Director, Asset Finance Project

17 Jun 2026 Director, Asset Finance Project at MCA-Zambia II

• Provide strategic direction and executive oversight for the Agri-SME Asset Finance Activity, Project Preparation Activity, and ACFD activity associated financing initiatives, ensuring alignment with Compact objectives, MCC requirements, and national development priorities. • Lead the design, refinement, and implementation of innovative asset finance, grant, and impact capital mechanisms that strengthen agricultural value chains and Agri-SME competitiveness. • Lead refinement and implementation of project preparation related to infrastructure such as projects related to electricity, irrigation, logistics/transport and ag-processing (EILP) infrastructure investments. • Contribute to Compact-wide strategy development, policy dialogue, and portfolio integration, ensuring coherence across MCA-Zambia II projects. • Oversee planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Asset Finance activities, ensuring delivery of outputs, outcomes, and Compact targets on time, within budget, and to required quality standards. • Monitor portfolio performance, risks, and compliance, making strategic adjustments to address emerging issues, safeguard Compact integrity, and optimize impact. • Ensure robust results measurement and reporting in line with MCC performance indicators, M&E frameworks, and learning objectives. • Provide executive oversight of performance-based grants to Financial Service Providers (FSPs) and Equipment Providers (EPs) to catalyze increased lending, equipment financing, and private sector participation in agriculture. • Lead the establishment and oversight of an early-stage, patient impact capital vehicle, mobilizing domestic and international investment to finance agri-enterprises. • Strengthen partnerships with financial institutions, investors, and market actors to expand access to finance and ensure long-term sustainability beyond the Compact. • Serve as a senior representative of MCA-Zambia II, engaging high-level government counterparts, regulators, private sector leaders, development partners, and investors. • Build and maintain strong strategic relationships to ensure stakeholder alignment, ownership, and sustained support for program objectives. • Represent MCA-Zambia II at national, regional, and international forums, promoting program achievements, best practices, and policy lessons. • Coordinate compliance when applicable with MCC and donor requirements, including procurement, financial management, Environmental and Social Performance, Social Analysis, fraud and corruption controls, and risk management frameworks. • Provide oversight and guidance to ensure activities meet international best practices and MCC standards.