Housing Finance Specialist Consultant for Green Housing Facility in Kenya

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION) Country: Kenya Project: Africa Green, Resilient and Inclusive Housing De-Risking (GRIHD) Facility Project ID: P 178986 Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IDA -7727-3E Assignment Title: Housing Finance Specialist Reference No.: KE-TDB-536488-CS-INDV

• The Eastern and Southern Africa Trade and Development Bank (TDB) Group has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Africa Green , Resilient and Inclusive Housing De-Risking ( GRIHD) Facility and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include the Housing Finance Specialist (Individual Consultant) assignment for a period of Five (5) calendar years from contract commencement date. The objective of the assignment is is to support and assist : (a) the design, establishment, marketing and distribution of housing finance products under the GHVC Fund, thereby championing the growth of a quality and performing GHVC Fund’s asset / investment portfolio; and (b) the raising of suitable investor capital and debt finance for the GHVC Fund, and the management of investor and debt financier relations, to sustainably scale up the GHVC Fund’s business over time, thereby achieving the green, resilient, and inclusive (“GRI”) success criteria / metrics of the Project. In addition, the Housing Finance Specialist will support TDB’s operational departments in the implementation of other projects — particularly those in the housing sector — in accordance with the applicable institutional and policy frameworks.

• The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: https://www.tdbgroup.org/consulting-procurement/
• TDB now invites eligible individual consultants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services (cover/application letter summarizing the relevant experience and indicating its relevance to the assignment, detailed curriculum vitae (CV), copies of documentary evidence of academic qualifications, experience, professional qualifications, and registration/licensing with professional bodies). The shortlisting criteria are:
• A master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Housing Policy, Urban Development, or related fields;
• At least 8 years of general experience in housing finance or related fields, with exposure to origination and structuring of housing finance products and transactions;
• At least 5 years of specific experience working with financial institutions, with exposure to product design, credit risk analysis, and deal structuring;
• Fluency in English
• The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” First Published July 2016 and Revised Fifth Edition September 2023, (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
• A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection of Individual Consultants method set out in the Procurement Regulations:
• Further information can be obtained at the address below from 0900 to 1700 hours East African Time (EAT) from Monday to Friday excluding lunch hour (1230 to 1400hours EAT) and public holidays. All inquiries should be sent to the following email address: wbtaprocurements@tdbgroup.org
• Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the e-mail address: procurement@tdbgroup.org by 16th March 2026, 1700 hours (EAT- Nairobi) and quoting the reference “KE-TDB-536488-CS-INDV – Housing Finance Specialist (Individual Consultant)” in the e-mail subject line

Dawit Amare Associate Group Executive, POD/ CSA Departments The Eastern & Southern African Trade & Development Bank (TDB), TDB Tower, 184, Lenana Road, Nairobi, Kenya Email address: wbtaprocurements@tdbgroup.org Agency: Trade and Development Bank Procurement method: Individual Consultant Selection Notice type: Request for Expression of Interest Status: Published Value: 500000.0 USD