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Head: National Water Partnerships Programme and Water Partnerships Office [Midrand]
POSTED BY: Development Bank of Southern Africa
REF:DBSA 248
Date Published:Thursday, October 20, 2022
Date of Expiration:Tuesday, April 18, 2023 EXPIRED
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 South Africa | MIDRAND in South Africa |
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| DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
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| MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION |
Closing Date 2022/11/02
Reference Number DBS221013-3
Job Title Head: National Water Partnerships Programme and Water Partnerships Office [Midrand]
Job Grade 18
Job Type Classification Contract
Location - Town / City Midrand
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Head: NWPP & WPO will lead a team of financial, technical and legal infrastructure development experts to provide a coherent and structured approach to developing various sub-water programmes.
FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE: NWPP & WPO
The NWPP & WPO will be housed at the DBSA. The Head: NWPP & WPO will report on strategic matters to NWPP Oversight Committee (OSC), which is made up of representatives of the DWS SALGA and the DBSA, chaired by the DWS. On all operational matters, the Head: NWPP & WPO will report to the Group Executive: Project Preparation Division.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Outputs
1. In collaboration with DWS, SALGA and the DBSA, amongst others:
2. Establish the NWPP & WPO within the DBSA to oversee the Water Programme.
3. Identify and develop projects to form part of the Water Programme
4. Source funding for the design, preparation and implementation of the Water Programme from relevant and applicable local and international climate finance institutions.
5. Provide centralised oversight and expertise on the Water Programmes.
6. Develop and submit the NWPP short-, medium- and long-term plan/s for approval by the OSC; and develop and implement associated execution plans and processes for the NWPP.
7. Accountable for the achievement of financial and non-financial targets of the NWPP. Investigate and put together model/s and plan/s to ensure financial sustainability of the NWPP for OSC approval.
8. Facilitate a partnership between the public and private sector to ensure increased involvement of the private sector across the water sector.
9. Resource the NWPP & WPO with the required skills and expertise to perform the work required for successful implementation of the programme.
10. Harness business development opportunities which could include the mobilising of funding for development from the private sector, public sectors and donors
11. Identify and advise on joint ventures, investment opportunities and management consulting projects.
12. Expand and manage NWPP’s development support programmes in order to ensure these are developmentally and financially sustainable
13. Manage issues, risks and programme change requests to ensure successful and on-time programme delivery.
14. Provide status reporting regarding programme milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership and identified stakeholders.
15. Practice, promote and entrench ethical decision-making processes, practices and good governance principles that protect the integrity of the DBSA, DWS and SALGA.
Technical outputs
1. Conduct a macro market needs analysis for the water sector.
2. Plan the programme/s with estimated annual and multi-year budgets
3. Implement projects derived from the programmes.
4. Develop and implement various technical and funding models
5. Responsible for ensuring compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements and propose amendments where applicable
6. Invite and co-opt participation of municipalities in the programme
7. Establish a relationship between NWPP & WPO and the institutional level implementer and enter into agreements with each participating municipality
8. Develop a procurement strategy and plan to implement feasibility studies for the respective sub-programmes & implement projects developed through the WPO sub programmes.
9. Act as the Secretariat to the OSC.
Stakeholder Management & Support
1. Manage complex stakeholder relations and maintain effective relationships with the OSC, DWS, SALGA, DBSA Executive Committee and employees of the Bank.
2. Manage relationships with relevant infrastructure planning stakeholders, partners, customers and lead promoters to increase the NWPP’s reach, influence and impact in water infrastructure implementation within the country.
3. Establish and maintain strategic partnerships, networks and alliances aimed at enhancing the NWPP’s development support role.
People Management
1. Provide direction and management to the direct reports to enable the execution the strategy and manage their portfolios effectively.
2. Attract, retain, and develop top-calibre talent. Develop and maintain sufficient depth in all critical functions, minimizing "key-man" risk.
3. Optimise skills usage within the NWPP.
4. Accountable for performance management of all direct reports, managing their performance in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people management.
5. Develop the skills and abilities of all team members, with the result that they perform to at their highest potential and optimize their current and future job performance.
6. Promote DBSA values and a culture of High Performance within the NWPP.
Key measurements of outputs
1. Successful establishment of the NWPP & WPO within the DBSA
2. Approved NWPP short-, medium- and long-term plan/s by the OSC.
3. Number of projects identified, developed and implemented.
4. Value of funding sourced for the design, preparation and implementation of the Water Programme from relevant and applicable local and international climate finance institutions.
5. Number of catalysed opportunities resulting in a robust pipeline of bankable projects.
6. Successful oversight, management and implementation of agreed projects / programmes:
7. Percentage of performance targets met as per business plan.
8. Quality of delivery of projects / programmes
9. Investor satisfaction of invested projects / programmes
10. Quality of presentations and reports.
11. Effective performance management of NWPP and Functional Leads.
12. Strong culture of performance and delivery in NWPP
13. Good governance and ethical behaviour.
14. A clean audit
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| REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB |
EXPERTISE & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Minimum Requirements:
1. A degree in Engineering or Master’s in Development Finance or Master’s in Business Administration, BCom Finance,
2. A minimum of 5 years' experience at management level and 15 years’ relevant experience in a similar job role.
3. A minimum of 5 years’ demonstrable experience in water infrastructure/sector.
4. Experience raising capital for infrastructure projects will be a distinct advantage.
5. Proven ability in developing water projects in the areas of wastewater treatment, bulk water supply and water reticulation.
6. Demonstrable track record of effective leadership of large projects and stakeholder management.
7. Proven expertise in originating and delivering on project development advisory assignments.
8. Demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, regulations, policies, systems and procedures governing the water sector and how it relates to provision of water services by municipalities.
9. Seasoned and well networked 'Relationship Manager' with experience in building strong partnerships with external stakeholders, partners and investors in South Africa and Africa for business benefit.
10. Demonstrable experience in identifying client challenges and playing an active part in finding innovative solutions.
11. Experienced communicator and negotiator (expertise at senior level).
12. Demonstrated ability to lead complex strategic initiatives and projects to successful execution.
13. Proven experience in working with senior stakeholders in highly political environments in South Africa.
14. Flexibility to be redeployed to a similar role within another sector/geography as per business requirements
Desirable:
1. A qualification in Project/Programme Management
2. ECSA and/or other relevant professional registration
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Written and Verbal Communication
1. Able to write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs
2. Able to determine which aspects of this knowledge area need to be transferred to others in order to achieve organisational goals
3. Able to communicate complex problems or concepts
Project Management
1. In-depth and practical understanding of how to maximize the effectiveness of project teams
2. Defines plans and manages large and/or strategic projects, including those with a high degree of technical complexity, with impacts across the organisation and/or with national implications
3. Assembles and leads diverse and multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring maximum effective resource utilisation
Negotiation
1. Able to successfully conclude negotiations that require the development of an emotional as well as factual argument
2. Able to develop mutually beneficial proposals and solutions
3. Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural and interpersonal competencies to control negotiations
Stakeholder Management
1. Delivers objectives by bringing together diverse stakeholders to work effectively in delivering the programme/organisation mandates/partnerships
2. Identifies and engages a diverse range of influential contacts within stakeholder and community groups, and partner organisations
3. Builds alliances to establish mutually beneficial working arrangements, openly sharing knowledge and insights
Business Development
1. Assesses project and programme feasibility through interrogation of resource requirements (including financing, capacity, capability and related issues).
2. Coordinates, controls and manages the activities and efforts required for implementation of a plan
3. Initiates, reviews and interprets competitor environment reviews and take action accordingly
4. Promotes compliance and alignment with the strategic imperatives of both individual clients and of investment and development interventions
REQUIRED PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Behavioural Competencies:
Teamwork and cooperation
1. Promotes a friendly climate and good morale, and resolves conflicts
2. Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
3. Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.
Decisiveness
1. Makes timely decisions about complex issues even when some information is missing
2. Makes decisions and stands by them even when they are controversial or unpopular
3. Grasps critical business opportunities when they arise by making timely decisions
Driving delivery of results
1. Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have long-term impact on the business
2. Monitors progress and adapts plans if necessary to ensure optimal benefit to the programme
3. Makes decisions, sets priorities, or chooses goals on the basis of inputs and outputs: makes explicit considerations of potential profit, return on investment, or cost-benefit analysis.
4. Based on cost-benefit analysis, makes decisions of entrepreneurial risk nature
Leading and Empowering Others
1. Identifies long-term goals for the team and communicates them to team members, ensuring their buy-in
2. Sets a good example by personally exercising desired behaviour; acts on values and beliefs
3. Communicates a vision for the team and future success that inspires team members
4. After assessing others competence, delegates full authority and responsibility to others to do the task in their own way
5. Ensures that competent employees are given opportunities to further their careers
Leading & Managing Change
1. Gives teams responsibility to analyses, impact and execute change and to sustain it independently
2. Anticipates the need for change when not obvious and influences others to gain support
3. Builds sustainable business capacity to embrace change
Strategic and Innovative Thinking
1. Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities
2. Understands connections and trade-offs of strategic choices to evaluate which ideas are practical and possible by considering business and/or scientific implications
3. Develops innovative business and/or customer solutions that shape industry practices
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