The CFC Governing Council recently adopted the Strategic Framework 2025–2035, setting out the transformation of the organization into “CFC 2.0” — a bigger, better, and bolder institution positioned to deliver more inclusive, resilient, and equitable commodity value chains.

The Strategic Framework reflects the collective ambition of CFC Member States to strengthen the organization’s catalytic role in development finance while responding to the rapidly growing demand for financing and technical support from commodity-dependent developing countries.

Guided by the principle of “Capacitate, Capitalize, and Incentivize”, CFC 2.0 seeks to scale up the organization’s operational and institutional capacity through strengthened financing mechanisms, enhanced technical assistance, strategic partnerships, and innovative delivery models. This includes the expansion and operationalization of blended finance instruments, technical assistance facilities, systemic partnerships, and innovative approaches such as outcomes-based financing.

The Framework also recognizes that many of the structural concerns that originally inspired the Integrated Programme for Commodities (IPC) remain highly relevant today, including unequal value distribution within commodity chains, vulnerability to external shocks, persistent poverty amidst resource abundance, and insufficient financing reaching producers at origin.

In this regard, CFC 2.0 seeks not only to strengthen institutional delivery, but also to contribute to a broader collaborative dialogue on a post-SDG development landscape that places smallholders, SMEs, food security, local value addition, and human-centered commodity economies at the center of development thinking.

To support the transition from strategic ambition to operational delivery, the CFC is seeking the support of a highly experienced Pro Bono Consultant to assist in translating the Strategic Framework 2025–2035 into an actionable implementation roadmap and institutional delivery framework for CFC 2.0.

The decision to seek pro bono strategic expertise reflects the CFC’s commitment to responsible stewardship, frugality, catalytic collaboration, and directing as many resources as possible toward development impact on the ground. It also reflects the organization’s belief that addressing global poverty, hunger, inequality, and commodity dependence requires not only financial resources, but also solidarity through ideas, expertise, and shared purpose.

The objective of this assignment is to support the CFC in translating the Strategic Framework 2025–2035 into an actionable implementation plan, including the operational, institutional, financing, partnership, and policy dimensions required for the realization of CFC 2.0.

The purpose of this consultancy is to support the operationalization of the CFC Strategic Framework 2025–2035 through the development of an implementation roadmap and related strategic, institutional, and technical inputs.

The consultant is expected to work under the guidance of the Managing Director and in coordination with relevant CFC units. Depending on priorities agreed with the CFC, the consultant may contribute to one or more of the following areas:

Depending on the agreed scope of engagement and priorities identified by the CFC, the consultant will contribute to the following outputs, as applicable:

• CFC 2.0 Implementation Roadmap, phased and prioritized;
• Operationalization Plan for key financing facilities;
• Institutional strengthening recommendations;
• Partnership and Resource Mobilization strategy;
• Monitoring and Impact Framework, including KPIs; and
• Advisory notes and strategic inputs as requested by the Managing Director.

The assignment is expected to span up to 12 months, on a flexible, intermittent, and demand-driven basis, as agreed with the CFC.

The consultant will work under the overall guidance of the Managing Director of the CFC and in close collaboration with relevant internal teams.

The assignment will be home-based, with possible travel as required and as agreed with the CFC.

Education:

• Advanced university degrees in economics, finance, development studies, public policy, or another relevant field.

Experience:

• Demonstrated professional experience in areas such as development finance, impact investing, blended finance, strategy implementation, institutional development, grassroots enterprise development, or advisory support to international organizations.
• Proven track record of delivering tangible development impact at the grassroots level, particularly through work with smallholder farmers, cooperatives, SMEs, producer organizations, or commodity-dependent communities.
• Demonstrated experience in translating high-level strategic frameworks into practical operational plans, implementation roadmaps, or institution-building processes with measurable outcomes.
• Proven understanding of the realities and challenges faced by smallholder producers and SMEs in developing countries, including barriers relating to finance, market access, technology, climate resilience, and value addition.
• Experience in designing, structuring, operationalizing, or supporting financing instruments and facilities, including blended finance structures, catalytic capital, co-investment platforms, impact-linked finance, or community-centered financing approaches.
• Strong understanding of sustainable development, inclusive economic growth, and the evolving global development agenda, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and post-2030 development discussions.
• Familiarity with commodity value chains and practical approaches to strengthening local value addition, resilience, income generation, and inclusive participation within those chains.
• Experience working with multilateral institutions, international financial institutions, development finance institutions, civil society organizations, social enterprises, cooperatives, or grassroots development initiatives is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to engage constructively with a broad range of stakeholders, including smallholder communities, SMEs, investors, development partners, governments, private sector actors, and technical experts.

Competencies:

• Proven analytical, drafting, and communication skills, with the ability to produce clear strategic and operational recommendations for senior management.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required

This is a pro bono assignment. Only pre-approved travel and related expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with CFC policies.

Interested candidates should submit the following by 31 August 2026 to managing.director@common-fund.org: 

• A capability statement outlining relevant qualifications and experience.
• Detailed CV(s) of key staff.
• A technical proposal with a detailed approach and indicative timeline.

The closing date for applications is 18:00hrs (CET) on Monday, 31 August 2026.

Further details are available in the ToR