About the role

This role supports the Capital Markets pillar, working closely with the team and participating in various work streams within the market and it focuses on green finance in particular. The position will provide specific technical support to the specialist teams especially with Francophone countries (WAEMU Region and North Africa and SADQ region).

The individual will play a proactive role in conducting research and analysing information to inform capital markets decisions; using an understanding of the green finance environment internally and externally (Green Criteria and Taxonomies, sector data, players in the development capital space, linkages between various stakeholders, market opportunities and needs), as well as accessing and understanding wider business information such as relevant economic data and political events that influence the development of green capital markets in Africa.

In addition, the role will include responsibilities linked to the management of FSD Africa’s Green Finance Working Group (WG). The Green Finance Working Group (WG) is a coordinating mechanism for green finance work across all the pillars of FSD Africa (Capital Markets, Early-Stage Finance, FSDAi, Green Transactions Accelerator and Risk & Resilience), a depository of the organisations’ combined expert knowledge and networks on green finance. Given the complexity of green finance, several interventions promoted by FSD Africa require input and contribution from different practice areas represented in the WG.

This role will provide specific technical support to the Secretariat of the Green Finance Working Group of FSD Africa and will represent the main point of contact of the WG. More specifically, the role will amongst other things support in coordination of cross-pillar interventions, green pipeline development/tracking and reporting, communications coordination, presentations, research, support in project management of joint programmes.