Technical Officer, Blended Finance
Accounting & Finance, IT
kigali, rwanda
Posted on Oct 29, 2026
1. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
The position serves as technical specialist for integrating blended finance in the regional multilateral finance portfolio, and in the overall regional programme’s strategic theme on finance and business for nature. He/she will contribute to overall strategies and approaches in sustainable finance for scaling nature and conservation, transforming nature-positive economies and societies, strategic partnerships and convenings, and business-for-biodiversity model development.
2.SPECIFIC DUTIES
2.1 Regional Programme
• Design blended structures and instruments to support overall finance strategies and approaches including: catalytic and concessional financing, public and private capital mobilisation, investment de-risking and safety-net measures, performance-based instruments/impact bonds, and other innovative structures and instruments.
• Apply analytical tools in prospecting markets for nature and biodiversity, risks and trade-offs analysis, and other financial systems profiling and assessment.
• Provide technical support on blended finance to nature investment platforms and business-for biodiversity networks.
• Provide technical support to integrate blended finance for business models in sustainable enterprises and value chains.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration in deploying blended finance instruments and establishing blended finance structures with relevant partners including private sector financial institutions, vertical funds, philanthrophic organisations among others
2.2 Regional Portfolio
• Provide technical support on blended finance to regional multilateral projects under implementation and development.
• Contribute to project design, execution and review under the strategic theme on finance and business for nature.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary project teams across countries and units for effective delivery of blended finance outputs and outcomes.
2.3 Capacity Building and Institutional Learning
• Facilitate region-wide institutional initiatives to enhance staff capacities and promote peer learning on blended finance.
• Share relevant lessons, provide strategic advice, raise critical issues, and identify current or emerging risks in regional portfolio.
• Participate in knowledge sharing and collaborative learning among regional, inter-regional and global teams of IUCN.
Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
The position serves as technical specialist for integrating blended finance in the regional multilateral finance portfolio, and in the overall regional programme’s strategic theme on finance and business for nature. He/she will contribute to overall strategies and approaches in sustainable finance for scaling nature and conservation, transforming nature-positive economies and societies, strategic partnerships and convenings, and business-for-biodiversity model development.
2.SPECIFIC DUTIES
2.1 Regional Programme
• Design blended structures and instruments to support overall finance strategies and approaches including: catalytic and concessional financing, public and private capital mobilisation, investment de-risking and safety-net measures, performance-based instruments/impact bonds, and other innovative structures and instruments.
• Apply analytical tools in prospecting markets for nature and biodiversity, risks and trade-offs analysis, and other financial systems profiling and assessment.
• Provide technical support on blended finance to nature investment platforms and business-for biodiversity networks.
• Provide technical support to integrate blended finance for business models in sustainable enterprises and value chains.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration in deploying blended finance instruments and establishing blended finance structures with relevant partners including private sector financial institutions, vertical funds, philanthrophic organisations among others
2.2 Regional Portfolio
• Provide technical support on blended finance to regional multilateral projects under implementation and development.
• Contribute to project design, execution and review under the strategic theme on finance and business for nature.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary project teams across countries and units for effective delivery of blended finance outputs and outcomes.
2.3 Capacity Building and Institutional Learning
• Facilitate region-wide institutional initiatives to enhance staff capacities and promote peer learning on blended finance.
• Share relevant lessons, provide strategic advice, raise critical issues, and identify current or emerging risks in regional portfolio.
• Participate in knowledge sharing and collaborative learning among regional, inter-regional and global teams of IUCN.
Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
