Investment Specialist, NPSA10, Nairobi, Kenya, UNCDF [Open to internal and external applicants]

• Develop and manage a pipeline of investment initiatives aligned with UNCDF priorities and country programmes.
• Prepare concept notes, funding proposals, and project documents to advance investment initiatives.
• Identify and screen investment opportunities from various partners and coordinate market scans and requests for proposals.
• Lead the appraisal and execution of investment transactions including due diligence, financial analysis, risk assessments, and preparation of investment reports.
• Coordinate transaction structuring, legal documentation, and ensure conditions precedent are fulfilled through to disbursement.
• Build and maintain relationships with commercial banks, development finance institutions, impact investors, and other financing partners.
• Prepare presentations, briefing materials, and knowledge products; support stakeholder engagement and strategic communications.
• Contribute to policy briefs, resource mobilization, and provide technical inputs to programme design.
• Provide advisory services, organize training, and support knowledge management related to programme matters.

• Advanced university degree (master's or equivalent) in Economics, Finance, Business Administration or related field, or a bachelor's degree with an additional two years of qualifying experience.
• At least 5 years of experience with a master's degree or 7 years with a bachelor's degree in the financial or private sector with investment or business management experience.
• Experience structuring and executing financial transactions including financial modelling and credit risk assessment.
• Proven experience managing investment portfolios including monitoring performance, risk mitigation, and compliance.
• Experience writing investment and transaction memos for decision-making committees.
• Experience in stakeholder management and negotiation with financial institutions and other MSME financing stakeholders.
• Fluency in English and Swahili.
• Professional certification in finance or credit is an asset (preferred).
• Experience working with development finance institutions, impact investors, or donor-funded programmes (preferred).
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar portfolios with delivery against disbursement and impact targets (preferred).
• Understanding of MSME financing ecosystem in Kenya or East and Southern Africa (preferred).
• Experience in project preparation and development of investment opportunities with social and environmental objectives (preferred).

Apply on the employer's application page. The closing date for applications is Sunday, 18 October 2026.