This position is based in WRI's Rwanda office in Kigali. This will be a 1 year contract with the possibility of renewal. The position is jointly supported by WRI's Climate, Economics and Finance (CEF) and Restore Local Programs. Rwanda's Country Platform serves as a coordination and investment mechanism to align public, private, and development finance around the country's climate, restoration, and green growth priorities.
As the Head of Green Finance & Investment, you will play a strategic role in advancing Rwanda's climate and green growth agenda by translating priority initiatives into investment-ready opportunities and mobilizing capital for high-impact solutions. You will strengthen WRI's capacity to engage with government institutions, development finance institutions, commercial investors, philanthropic organizations, multilateral funds, and private sector actors to develop financing solutions. You will report to the Climate, Economics, and Finance (CEF) Program Director, WRI Africa, with a dotted reporting line to the Senior Director, Restoration Finance, and work closely with the Rwanda Country Representative, VIA Foundation, and Rwanda Green Fund (RGF/FONERWA).
What you will do — Country Platform for Climate and Development (50%): support finance and investment components of Rwanda's Country Platform by advancing investment readiness, project preparation, and capital mobilization; provide strategic advice to government on policy and finance responses to climate change; facilitate collaboration among public, private, and development finance stakeholders; develop a pipeline of bankable projects; provide technical expertise on project finance, financial analysis, and investment structuring; design blended finance and catalytic financing approaches; support resource mobilization; represent WRI in investment and stakeholder forums.
Outcome Buyer Engagement and Outcome-Based Finance Development – Lake Kivu & Rusizi River Basin (50%): lead identification, mapping, prioritization and engagement of potential outcome buyers, outcome payers, and strategic financing partners; develop outcome buyer engagement and partnership strategies aligned with Restore Local's Outcome-Based Finance approach; prepare landscape investment cases and investor materials; contribute to structuring and negotiation of outcome purchase agreements; strengthen enabling conditions for restoration finance including MRV systems.
What you will need: completed master's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Investment Management, Development Finance, Public Policy or related field; 8+ years of relevant professional experience in project finance, investment structuring, transaction advisory, sustainable finance, development finance, or capital mobilization; experience in deal structuring, blended finance transactions and investor engagement; experience building relationships with government counterparts, DFIs, commercial banks, impact investors, private equity and climate funds in Rwanda or comparable emerging markets in Africa; track record in advanced financial modeling, investment analysis and valuation, capital raising, and deal origination; familiarity with nature-based solutions, restoration, climate finance, sustainable agriculture, adaptation or green growth investment themes desirable. Languages: proficient written and spoken English; French and Kinyarwanda desirable. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Deadline September 19, 2026
HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit a resume with a cover letter by 18 September 2026. Internal applicants should submit their application through the Jobs Hub portal in Workday. External applicants must apply through the WRI Careers portal to be considered. We may close for applications sooner if we receive a high volume of applications from qualified candidates. Apply: https://wri.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/WRI/job/Head-of-Green-Finance---Investment_2026-JR100438/apply