Catalytic Finance Specialist

Support UNOPS and the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund’s Capital M initiative to develop catalytic-financing opportunities for menstrual-health markets in India. The home-based specialist maps enterprises and financiers, assesses investment readiness, prioritises pipeline opportunities, develops financing approaches, and prepares recommendations and engagement materials for strategic partners.

• Identify and assess enterprises, financial institutions, investors and strategic partners for catalytic financing
• Review enterprise development stage, business model, financial performance and investment readiness
• Map local-currency financiers, blended-finance funds, impact investors and development finance institutions
• Screen and prioritise pipeline opportunities by impact, feasibility, scalability and financing needs
• Develop catalytic-financing instruments, structures and partnership models
• Prepare technical briefs, assessment profiles and strategic recommendations

• Advanced university degree in development finance, corporate finance, economics, business administration or a related field
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline plus two additional years of relevant experience may replace an advanced degree
• At least five years of impact investing, venture capital, development finance, corporate finance or fundraising experience in India
• Programme financing experience in India
• Fluent English and Hindi

• Experience financing women’s health, menstrual health, FMCG or related markets
• Experience engaging local financial institutions, DFIs, impact investors and enterprise accelerators
• Experience drafting technical briefs, investment profiles or strategic engagement materials

• Investment analysis
• Pipeline assessment
• Market research
• Stakeholder management
• Catalytic finance

• MH Market Maturity Assessment Tool
• MH pipeline database

• Retainer contract requires mandatory courses completed without compensation before services begin