Nutrition Impact Investment Advisor

About ATNi

ATNi (Access to Nutrition initiative) is a global nonprofit actively challenging the food industry, investors and policymakers to shape healthier food systems. We analyse and translate data into actionable insights, driving partnerships and innovations for market transformation so that all people have access to nutritious and sustainable food. ATNi is registered in the Netherlands with approximately 25 staff and dozens of consultants around the world. 

ATNi stimulates dialogue and action to transform markets in various ways including by producing high-quality research and corporate accountability tools. ATNi publishes global and country specific indexes, research projects on a range of nutrition topics and monitoring and accountability tools for third parties. For more information on ATNi, please visit our website https://www.accesstonutrition.org. 

About the role

The donor and investment community has the potential to drive systemic change towards healthier food environments by ensuring their resources are used to for impact investing in nutrition.  

ATNi’s working definition for impact investing in nutritious foods is the intentional directing of capital towards enterprises so they can prioritise the production, processing, and distribution of food products that are safe, affordable, and rich in essential nutrients. 

ATNi’s impact investment strategy focuses on unlocking the supply of finance for impact investments in nutrition. We do this by: 1) helping donors and investors (impact investors and institutional investors) to understand the definition, principles and metrics available to unlock impact investments for nutrition; 2) providing  technical assistance support related to nutrition to fund holders (e.g. iGravity); and 3) helping to bridge the information asymmetry which exists between investors and investees (e.g. food businesses) by leveraging tools (e.g. Nutrition Finance Business Monitoring tool).  

The Nutrition Impact Investment Advisor will be a key member of the ATNi Investor subteam working across all investor workstreams. They will provide advisory support to ATNi staff specifically on our impact investing activities. 

Responsibilities

Advise ATNi on its impact investment workstream helping pioneer a nutrition-sensitive Impact Investing approach that helps unlock the supply of finance for nutrition.  

• Provide strategic support to the ATNi team on Impact Investing for Nutrition  

• Advise ATNi’s impact investing workstream as part of ATNi’s broader investor work, with support from the Responsible Investor Engagement Manager  

• Build a network of impact investors and finance institutions interested in embedding nutrition into their investment processes 

• Refine ATNi’s Impact Investment for Nutrition: Principles for Action document by proposing metrics and KPIs and a due diligence framework 

• Help to refine ATNi tools, in connection with team members, to make them more useful to impact investors and investees 

• Develop and facilitate meetings with impact investors (both 1 on 1 and networks) to socialize and develop ATNi’s impact investor tools. Identify relevant key stakeholders and partner organizations and assist in multistakeholder consultation roundtables 

• Analyze market trends, investment flows, and case studies to generate actionable insights 

• Conduct landscape assessments to identify opportunities and challenges in impact investing for nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as globally 

• Work with ATNi team and partners to deploy Nutrition Finance Business Monitoring (NFBM) tool to analyse financial needs of agri-SMEs 

• Support the investor team to embed investor sensitive nutrition metrics including working with ATNi’s Responsible Investor Engagement Manager on aligning metrics within ESG regulatory frameworks 

• Bring the impact and institutional investor perspectives to broader programmatic work 

Competencies

• Established relationships with key stakeholders in the financial and food sectors, including microfinance institutions, cooperatives, government agencies, local organizations, and SMEs in East Africa 

• Excellent communication skills (ability to write and speak clearly, concisely, and quickly in fluent English is essential) 

• Ability to produce professional presentations and reports under tight deadlines. 

• Proven ability to work effectively across multifunctional teams 

• Planning and analytical abilities 

• Strong drive, determination, and motivation 

• Knowledge of the impact investing sector and how investing frameworks are constructed 

Education and Experience

• 15+ years of experience working on impact investing along with a sound understanding of food security and nutrition issues   

• Demonstrated success in cultivating and sustaining relationships and networks across diverse constituencies and cultures, preferably with experience in supporting or administering multi-stakeholder consultative processes 

• Positive track record of achievement and of delivering results, preferably in the investment management industry, capital markets, international organization, or management consultancy environment 

• Knowledge of how capital markets can be used to deliver positive social impact. Experience working on agri-food investments is highly relevant

• Bachelor’s degree: Masters, MBA or sustainable finance diploma/certificate is an asset

Selection process

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis 

• Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview to discuss their approach and expertise 

• Final selection will be based on demonstrated experience, technical knowledge, and alignment with project needs 

Diversity and Inclusion 

ATNi is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the organization's policy to recruit, hire, train, and promote people in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion are driving forces in the success of our organization.