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Job Description VisionFund’s work seeks to end intergenerational poverty through financial products and services. We’re about the long-term change that ensures children can break free of the poverty cycle, for good. By supporting people and communities living in poverty to develop and grow their livelihoods, VisionFund is catalysing sustainable economic growth to break the cycle of poverty, so that children can reach their potential as communities thrive. Learn more about us: visionfund.org Overview VisionFund is World Vision’s microfinance provider serving vulnerable clients through loans, savings, and insurance. We enable families to grow their livelihoods in hard to reach, rural locations in 28 countries so that caregivers can create secure futures for their children. We believe in brighter futures for children; empowering families to create incomes and jobs; unlocking economic potential for communities to thrive. Join VisionFund as we seek to end intergenerational poverty through microfinance. VisionFund primarily focuses on rural clients and 40% of its 466m portfolio is in Agriculture. This new position is to provide technical support to agricultural finance provided by our [...]
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Technical Advisory The role will be the technical, communications and resource mobilisation lead on Agri, market systems and climate financing and the focal point internally and externally for the VisionFund network, using their industry knowledge to advise on best practice for the VFI network.
- Provide technical advice to VisionFund Operations and MicroFinance Institutions in the network on Agricultural, Market Systems and Climate industry best practices Take a leading role in VisionFund’s Internal Climate Financing working group, using their knowledge and experience to shape VisionFund strategy, products and positioning in the market.
- Represent VisionFund in technical working groups such as Environmental and Climate Action forums to communicate VisionFund strategy and brand visibility within the World Vision partnership.
- Resource Development Support resource development activities for Agricultural, Climate and Market systems, supporting on grant writing, review and donor positioning Provide technical advice and content in support of the design and writing of new and existing agricultural, market systems and climate finance grant applications Lead VisionFund efforts on positioning our work with agricultural, climate and market systems focussed donors and opportunities Lead efforts to leverage learnings on the implementation of CrediEnterprise in the THRIVE 2030 programme to obtain additional institutional funding Represent the Organization in technical grant calls and donor visits as needed.
- Establish a mechanism for tracking ESCA climate-finance engagements and opportunities.
- Provide technical advisory on the implementation of new and ongoing institutional funding on agri/climate or green/market systems in partnership with the RDM and Operations teams.
- Lead sector learning, evidence documentation and dissemination for VisionFund to support positioning and acquisition activities Operational Delivery Oversee implementation of CrediEnterprise as part of the THRIVE 2030 programme and other relevant agri, climate and market systems projects.
- Project manage implementation of CrediEnteprise- reaching THRIVE 2030 targets, working closely with MFI Country managers and World Vision field offices.
- Supervise rollout of the [...]
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