Senior Partnerships and Stakeholder Relations Consultant

The Senior Partnerships and Stakeholder Relations Consultant will support the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) in engaging donors, MDBs, and strategic partners on financial instruments of contribution to drive resource mobilization and advance innovative capital deployment approaches. The role involves donor engagement, contribution execution, supporting CIF leadership, and undertaking strategic and analytical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Engage donor governments and institutions, philanthropies and other providers of concessional resources on contribution modalities and their applicability to CIF programs.
• Support negotiations and discussions on terms of contributions, including financial, legal, and governance considerations.
• Develop, market and implement innovative fundraising instruments (e.g. callable capital, first loss guarantees, etc.).
• Assess executability of contributions against MDBs’ financing frameworks, World Banks (as Trustee) policies and procedures and CIF objectives.
• Contribute to CIF’s resource mobilization strategy with a focus on diversifying contributions instruments and improving capital efficiency.
• Support high-level fundraising engagements where financial structuring and innovation are central.
• Undertake additional strategic and analytical tasks as required.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (master’s or equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Development Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum 12–15 years of relevant experience in development and climate finance, notably engaging donor governments and development finance institutions on financing mechanisms.
• Strong understanding of donor government approaches to channeling climate and development finance, including related instruments and modalities, and their engagement with the MDBs.
• Demonstrated expertise in working with donor governments in preparing and structuring contribution agreements with partners, including innovative instruments such as returnable/repayable contributions, blended finance and guarantees.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to explain complex financial concepts.
• Experience in mobilizing resources from alternative providers of concessional finance – including non-traditional donors such as emerging economy contributors, or philanthropic entities – and/or in structuring non-traditional financial contributions such as guarantees, returnable capital, or other innovative financing instruments beyond traditional grant-based contributions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of high-quality, executive-level materials.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and deliver results in a fast-paced, high-level environment.
• Familiarity with legal, fiduciary, and accounting frameworks governing donor contributions and financial instruments.
• Understanding MDB business models and the international climate finance architecture.
• Experience in structuring financial deals and capital market instruments, such as bonds or risk transfer mechanisms.
• Experience supporting financial innovation initiatives within MDBs or international financial institutions.
• Strong professional network across donor agencies and climate finance institutions.
• Experience advising or providing strategic support to senior leadership (VP/DG/CEO level) on climate and development finance related matters.

Skills

• Development Finance
• Climate Finance
• Donor Engagement Strategies
• Contribution Agreement Structuring
• Blended Finance Structuring
• Guarantees
• Resource Mobilization
• Concessional Finance Instruments
• Financial Instrument Structuring
• Capital Markets Instruments
• Risk Transfer Mechanisms
• Financial Innovation
• Analytical Skills
• Executive-level Report Writing
• Stakeholder Management
• Legal and Fiduciary Frameworks
• Accounting Frameworks
• Multilateral Development Banks Governance
• Strategic Advisory
• Network Building

Languages

English