Climate Finance Expert
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Climate finance experts advising Ghanaian institutions on MSME financing, guarantees, and risk-sharing products. Supporting sustainable access to development finance and climate-aligned financial instruments.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical and advisory support for designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating financial instruments and capacity-strengthening activities to improve MSME access to finance
- Provide technical expertise on Ghana's financial sector and its capacity to support MSMEs
- Assess needs, capabilities and constraints of banks, non-bank financial institutions, development finance institutions and other financial-sector actors
- Advise on approaches to improving MSME access to finance, including in underserved and climate-relevant sectors
- Support engagement and coordination with financial institutions and stakeholders in Ghana
- Support the design and development of climate-aligned credit guarantee products and risk-sharing mechanisms
- Assess market demand, financial institution requirements and potential MSME beneficiary segments
- Advise on alignment of guarantee products with Ghanaian regulations, climate priorities and market conditions
- Support development of product structures, eligibility criteria, operational procedures and monitoring frameworks
- Support adoption and implementation of climate-aligned financial products
- Design, structure, implement and manage credit guarantee schemes and risk-sharing facilities for bank loan portfolios
- Monitor, evaluate and manage risks associated with wholesale credit lines and guarantee portfolios
- Provide expertise on Ghana's financial-sector regulatory environment and institutional landscape
- Advise on national regulations, policies, guidelines and market practices affecting financial institutions, MSME finance, guarantees and development finance
- Map and engage public- and private-sector stakeholders, including regulators, financial institutions, government agencies, business associations and development partners
- Provide expertise on Ghanaian environmental and social legislation, regulations, standards and safeguards
- Integrate environmental and social risk considerations into financial products, guarantee mechanisms and portfolio monitoring systems
- Advise financial institutions on environmental and social safeguards and risk-management procedures
- Advise Ghanaian stakeholders on development-finance opportunities, financing sources and instruments
- Provide guidance on mobilising capital, improving access to local and international financing, and accessing Ghanaian and regional capital markets
- Prepare recommendations, financing strategies and stakeholder-engagement approaches
Requirements:
- Ghanaian national
- Advanced university degree in Finance, Economics, Banking, Business Administration, Development Finance, Public Policy or another relevant field
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in the financial sector, development finance, banking, MSME finance, credit, guarantees or related fields
- Experience working with financial institutions in Ghana, including banks, non-bank financial institutions, development finance institutions or other relevant financial sector entities
- Experience supporting MSME access to finance and/or MSME lending programmes in Ghana
- Experience designing, implementing, managing or evaluating credit guarantee schemes, risk-sharing facilities or similar financial instruments
- Experience monitoring and evaluating credit and/or guarantee portfolios, preferably under projects financed or supported by IFIs, MDBs or other development finance partners
- Experience conducting training needs assessments and designing and delivering capacity-strengthening programmes for financial institutions
- Strong knowledge of the Ghanaian financial sector, including relevant regulations, institutions, market dynamics and stakeholder landscape
- Good knowledge of Ghanaian environmental and social legislation and safeguards applicable to investment, lending and financial sector activities
- Excellent analytical, report-writing, stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Fluency in English required
- Knowledge of relevant Ghanaian languages is an advantage
- Climate finance or climate-aligned financial product development experience highly desirable
- Experience advising on access to development finance, blended finance, guarantee instruments and/or capital markets is an advantage
- Familiarity with IFI and MDB requirements, standards and operating practices highly desirable
Benefits:
- Fixed-term engagement contingent on the successful outcome of a bid for an upcoming Climate Finance project
- Opportunity to work with an international development consultancy
- Work contributing to sustainable policy change and impactful public policy
- Environment that welcomes ambition, creativity and passion for positive change
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion
- Rolling review and interviews
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