Job offer: Private Sector Investment Component Lead


Announced
20/11/20242 days ago
Job Status
Full Time
Job Type
Temporary / Contract
Expiration Date
19/12/2024 27 days left
Job Category
Job Location
Job Title
Private Sector Investment Component Lead
Job Presentation

Deloitte Consulting LLP seeks a Private Sector Investment Component Lead for the anticipated USAID/Ghana Enhancing Trade and Finance activity (ETF). This five-year activity will mobilize finance and investment in targeted sectors of the Ghanaian economy – including, but not limited to, agriculture, climate mitigation and adaptation, trade, apparel, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), renewable energy sectors – and create jobs. The activity will ensure the development of a broad and diverse finance market which is able to meet the financing needs of different business types through increased private sector investment. In addition, the activity will enhance trade by creating linkages to improved markets and empowering Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with growth potential to seize trade and investment opportunities and meet foreign market standards.

This position will be based in Accra, Ghana.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Lead efforts to mobilize private sector investments across the agriculture, trade, apparel, climate finance for adaptation/mobilization, WASH, and other high-impact sectors;
  • Build and maintain strong partnerships with the private sector and investors;
  • Oversee activities to support financial institutions in increasing the availability of custom products in order to address financing needs of SMEs and rural farming communities;
  • Recommend technical assistance for capital-seeking businesses and link with services providers that can strengthen the company’s management and operational activities to facilitate growth and investment;
  • Identify trends in regulatory constraints in the transaction cycle, as well as lessons learned to improve policy reform;
  • Engage local firms dedicated to inclusivity and innovation, deliberately ensuring interventions benefit underrepresented groups and apply a gender equity and social inclusion lens to investments

  • Education Required: Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD

    Requirements
    • Qualifications:
    • Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, business administration, or a related field required
    • Minimum 7 years of experience identifying and mobilizing private sector investments
    • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders, including investors, financiers, and the private sector
    • Experience designing investment promotion campaigns, conducting outreach programs, and engaging in investment forums in key sectors
    • Experience working in West Africa, preferably in Ghana
    • Experience with USAID programming highly preferred
    • Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
    • Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
    • Professional working experience in Ghana required
    • Fluency in English required. Proficiency in at Twi or another local language highly desired

    How to Apply

    Kindly use the following link to apply for this job:
    JOB BY
    Jobsinghana
    59 Okodan St, Blue Gate district, Osu, Accra near Papaye, Accra
      +233 0302 760143, +233 24 3925110

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