ActionAid Bangladesh Job Circular September 2025 | Development Finance Specialist

• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Minimum 4-5 years of experience working in a banking, impact investment or capital market environment.

Required Technical Competencies

• Strong understanding of blended finance mechanisms, public-private partnerships, and regulatory environments in Bangladesh.

• Proven experience in managing multi-stakeholder projects involving government, private sector, and civil society.

• Experience in financial modelling, investment analysis, and working with CMSMEs is highly desirable.

• Familiarity with gender-transformative programming, inclusive governance, and just energy transition concepts.

• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing financing structures that mobilize public and/or private capital to support inclusive development desirable.

• Experience in the financial and energy sector and working with relevant public and private institutions that influence the functioning of the financial ecosystem is highly desirable.

• Ability to work effectively and build the knowledge base of both national and regional teams in the specialized field of blended finance.

• Knowledge of market systems development (MSD) approaches and their interaction with blended finance intervention.

• Knowledge of the public regulatory regimes operating at the national level to identify areas for improvement in the financial instruments and products available.

• Proven experience working with bilateral and multilateral donors, development finance institutions (DFIs), and philanthropic organizations to mobilize capital and align funding with development objectives.

Required Competencies

• Leadership: Possesses a strong grasp of organizational objectives, effectively leads and manages teams, communicates well, thinks strategically, and implements plans to achieve goals.

• Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrates a deep understanding of own emotions and their impact, effectively regulates emotions and manages stress, shows empathy and connects with others, and utilizes emotional intelligence to build relationships and teams.

• Communications: Exhibits strong verbal and written communication skills, collaborates effectively with internal and external stakeholders, and possesses project management skills to deliver presentations, reports, and monitor progress.

• Networking: Demonstrates strong networking skills, represents the organization effectively, identifies partnership opportunities, and mentors team members on networking best practices.

• Problem Solving: Analyses complex problems, proposes solutions aligned with organizational policies, prioritizes issues, works collaboratively on implementation, and guides team members on effective problem-solving techniques.

• Learning Agility: Actively seeks feedback, adapts to changing circumstances, pursues continuous learning opportunities, and encourages others to learn and adapt, including technological tools.

• Planning and Organising: Considers various factors in the planning process, identifies activities for service improvement, challenges inefficiencies, removes barriers, and provides resources and encouragement to anticipate and address issues.

• Decision Quality: Makes informed decisions based on analysis, considers alternative options and stakeholder perspectives, and takes accountability for decision quality and impact.

• Resource Management: Anticipates risks, effectively allocates and controls resources, finds ways to optimize resource utilization, assigns roles and responsibilities for team effectiveness, and manages workload.