Director of WASH Financing Solutions

Position description

VisionFund is World Vision’s microfinance provider serving vulnerable clients through loans, savings, and insurance. We enable families to grow their livelihoods in hard to reach, rural locations in 28 countries so that caregivers can create secure futures for their children.

We believe in brighter futures for children; empowering families to create incomes and jobs; unlocking economic potential for communities to thrive.

Join VisionFund as we seek to end intergenerational poverty through microfinance.

Here’s where you come in:

As the Director of WASH Financing Solutions, you will form part of the core team of the new World Vision (WV) Inclusive Finance Group, a group of specialists dedicated to working with WV, external entities and systems to impact vulnerable children and their families at scale. You will lead and guide initiatives that expand financing frontiers to address water and sanitation needs among vulnerable communities, seeking sustainable solutions that can be scaled. You will also be an integral member of the WV US WASH team, technically supporting the design and implementation of field-based projects. While this position will leverage VisionFund’s retail experience in WASH microfinance, you will be primarily focused on financing for community-level water and sanitation systems. 

This is a new role, and we are seeking candidates who are comfortable working across the finance spectrum, from household-level microfinance products to district-wide financing strategies for both capital and operational expenditures.

Requirements include: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (MBA, economics, finance and/or water policy)
• An experienced professional with at least 8 years working in finance, infrastructure and/or development work.
• Experience in designing and implementing financing solutions for underserved markets in developing countries. This should include experience designing financial products and structuring guarantee and/or loan funds.
• Experience working with investors, lenders, and guarantees in support of inclusive finance objectives.
• Experience in managing relationships with multiple stakeholders such as local government officials, humanitarian/development organisations, community users’ groups, and financial entities.
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel internationally, potentially 35% of the time.

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