The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change supports political leaders and governments to build open, inclusive and prosperous societies in a globalised world. We do this through developing policy and advising governments.
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Drive proactive engagement with deal owners/sector leads, investors and relevant ministries to understand deal context, requirements and barriers requiring unlocks
Coordinate and operationalise the deal lifecycle from triaging, structuring to clear hand-offs with deal owners
Apply standardised frameworks and tools to increase quality deals through evaluation, qualification and prioritisation.
Monitor and manage each deal’s movement through milestone levels and ensure clear hand-offs for investment implementation or closure.
Operational management and delivery
Supervise strategic deals managers and analysts providing guidance to ensure high-quality outputs supported by standard operating procedures, common user tracker, dashboards and tools.
Track performance using pre-agreed KPI’s, timelines and escalation protocols in alignment with the Director Deal Room role of secretariat to the Investment Committee.
Develop and lead pipeline intelligence function which supports decision making, investor dialogues, negotiation preparations and institutional performance reviews
Prepare requests and briefs for escalation and Issue resolution
Institutionalise learning by distilling insights from deal facilitation into reusable resources.
Build internal capacity through targeted mentorship, skills coaching and leadership of delivery routines to strengthen the team’s quality of execution.
Develop the green deals division sustainable resource mobilisation plan.
Strategic Coordination and Stakeholder engagement
Act as the primary point of contact and senior level champion for high-impact green deals
Build and maintain senior relationships with key actors in green investments and key touchpoints.
Set clear agenda and provide high-level troubleshooting to support institutional and inter-ministerial unlocks.
Strategically engage national, county governments, development partners, investors and Technical TBI expertise towards tailored deal support packages, policy and regulatory reforms, incentives, off-take agreements and co-investment structuring.
Generate key pipeline deal insights and identify key resources to achieve strategic impact.
Carry out relevant duties assigned by the Director Deal Room to advance strategic investments in collaboration with TBI.
Required Competencies
Experience in private sector leadership, especially in investment-heavy or project-financed environments, as well as regulatory experience and delivery track record
Hands-on experience in deal structuring
Familiarity with green investment and climate-aligned finance
Prior experience working in Kenya or East Africa is a strong advantage
Understanding of and working experience with the Government of Kenya