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TechnoServe is a leader in harnessing the power of the private sector to help people lift themselves out of poverty. A nonprofit organization operating in 29 countries, we work with enterprising men and women in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. By linking people to information, capital and markets, we have helped millions to create lasting prosperity for their families and communities.
Founded over 50 years ago, TechnoServe has been named the #1 nonprofit for fighting poverty by the ImpactMatters charity ratings agency.
About the Project
Prosper Cashew is a five-year, $25 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Food for Progress Program that aims to catalyze investment for the West African cashew processing sector. Over the next five years, the project will strengthen and revive existing cashew processing facilities across Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria and support the development of new processing facilities and other value chain enterprises as part of the project’s overall goal to increase the share of raw cashew nut that is processed in the region from about 8% to 50%. By increasing domestic processing, the project will help West African countries to generate an estimated additional $422 million in forex revenues annually and create more than 500,000 direct and indirect jobs for both women and men.
A key component of the project will be to facilitate access to critically needed working capital and demonstrate the business case for additional investment flows into the sector. The project will establish and deploy a $60 million Cashew Catalyst Fund (CCF) focused on providing long-term working capital to existing processors, enabling dormant processing capacity to become operational. In parallel, the project will provide a Match-Making Facility to connect both established and prospective processors to already existing private equity funds in the region.
Primary Purpose and Function
Reporting to the Chief of Party, the Capital Investment Lead will drive the project’s investment strategy and serve as the primary technical liaison with the third party CCF Manager. S/he will coordinate closely with the other activity leads, Supply Chain Management and Technical Support, to effectively build a robust pipeline of investable businesses.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Component Leadership
Investee Pipeline Development
Access to Finance Mobilization
Stakeholder Capacity Building
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications
Required Languages: Proficiency in spoken and written English is required. Preference French fluency.
Travel: Willingness to spend up to 40% of time travelling domestically in Côte d’Ivoire and internationally
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Supervisory Responsibilities
We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.
With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.
We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.
If you have a disability that affects your ability to use our online system to apply for a position at TechnoServe please contact the Human Resources at recruitment@tns.org or call +1 202 785 4515.
Travel required
No. Up to 40%
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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