Stage : GAIN recrute un(e) Stagiaire (Financements innovants) à New Delhi, Inde.
About the role
Nourishing Food Pathways (NFP) is a multi-donor-funded, five-year program implemented by GAIN, including work at the global level and across all its country offices.
The goal of NFP is to strengthen and support the implementation of country food system pathways (i.e., strategies for improving the functioning of local food systems) so they can accelerate improvements in the consumption of safe nutritious food for all, especially the most vulnerable, produced in a sustainable way. The main focus of the program is at the policy level, as opposed to implementation of on-the ground interventions.
Under the Nourishing Food Pathways (NFP), GAIN is exploring opportunities in innovative financing solutions to scale nutrition impact.
Reporting to the Innovative Finance Lead, the intern will work as part of the Innovative Finance team to explore innovative finance solutions to stimulate more financing towards nutrition. The intern will work under the general supervision of the Innovative Finance Lead, working closely with other members of the team and supporting the day-to-day activities of the programme.
Role specifics include
- Working closely with the Innovative Finance team in understanding private sector interest in nutrition investing and analysing what solutions can stimulate investors to direct more financing towards nutrition.
- Supporting in the identification and design of innovative finance solutions for nutrition, such as Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds, Outcomes-based finance and Carbon Finance.
- Assisting the Innovative Finance team in creating a value proposition on innovative finance for GAIN, to be finalized in an externally facing pitch deck.
- Supporting in the preparation of documents and presentations for external and internal stakeholders.
- Supporting in organizing national and international events, technical meetings, and workshops
- Maintaining up-to-date market knowledge/intelligence and in-depth mappings on the innovative finance and impact investing landscape and share the same within the GAIN team and more broadly, including identifying key partners to influence and support in communication pieces (blogs, reports, articles).
About you
The ideal candidate should have exposure to impact investing, sustainable finance or food systems investing studies.
You will possess strong IT, communications, research, writing and analytical skills. Candidates’ with Bachelor’s Degree, or currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in a relevant field such as sustainable finance, international business, sustainable investing, economics, or other relevant field is preferable. Exposure to a multi-cultural international environment would be an additional advantage.
In addition to this, you will demonstrate an understanding of and passion for impact investing and innovative finance with a keen interest in nutrition, food systems or agriculture.
Application process
Deadline : 7 April 2023