Senior Strategic Partnerships Officer

Background

Established in 1985, the Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group) is an African regional multilateral development bank, with a mandate to finance and foster trade, regional economic integration, and sustainable development in Africa. TDB Group counts several subsidiaries and strategic business units including Trade and Development Banking, TDB Asset Management (TAM), the Trade and Development Fund (TDF), TDB Captive Insurance Company (TCI), the ESATAL fund management company and TDB Academy. For more information, visit

The Trade and Development Fund (TDF), TDB Group's concessional window, supports the sustainable development agendas of its Member States by providing them with alternative financing solutions, including concessional and impact-driven funding, risk-sharing solutions, technical assistance and program management services. TDF's initiatives serve a wide range of stakeholders, from sovereign entities to financially underserved groups such as MSMEs, women, and youth.

TDB Group aims to attract and retain exceptionally talented professionals by offering a conducive working environment and attractive salaries and benefits. Specifically, TDF is looking for self-motivated and results-oriented professionals to join a team committed to building a world class financial institution aimed at promoting trade, economic development and regional integration.

Job Summary

Reporting to the TDF Executive Director, the Senior Strategic Partnerships Officer role is primarily responsible for establishing strategic funding partnerships in line with the Trade and Development Fund resource mobilization, planning, preparing and implementing international relations programs; managing development funders interest within TDB group and other stakeholder engagements; liaising with other multilateral development banks, international institutions together with the TDF Executive Director as well as representing the TDB Group at donor/fund partner global events/meetings.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Strategic Partnerships Officer performs the following duties:

• Draft a comprehensive resource mobilization strategy including a detailed document outlining the approach to securing concessional finance.
• Develop a mapping of donor priorities and interest.
• Establishing important strategic funding partner relationships aligned to the TDF purpose, targeting a wide range of donor/funding partner groups, including impact investors, donors, foundations, philanthropists, concessional funders of debt, grants, technical assistance, and trust funds.
• Working closely with the TDF Executive Director, lead fundraising efforts with multilateral and bilateral investors/funding partners for strategic TDF specialized offerings.
• Map donor trends, patterns, and platforms to seek new financing for TDF instruments.
• Manage existing bilateral and multilateral partnerships with priority fund partners in TDB Member States.
• Collaborate with the TDF fundraising team and generate high-quality concept notes and financing proposals.
• Represent TDF at strategic donor and fund partner meetings and consultations for global development finance institutions.
• Support the work of External Affairs bodies e.g. International Development Finance Club ('IDFC') on strategic projects and major policy issues, including stakeholder mapping, new country research and assessment of the impact of new policies and regulations on the Bank's strategy.
• Produce budgetary proposals, implementation plans and project updates.

Duty Station

The duty station is Nairobi, Kenya.

Qualifications and Competencies

• A Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, or Finance or relevant field from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience and proven track record in resource mobilisation as well as building strategic partnerships, with at least 8 years' experience in fundraising in a development finance organisation.
• A track record of success in building donor/fund partner relationships and networks with international/multilateral organisations.
• Excellent knowledge of the donor/fund partner environment and of current donor/funding trends
• Good understanding of MDB reforms and financial global systems.
• Key competencies required for the role include: (i) excellent resource mobilisation skills with strong financial acumen, (ii) excellent written and verbal communication skills, (iii) excellent coordination and interpersonal skills, (iv) excellent relationship-building skills, (v) cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Fluency in English is a requirement, and knowledge of another official language of TDB Group's member states (French or Portuguese) would be an added advantage.

Application Procedure

Interested and qualified candidates should express their interest by submitting their applications by
5 November 2025
through TDB career website.

The application package should include a resume, cover letter, academic and professional certificates, full contact address and three reference names and addresses.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further processing. TDB is an equal opportunities employer.