Green Finance Manager

Job Description

Job Description

About the USAID Agricultural Trade Program

The USAID Agricultural Trade Diversification Program aims to increase Georgian agricultural exports to high-value markets, reduce Georgia’s dependence on Russia for agricultural exports, and reduce the environmental footprint of the agriculture sector. The Program seeks to achieve two complementary objectives by addressing demand-side and supply-side constraints to trade diversification:

Objective 1: Linkages strengthened for high-value Georgian agricultural products to reach diverse export markets, thus reducing Georgia’s agricultural export dependence on Russia and deepening Euro-Atlantic integration.
Objective 2: Investments catalyzed to strengthen agricultural market systems, encourage private sector adaptation to climate change, and address systems-level barriers hindering food export and support services, including infrastructure, processes, quality control, logistics, and capacity.

Position Description

The Green Finance Manager will serve as a member of the innovative grants and investment team, will work closely with the Environmental and Sustainability Manager, and lead the Program’s initiatives aimed at mobilizing green finance, fostering sustainable investments, and supporting the development of financial products and mechanisms that promote environmentally responsible projects. The role will involve collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including financial institutions, private sector entities, and civil society organizations.

The Green Finance Manager will report to the Innovative Grants and Investment Lead, and work in close cooperation with other team members in order to provide strategic and programmatic support to the USAID Agricultural Trade Diversification Program for its smooth operation.

Responsibilities will include

• Conduct a thorough review of the beneficiaries’ current green financial practices and procedures.
• Lead activities targeted to the improvement of green finance activities implemented under the program, including identification of specific gaps and bottlenecks.
• Support initiatives aimed at creating an enabling environment for green finance, including the development of incentives that promote sustainable investments.
• Identify technical assistance needs among the selected beneficiaries and financial institutions.
• Participate in the development and implementation of the Program interventions focused on overcoming current challenges in green finance.
• Undertake other tasks as assigned.

Required qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences, Finance, Business Administration, or a relevant field;
• At least 5 years of professional experience in green finance and/or grant management. Working experience in donor programs is an advantage;
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, willingness to innovate, and ability to think systematically;
• Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders verbally and in writing; and
• Native in Georgian, fluent in English, including good writing skills.
  

Only English CVs will be reviewed by the selection committee. Qualified candidates should submit their CVs no later than October 18, 6:00 PM Tbilisi Time to aginfo@cnfageorgia.org with the subject line: “Green Finance Manager.” Only selected candidates will be contacted and invited for the interview.

About the Organization

About CNFA:

CNFA is a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to stimulating economic growth in the agricultural sector by nurturing entrepreneurship, private enterprise and market linkages. CNFA specializes in fostering private sector investments in training, new technologies and marketing as a means to increase the overall competitiveness of agricultural value chains, to expand exports, and to develop skills in the rural workforce. CNFA assists smallholders in increasing household-level food security and nutrition through improved agricultural practices, introduction of new varieties, diversification of crop production, food preservation and storage, development of farmer-based organizations (FBOs) and strengthened linkages to markets.