KCB Group
Banking + 2 more
Description
Requirements
- First degree in any relevant area, including but not limited to Development Finance, Economics, Public Policy, Business Administration, International Development, or related field. Possession of a Master’s degree in a relevant area will be added advantage.
- Minimum 8 years relevant experience in capital mobilization, development finance, partnerships, impact investment, or resource mobilization.
- Demonstrated track record of securing funding from international donors, foundations, or development finance institutions.
- Strong understanding of blended finance and catalytic capital mechanisms.
- Experience operating within financial institutions, development finance institutions (DFIs), impact investment organizations, or corporate foundation environments is preferred.
Responsibilities
Capital Mobilization Strategy
- Develop and implement a multi-year capital mobilization strategy aligned with the Foundation’s strategic plan.
- Translate institutional priorities into fundable and investable propositions.
- Build and maintain a diversified capital portfolio across grants, philanthropic funding, and catalytic finance sources.
- Ensure capital pursuits reinforce institutional mandate and delivery readiness.
Capital Origination and Deal Execution
- Identify, originate, and pursue capital opportunities with bilateral donors, multilateral institutions, foundations, and impact investors.
- Lead negotiations from opportunity identification through agreement execution.
- Secure new external capital aligned with Foundation priorities.
- Maintain ownership of capital pipelines and conversion of opportunities into signed funding agreements.
Strategic Partner Engagement
- Build and manage long-term relationships with development partners and capital providers.
- Position KCB Foundation within regional and global development finance ecosystems.
- Represent the Foundation in senior-level engagements with funding and financing partners.
Pipeline Management and Opportunity Development
- Establish structured systems for opportunity scanning, qualification, and tracking.
- Maintain a forward-looking capital pipeline with defined opportunity stages and value tracking.
- Coordinate internally to ensure funding opportunities are technically sound and institutionally aligned.
Capital Structuring and Innovation
- Support structuring of partnerships combining grants, technical assistance, and financing mechanisms.
- Support development of blended finance and catalytic capital structures in collaboration with KCB Bank and strategic partners.
- Contribute to innovative financing approaches that enable or catalyze the participation of commercial and concessional capital, in collaboration with regulated financial institutions and strategic partners.
Institutional Positioning
- Strengthen the Foundation’s positioning as a bank-anchored livelihoods platform.
- Develop investment-ready narratives translating program outcomes into capital propositions.
- Support thought leadership aligned with capital mobilization priorities.
Institutional Coordination
- Work closely with Programs, Partnerships, Finance, Strategy, and Communications teams to align capital mobilization with implementation capacity.
- Establish internal systems and processes that institutionalize capital mobilization beyond individual relationships.
- Reduce reliance on executive-led fundraising through structured institutional approaches.
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