Senior Engagement Manager: Inclusive Finance
Genesis Analytics
- South Africa
- Permanent
- Part-time
Immerse yourself in a challenging yet rewarding atmosphere that fosters continuous learning and growth.
Experience the satisfaction of creating meaningful impact as a part of dedicated and talented teams.Unlock Value on a Global Scale
Partner with actors from the public, private and donor sectors to work on real problems with the aim of making a positive difference
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Benefit from structured training programs, regular feedback and clear pathways for advancing your career.As the Engagement Manager/Senior Engagement Manager for inclusive finance you will:
- support the role we play as the Learning Partner for a large Pan-African gender lens investment fund to:
- Support the capturing and curation of learnings to test hypotheses, gain insights, and a dyapt.
- Support performance measurement for the Fund.
- Lead special convenings such as annual partner learning forums to share learnings.
- Implement and participate in the design of key strategies, plans and approaches related to the Fund.
- Be a key thought partner to the various consortium partners in support of the vision and execution of the Fund’s mandate.
- Drive critical conversations required to enable accountability for the Fund’s progress, achievements, and use of learnings.
- Support the implementation, learning and knowledge management of the Pan-African gender lens investment fund.
- Manage interactions with diverse stakeholders, including business leaders, executives, high-level policymakers, implementing partners, communities and impact populations to develop and implement gender-responsive strategies, policies, and programmes.
- Supervise, nurture, train and mentor junior consultants.
- Contribute towards industry developments and communities of practice.
- Strong academic background – Minimum of a Master's Degree in an analytical field of study.
- A minimum of 8 years of work experience is required.
- Experience within the impact investing space is required, with relevant experience in gender-lens investing.
- Prior experience working with foundations, bilateral donors, multilateral agencies, DFIs, and impact investors is an advantage.
- Understand the challenges of access to capital, impact investments and SMEs in Africa and a strong commitment to transforming how finance and capital markets contribute towards economic inclusion and economic development.
- Experience in strategic management and coordination of learning, performance measurement, and knowledge mobilization.
- Managerial experience with diverse and multicultural teams, including in hybrid and fully virtual work environments.
- Intellectual curiosity, strong research, analytical and lateral thought processes, excellent attention to detail.
- An expert problem solver who is quick to adapt to changing realities, is client-oriented, works efficiently against client and deliverable deadlines, and is focused on quality and timeliness.
- Ability to balance work pressures and energise teams in a productive manner.
- Willingness and ability to travel nationally and internationally.
- Advanced digital literacy, including competence using Microsoft Suite and Google Suite applications. Excellent English communication and writing skills.
- Ability to communicate at all levels. Proficiency in other languages is an advantage.