Investment Manager, Access to Energy Africa

Triple Jump, an impact investment fund manager with a global portfolio, is looking for an:

Investment Manager PE, Access to Energy Africa

36-40 hours per week, duty station Nairobi, Kenya

Triple Jump is an impact-focused investment manager that manages and advises several funds in the area of financial inclusion, SME finance, affordable housing, renewable energy and agri. Triple Jump’s mission is to go where investing capital empowers people and improves lives. Triple Jump is headquartered in Amsterdam, and has a strong footprint in the emerging markets with 5 regional offices located in Georgia, Peru, Mexico, Thailand and Kenya. The team consists of over 120 professionals, including 30 different nationalities, with broad field experience and in-depth financial expertise. Triple Jump investment portfolio spans across more than 60 countries. 

Triple Jump offers professional asset management services to investors, ranging from advisory to portfolio and risk management and fund administration. Triple Jump holds an AIFMD license and is regulated by the Dutch Central Bank and the Authority Financial Markets. Our investor base includes institutional investors, development banks, governments, NGOs, and retail banks, all of whom seek to combine both financial returns with social/environmental impact.

Job description

As a Investment Manager, you will be responsible for the full investment cycle of debt and equity investments into companies active in the off-grid energy sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, covering sub-sectors such as SHS, C&I, green mini-grids and productive use of energy.

You will be part of the senior team in Triple Jump’s regional office in Nairobi and will co-lead one of the two off-grid energy mandates managed by Triple Jump. 

The position requires frequent travel to countries across Africa to represent the mandate, conduct due diligence, and monitor investees.

Triple Jump currently manages two mandates in the off-grid energy space, with total AuM of approximately USD 215 million. Both mandates provide catalytic financing through equity, debt and mezzanine instruments to early- and growth-stage companies operating in the access-to-energy space in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Job requirements

This position requires a solid experience and track record of direct investments in the offgrid energy sector in Africa. Background in the direct investment space and managerial experience within operational companies of a combined minimum 8 years is required. Moreover, you have experience analyzing business plans and financial statements, developing deal structures and monitoring investments, ideally with exit experience.

You have demonstrable communication skills and are able to disseminate knowledge and mediate between different views. Your negotiation skills are excellent and you are capable of representing the fund we manage. You feel comfortable working in a team spread across the globe, while independently developing new and managing existing markets.

Specific desired competencies

• Must-have: Solid experience and track record of direct investments in the offgrid energy space in Sub-Saharan Africa (in sub sectors like C&I, SHS, mini grids or related industries) with some investments in early-stage / early growth companies as a prerequisite;

• Strong stakeholder management and project management skills;

• Monitoring lead (board or board observer) experience;   

• Demonstrated deal structuring- and restructuring experience;

• Ability to understand and handle complex topics rapidly;

• Next to verbal communication, proficiency in written business English is required;

• Knowledge of French is considered a plus;

• Existing working permit considered a plus;

• Local candidates are encouraged to apply.

Personal skill requirements

• excellent analytical and conceptual thinking;

• good negotiator;

• result-oriented;

• team player.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from racialized communities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you are excited about this role but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Triple Jump offers you

• A salary competitive for the impact investing sector, a year-end payment, plus benefits such as a variable part up to a maximum of 10% of your salary. The package includes 35 days of annual leave and national holiday days based on a full-time contract;

• A dynamic, multi-cultural and collegial working environment;

• Good work-life balance in Nairobi, Kenya;

• Training and education opportunities.

Application procedure

At Triple Jump, we celebrate diversity and are promoting an inclusive environment in which our team members from all different backgrounds, ages, genders or sexual orientations feel equally appreciated. In order to achieve this, we are committed to shaping a hiring process that provides everyone with an equal opportunity to get hired. During this job application, we will ask you to play a couple of short neuroscientific games. These games provide you with the opportunity to showcase your potential, talents, and personality. As a result, we can ensure equal opportunities for everyone who applies, by evaluating everyone based on objective, scientifically proven insights rather than gut feeling. As we value personal growth and transparency, we will make sure you receive your results on the games as well. Good luck!

Are you interested? Please send your application to Jeanette Bouman before June 30, 2026 via https://jobs.triplejump.eu. More information about the position can be obtained through Jan-Henrik Kuhlmann, our Head of Direct Investments or Jeanette Bouman, Manager People & Culture at +31 20 5120 620.

www.triplejump.eu