Associate Director, Blended Finance (London, GB)

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Associate Director, Blended Finance Organization: EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Location: London, GB Posted: 2026-10-07 Application deadline: 2026-10-21 Job Segment: Financial, Sustainability, Equity, Manager, Data Analyst, Finance, Energy, Management, Data Requisition ID: 37146 Office Country: United Kingdom Office City: London Division: Policy and Partnerships Contract Type: Regular Contract Length Posting End Date: 21/10/2026 Purpose of Job EBRD’s engagement with donors has increased in both scale and depth in recent years with more than 50 multilateral and bilateral donors currently supporting the organisation, and close to two thirds of the Bank’s investments now drawing on donor support. Donor support, in the form of grants and blended finance for investments, advisory services or policy reform, has become an integral part of EBRD’s business model and crucial to help the Bank deliver on its transition mandate. At the same time, the effective use of concessional finance and blended finance requires ensuring that such support enhances the impact of EBRD investments, addresses market failures and does not distort markets, in line with relevant DFI principles for blended finance. This post plays an important role in helping to shape EBRD’s donor agenda and strategic relations with its growing donor community as the Bank expands into new regions and embarks on a new Strategic and Capital Framework period (2026-2030). The Associate Director will establish effective and impactful strategies, policies and related guidelines for the Bank’s broader donor agenda. The post holder also leads on analysing global development and blended finance trends and bring this knowledge to the Bank and will lead the Blended Finance Team in the Impact & Partnership Group of the Bank. This involves having a good understanding of both the Bank’s donor support needs and donor priorities, as well as how blended finance can address market failures and enhance the impact and additionality of the Bank’s investments. The role also includes producing a variety of analysis and financial data to capture the Bank’s use and impact of donor resources and blended finance structures, including their contribution to addressing market failures and achieving development impact, and communicating this through an array of products and events to both internal and external audiences. The post straddles two teams – Donor Partnerships and Impact – and the post holder will lead a team of staff and form part of both Donor Partnership and Impact’s respective management teams. They will engage with multiple departments and colleagues across EBRD, with frequent external outreach and stakeholder engagement in the broader donor community and with actors on the international donor scene and regular interaction with users of donor finance within the Bank across all its key sector groups and policy teams. Equally, there will be engagement with the Bank’s shareholders on donor-related topics and various corporate teams including Risk and Debt Mobilisation. Background The Impact and Partnerships department supports the Bank’s operational and strategic objectives by mobilising and managing grants and concessional finance, maintaining relations with the Bank’s donor community and developing strategic partnerships. It also oversees the administration and approval of donor-funded activities, manages dedicated funds, and supports the Bank’s engagement with relevant external stakeholders. The Donor Partnerships team leads on mobilising and managing donor funds in support of the Bank’s activities and on maintaining strategic relationships with EBRD’s bilateral and multilateral donor community. It develops and manages donor funding vehicles including the Shareholder Special Fund, supports fundraising and donor engagement, develops strategies and provides analysis, reporting, training and guidance to ensure strategic engagement with donors and effective use of donor resources across the Bank. The Impact team leads on defining, measuring and communicating the Bank’s transition and development impact. Its responsibilities include the Bank’s transition results architecture and monitoring, assessment of the Bank’s contribution to broader development objectives, and the self-evaluation function. Within these responsibilities, the team assesses the use of concessional finance in EBRD projects and the impact of transactions with a blended finance component. The Blended Finance Team, jointly positioned across Donor Partnerships and Impact, brings together the Bank’s donor and impact expertise to support the strategic and effective use of grants and blended finance. The Team leads the Bank’s donor and blended finance strategy and donor-facing policies, ensuring alignment between the Bank’s financing needs, donor priorities and the Bank’s transition and development objectives. It oversees compliance of blended finance operations with the Bank’s policies

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Source: ebrd.com