity employer.

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