Job Description:
Karandaaz Pakistan seeks to hire a Head of Innovation Challenge Fund who will be the focal person for managing and running Challenge funds rounds as funded by Karandaaz sponsors. Challenge funds are designed to leverage the creative power and commercial instincts of private sector, development institutions and financial service providers to overcome development challenges. The challenge fund, through the provision of competitively sourced matching grants, can overcome market failures that would otherwise prevent a grantee from making an initial investment, either from the cost of information discovery, costs of mitigating risks or simple lack of available funding.
The Head of ICF will be responsible for designing and executing rounds of the Challenge fund based on themes as approved by the Karandaaz Board of Directors. The candidate's responsibilities will range from technical design, financial management and administration to mentoring, provision of technical assistance, research and advocacy for challenge fund rounds.
Job Responsibilities:
Specific tasks of the Head of ICF will be as follows,
Candidate Eligibility:
Note: Karandaaz is an equal opportunity employer. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview.