RFQ: Fund Structure Consultant for the Global Climate Resilience Facility for Women in India
Position Overview
Position Summary
Women’s World Banking seeks an experienced consultant with expertise in Indian financial services and climate finance to design a comprehensive facility structure and financial model for a climate-resilient fund targeting women micro-entrepreneurs. The consultant will be responsible for developing a scalable, sustainable financial framework that mobilizes capital to empower women in climate-vulnerable sectors, while ensuring impactful, gender-inclusive solutions
Roles and Responsibilities
Women’s World Banking wants to structure a facility for an investment fund to improve the resilience of women and women-led micro enterprises (MSEs) in India to climate change. The fund/facility intends to mobilize investments from both private and philanthropic investors to support and incentivize financial institutions to invest in providing low-income Indian women and their micro-enterprises access to financial solutions that help them adapt to the impact of climate change. As a result, low-income women and their communities should develop economic resilience and more sustainable livelihoods.
Scope of Work:
1. Fund Structure Design
· Design an innovative financial model for the fund that integrates philanthropic, private capital, impact investment, and blended finance.
· Define clear funding priorities and criteria for eligibility, ensuring that the focus remains on women-led or women-focused climate-resilient initiatives.
· Develop risk mitigation strategies to safeguard the financial sustainability of themes funded.
· Establish the optimal fund size, target returns, regulatory considerations and operational frameworks for managing the fund.
2. Fund Governance and Management
· Propose a robust governance framework, including the roles of Investment Committee, and fund management team.
· Recommend gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track the impact of funded themes.
· Develop a transparent reporting framework to keep investors and stakeholders informed on the fund's progress, impact, and performance.
Expected Deliverables:
· Fund Design Blueprint: A detailed structure of the fund, including financial models, funding criteria, feasibility and operational frameworks.
· Stakeholder Engagement Plan: A strategy for securing partnerships with key stakeholders and identifying potential investors.
· Governance and Management Framework: A clear proposal for managing and overseeing the fund.
· Impact Measurement Framework: Tools and methodologies for tracking the fund’s environmental, social, and economic impact.
Preferred Qualifications
· Proven experience in structuring impact investment or blended finance funds, particularly with a focus on gender equality and climate resilience.
· Expertise in the Indian financial market, climate finance, and gender-inclusive development.
· Experience working with multilateral institutions, government agencies, and private investors.
· Strong understanding of climate-smart technologies, renewable energy, agriculture, and women’s economic empowerment.
Open to applications from firms or multiple consultants working as a team to cover all aspects required (gender, financial services, climate finance) to complete the assignment.
How to Apply
Applications must be received no later than November 10, 2024 at midnight IST.
Please include the following in your application:
· A brief proposal outlining your capacity to complete this assignment, highlighting relevant experience and similar projects previously completed, along with profiles of the proposed team members.
· Availability and expected rates for the full scope of work.
· A shortlist of at least two professional referees whom Women’s World Banking may contact.
Applicants may submit their question(s) in writing until November 5, 2024 to pfs@womensworldbanking.org. Please include in the e-mail subject line “Questions: RFQ: Fund Structure Consultant for the Global Climate Resilience Facility for Women in India
This RFQ does not guarantee or commit Women’s World Banking to proceeding with the above-described work. Due to the overwhelming responses, not all candidates/firms will be contacted.
Women’s World Banking is an equal opportunity employer for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.
Women’s World Banking will be unable to contract with any individual who is a US citizen or resident without an LLC or LP or similar structure.
About Women's World Banking
We believe in being a force for the greater good, devoted to accelerating and growing the financial inclusion of women. With rapidly changing markets, influenced by technology and social behavioral expectations, we are embarking on a new chapter to transform the way we design and implement solutions.
For over 40 years, Women’s World Banking has partnered with financial institutions, showing them the benefit of investing in women as customers. We equip these institutions with in-depth research and data driven insights to develop financial products and educational programs. While our clients are financial service providers, our mission is to engage consumers – women who are marginalized by financial systems.
Women’s World Banking and WWB Asset Management is an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.
