VACANCY NOTICE: KAMPANI PORTFOLIO OFFICER – EAST AFRICA
Are you looking for an “impact-first” job?
Are you interested in advancing the cause of smallholder farmers in the Global South in an entrepreneurial and innovative manner?
Are you highly analytical, organized and reliable?
Kampani is an established impact fund with 10+ years of experience of unlocking the potential of entrepreneurial farming in the Global South. It is a pioneering way to fight poverty and promote sustainable agriculture. It provides long term financing to producer organizations, agri SMEs and rural financial institutions in Africa and Latin America.
Kampani is reinforcing its operational presence in Africa, and is currently looking for an analytical, versatile and responsive investment professional to fulfil the position of Portfolio Officer – East Africa, based in Kampala (Uganda).
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Portfolio Officer will be responsible for the reporting and quality monitoring of Kampani’s regional portfolio. He/She will also support the deal sourcing and investment process tasks as the need arises.
The ideal candidate will seek counsel from the current Regional Manager (also based in Uganda), the Portfolio Manager or Chief Investment Officer (both based in Brussels) as appropriate.
- Follow up on outstanding information, agreed action plans, and investment conditions with investees. This will include monitoring of the quarterly reports, financial statements, financial compliance to investors’ ratios, impact data, KYC, …
- Ensure timely and accurate updating of portfolio status reports on Kampani’s designated IT platform
- Generate and submit internal and external reports.
- Analyse investees financials and be able to challenge computations and identify incoherences.
- Perform and/or participate to clients’ monitoring and restructuring visits, where appropriate
- Support to originate investment opportunities aligned with the fund’s mandate by establishing and managing a stakeholder base.
- Support the Regional Manager to evaluate investment opportunities based on their financial, social, and environmental impacts, and prepare investment recommendations for the Investment Committee.
- SupportThe preparation of Investment Committee papers
- Support head office as required to draft material for its various committees’ review, stakeholders’ interactions and fundraising efforts.
- Support to draft legal documents.
- Occasionally represent Kampani at relevant industry events or other networking engagements.
THE PROFILE WE SEEK
The ideal candidate for this position possesses the following qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the impact investment, international development organization, audit, financial reporting or banking sectors
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or equivalent experience.
- Majorly driven by impact: subscribing to Kampani’s impact thesis (theory of change), and able to quickly grasp Kampani’s positioning on the market in terms of risk tolerance, impact objectives and multistakeholder approach.
- Strong financial skills to assess clients’ financial documentation: audited accounts, management accounts, budget, …
- Good knowledge of the investment legal documentation: ability to understand loan contracts and the client obligations
- Willingness to travel approximately 10-20% of the time.
- MS Office excellence (particularly Excel). Experience with Odoo is a plus.
- Relevant experience in financing the agriculture sector is a plus.
- Strong project management skills to follow up and track fulfilment of borrowers’ obligations
- Fluency in English is a must. French professional proficiency is a plus
- Good writing skills
- Analytical mindset, well-organized, structured and meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team and independently as necessary.
- Demonstrated high integrity and ethics in all activities.
THE OFFER
Working environment:
- The position is located in Kampala, Uganda, in the offices of our partner Enabel
- Address: Lower Kololo Terrace, Plot 1B, P.O. Box 40131, Kampala, Uganda
- As highlighted above, due diligence and monitoring visits in East Africa will be frequent.
- Kampani’s current focus and portfolio countries covered by the role are: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia
Terms and Conditions
- Full-time contract
- Compensation in line with the social impact investment sector
- Start date: 1 February 2027
- Submit your application (resume and cover letter), latest by 15 December 2026 to: Aude Sauvaget (Portfolio Manager): asauvaget@kampani.org
- Online and physical interviews (only for shortlisted candidates) are expected to take place as from the week of 23/11/26
The closing date for applications is 15 December 2026.
Candidates must have the right to work in Uganda.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company without any discrimination.
ABOUT KAMPANI
Kampani is an established impact fund with 10+ years of experience of unlocking the potential of entrepreneurial farming in the Global South. It is a pioneering way to fight poverty and promote sustainable agriculture. It provides long term financing to producer organizations, agri SMEs and rural financial institutions in Africa and Latin America.
The rural Missing Middle challenge
In the agri sector, SMEs and cooperatives often have long term investment needs to finance hard assets, such as processing equipment (demand). Financiers tend not to provide small investment amounts with long durations, due to high transaction cost & low risk appetite (offer).
This imbalance between offer & demand is called “the missing middle”. It is the exclusive focus of Kampani.
Unlike traditional banks or microfinance institutions, Kampani offers long-term, flexible capital tailored to the needs of our clients. It is structured like a commercial growth fund but priorities social impact over financial returns. By combining the expertise of NGOs, private investors, and social lenders, Kampani ensures rigorous investment strategies while maintaining a strong impact focus.
Beyond funding, Kampani actively participates in the governance of its investees, providing strategic guidance and leveraging its network to support business growth. Investments are complemented by capacity-building efforts from partner NGOs, ensuring long-term success.
Our offering and portfolio
Kampani has been supporting agri-SMEs & cooperatives since its creation in 2015, with unsecured long term loans of 100 – 500 K€/$ dedicated to productive assets.
Since 2025, Kampani is also supporting financial intermediaries to enable access to infrastructure at the farmer level. These loans can go up to 1 Mn E/$, and need to be fully injected in agri-asset loans to farmers and producer associations.
More details on our approach, offering and eligibility criteria:
https://www.kampani.org/
To date, Kampani has raised 20 Mn € of funds and has deployed them in 40 entities, the largest share being in Sub-Saharan Africa.
More details on our portfolio: https://www.kampani.org/
Submit your application (resume and cover letter), latest by 15 December 2026 to: Aude Sauvaget (Portfolio Manager): asauvaget@kampani.org
