Senior Strategic Partnerships Officer at Trade and Development Bank (TDB)

Job Summary

Reporting to the TDF Executive Director, the Senior Strategic Partnerships Officer role is primarily responsible for establishing strategic funding partnerships in line with the Trade and Development Fund resource mobilization, planning, preparing and implementing international relations programs; managing development funders interest within TDB Group and other stakeholder engagements; liaising with other multilateral development banks, international institutions together with the TDF Executive Director as well as representing the TDB Group at donor/fund partner global events/meetings.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Strategic Partnerships Officer performs the following duties:

• Draft a comprehensive resource mobilization strategy including a detailed document outlining the approach to securing concessional finance.
• Develop a mapping of donor priorities and interest.
• Establishing important strategic funding partner relationships aligned to the TDF purpose, targeting a wide range of donor/funding partner groups, including impact investors, donors, foundations, philanthropists, concessional funders of debt, technical assistance, and trust funds.
• Working closely with the TDF Executive Director, lead fundraising efforts with multilateral and bilateral investors/funding partners for strategic TDF specialized offerings.
• Map donor trends, patterns, and platforms to seek new financing for TDF instruments.
• Manage existing bilateral and multilateral partnerships with priority fund partners in TDB Member States.
• Collaborate with the TDF fundraising team and generate high-quality concept notes and financing proposals.
• Represent TDF at a strategic donor and fund partner meetings and consultations for global development finance institutions.
• Support the work of External Affairs bodies e.g. International Development Finance Club (IDFC) on strategic projects and major policy issues, including stakeholder mapping, new country research and assessment of the impact of new policies and regulations on the Bank's strategy.
• Produce budgetary proposals, implementation plans and project updates.

Duty Station

The duty station is Nairobi, Kenya.

Qualifications and Competencies

• A Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, or Finance or relevant field from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience and proven track record in resource mobilisation as well as building strategic partnerships, with at least 8 years' experience in fundraising in a development finance organisation.
• A track record of success in building donor/fund partner relationships and networks with international/multilateral organisations.
• Excellent knowledge of the donor/fund partner environment and of current donor/funding trends.
• Good understanding of MDB reforms and financial global systems.
• Key competencies required for the role include: (i) excellent resource mobilisation skills with strong financial acumen, (ii) excellent written verbal communication skills, (iii) excellent coordination and interpersonal skills, (iv) excellent relationship-building skills, (v) cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Fluency in English is a requirement, and knowledge of another official language of TDB Group's member states (French or Portuguese) would be an added advantage.