Company Description

Location: Washington, DC, United States 
Start Date: March 2024
Background

Aceli Africa is a market-enabling facility that aims to mobilize over $600M in private sector lending for agricultural SMEs in East and Southern Africa by 2025. To achieve this goal, Aceli Africa provides financial incentives to increase the risk appetite of 35 financial institutions (both global and local) to make loans ranging from USD $15K-$1.75M to inclusive agricultural SMEs while also facilitating technical assistance to expand the ability of high-potential SMEs to qualify for and manage financing. Financial incentives have been designed based on a dataset on the profitability of agri-SME lending that Aceli gathered and analyzed in collaboration with Dalberg Advisors. 

Aceli launched in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda in September 2020 and, drawing upon learning to date and interest from partners, has recently expanded to Zambia in Q4 2023. To date Aceli Africa has secured US$93M in funding commitments, with its work across the region being funded by leading bilateral and philanthropic donors, including the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IKEA Foundation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and USAID. 

Job Description

This role will be responsible for supporting the fundraising, donor reporting, knowledge management, and administration and organizational needs of the Executive Office. The incumbent will work closely with the Executive Office team (comprised of the CEO, Managing Director, and Senior Associate), in addition to the full Aceli team and external partners.

Key Responsibilities
Donor Cultivation & Stewardship 

• Draft donor reports addressing programmatic activities and learning. 
• Manage data reporting deadlines and submissions to donors and other stakeholders. 
• Participate in writing grant proposals by developing key inputs such as narratives, budgets, and results frameworks. 

Knowledge Management & Learning

• Set up and manage internal systems to document and share programmatic learning across the Aceli team. 
• Design new templates and infrastructure to increase operational efficiency.
• Conduct basic research and perform other duties as assigned.

Governance & Administration

• Lead document management including overseeing the organization’s electronic filing systems and ensuring significant operational documents are up to date.
• Initiate and track operational payments in collaboration with the Finance & Operations team, by preparing expense reports and managing allocations by donor.
• Support the Senior Associate with preparation for board meetings, donor steering committee meetings, and external events by developing presentations.
• Contribute to the annual work-planning and budgeting processes.
• Organize periodic meetings and workshops in the US and Europe by running procurements, corresponding with vendors, and other event planning tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in international relations, business administration, or a related field
• Minimum of 1-2 years working experience in development or administration
• Fast learner with an ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-country team
• Strong writer with excellent interpersonal skills
• Adept at Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; experience with Salesforce & PowerBi is preferred
• Self-motivated and eager to contribute to a growing, mission-driven organization
• Professional with a demonstrated record of the highest integrity and ethical conduct
• Willingness to travel 2-3 times per year to Sub-Saharan Africa
• Experience in agriculture, Africa, and/or finance will be an added advantage
• Commitment to and understanding of Aceli’s Vision, Mission, and Values.

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $52,000–$58,000 with benefits.

Note: Aceli Africa is only able to consider candidates who are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship for an employment visa.

Application Process

If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the relevant criteria for the role, please submit your application. To be considered for this role, candidates MUST provide a resume and cover letter tailored to this position, and a writing sample where you are the primary author. 

The Global Development Incubator is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.