Blended Finance Manager

Human Planet; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Human Planet is a remote, globally oriented advisory firm specialised in blended finance and impact investing. We are seeking a Blended Finance Manager to lead end-to-end project delivery, diagnose investability, and design structures with partners to mobilise private capital for climate and development objectives.

You will coordinate with partners, the Impact Investor Engagement Manager, and marketing to produce investor-ready materials and to support fundraising.

Qualifikationen

• Three years or more in blended finance or related financial advisory.
• Experience running projects end to end with budgets and clients.
• Strong financial modelling and ability to explain risk and impact to NGOs and investors.

Aufgaben

• Lead day-to-day delivery of blended finance projects from inception to close.
• Develop investor-ready materials and proposals.
• Coordinate junior colleagues and external consultants.
• Support fundraising and investor engagement activities.
• Ensure projects meet budget, scope, and quality standards.

Kenntnisse

Blended finance

Impact investing

Financial modelling

Investor materials

Remote work independence

Tools

HubSpot

Jobbeschreibung

Human Planet · Impact and blended finance advisory · Remote & Global

Why this role exists

Climate change and persistent underdevelopment will not be resolved with grants alone. Many good projects never reach investors. Not for lack of merit, but because they are not yet structured, evidenced or priced in a way capital can act on.

Human Planet is a partner-led advisory firm linking finance and business with planet and people. Our partners are NGOs, foundations, development agencies, DFIs, founders and companies that build a healthier, fairer, greener and more just planet. We help them tap into and mobilise private capital.

We are now looking for a Blended Finance Manager. The purpose of the role is to run the projects that create investability: from diagnosis and structuring through to the materials and evidence investors need to say yes.

You will work alongside our partners, our Impact Investor Engagement Manager and our marketing team. Together we bring projects to the point where capital can flow.

Role

Working alongside the partners, you will lead the day-to-day delivery of our blended finance projects and consultancies. You will diagnose what stands between a project and investment, design the response, and see it through.

Partners set direction and lead senior client conversations. You run the work: plans, analysis, structures, models and deliverables, and the team and consultants who produce them. You also support fundraising for the opportunities we develop, working with the Impact Investor Engagement Manager and marketing so that investors receive clear, credible and well-evidenced material.

What you are responsible for

• Project delivery. Run blended finance projects and consultancies from inception to close: scope, workplan, budget, timelines, quality and partner satisfaction.
• Investability diagnostics. Assess where a project stands against investor expectations: business model, risk, track record, governance, impact evidence and pipeline. Identify the gaps and how to close them.
• Structuring. Design blended finance structures with our partners: guarantees, first-loss layers, concessional debt, recoverable grants, results-based finance and programme-related investments. Explain clearly who carries which risk and why.
• Financial analysis. Build and review financial models, cash-flow forecasts, return scenarios and risk assessments that investors can rely on.
• Impact case. Develop theories of change, impact metrics and measurement plans aligned with recognised frameworks, so that impact claims are credible and verifiable.
• Investor materials. Produce pitch decks, investment memoranda, term sheet outlines and data rooms. Prepare our partners for investor questions and due diligence.
• Fundraising support. Work with the Impact Investor Engagement Manager to match opportunities with investors, prepare Pitch Days and Circle sessions, and follow up on investor feedback.
• Team and consultants. Brief, coordinate and review the work of junior colleagues and external consultants. Keep work to our quality standard.
• Capacity. Build the skills of our partners’ teams so they can sustain the structures and investor relationships after we leave.
• Wider contribution. Contribute to business development, knowledge and record keeping: proposals and tenders, lessons and publications, and accurate project files and CRM records.
• Plan and manage project delivery within agreed scope and budget.
• Brief and direct junior colleagues and consultants on your projects.
• Recommend structures and approaches to partners and clients.
• Advise against bringing a project to investors before it is ready.
• Request materials, content and event support from marketing.
• Raise concerns with the Managing Partner.

Final advice to clients rests with the partners, investment decisions with investors. The role does not include providing investment advice to investors.

How we judge success

• Above all, projects delivered on time, on budget and to our quality standard, which is rigorously quality assured.
• Clients reach investment readiness, and capital is committed to projects you have prepared.
• Investors find our materials clear, credible and complete.
• Clients rate our work highly and come back or refer others.
• Client teams can manage their structures and investor relationships after we leave.
• Partners find delivery reliable and well managed.

Your rhythm

Frequency

Focus

Weekly Project delivery and client contact; team and consultant coordination; check-in with partners; alignment with investor engagement on live opportunities.

Monthly Report on project progress, risks and budget; contribute to Circle sessions or proposals as needed.

Quarterly Review the project portfolio and lessons with the partners; share learning with the team.

Annually Review your development and the practice’s delivery approach with the Managing Partner.

Your first 60 days

Period

Priorities

Month 1: Orientation Get to know the team, the partners, live projects and our delivery methods. Review project files, HubSpot and recent proposals.

Month 2-3: Planning Take over day-to-day running of one or two live projects. Contribute to a proposal and to investor materials for a live opportunity. Join a Circle session or Pitch Day.

Who we are looking for

• At least three years’ experience in blended finance, impact investing, development finance, project finance or financial advisory to development or climate organisations.
• A track record of running projects or consultancies end to end, with clear deliverables, budgets and clients.
• Sound understanding of blended finance instruments, including guarantees, first-loss capital, concessional debt, recoverable grants, results-based finance and programme-related investments.
• Strong financial modelling and analysis skills.
• Experience producing investor-ready material: business plans, investment memoranda or pitch decks.
• The ability to explain risk, return and impact clearly to NGOs, investors and donors alike.
• Experience coordinating colleagues or consultants and holding work to a high standard.
• Proven ability to work remotely and independently, with disciplined organisation.
• Ability to build trust with clients and inspire confidence in Human Planet’s work.
• Willingness to travel, as needed.
• German, French, Spanish or another language relevant to our client base.
• Experience with development finance institutions, multilaterals, bilateral donors or international NGOs.
• Familiarity with impact measurement frameworks such as IRIS+, the IMP five dimensions or SFDR.
• Experience with carbon markets, climate finance or nature-based solutions.
• Experience of living or working in emerging or frontier markets.
• Structured and dependable. You finish what you start.
• At ease moving between a spreadsheet, a workshop and an investor call.
• Candid with the organisations we work with, including when a project is not yet ready for investors.
• Comfortable with work that comes in peaks and troughs. Periods of intense activity are followed by time for concentration and continuity.
• At home in a partner-led firm: you own delivery and respect established relationships.
• Rigorous on numbers, risk and structure. Sincere on values and purpose.
• Self-driven and self-directed under our work anywhere, anytime policy. Responsible for results, not hours.
• You share our conviction that capital carries responsibility.

What we offer

• Meaningful work at the intersection of finance, climate and development.
• A varied portfolio of projects, drawn from a group that has worked with more than 300 NGO clients in over 35 countries since 2011.
• Close collaboration with experienced partners and access to their networks.
• Investor engagement, marketing and platforms already in place.
• A small senior team with short decision paths and considerable autonomy.
• A practice grounded in the Code of Conduct of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Practicals

• Reports to: all Partners of Human Planet.
• Location: Remote, under our work anywhere, anytime policy.
• Contract: Full-time or part-time. Please state your preference.
• Remuneration: Competitive.
• Travel: Regular travel to projects, partners and investor events.