Apply: GPE Finance Officer

By Gift Ejeh Ojima
February 19, 2024

Deadline: 01 March, 2024

Location: Washington, DC,United States

Global Partnership for Education (GPE) seeks to recruit a Finance Officer.

GPE helps low- and lower-middle-income countries build stronger education systems so that all children can get the education they need to thrive.

Responsibilities

Support team lead in the operationalisation of GPE board-approved innovative finance initiatives, expanding new financing opportunities, and diversifying co-financing partnerships, including climate and other emerging areas in education financing opportunities
Provide advanced technical and research support related to innovative financing and co-financing arrangements
Perform mapping and scoping of innovative finance and development finance landscape and translate such insights into resources for the team
Work closely with finance and grant operations sub-teams
Under the leadership of the chief financial officer and team lead, provide strong technical and research support in the development and rollout of potential novel innovative finance initiatives
Respond to internal and external queries on timelines, procedures, mechanics, and requirements for a portfolio of transactions
Coordinate and proactively follow up on external financing and development partner outreach
Produce high-level summary notes of internal and external engagements
Develop high-quality briefing notes, technical and research papers, and other materials as needed for quick turnaround times, including participating in key discussions with key external partners, including country partners
Participate in assigned cross-team activities/functions in the secretariat, especially with regard to grant processes and knowledge management
Support resource mobilisation efforts, as required, especially through advice to secretariat teams and communications on innovative finance mechanisms and/or targeted co-financing opportunities
Engage with GPE’s resource mobilisation and communications teams on strategic engagements, events, webinars, webpage content, impact stories, and messaging products

Requirements

Master’s degree with five years of work experience or a bachelor’s degree with seven years of work experience, with a relevant combination of strong quantitative course work
Five years, minimum, of work experience in international finance, innovative finance and data, and international development
Relevant country experience (desirable)
Very strong problem-solving, strategic thinking, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information and narratives with ease into strategic communications, presentations, tools and guidelines
Highly developed data, analytical, problem-solving and research skills, with the ability to work easily with data and innovative finance approaches and distill complex financing narratives
Ability to offer guidance across the secretariat-wide on innovative finance discussions that lead and translate into high-value transactions for GPE and country partners
Ability to work effectively under pressure, prioritise and juggle multiple tasks under tight deadlines, and deliver time-sensitive, high-quality analytical and quantitative work
Full proficiency in English (reading, writing and speaking)
Proficiency in French and/or Arabic (strongly desirable)