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Investment Officer d.o.b foundation

d.o.b foundation is looking for a full-time entrepreneurial investment officer who will build and grow our investment portfolio of impact generating enterprises in Africa.

We are:
d.o.b foundation’s mission is to invest in small and medium sized enterprises that contribute to improvements in the quality of life of disadvantaged people and communities. Our investments should either generate income for low income people or produce affordable products and services for them.
The investment team is composed of 5 investment professionals plus support staff and is based in a farm house in Veessen, The Netherlands. The team members travel regularly to the East African Community which is our current geographical focus area.

You are:
An entrepreneurial finance professional who aspires to work with African based small and medium enterprises. You have a university degree in a relevant field and at least 3 to 5 years experience in finance, business development or strategy consulting and excellent analytical and communication skills in English and preferably French. Exposure to private equity, SME financing and longer term work experience in (East) Africa will make you the perfect candidate to join the team.

The job:
  • As Investment Officer you have an active role in developing deal flow in East Africa and in building and managing the investment portfolio.
  • Together with other team members you:
  • identify and build relationships with potential investee companies that share our mission
  • build a network of partners that can link d.o.b foundation to potential investee companies
  • analyse business plans and related investment requests
  • manage and conduct parts of the due diligence process
  • structure, negotiate and close investments
  • draft the investment proposal
  • take part and make meaningful contributions to the governing bodies of the investee companies
  • monitor and report on societal and financial return of the investee company

Interested?
We offer you a full time job with an excellent remuneration package. Please send your short cover letter and CV before 25 April 2012 to: info@dobfoundation.nl with subject ‘vacancy’.