Head of Investment Operations and Enterprise Sourcing

الدور

Investment Operations serves as the centre of excellence for AECF’s investment portfolio. The Head of Investment Operations is responsible for building and managing the platform – comprising frameworks, systems, and analytical capabilities – that supports and enables the construction and delivery of high-performing portfolios.

The role applies strong investment discipline, financial analysis, and process rigour across the full deal lifecycle: from marketing and competition management through sourcing, due diligence, structuring, and Investment Committee decision-making.

It is accountable for ensuring that investment decisions are made with quality, consistency, and speed. The role reports to the Director of Programs and works in close partnership with the Sector Leads (Agribusiness and Energy), who hold portfolio accountability within their respective sectors.

المسؤوليات الرئيسية

Sourcing and Competition Management

  • Lead enterprise sourcing competitions end-to-end: design, marketing, applications, scoring, and shortlisting, assuring the integrity, quality, and efficiency of the process.
  • Continuously improve competition design based on yield data, applicant quality, and conversion to investment – ensuring each competition cycle delivers a stronger, more decision-ready pipeline.
  • Build and steward complementary sourcing channels through proactive outreach, ecosystem partnerships, and co-investor referrals, ensuring pipelines are not solely dependent on competition cycles.
  • Manage the underlying sourcing infrastructure, including CRM, pipeline-tracking systems, marketing campaigns, and application management platforms.
  • Ensure pipeline data is current, well-organised, and usable by the Portfolio Management teams to make decisions.

Investment Analysis and Deal Team Support

  • Provide financial modelling, structuring expertise, and analytical capacity for deal teams to draw on during due diligence and structuring.
  • Act as a thought partner and constructive challenger to Sector Leads, bringing investment rigour to deal shaping without taking the pen on investment decisions.
  • Build deep analytical capability within the investment operations team that supports both the energy and agri sectors as a shared resource.

Investment committee process and governance

  • Serve as process owner for the Investment Committee: scheduling, agenda management, memo quality assurance, and tracking of conditions precedent.
  • Ensure all submissions to IC meet the standards required for decision-readiness.
  • Manage post-IC follow-through, including documentation and conditions tracking.

Portfolio analytics, systems, and Reporting

  • Own portfolio analytics, performance dashboards, and the data infrastructure that makes portfolio performance visible, accurate, and comparable across sectors.
  • Lead systems automation and digitisation initiatives that improve speed, transparency, and efficiency across the investment lifecycle.
  • Look across the portfolio for patterns, trends, and lessons that sharpen how we invest and design initiatives.

Process discipline and continuous Improvement

  • Monitor and continuously improve cycle times across the deal lifecycle (from origination to IC, from IC to disbursement, and from disbursement to the first milestone).
  • Diagnose bottlenecks and lead operational improvements that increase the speed and efficiency of portfolio construction without compromising rigour.

Investment Framework and Standards

  • Develop and maintain the standards that govern the deal lifecycle: due diligence templates, structuring playbooks, Investment Committee memorandum standards, valuation and financial analysis methodologies, and risk assessment tools.
  • Ensure frameworks are applied consistently across sectors, and evolve them based on lessons learned from the portfolio.
  • Lead on and continuously refine the catalytic capital framework that guides instrument selection – when to deploy grants, repayable grants, or concessional debt – and the catalytic logic underpinning each.

Capability Building and Team Leadership

  • Lead and develop the Investment Operations team.
  • Build investment skills across the broader organisation, including analysts and associates, through training, coaching, and structured capability development.
  • Foster a performance-driven, collaborative, and investment-led culture across the portfolio delivery function.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • CFA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification.
  • Eight years of investment experience across the full deal lifecycle – sourcing, due diligence, structuring, Investment Committee, and portfolio management ideally within impact investing, blended finance, or development finance.
  • Deep expertise in management of catalytic capital instruments – grants, repayable grants, and concessional debt – and the design of frameworks governing their use.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and operating investment platforms, processes, and systems, rather than primarily leading individual deals.
  • Experience designing and managing structured sourcing programs – competitions or cohort-based pipelines – including evaluation methodology and applicant assessment at scale.
  • Strong investment/financial analysis, structuring, and Investment Committee process experience.
  • Track record of supporting and enabling deal teams, sector leads, or portfolio managers in a centre-of-excellence or platform capacity.
  • Experience working with early-stage portfolios and complex multi-stakeholder environments, including donors and concessional capital providers.
  • Strong people leader, clear communicator, and an exceptional team player.

كيفية التقديم

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AECF does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or otherwise).

If you believe you meet the criteria for the role, please register and apply at: https://recruitment.aecfafrica.org.  To be considered, your application must be received by 30th June 2026.

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كبير مسؤولي المحفظة

About the programme

REACT 2.0 – Energy for Sustainable Growth in Somalia (ESGS) is a four-year, SEK 60 million market development programme funded by Sida/Business Sweden. The programme advances two mutually reinforcing goals: expanding access to affordable, clean energy solutions across Somalia and driving private-sector development, job creation, financial inclusion, and the mobilization of private capital.

الدور

The Senior Portfolio Officer leads the technical and grants management function for the REACT 2.0 ESGS portfolio. The role holder works collaboratively with the Programme Manager and Portfolio Officer to drive portfolio construction, investee selection, active grant management, and enterprise development support across Somalia’s DRE sector.

This is a senior technical role requiring deep knowledge of the Somali energy market, strong investment appraisal skills, and the ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder relationships in a fragile operating environment. The Senior Portfolio Officer plays a central role in ensuring the programme achieves its targets for energy access, enterprise development, gender inclusion, private capital mobilisation, and policy engagement, and in supporting investees to transition from grant-funded operations to commercially sustainable, investment-ready businesses.

المسؤوليات الرئيسية

Portfolio Construction and Investment Management

  • Lead the full portfolio construction cycle from competition and market outreach through application assessment, due diligence, investment memo preparation, and presentation to AECF’s internal and external investment committees.
  • Develop scoring criteria, eligibility frameworks, and appraisal methodologies calibrated to Somalia’s fragile market context, including specific provisions for women-owned/led enterprises and companies with PUE models in agriculture, livestock, fisheries, and C&I sectors.
  • Manage the full grant lifecycle for a portfolio of investees, ensuring adherence to grant agreements, milestone conditions, and RBF disbursement protocols.

Investee Performance and Enterprise Development

  • Accompany investees throughout implementation- conducting regular monitoring visits in Somalia, analysing periodic reports, and providing structured technical and operational feedback.
  • Lead investment facilitation and advisory services for investees, coordinating with AECF’s Advisory Services (BAS) and Investment Advisory Services (IAS) teams to deliver tailored TA packages aligned with each investee’s specific gaps.
  • Support investees in developing and strengthening commercially viable business models, including PAYGO, energy-as-a-service, lease-to-own, cooling-as-a-service, and aggregation models suited to Somalia’s mobile money infrastructure.
  • Actively broker connections between investees and financial institutions-including MFIs, commercial banks, and impact investors to crowd in follow-on private capital beyond AECF’s grant support.
  • Support investees in developing strong linkages with agricultural value chain actors, agro-processors, livestock operators, fisheries enterprises, and C&I sector businesses to strengthen PUE demand and anchor loads for mini-grid operators.
  • Ensure timely identification and escalation of investee performance issues, with proposed remediation plans and, where necessary, recovery or restructuring actions.

Gender and Social Inclusion

  • Lead implementation of AECF’s gender-responsive investment framework across the portfolio, setting gender inclusion targets, tracking progress, and integrating gender considerations into investment appraisal and monitoring.
  • Oversee delivery of the Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit with investees, and support development and implementation of individual gender action plans.
  • Drive targeted sourcing strategies for women-owned and women-led enterprises, working with partner networks, enterprise support organisations, and diaspora networks to build the pipeline.
  • Ensure RBF and milestone disbursements reflect gender-disaggregated results in line with the programme’s results framework.

Policy, Advocacy and Ecosystem Development

  • Lead AECF’s policy and regulatory engagement in Somalia under the ESGS programme, maintaining productive working relationships with the NEA, MoEWR, and SOGEA.
  • Systematically contribute programme portfolio evidence to support the NEA’s development of quality standards, consumer protection frameworks, and mini-grid regulations that preserve space for innovation while building investor confidence.
  • Support SOGEA’s institutional capacity to drive effective private sector advocacy and policy dialogue, including facilitating sector coordination on issues relevant to AECF investees.
  • Represent AECF at key forums, coordination meetings, and stakeholder events in Somalia, positioning the programme as a market development leader and complementary partner to SESRP, ASCENT, HAREACT, and other donor-funded initiatives.

Risk, Compliance and Learning

  • Ensure full compliance with AECF’s internal controls, fiduciary standards, and donor requirements across the portfolio.
  • Lead implementation of the programme’s risk and mitigation framework, including proactive management of Somalia-specific risks, such as security and access constraints, monopoly dynamics in unregulated markets, climate and natural-hazard risks for mini-grid sites, and MFI counterparty risks.
  • Drive the portfolio learning agenda generating high-quality knowledge products, case studies, and market intelligence on DRE investment in fragile states for internal and external dissemination.
  • Contribute to periodic donor reporting, management reports, and business development proposals as required.

Requirements:

Education

  • Advanced university degree (Master’s level or equivalent) in finance, business administration, international development, development finance, economics, engineering, or a related field.

Experience

  • At least seven years of investment, grant-making, or development finance experience, with a strong track record in the renewable energy or DRE sector.
  • Extensive experience in investment appraisal, due diligence, and grant management for early-stage companies in emerging or frontier markets.
  • Direct experience of Somalia’s energy sector, including knowledge of ESP market dynamics, SHS distribution models, PUE applications, and the emerging NEA regulatory environment. Experience in fragile or conflict-affected settings is essential.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and managing RBF mechanisms, milestone-based grant programmes, or blended finance instruments.
  • Strong track record of supporting DRE enterprises to build investment readiness and access commercial finance from MFIs, banks, or impact investors.
  • Experience managing gender-responsive investments and applying gender mainstreaming frameworks in an energy or private sector development context

Skills and Competencies

  • Deep knowledge of Somalia’s energy sector landscape: ESPs, PAYGO SHS, mini-grid operators, PUE market development, MFI sector, and the evolving policy and regulatory framework under the NEA and MoEWR.
  • Strong investment appraisal and financial analysis skills, including the ability to assess business models, financial projections, and creditworthiness for early-stage DRE companies.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including high-quality investment memo and donor report writing. Somali language proficiency is a significant advantage.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective, trust-based relationships with investees, government counterparts, financial institutions, and sector partners in complex, culturally sensitive environments.
  • Strong leadership, mentoring, and team collaboration skills; able to guide Portfolio Officer and coordinate across internal AECF functions.
  • Sound contextual judgment and the ability to operate effectively in a remote, fragile, and rapidly changing operating environment.

كيفية التقديم

تحرص المؤسسة على تكافؤ الفرص في التوظيف. وسيُنظر في جميع المتقدمين على أساس الجدارة دون النظر إلى العرق أو الجنس أو اللون أو الأصل القومي أو الدين أو السن أو الإعاقة أو أي خاصية أخرى يحميها القانون المعمول به.

AECF does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or otherwise).

If you believe you meet the criteria for the role, please register and apply at: https://recruitment.aecfafrica.org.  To be considered, your application must be received by 30th June 2026.

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مسؤول المحفظة

About the programme

REACT 2.0 – Energy for Sustainable Growth in Somalia (ESGS) is a four-year, SEK 60 million market development programme funded by Sida/Business Sweden. The programme advances two mutually reinforcing goals: expanding access to affordable, clean energy solutions across Somalia and driving private-sector development, job creation, financial inclusion, and the mobilization of private capital.

الدور

The Portfolio Officer supports the effective delivery of the REACT 2.0 ESGS programme by providing day-to-day portfolio management, monitoring, and grants administration for a portfolio of investees in Somalia. The role holder works under the direction of the Programme Manager and Senior Portfolio Officer and is expected to work flexibly and collegially across internal teams including Impact, Legal, Finance, and Technical Assistance, to ensure investees receive timely, high-quality support throughout their grant lifecycle.

Given Somalia’s fragile and dynamic operating environment, the Portfolio Officer must demonstrate sound contextual judgment, strong relationship management skills, and the ability to coordinate across remote teams and local partners operating in complex settings

المسؤوليات الرئيسية

Portfolio Management, Monitoring & Reporting

  • Manage a portfolio of investees ensuring adherence to grant agreements, milestones, and disbursement conditions.
  • Lead the planning and execution of investee performance monitoring activities, including data verification exercises aligned with the programme’s results framework and RBF disbursement protocols.
  • Conduct regular investee site visits in Somalia in accordance with the agreed-upon site visit schedule, assess operational progress, document findings, and identify risks early.
  • Review periodic narrative and financial reports from investees, provide structured feedback, and flag any deviations or delays to the Programme Manager, along with recommended courses of action.
  • Analyse disbursement requests including milestone-based and results-based tranches in a timely manner and make recommendations for approval.
  • Coordinate identification of investees requiring technical assistance (TA) and support delivery of business advisory and investment facilitation services in line with AECF’s TA and Learning framework.
  • Maintain accurate portfolio records and contribute to periodic management and donor reporting.
  • المساهمة في تطوير المقترحات لمختلف المجالات البرنامجية المحتملة.
  • Facilitate consensus-building on the Energy sector advocacy agenda through engagements with the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MoEWR) and the Somalia Green Energy Association (SOGEA).
  • Support implementation of AECF advocacy activities in Somalia by representing AECF at key meetings.

Investment Facilitation and Enterprise Development

  • Support investees in building their operational capacity, financial management systems, and investment readiness, with a focus on enabling transition from grant-supported operations to commercial finance.
  • Facilitate linkages between investees and financial institutions, including Somali and impact investors, to crowd in follow-on capital.
  • Support investees in developing PAYGO, lease-to-own, and energy-as-a-service financing models suited to Somalia’s mobile money infrastructure and market conditions.
  • Assist in identifying and brokering partnerships between investees, agricultural value chain actors (agribusiness, livestock, fisheries), and social institutions to strengthen productive use of energy (PUE) market linkages

Gender and Social Inclusion

  • Actively implement AECF’s gender-responsive investment and monitoring framework across the portfolio, tracking women’s participation as entrepreneurs, employees, and end-users.
  • Support delivery of gender mainstreaming activities with investees, including application of AECF’s Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit for Energy Businesses.
  • Support targeted outreach and sourcing efforts to increase the pipeline of women-owned and women-led enterprises in the portfolio, in line with the programme’s gender inclusion commitments.

المخاطر والامتثال

  • Ensure compliance with internal controls and portfolio risk management in accordance with the wider AECF Limited Management Framework.
  • تنفيذ إطار عمل مخاطر البرنامج والتخفيف من حدة المخاطر، بما يتماشى مع الإطار العام لإدارة المخاطر والامتثال في المؤسسة.

Requirements:

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, engineering, international development, social sciences, or a related field. Technical training or certification in solar energy or renewable energy is an advantage.

Experience

  • Minimum five years of experience in private sector development, development finance, or sustainable energy, preferably with direct exposure to the Somali or Horn of Africa energy market.
  • Demonstrated experience in portfolio management, including due diligence, monitoring, evaluation, and financial reporting for early-stage companies.
  • Experience designing or appraising energy business cases, including SHS, mini-grid, and PUE business models.
  • Familiarity with results-based financing (RBF), PAYGO models, and blended finance instruments is a strong advantage.
  • Experience managing gender-responsive programmes or investments.
  • Be proficient in English with strong oral and written communication skills.

Skills and Competencies

  • Strong understanding of Somalia’s energy sector landscape, including ESPs, SHS market dynamics, the NEA regulatory development process, and the role of SOGEA.
  • Analytical skills with the ability to assess investee financials, operational performance, and investment readiness.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; proficiency in Somali is a significant advantage.
  • Proficiency in report writing, portfolio analysis, and data verification.
  • High degree of initiative, flexibility, and attention to detail; ability to work effectively in a remote and fragile operating environment.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build trust with investees, government counterparts, and sector partners in a culturally sensitive manner.

كيفية التقديم

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AECF does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or otherwise).

If you believe you meet the criteria for the role, please register and apply on: https://recruitment.aecfafrica.org.  To be considered, your application must be received by 30th June 2026.

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الدور

The Senior Impact Officer is responsible for supporting the team on impact measurement and reporting. The role holder will take the lead in analyzing and leveraging data collected from portfolio companies, updating performance across all impact metrics, and documenting progress and lessons learned from AECF’s portfolio to support program development, efficient program management, and communications. The Senior Impact Officer will also play a role in supporting the development and implementation of AECF’s results measurement system and ensuring compliance with the reporting requirements of donor partners.

المسؤوليات الرئيسية

  • Update and improve the portfolio monitoring plan for the Sudan SME Catalyser, including future portfolio partners, in line with AECF policies and procedures and donor requirements.
  • Support the development of investee monitoring plans, targets, and budgets during the process of investee selection and review as needed throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Provide an evidence-based feedback loop to the programme on an ongoing basis, and contribute to producing, packaging, and disseminating impact and change stories.
  • Collaborate with program investees to address any data discrepancies or inconsistencies and ensure data integrity.
  • دعم الشركاء في تصميم الدراسات البحثية ونشرها من خلال توفير المدخلات ذات الصلة.
  • Ensure accurate and timely compliance with all reporting requirements both at program level and at AECF institutional level (incl. supporting the preparation of annual AECF Impact reports, periodic donor reports, and ongoing ad hoc knowledge pieces).
  • Maintain a dashboard to track performance against key impact indicators and provide feedback to all relevant teams on project performance as and when needed.
  • مشاركة التعلم من قياس النتائج وتحليلات الأثر مع الفريق الأوسع نطاقاً.
  • Develop and disseminate monthly short evidence-based articles, updated project summary briefs, reports, human interest stories, and website content in English.
  • Any other tasks assigned by the line manager

المؤهلات والخبرات والسمات المطلوبة:

  • A bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics, social sciences, or a related discipline. A master’s degree is desirable.
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience in a similar role.
  • Priority will be given to professionals with prior experience in sustainable agriculture, climate finance, women’s ewomen’s empowerment, or financial inclusion.
  • Understand the donor requirements for private sector-led development in relevant sectors.
  • إظهار الدافع المثمر في العمل مع الأقران والشركاء والاستشاريين وغيرهم لتحقيق نتائج أعمال مستهدفة مسبقًا وقابلة للقياس.
  • Experience working on KFW- or SIDA-funded projects is highly desirable, with familiarity with the relevant requirements and compliance standards.
  • Fluency in English and Arabic is required for effective communication.

كيفية التقديم

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AECF does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or otherwise).

If you believe you meet the criteria for the role, register and apply at https://recruitment.aecfafrica.org. Interviews will be on a rolling basis and will close once a suitable candidate is identified.

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مسؤول المحفظة

الدور

The Portfolio Officer will be responsible for supporting the implementation of AECF’s operations, including managing investees that receive non-repayable grants under the program. The incumbent will support the implementation of the challenge fund competition to identify and recruit SMEs, mobilize and manage grants, and provide support to a portfolio of SMEs in the agriculture and renewable energy sectors, in collaboration with the program team and local implementing partners. The role holder will work flexibly and collaboratively to process grants, manage relationships with investees, local implementing partners, and other stakeholders, support the implementation of investment contracts, provide regular reporting, and coordinate technical assistance. The role will include identifying risks and operational challenges throughout program implementation.

المسؤوليات الرئيسية

  • Undertake due diligence processes and pre-contracting visits for shortlisted program applicants and support applicants to develop credible and high-quality proposals.
  • Support investee contracting, adherence to grant agreements, and donor requirements through effective relationship management.
  • Support the investee procurement process with the procurement officer and prepare investee disbursement requests.
  • Engage with investees and local implementing partners and offer support services to ensure the effective implementation of the program.
  • Coordinate with the local implementing partner on the delivery of technical assistance to investees in collaboration with the program team and the AECF TA.
  • Understand and communicate context operational updates to the program team for effective program delivery.
  • Conduct investee performance monitoring activities, including data verification to ensure accuracy and quality of progress reports and program results.
  • Ensure periodic investee site visits are conducted in accordance with the site visit schedule.
  • Validate the impact reported following AECF guidelines on impact measurement in collaboration with the senior impact officer.
  • Collaborate with the communications team and local implementing partner to capture success stories and contribute to reporting on the details of the program, its implementation & results.
  • Contribute to the portfolio learning agenda through lessons learned and ad hoc learning papers produced under the program.
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls and risk management in line with donor requirements, including ESG and AECF Risk and Compliance Management Framework.
  • Contribute to baseline, midterm, and endline evaluations.
  • Provide assessments, information trends, and other reports as requested.

المؤهلات والخبرات والسمات المطلوبة:

  • Hold a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, sustainable development, or a related field.
  • Have four to five years of experience in portfolio or investment management, including conducting financial and operational due diligence of early-stage or growth-stage businesses.
  • Have experience in private sector development, sustainable finance, value chain strengthening, or economic diversification.
  • Hold a professional accounting qualification, such as ACCA, which will be an added advantage.
  • Have experience working with SMEs and/or financial intermediaries serving SMEs.
  • Experience in gender lens investing will be an added advantage.
  • Demonstrate strong stakeholder management, organizational, and project management skills.
  • Demonstrate sound knowledge of the Sudan context, business community, and key stakeholders, with the ability to navigate the complex political and conflict environment to ensure effective program delivery.
  • Understand the donor landscape and the requirements of international development partners.
  • Possess excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to prepare investment memos, proposals, and reports to a high standard.
  • Support the preparation and design of persuasive investment memos in English and contribute to the program team’s competition and selection process.
  • Demonstrate a high degree of initiative, energy, a “can-do” attitude, flexibility, teamwork, and attention to detail.
  • Ensure grantee compliance with all aspects of AECF’s frameworks, including ESG requirements, together with the local implementing partner engaged for program monitoring.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic.

كيفية التقديم

تحرص المؤسسة على تكافؤ الفرص في التوظيف. وسيُنظر في جميع المتقدمين على أساس الجدارة دون النظر إلى العرق أو الجنس أو اللون أو الأصل القومي أو الدين أو السن أو الإعاقة أو أي خاصية أخرى يحميها القانون المعمول به.

AECF does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or otherwise).

If you believe you meet the criteria for the role, register and apply at https://recruitment.aecfafrica.org. Interviews will be on a rolling basis and will close once a suitable candidate is identified.

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