Junior Access to Finance Advisor
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GIZ Nigeria & ECOWAS Commission is recruiting a Junior Access to Finance Advisor based in Abuja on a full-time basis. The role focuses on facilitating investment and funding partnerships for smallholder farmers and Agri MSMEs, organizing matchmaking events, developing investment proposals, and conducting financial needs assessments. The advisor will work with public and private institutions to improve access to finance across targeted agricultural value chains.
- Full-time role based in Abuja, Nigeria
- Focus on access to finance for smallholder farmers and Agri SMEs
- Involves organizing investor matchmaking events and roundtables
- Requires building partnerships with public and private institutions
- Supports investment proposal development and due diligence facilitation
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Junior Access to Finance Advisor at GIZ Nigeria & ECOWAS Commission
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Sep 25, 2026, 2:01 PM
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GIZ Nigeria & ECOWAS Commission - International cooperation between Germany and Nigeria commenced in 1974. GIZ was initially represented by an office in Lagos until 2003, but since 2004 it has maintained a country office and four project offices in the new capital Abuja. At present, GIZ has around 25 seconded staff, 100 Nigerian and regional experts, and four CIM experts working in Nigeria.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Junior Access to Finance Advisor
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
Key Accountabilities
- The Junior Access to Finance Advisor will be responsible for identifying and creating partnerships to facilitate investment and fundings from various sources (impact investment, blended capital, venture capital, franchising, DFIs, etc.), organise matchmaking events between project beneficiaries and investors to generate funding, and facilitate the setting up of VSLAs.
- Tasks
- Organize Roundtables: Conduct discussions on improving access to finance for farmers and producers in collaboration with relevant government agencies.
- Develop Investment Proposals: Assist MSMEs in creating investable financing and investment proposals.
- Build Partnerships: Identify and establish partnerships with public and private institutions to enhance capital flow for smallholder farmers and Agri SMEs.
- Facilitate Investments: Support the identification and resolution of obstacles to accessing finance for actors in the targeted value chains.
- Conduct Financial Needs Assessments: Analyze the financial needs of project beneficiaries and connect them with suitable investment opportunities.
- Engage Investors: Support investor engagement and facilitate due diligence for suitable agribusinesses.
- Support the development of work plans, budgets and reports.
- Perform other work-related duties as needed.
- Organise deal/matchmaking event: Assisst in organizing deal room and matchmaking events to facilitate investor-investee engagement for capital flow.
- Reporting: Prepare reports and documents on activities related to access to finance and investment.
- Coordinate with Stakeholders: Collaborate with other development programs to develop solutions for identified market constraints and harmonize approaches to agricultural financing and contribute to stakeholder dialogue programmes to create awareness about financing/investment opportunities in the selected VCs
- Knowledge Sharing: Participate in knowledge exchange programs within the agriculture cluster and other GIZ programs.
- Support Financial Products Development: Assist financial institutions in developing/adapting appropriate financial instruments and accessing flexible pools of capital.
- Assist with communication and knowledge management activities of the project.
- Setting up of Saving Groups: Support the establishment /strengthening of Village Savings and Loans Groups (VSLA) across the project’s VCs and States
- Required Qualifications, Competences and Experience
Qualifications
- A minimum of Bachelor's degree in Investment, Finance, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Development or any related field from a reputable institution.
- Not more than 3 years of experience in the financial sector and/or in supporting smallholder farmers (SHFs) and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to access finance or investment. Proven experience in investment facilitation and matchmaking would be an added advantage.
- Professional Experience:
- Demonstrated experience in analyzing the financial needs of businesses and matching them with the respective available suitable sources of funds.
- Basic Investment Facilitation Skills: Familiarity with investment facilitation and matchmaking processes.
- Good knowledge and understanding of the workings of impact investing, philanthropy, innovative finance and Venture Capital/Private Equity funds, Government/MDAs and the MSME sector in Nigeria.
- Demonstrated experience and success in supporting and advising MSMEs in fundraising for equity investment and debt financing.
- Other Knowledge and Competences:
- Strong awareness and passion on gender and other inclusivity considerations.
- Strong interpersonal relationship and collaboration skills within the team and with external stakeholders.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English. Additional Nigerian languages would be an added advantage.
- Excellent team spirit and networking capacity.
- How to Apply
- Interested and qualified candidates should:
- Click here to apply online
- Application Deadline:
- 2nd October, 2026.
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