Closing Date 2022/04/27
Reference Number DBS220413-1
Job Title Programme Management Specialist (IF) [Midrand]
Job Grade 17
Job Type Classification Contract
Location - Town / City Midrand
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa
JOB DESCRIPTION
The position is for a Fixed Term of 5 (Five) Years.
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 IF will be established within the parameters of the Infrastructure Development Act (IDA), under the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure. This includes alignment with the comprehensive infrastructure pipeline that will be put in place in terms of the IDA.
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.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The 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 projects and programmes that involve Public Private Partnerships.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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 identifying and developing 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.
2) Defining project concept and scope.
3) Identifying and structuring project opportunities from a project developer/sponsorship perspective.
4) 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
2) facilitating a better understanding, assessment and pricing of project risks
3) ensure that the 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 on 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
4) resource plan and allocate responsibilities
5) 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.
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EXPERTISE & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Minimum Requirements
1. Post graduate qualification in Engineering, Finance, Business, or Economics.
2. Qualification in Project / Programme Management.
3. At least 8 years’ experience in infrastructure projects / programmes funding and financing with a proven track.
4. 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 ability 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 manage large scale infrastructure projects and programmes, PPPs and project finance
9. Demonstrated ability on working on new or innovative projects / programmes
10. A track record in participating in projects and programmes involving multiple stakeholders.
11. Good understanding of the complex legal and regulatory environment for infrastructure and infrastructure procurement in SA.
12. Proven ability to prepare good quality reports, documents and presentations for Executive Management, Board and high-level stakeholders.
13. Good understanding of the infrastructure landscape, financial markets political economics, macroeconomics as well as socio-economic, development issues, challenges and opportunities in South Africa and the rest of Africa.
14. Good understanding 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 undertake complex strategic initiatives and successfully projects to successful execution.
REQUIRED PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Behavioural Competencies
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Teamwork & Cooperation
1) Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
2) Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
3) Networks outside of own team/department and learns 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.
2. Defines and plans 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. Successfully manages substantial project budgets and reports directly to senior managers on the progress and results of projects.
4. Identifies complex issues and proposes appropriate corrective actions.
Business Development
1. Pro-actively pursues business development at national and international level.
2. Initiates, reviews and interprets competitor environment reviews and take actions accordingly.
3. Formulates and modify market approaches based on competitor analyses.
4. Supports Lead Programme Management Specialist with the formulation, development and implementation of the business development strategy to generate new business opportunities in public and private sector delivery of infrastructure.
5. Identifies and develops new markets, products and clients.
6. Prepares presentations of an organisation and is able to participate at investment conferences and roundtable discussions.
7. Coordinates business activities to ensure that investment initiatives are in support of government BEE strategies, broader national and regional economic development strategies.
8. Promotes compliance and alignment with the strategic imperatives of both individual clients and the organisation of investment and development interventions.
9. Builds capacity to coordinate, control and manage the activities and efforts required for the implementation of the plan.
10. Builds capacity to conduct project origination exercises.
Business Acumen
1. Good understanding of commercial drivers and is able to take decisions based on an assessment of alternatives concerning complex business situations.
2. Good understanding of economic priorities of South Africa and Africa and how they can be implemented to meet the organisation’s strategic objectives.
3. Good 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 necessary 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. Develop impact concepts to take to the market.
5. Support Lead Programme Management Specialist to 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 manage the negotiation situation.
3. Is able to partake 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 appreciates the importance of conceding ground to protect the longer-term interests of IF.
Planning & Organizing
1. Demonstrated advanced planning and organising skills.
2. Plays a role in transferring advanced planning and organising skills and knowledge to others.
3. Identifies and acts on opportunities to partner with other units in the department to achieve desired results.
4. Partakes in the development of partnership agreements that ensure win-win outcomes for all parties.
5. 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.
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