Summary

We are seeking an associate to join a small group of finance specialists to support key workstreams, including capital formation, country engagement and project-level financing.

Your main responsibilities will be…

Capital formation:

Giga seeks to mobilize $5 billion in catalytic capital to jumpstart critical connectivity investments, including donor pledges, development loans, private capital, and other sources of project funding.

Support outreach to existing and prospective financial partners:

• develop fundraising materials for public and private sector donors;
• support related diligence processes, including the construction of data rooms;
• build financial models for development.

Country-level engagement:

Giga is currently engaged with 19 countries to provide school connectivity and is actively cultivating relationships with new countries.  Giga has mapped over 1 million schools in the world, across 42 countries.

Support engagement efforts with local and regional governments:

• identify project opportunities in developing and middle income countries;
• draft TORs for feasibility studies;
• support country offices in securing developing loans and other funding sources;
• assist UNICEF Country Offices in the procurement, selection and technical evaluation of the potential bidders for delivering of projects;
• review of the deliverables and develop final project documentation.

Project-level financing:

• Build a detailed, actionable pipeline of connectivity projects at multi-national, national and regional levels;
• Maintain Giga’s connectivity project cost model, ensuring Giga is able to quickly and accurately determine the cost of delivering projects in focus countries
• Produce impact analyses for key financial stakeholders

To qualify for this position, you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or related field
  *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in financial analysis and financial modelling
• Hands on experience in macroeconomic analysis and modelling
• Demonstrated strong skills in Power Point and Excel
• Demonstrated strong writing and presentation skills in English
• Ability to effectively work and coordinate in a multiple stakeholder environment
• Ability to work with a diverse team in a rapidly-changing work environment and adapt to unforeseen changes
• Experience working in the intersection of development/donor organizations, public finance, and commercial sector is an asset
• Experience in designing and developing business cases, business plans and financial plans is an asset
• Experience in telecommunication infrastructure sector is an asset
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Knowledge of the UN system is an advantage

About Our Team

We are a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, finance specialists, data scientists, policy experts, and much more. Our team is a distributed workforce and plans to remain distributed into the foreseeable future. 

We are growing fast. Our team has grown by over 400% in the last 6 months as we rapidly scale to meet our stated mission. To date, Giga has brought on more than a dozen partners and raised over $27 million in funding.