Associate / Senior Associate Consultant - Natural Capital

CrossBoundary Advisory

About the firm

CrossBoundary Advisory, part of CrossBoundary Group, is a leading investment advisor focused on unlocking private capital in underserved markets. We have advised US$12+ billion of closed transactions across agriculture, health, education, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, and clean power. Our clients include governments, development finance institutions, foundations, private equity firms, corporates, and research institutions.

With 180+ professionals in 20+ offices across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East & North Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, and Latin America & the Caribbean, we combine local presence with global expertise to structure bankable transactions and scalable programs. Learn more at www.crossboundary.com/advisory

CrossBoundary’s Natural Capital practice focuses on unlocking private capital for nature-based solutions that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and address biodiversity loss. We provide transaction support to companies in the agribusiness, aquaculture, and forestry sectors, as well as to nature-based carbon projects focused on restoration and conservation of nature.

Who We Are

The CrossBoundary team is a unique group made up of people who are genuinely excited by the opportunity to make a difference in some of the most challenging yet exciting markets in the world. Team members come from diverse backgrounds but share several qualities: curiosity, humility, integrity, a drive for excellence, and a bias for action.

CrossBoundary Advisory is recruiting two Associate / Senior Associate Consultants to support the preparation and launch of a multi-country blended finance platform for regenerative agriculture and landscape resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa. The platform combines a commercial investment vehicle with dedicated technical assistance and catalytic capital windows and is supported by Green Climate Fund project preparation funding.

We seek candidates with experience across finance, strategy, investment advisory and nature-based solutions in emerging markets. The consultants will support the GCF Funding Proposal, investment vehicle structuring, government and stakeholder engagement, fundraising preparation and early pipeline development. The level of appointment will reflect the candidate’s experience.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree preferred, or another relevant advanced degree or professional qualification.
• 2-7 years of relevant advisory, operating or investment experience, including strategy or development consulting, agribusiness or enterprise operations, development finance, private capital or blended finance.
• Strong quantitative and financial modelling skills, with the ability to structure problems, assess scenarios and translate analysis into clear recommendations.
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to produce concise, investor-grade materials.
• Experience engaging government counterparts and convening multi-stakeholder processes, ideally in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Experience coordinating multiple partners and workstreams against fixed deadlines.
• High tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to work effectively in a changing context.
• Self-starter who is humble, collaborative and passionate about mobilising capital for nature and underserved markets.
• Excellent presentation and relationship-management skills across diverse audiences.
• Willingness to travel regularly to participating countries.
• Fluency in English required. Working French is preferred.
• Experience with GCF or other climate funds, agricultural value chains, nature-based solutions, carbon markets or fund structuring is highly valued.

What You'll Do

• Drive day-to-day execution across the platform’s preparation and launch workstreams, including:
• Supporting the programme Theory of Change and GCF Funding Proposal.
• Developing financial analysis templates and supporting fund-level modelling, scenario analysis and concessionality sizing.
• Aggregating investment pipelines and flows of funds across countries and instruments.
• Coordinating specialist inputs on economic analysis, safeguards and other proposal annexes.
• Preparing government briefing materials and supporting National Designated Authority, ministry and country-focal-point engagement.
• Co-designing and facilitating national and landscape-level stakeholder workshops.
• Supporting market sounding with DFIs, impact investors, corporates and philanthropic funders.
• Analysing capital-stack options, vehicle structures, domiciles and governance arrangements.
• Drafting investor materials, including the pitch book, placement memorandum and term sheet, with legal and tax advisers.
• Managing the investor pipeline and data room.
• Drafting operating policies, investment processes and investment committee templates.
• Screening early investment opportunities against target investee criteria.

Locations

The roles may be based in Nairobi, Accra, London, Dar es Salaam, Lusaka or Lagos and will involve regular travel to participating countries.

Contract and duration

Individual consultancy, approximately full-time, for about 5-7 months, with possible extension. Formal engagement is subject to the GCF project preparation grant and CrossBoundary’s contracting requirements. Indicative rate: USD 400-600 per day, subject to final confirmation.

Interested in applying?

Think you have what it takes but not sure you check every box? Research shows that while men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women often only apply when they meet every requirement. If you’re passionate about what we’re building, apply! We want to hear from you.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CrossBoundary is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].