Job opportunity: Gender Lens Network Lead

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Plan International is seeking a dynamic and skilled individual to join the Impact Lab’s growing team to lead the design and implementation of its Gender Lens Ventures pilot in Kenya, developing Plan International’s network in the gender lens investing ecosystem in Kenya.

Management Scope, Reporting Lines, key relationships

The Gender Lens Network Lead will be part of the Impact Lab, a global team leading Plan International’s work in social finance and gender lens investing. This role will work as part of a team of three based in Kenya who will collectively be developing the Impact Lab’s Gender Lens Ventures approach. This role will report to the Impact Lead and collaborate closely with Plan Kenya, the wider Impact Lab team and Plan International’s Global Hub. This role has no direct reports but will independently own and deliver projects in the Gender Lens Ventures work stream.

The Gender Lens Network Lead will work extensively with external stakeholders to build Plan International’s network within in the gender lens investing ecosystem in Kenya and East Africa. This role will be critical in sourcing and managing partnerships and projects with external stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of Plan International’s Gender Lens Ventures work in Kenya.

Accountabilities and Main Work Activities

The Gender Lens Network Lead will be critical in working with internal and external partners in the design and implementation of Plan International’s Gender Lens Ventures pilot in Kenya. As this role will be an integral team member leading a new project, the key activities are likely to change as learnings at each phase inform the direction of the project. The Gender Lens Network Lead must be an individual who thrives in ambiguity and is able to pivot and iterate based on new findings.

Examples of key activities:

Discover Phase

  • Develop long-term relationships with external stakeholders including social enterprises, gender lens investors, intermediaries, advisors, thought leaders, and sector and functional experts to provide support across the project
  • Network extensively across the gender lens investing ecosystem in Kenya, identifying key players and potential partners for future work
  • Support in identifying and assessing key research partners to collaborate with on the market research
  • Support in drawing key insights from the market research to inform the Define phase

Define Phase

  • Support in ideating potential value propositions for Plan International’s role in the gender lens investing market in Kenya using insights drawn from the Discover phase
  • Work with key internal teams and stakeholders – including the Innovation team, Plan Kenya, the Social Finance Taskforce and the Social Finance Community of Practice – to test the hypotheses

Develop Phase

  • Support in designing solutions for Plan International to tackle key challenges in the gender lens investing market in Kenya
  • Identify and select external partners for project delivery
  • Work with Plan Kenya’s business development team and National Organizations to mobilize resources and fundraising for the projects, identifying key sources of funding for these projects
  • Support in the design and implementation of the solutions, working with closely partners

Deliver Phase

  • Support in defining Plan International’s value proposition based on learnings from the Develop phase
  • Identify global partners to support in scaling the selected solutions nationally and internationally
  • Working with the Gender Lens Enterprise Lead, continue to lead the ongoing implementation of the selected solution in Kenya

For all details: https://jobs.plan-international.org/job/Nairobi-Gender-Lens-Network-Lead/668098301/

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