Deadline: 30 April, 2021
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Gender Lens Network Lead.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Develop long-term relationships with external stakeholders including social enterprises, gender lens investors, intermediaries, advisors, thought leaders, and sector and functional experts to provide support across the project
- Network extensively across the gender lens investing ecosystem in Kenya, identifying key players and potential partners for future work
- Support in identifying and assessing key research partners to collaborate with market research
- Support in drawing key insights from market research to inform the define phase
- Support in ideating potential value propositions for Plan International’s role in the gender lens investing market in Kenya using insights drawn from the discover phase
- Work with key internal teams and stakeholders – including the innovation team, Plan Kenya, the social finance task force and the social finance community of practice – to test the hypotheses
Requirements
- Degree in Social Entrepreneurship, Business Management, or a similar field
- Five years, minimum, of experience working in social entrepreneurship, venture capital, impact investing, management consulting in Kenya
- Deep understanding of and experience working in the gender lens investing ecosystem in Kenya
- Experience or interest in social finance and impact investing in the international development context
- Experience of working in an international team and proven ability to deliver in a complex environment with multiple, divergent stakeholder interests
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