Created in 2012, FSD Africa is a £30 million financial sector development programme or 'FSD’ based in Nairobi. It is funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID). FSD Africa aims to reduce poverty across sub-Saharan Africa by building financial markets that are efficient, robust and inclusive.
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Development Impact & Gender Advisors
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldConsultancy  , Project Management  , Research 
- This call for EoIs aims to identify individual consultants with expertise in one, or a combination, of the following key areas:
Research, Evaluations and Insights (REI)
- Provide intellectual and practical guidance on strategic research projects, helping the REI team define research questions and offering constructive feedback on research proposals, reports and presentations.
- Provide advice on Terms of Reference (ToRs) and support procurement for specific thematic evaluations or other studies.
- Provide guidance on effective communication and dissemination strategies for research studies, evaluations and other evidence-based materials.
- Support the REI team in Peer review for research studies conducted.
- Leveraging their networks, support the REI unit in introducing, establishing and maintaining partnerships with high-quality and influential actors in the ecosystem.
Development Impact Planning and Delivery (DIPD)
- Provide expert advice to the Director, Development Impact on the current state of knowledge relating to the impact of the financial system on sustainable development
- Provide high-level technical support for DI ex-ante screening process, offering expertise across key themes such as nature, carbon, energy, and gender.
- Review intervention proposals to identify impact gaps, ensuring robust evidence supports impact scoring and DI risk assessments for proposed interventions.
- Serve as a panellist in the Impact Review Panel (IRP), evaluating impact theses, gender approaches, and additionality frameworks to confirm they are evidencebased, rigorous, and aligned with FSD Africa desired outcomes.
- Offer expert insights and recommendations to deal teams through the DIPD team, facilitating informed decisions that balance financial returns and impact goals.
- Participate in pre-IC sessions, supporting the DIPD team in articulating and defending the impact narrative within investment and project proposals.
- Support the DIPD team in designing and delivering capacity-building sessions and modules for partners
- This EOI also aims to attract qualified individual consultants with gender expertise in the following gender related areas:
- Developing gender strategies in financial and development sectors, climate finance and just transition programming.
- Integrating gender considerations across project cycles, including design, implementation, and impact measurement including designing and developing sector specific tools and frameworks.
- Conducting gender analysis, developing gender action plans, and designing robust results monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
- Undertaking gender budgeting, gender lens investing, financial inclusion for women, and integrating gender considerations into proposal research and strategy development.
Experience
- The consultants wishing to be considered for shortlisting will need to demonstrate some, all, or a combination of the below experience and a readiness to fulfil the following anticipated work plans.
Overall key competencies:
- Sound and in-depth knowledge of Africa's financial markets and related challenges that hinder socio-economic growth, including themes relevant to FSD Africa's strategy.
- Demonstrated experience supporting development impact within private sector development programmes across SSA.
- Experience in conducting research and generating insights and evidence to support adaptive management within organisations.
- Evidence of quality management processes and experience to deliver a high-quality output on schedule and with value for money considerations
- Experience in impact planning and delivery within financial sector development, with a focus on key themes such as nature, carbon, energy, and gender.
- Experience in designing capacity-building initiatives on development impact for partners and key stakeholders.
- Available to start at the required time and can engage with this assignment to deliver outputs as per schedule.
- Partnerships and networks with market actors such as funders, thinktanks, ecosystem enablers, to support external development impact activities.
- Experience conducting Training of Trainers (ToT) and institutional capacity strengthening.
- Solid understanding of market system development (MSD) approach and understanding of issues related to gender finance gaps in programming and investment.
- Knowledge of the donor landscape especially potential donors with a strong commitment in gender finance and climate space.
- Language proficiency of French is desirable
Method of Application
Your EoI should contain:
- Your name and a full CV highlighting your area of expertise
- Your place of business
- A short statement (maximum 1 side of an A4) of why you believe you have the right qualifications to help FSD Africa in the stated area
- A short portfolio of relevant work and outputs
- A statement describing your availability,
- Preferred length of assignments
- Willingness to travel
- Availability in the next 36 - 60 months
- Ability and access to work remotely
- Your current daily fee rate (in GBP or USD), applicable for at least 12 months
- Any other information that you believe should be considered in the pre-qualification process
- Your EOI, which should not exceed 3 sides of A4 in PDF version, (font size 11), excluding CVs, portfolio etc., should be sent to FSD Africa at bids@fsdafrica.org by noon (EAT) 15 April 2025, under the subject line reading ‘Expression of Interest: Development Impact Advisors (Area of Expertise) or Gender Advisors’.
