Intern – Blended Finance Team

Blue Orchard is a leading global impact investment manager with a long-standing track record of delivering financial returns alongside measurable social and environmental outcomes. Established in 2001 as part of a United Nations initiative, the firm has been a pioneer in impact investing, with a particular focus on emerging and frontier markets.

With more than two decades of experience, global reach and deep local expertise, Blue Orchard offers a broad range of impact investment strategies designed to meet the needs of institutional, private, and public investors. These solutions provide access to high-growth markets while supporting job creation and sustainable economic development. The firm has invested billions of dollars across more than 100 countries, benefiting millions of underserved micro-, small- and mid-sized enterprises.

As part of Schroders, a global asset manager with a heritage spanning over 200 years, Blue Orchard combines specialist impact investing capabilities with institutional-grade infrastructure and governance. Become part of this unique success story and join our fast-growing company in Zurich, Switzerlandas

The Blended Finance team at Blue Orchard is responsible for the design and set up of impact investment strategies where both public and private investors are contributing capital. The team works on new initiatives as well as on existing ones, where it is in charge of the relationship with the Development Finance Institutions and of the corporate governance/fund management activities of such mandates.

Alongside the majority of these so called “blended” funds there is a technical assistance facility meant to support investees through capacity building projects to address specific end clients’ needs, in line with the strategy impact objectives.

The purpose of this position is to contribute to the team’s fund management activities. The successful candidate will ensure best in class services to investors, effective internal coordination among the Blue Orchard team and contribute to research and publications.

• Fund management: contribute to regular monthly, quarterly and annual investor reporting including business planning and strategic annual reviews of fund performance in coordination with other teams. Contribute to the achievement of financial and impact goals of the mandates under management.
• Investor facing and reporting: play a leading role in preparing Boards, Advisory Committees and other strategic due diligence investors’ meetings to present fund results and fund performance. Be responsible for slide preparation, coordination of inputs across teams, follow-up on action points, minutes and other required tasks after the respective meetings.
• Fund structuring and development of new fund initiatives: contribute to team activities related to tenders for new funds by preparing bidding documents, impact thesis and KPIs, as well as strategic business planning in coordination with other teams.
• Technical assistance (TA) management: responsible for supporting other team members in coordinating TA facilities linked to existing funds under management.
• Research and analysis: contribution to studies and publications to position BO as a thought leader in the impact investing space.
• Ad-hoc tasks: assist with preparing presentation material, conduct research and perform analyses supporting new fund developments, competitor analyses, etc.

• Enrolled in the last year or graduated from an internationally recognized university or business school;
• Proficiency in English, French or German being a plus;
• Strong interest for impact investing, Blended Finance, PPP funds;
• Previous internship experience in consulting, banking,…