Manager, Lender Capacity Building

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• Review and own Aceli’s lender Capacity Building strategy. Lead operationalization, translating strategic priorities into actionable annual workplans covering bespoke and cohort-based engagements across the five countries. • Work with Country Teams to identify and qualify Capacity Building candidates across the lender portfolio, with attention to institutional readiness, executive commitment, and agri-SME lending intent. • Facilitate development of lender Capacity Building plans, conduct lender assessments, coordinate lender applications for Capacity Buildings, validate lender readiness for Capacity Buildings and co-design engagement scopes. • Oversee active Capacity Building engagements across all five countries: track against timelines, review deliverables, manage escalations, and ensure adherence to standardized templates and KPIs. Coordinate project management meetings (steering committee meetings, etc). • Coordinate with the Impact & Learning team on thematic Capacity Building engagements, currently focused on gender and climate. • Review and reshape the Capacity Building strategy periodically to enhance the impact of the program. • Issue task order solicitations to pre-qualified providers, evaluate proposals against stated criteria, and oversee task order award processes. • Monitor validity of Master Services Agreements (MSAs) with pre-qualified providers, oversee extensions/ modifications to the MSAs. • Actively manage provider performance across all active engagements: monitor output quality, conduct quarterly provider scoring, and backstop providers where needed. • Review and own the Capacity Building MEL framework: update and maintain standard templates (diagnostic, implementation plan, activity budget, KPI tracker, post-implementation report). • Ensure all new engagements from January 2027 onwards deploy standardized MEL tools. • Compile and analyze program-level Capacity Building data for internal reviews, donor reporting, and Aceli’s learning outputs. • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Agricultural Economics, Development Studies, or a related field. A Master’s degree is an advantage. • A minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience, of which at least 4 years must include either advisory experience, or experience working in/ with financial institutions. • Demonstrated understanding of agricultural lending practices in sub-Saharan Africa, including agri-SME credit appraisal, loan structuring, and portfolio risk management.