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Commercial Director

3 months ago

Oxford, United Kingdom Energise Africa Full time


OPPORTUNITY to work with one of the UK’s leading Impact Investing Platforms


Energise Africa – Commercial Director


Hours – Full time (or 4 days a week will be considered)

Location: Oxford (with some international travel)

Salary:  £60k

Term: Permanent

Start date: ASAP


Overview

Energise Africa is at an exciting and pivotal time in its development. We are currently recruiting a Commercial Director to drive the business as it looks to scale. Energise Africa has been founded and incubated by two of the leading direct impact investing platforms in Europe, Ethex in the UK and Lendahand in the Netherlands and backed by incredible supporters such as UKAid and P4G. Since 2017, during this seed stage, Energise Africa has raised over £35m from UK retail investors to accelerate energy access in Sub–Saharan Africa and has won numerous awards including the UN Climate Action award for climate friendly investments.

As we get ready to take on new investment, and expand into new geographies and sectors, it is time for the organisation to build a new dedicated team.

Commercial Director

 

To take our business to the next level we need a dedicated Commercial Director to help accelerate our growth.


There are four key strands to the role:


Strategy and New Business

·      Work alongside the CEO to develop the growth strategy for Energise Africa

·      Managing existing and develop new origination partnerships to bring new issuers to the platform

·      Lead the EA origination efforts and structure proposed transactions

·      Work alongside our operations team to ensure efficient processes are developed and implemented to ensure smooth onboarding of new investees

·      Work alongside our marketing team to ensure that origination partners and investees give us the information that they need to effectively promote investment opportunities

·      Drafting and negotiation of agreements with origination partners and prospective investees

·      Lead the due diligence process, present cases to the Investment Committee and onboard new investees

·      Manage existing and explore new co-financing partnerships


Investee Management

·      Demonstrate excellent relationship management with our origination partners and investees.

·      Monitor and manage the investment portfolio along with our origination partners.

·      Manage workout situations and restructuring of clients in arrears with support from the legal team and origination partners.

Leadership

·      As a key member of the Energise Africa Senior Management Team, help to build the investment strategy for Energise Africa and to deliver against agreed objectives.

Product Development

·      Cooperate in product development which may involve different currency solutions, guarantees and de-risking projects as well as looking at innovative financing structures.

·      Support the development of new tools and technology to make the investment process more efficient.


Reports to: CEO Energise Africa


Key skills and experience:


·      A passion for sustainable development/impact investing or similar.

·      5 years of experience in impact investing (debt or equity) or corporate lending in emerging markets and/or in renewable energy or climate finance sectors.

·      Experience of helping to scale a start-up and/or entrepreneurship within a company.

·      Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

·      Great negotiation skills - cooperative, empathetic and get the deals closed.

·      Excellent communication skills and the ability to represent EA at the highest levels.

·      Fluent in English and ideally French or Spanish, both written and spoken.

·      Willing to travel internationally (global emerging/frontier markets and European countries).

·      Tech-savvy and proven experience with data-driven investment decisions.

·      Bachelors or Masters degree.


Our Values  

 

·      We want to create a positive impact and make a difference in the world. 

·      We love helping communities, social entrepreneurs and businesses in innovative ways.  

·      We aim to provide excellent customer service and treat all our investors fairly.  

·      We are a dynamic, professional and knowledgeable team with a friendly, can-do attitude.   

·      We are a small team that likes delivering big impact. 


What it means to be part of our team
  • Work for us and see the tangible positive impact you are helping to create on the ground, such as household rural electrification in Africa and beyond.
  • Share Option Scheme
  • Ethical pension, with employer contribution.
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
  • In addition to public holidays, you are entitled to 25 days each year increasing by 1 day annually from year 3 in recognition of long service (up to a maximum of 30 days).
  • The Company closes for a period during Christmas, details of which will be given to you during the early part of each year. You do not have to book these days as holiday.
  • Supportive of proposals for relevant training, agreed as part of personal development plans.
  • Free access to mental health support services through our partner Able Futures.
  • We organise informal ad hoc socials to get to know each other better and more structured team socials once a quarter.


Equal Opportunities

We hire great people from a variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values for making a positive impact in the world and making money do good, you will find a home at Ethex.


We believe in a fairer future for all, and we know that by working together we can do much, much more. We believe that everyone has the right to live and work without fear or prejudice regardless of race, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, social class, religion and belief.


Further information


Please indicate whether you are applying for the role on a full time or part time basis. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. This opportunity will close once the roles have been filled, so please apply early to ensure you don’t miss out.