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Senior Programme Manangement Specialist (Infrastructure Fund) Midrand
POSTED BY: Development Bank of Southern Africa
REF:DBSA 122
Date Published:Monday, November 2, 2020
Date of Expiration:Saturday, May 1, 2021 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 2020/11/13
Reference Number DBS201028-4
Job Title Senior Programme Manangement Specialist (Infrastructure Fund) Midrand
Job Grade 19
Job Type Classification Contract
Location - Town / City Midrand
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Infrastructure Fund (IF) announced by the President in September 2018 addresses the need for a dedicated blended financing facility for infrastructure programmes projects. The aim of the IF is to transform public infrastructure financial provisioning using “blended” finance - combining capital from the public and private sectors, and Development Finance Institutions (DFI’s)/Multilateral Development Banks (MDB’s). This will be dedicated to meeting the financing requirements for hybrid projects. The DBSA’s mandate for the Infrastructure Fund has been captured in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between National Treasury, Infrastructure South Africa (ISA), and the DBSA. This is a five (5) year Fixed Term Contract position. The Senior Programme Management Specialist will be responsible for designing and implementing multiple programmes leading to funding opportunities for the IF. These programmes, amongst others, are large scale infrastructure project and programmes that involve Public Private Partnerships.
1. Participate in the development of programme origination strategies in order to unlock infrastructure projects in South Africa.
2. Progressively contribute to the IF’s annual disbursement target by proactively identify and develop projects that support the financing divisions’ strategic intent.
3. Develop, implement and monitor a portfolio of large-scale infrastructure projects and programmes involving multiple stakeholders from cradle to completion.
4. Enable IF to get an early and privileged view on large pipeline of projects, leading to improved funding opportunities.
5. Provide a steady flow of deals into the financing divisions pipeline by:
1) Identifying and structuring project opportunities from a project developer/sponsorship perspective. o Defining project concept and scope.
2) Identifying and structuring project opportunities from a project developer/sponsorship perspective.
3) Engage with clients and obtain a mandate to as act as a project developer/sponsor owner.
6. Engage and leverage stakeholders and align role of key players (political, commercial, technical) to source projects.
7. Support efficient risk management of projects, provide opportunities for investments in projects and improve the quality of the loan book by:
1) de-risking the technical and commercial risk aspects of projects o facilitating a better understanding, assessment and pricing of project risks
2) ensure that IF has rights of first refusal to finance projects that are being prepared with both equity and debt
8. Promote IF’s role as the project developer or sponsor in selected priority sectors and programmes.
9. Prepare investment proposals and feasibility studies for management and the Board of Directors to consider.
10. Leverage local, international and regional partners to provide capital for new business investments.
11. Design, develop and implement complex project / programme plans, budgets, resources and dynamic scope and deliverables according to the clients and funders agreements. Effectively providing investor comfort that their investment on agreed projects / programmes will be successfully and timeously completed.
12. Identify and implement measures to prevent project / programme delays by actively engaging and managing multiple project / programme offices.
13. Prepare / develop project costing and cost control methodologies and procedures to ensure that projects / programmes are completed within budget and time.
14. Design and review the implementation of projects / programmes as agreed. These would include:
1) the preparation estimates and detailed programme plans for all phases of the programme
2) implementation plans with outputs, activities, responsibilities and time frames
3) programme budget and report against budget. o resource plan and allocate responsibilities
4) supporting and aligning IF programmes and work plans.
15. Procure adequate resources to achieve programme objectives in planned timeframes.
16. Provide status reporting regarding programme milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership and identified stakeholders.
17. Perform other strategic and other duties as assigned.
Key Measurements of Outputs
1. Value of bankable projects
2. Quality of investment book
3. Number of new clients and projects
4. Number of potential projects worked on
5. Management of client relationships and key stakeholders
6. Successful management and implementation of agreed projects / programmes:
1) Percentage of performance targets met as per business plan
2) Quality of delivery of projects / programmes
7. Investor satisfaction of invested projects / programmes
8. Clean audit.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Minimum Requirements
1. Honors Degree in Finance, Business, Engineering or Economics
2. Qualification in Project / Programme Management
3. At least 10 years’ experience in infrastructure projects / programmes funding and financing with a proven track
4. A project / programme management experience in public infrastructure sector will be a distinct advantage.
5. A track record in sourcing viable and bankable projects, structuring and closing investments in SA.
6. Demonstrated excellence in the field of business origination and development.
7. Experience in engaging with high level politicians, dignitaries and stakeholders in South Africa and rest of Africa.
8. Proven ability to oversee and manage large scale infrastructure project and programmes and PPPs.
9. Demonstrated ability on working on new or innovative projects / programmes and the ability to bring ideas from conception to completion.
10. Managing projects and programmes involving multiple stakeholders.
11. Comprehensive knowledge of the complex legal and regulatory environment for infrastructure and infrastructure procurement in SA.
12. Proven track record of leading and preparing good quality reports, documents and presentations for Executive Management, Board and high-level stakeholders.
13. Sound knowledge and good grasp of the infrastructure landscape, financial markets political economics, macroeconomics as well as socio-economic, development issues, challenges and opportunities in South African and the rest of Africa.
14. Comprehensive knowledge of the complex regulatory environments of municipalities / metros, state-owned enterprises and other government entities in South Africa including good understanding of the PFMA.
15. Proven ability to put yourself in the client’s / funders shoes and understand the motivations that underlies behaviors of interest.
16. Demonstrated ability to lead complex strategic initiatives and projects to successful execution.
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EXPERTISE & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Behavioural Competencies
Customer Service Orientation
1) Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers and matches these needs to available or customized products and services.
2) Adapts processes and procedures to meet on-going customer needs.
3) Utilises the feedback received by customers, in order to develop new and/or improve existing services/ products that relate to their on-going needs.
4) Thinks of new ways to align DBSA’s offerings with future customer needs.
Self-awareness and Self Control
1) Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
2) Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
3) May apply special techniques or plan ahead of time to manage emotions or stress.
Strategic and Innovative Thinking
1) Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
2) Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.
Driving delivery of results
1) Sets challenging goals that will have a significant impact on the business or support the organisational strategy.
2) Commits significant resources and/or time to ensure that challenging goals are achieved, while also taking action to mitigate risk.
Teamwork & Cooperation
1) Acts to promote 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.
TECHNICAL
Project Management
1) Ability to plan, initiate, execute, control and close projects related to a relevant function as well as to track and manage resources, timelines, costs, deliverables and performance, and implement contingency plans if necessary, to ensure projects are successfully.
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. b. Assembles and leads diverse and multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring maximum effective resource utilisation.
3) Successfully manages substantial project budgets and reports directly to senior managers on the progress and results of projects.
4) Identifies complex issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate corrective actions.
Business Development
1) Takes lead for pro-active business development at national and international level.
2) Initiates, reviews and interprets competitor environment reviews and take actions accordingly. c. Formulates and modify market approaches based on competitor analyses.
3) Leads the formulation, development and implementation of the business development strategy to generate new business opportunities in public and private sector delivery of infrastructure.
4) Identifies and develop new markets, products and clients.
5) Leads the participation and presentation of an organisation at investment conferences and roundtable discussions.
6) Coordinates business activities to ensure that investment initiatives are in support of government BEE strategies, broader national and regional economic development strategies.
7) Promote compliance and alignment with the strategic imperatives of both individual clients and the organisation of investment and development interventions.
8) Builds capacity to coordinate, control and manage the activities and efforts required for the implementation of the plan.
9) Builds capacity to conduct project origination exercises.
REQUIRED PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Business Acumen
1) Deep understanding of commercial drivers and is able to take decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
2) Deep understanding of economic priorities of South Africa and Africa and how they can be implemented to meet the organisation’s strategic objectives.
3) Deep understanding of the need to coordinate efforts with many government entities, private sector, community groups and individuals to ensure effective implementation of new policies and regulations.
4) Takes actions to fit business strategy.
5) Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.
6) Reviews own actions against the organisation's strategic plan; includes the big picture when considering possible opportunities or projects or thinks about long-term applications of current activities.
7) Anticipates possible responses to different initiatives.
8) Understands the projected direction of the industry and how changes might impact the organisation.
Deal Origination
1) Identify, conceptualize and structure projects and opportunities and develop new and alternative financing mechanisms.
2) Formulate and develop new and alternative financing mechanisms and concepts that can be replicated elsewhere within and outside SA.
3) Conceptualise and develop innovative funding instruments (equity, venture capital, mezzanine, debt, securitisation of projects, etc.) to finance infrastructure that would otherwise not be possible relying on the market only to develop and propose these investment opportunities.
4) Proactively develop impact concepts to take to the market.
5) Leads and mentors project teams.
6) Formulate new products.
Negotiation Skills
1) Has an appreciation of cultural sensitivities and differences.
2) Effectively employs a variety of advanced behavioural/interpersonal competencies to control the negotiation situation.
3) Is able to take the lead in a variety of sensitive negotiation situations requiring high levels of tact and diplomacy.
4) Is able to place a discrete negotiation situation within the context of a broader long-term relationship and is not threatened by conceding ground to protect the longer-term interests of IF.
Planning & Organizing
1) Coaches others on advanced planning and organising skills.
2) Plays a role in transferring advanced planning and organising skills and knowledge to others. c. Identifies and acts on opportunities to partner with other units in the department to achieve desired results.
3) Develops partnership agreements that ensure win-win outcomes for all parties. Develops integrated plans for the work unit and others that interfaces with the function’s budget.
Financial Acumen
1) Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
2) Effectively prepares budgetary submissions and forecasts for own department.
3) Knows the internal and external factors that impact on resource and asset availability.
4) Is able to interpret management account reports in an operational/commercial context and take action as appropriate to maximize revenues and control costs.
Reporting & Communication
1) Designs, reviews and improves reporting processes and provides guidance.
2) Leads production of complex environment reports, takes an editorial role, determines content and level of detail, and ensures consistent messaging and branding.
3) Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
4) Is able to determine which aspects of this knowledge area need to be transferred to others in order to achieve organisational goals.
5) Coaches others and transfers communication skills and knowledge to others.
6) Able to communicate complex problems or concepts, by making them simple and understandable for others.
7) Adapts language to the level of the audience in order to ensure that the message has a positive impact and is interesting to the audience.
8) Is articulate, demonstrates a wide range of vocabulary, and is confident when talking to large/high level audiences.
Presentation Skills
1) Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively by employing a range of advanced presentation techniques (e.g. the appropriate use of body language, how to close a presentation so that the audience continues to think about the subject matter etc.).
2) Has knowledge of various feedback mechanisms to check levels of audience understanding.
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