Descripción
Terms of Reference Investment Specialist (80% or full-time) Catalytic’s mission is to accelerate the design and deployment of catalytic finance solutions for sustainable infrastructure and nature. We identify and develop robust project pipelines and deploy technical assistance to support projects to become more investible and impactful. Catalytic seeks to ensure positive social and environmental outcomes in addition to financial returns for impact investors, applying credible methodologies for the measurement and evaluation of impacts. In addition, Catalytic incubates and structures blended-finance funds aiming at scaling up and speeding up the implementation of infrastructure projects with positive climate impacts. Catalytic is seeking an Investment Specialist. Catalytic has also been mandated through Canopy Trust by multiple donors to support and scale up private sector, development-focused investments to reduce deforestation in Central Africa, covering DRC, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Gabon. To this end, Canopy Trust identifies and builds a robust pipeline of investment funds and local, private sector projects and companies which will lead to economic development, reduction of deforestation, and conservation of forest in the region. Canopy Trust offers technical assistance and invests catalytic, concessional capital to direct investment, it also investor de-risking junior capital into suitable investment funds that commit to capital allocation to Canopy Trust’s target countries.. The Investment Specialist will primarily work on the investment activities for Canopy Trust. Reporting to the Deputy CEO and working closely with other team members and Catalytic’s partners, the Investment Specialist will support Catalytic in deploying its concessional capital. This will include originating investment opportunities, conducting evaluation, assessment and due diligence of investment opportunities (investment funds, corporates/SMEs and