Strategic lead on financial inclusion initiatives across six (6) regions; MENA, Anglophone and Francophone Africa, Asia, Europe and Americas.Secretary to the financial inclusion advisory group.Engaging with Financial Market Systems actors such as Ministries of Finance and Central Banks to develop financial Inclusion coordinating structures.Facilitation of Multisectoral implementation and scale up of financial inclusion initiatives within the financial market systemsFacilitate development and piloting of inclusive finance initiatives such as digital payment platforms, credit guarantee, assets financing, green bonds, value chain financing and index insurance.Support FSPs to scale up sustainable financial products and servicesSupport capacity building of demand side actors to understand and use the available products and services.Support development of an enabling environment for usage of innovative and blended finance products and servicesApplied action research; qualitative and quantitative research to inform programming, monitoring, evaluation, learning and adaptive Programme management.

Country strategic lead on financing of sustainable development including blended finance, catalytic financing and ESG investing. Carries out public policy analysis, market assessment, technical assistance and program management activities.

Country strategic lead on four (4) agricultural finance projects supporting 2 million + smallholders farmers under Government and private finance facilities;Led country field operations and supported commercial initiatives.Liaised with Government and private sector focal points Facilitated Multisectoral implementation and scale up of the micro-insurance projects with GRZ, donors, insurance/re-insurance companies and banks Applied action research; qualitative and quantitative research to inform programming, monitoring, evaluation, learning and adaptive Programme management.

Undertook Gendered Market Systems Analysis for inclusive finance using the market systems approach in the following thematic areas; Insurance, Rural and Agricultural Finance, Informal Finance, Digital Finance and Enterprise Finance.

Country focal point for Market Systems Development (MSD) assignments to inform investors Inclusive Agricultural and Rural Finance, Financial Inclusion and Climate Change among others. Gender and Women Empowerment as cross-cutting.Carried out analytical exercises for MSD projects in sector selection and market systems analyses and synthesize and write-up findings in concise reports.Provided technical support to MSD in field projects on intervention design, women economic empowerment and monitoring and results measurement as well as in any ad-hoc requests related to implementing the market systems development approach.Supported drafting of implementation phase project documents and communication material for field projects.Assisted in positioning Athenaeum as a leader in the application of a systemic development approach to Investment facilitation through contributing to knowledge synthesis based on experience from country assignments.Supported the Athenaeum teams work to develop knowledge and capacity in a systems approach. Undertaken other duties as requested by Global Associate-Market Development

Provide strategic leadership, technical insights and advisory services on Gender Inclusion and Women Empowerment (GIWE) and Rural Finance across Musika Zambia portfolios: Nutrition, Business and Finance, Agricultural Technology, Agricultural Diversification and Environmental Markets using Market Systems Development Approach. Piloting rural and agricultural finance projects focused on financial inclusion, agroforestry, wildlife, biodiversity, nutrition, environment, agribusiness development and agriculture technology. Project design and ideation focusing on Microfinance and agribusiness services in agroforest, wildlife and natural resource management areas Facilitate capacity building of FSPs to develop, pilot and scale up affordable financial products and servicesSupport development and piloting of innovative and blended financing facilities to transform the agribusiness ecosystem.Support investigations to determine usage of financial products and services prior to scale upProvide technical leadership and oversight, and integration of GIWE approaches across program activities.Microfinance initiative and services for women empowerment Women empowerment and gender focused remote-rural microfinance programme design Work with senior project management to raise awareness and capacity of project staff on issues related to GIWE, and to expand gender content of the project.Support the integration of GIWE activities within the work plan; GIWE specific tools in work planning to promote gender balance in the project implementation.Support development of GIWE sensitive behaviour change communication activities and messages. Write blogs, articles and success stories related to the GIWE work being done.Work closely with M&E team to ensure that GIWE considerations are reflected in M&E plan, frameworks, and reports to assess whether the GIWE objectives are being met. Support the tracking and maintenance of any GIWE performance indicators.

Financial Inclusion, Rural and Agricultural Finance ProjectSupport to Agricultural, Natural Resource Management Innovative Finance Programme identification, formulation, management, administration, liaison and partnership building. Facilitation of multisectoral implementation and scale up of Rural and Agricultural, Natural Resource Management finance initiatives in Zambia and input into FDS Africa networkFacilitate development and piloting of inclusive rural and agricultural finance initiatives such as credit guarantee, assets financing, green bonds, value chain financing, trade finance, index insurance and warehouse receiptsSupport FSPs to scale up sustainable financial products and servicesSupport capacity building of agribusiness and farmers to understand the available products and services.Support development of an enabling environment for usage of innovative and blended finance products and services.Grants management

Providing technical support in the management of agribusiness portfolios enabling SMEs and smallholders to transition to greener and more sustainable Agri-food systemsSupport development of an enabling environment for usage of innovative and blended finance products and servicessupport development of innovative financing facilities for firms post project support such as credit guarantee, green bonds, trade finance and warehouse receipts.support development of blended financing facilities for firms post project supportsupport piloting of innovative and blended finance facilities in conjunction with financial services providers (FSPs) and agribusinesses facilitate FSPs and agribusiness engagement in developing affordable financial products and services.engage public regulatory sector on development of supportive business enabling environment and products such as micro insurance, weather index insurance and livestock insurance.TA on SME/MSME lending, microfinance and banking sector,Facilitate adoption of alternative livelihoods as sustainable and resilient initiatives with reduced reliance on natural resourcesSupport development of the bankable business cases among agribusiness firms in wildlife, forestry and biodiversity Project support to improve natural resource management to support sustainable livelihoods, and in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency, to provide immediate and effective response to the eligible crisis or emergency