Lead Shareholder Engagement and Advocacy Specialist

About the Role

The Islamic Development Bank is seeking a Lead Shareholder Engagement and Advocacy Specialist to join their team in Jeddah. This contract position requires over 10 years of experience and focuses on leading shareholder engagement, advocacy, and replenishment support for the IsDB Concessional Fund (ICF). The specialist will manage strategic relationships with member countries and partners, coordinate engagement and negotiation processes, and guide communication and outreach efforts to strengthen the Fund’s value proposition and mobilize sustainable concessional resources.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and strengthen relationships with existing shareholders and cultivate new strategic relationships with member countries and partners to support ICF replenishment and long-term funding sustainability.
• Maintain structured engagement with shareholder focal points to ensure alignment between shareholder priorities, ICF positioning, and institutional follow-up.
• Support the development of stakeholder engagement plans, contact strategies, and follow-up actions for key shareholder constituencies.
• Develop and maintain a structured shareholder engagement framework, including relationship management tools, tracking mechanisms, and follow-up systems.
• Lead the preparation and coordination of activities supporting replenishment cycles, shareholder consultations, and funding negotiation rounds.
• Prepare and maintain stakeholder-specific briefs, engagement notes, talking points, and follow-up matrices for management dialogue with shareholders.
• Track commitments, pledges, and negotiation progress, and identify issues requiring escalation or targeted intervention.
• Analyze shareholder priorities, concessional financing interests, aid trends, and engagement patterns to inform ICF outreach and positioning.
• Translate stakeholder intelligence into practical recommendations that strengthen ICF’s opportunity narrative and value proposition.
• Support the targeting of engagement efforts by identifying priority shareholders, opportunities, and strategic entry points for advocacy and funding dialogue.
• Coordinate and maintain a rolling calendar of relevant global and regional outreach events, appraise their strategic relevance, and coordinate ICF participation.
• Coordinate ICF participation in selected events and platforms, including preparation of engagement objectives, briefs, talking points, and presentations.
• Support the organization of strategic engagement events, bilateral meetings, and outreach opportunities with potential shareholders and partners.
• Guide and coordinate the preparation of shareholder-facing communication and outreach materials that support dialogue, advocacy, and replenishment efforts.
• Ensure presentations, factsheets, briefing notes, and related communication outputs are clear, consistent, and aligned with ICF priorities and positioning.
• Support continuous engagement and visibility efforts that sustain stakeholder confidence and reinforce ICF’s profile.

Experience Required

Candidates should possess over 10 years of relevant experience in shareholder engagement, advocacy, or a related field, preferably within a financial institution or international development context.

Work Type and Location

This is a contract position based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.